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For that matter, most weapons apart from daggers, polearms, and the two handed swords, weighed between two and three lbs. Even the largest practical two-hander weighed no more than six and a half/seven lbs, and averaged close to four and a half to five. Weight is always an issue when it comes...

Gloss paper + cheaper inks = faster smudging.

Oh, if you're referring to the AD&D alignment axis... Elric was chaotic neutral tending towards good (in the first two books) in a society that was chaotic evil. In AD&D terms, Elric suffered more than a few alignment shifts around chaotic neutral/neutral/chaotic evil. I think at the end, he's...

Druids and agricultural clerics also become highly important. If I recall correctly, what little evidence we have of the ancient druidic religion is that they functioned as intercessors between a hostile natural world and the needs of the local community, and not as the "nature is balanced/man...

"Everything will now come your way." I like that, especially in mountainous regions. Or "You will make a fortune with your friend" ... in an evil country that allows slavery. For the top henchman (or any minion) of the Big Bad Evil "Your talents will be recognized and suitably rewarded."

Dual-classing... seems to be useful, yes? Not so much if you actually play out the dual-class and the DM enforces the rules. "Oh, you're acting as a fighter for this combat, putting on the chainmail? Well, no XP for you for this *adventure*." Kinder DMs would only take away XP for that...

It happens to be my real name. As for Prismatic Blade, I think it was an eighth or ninth level spell, and at that level, well... there were considerably better spells available. Chromatic Orb was an illusionist-only spell in 1st edition, and it was *the* major attack spell for illusionists. It...

I don't see that they'd care about what another Melnibonean does, even if it is to be nice/gentle/compassionate. Unless that other Melnibonean is in a position of power. About the only time they did care was when it was the Emperor himself who wasn't completely amoral, i.e. Elric. Remember...

"On the 3rd attack of the round it uses the holders magic item daily slot, and brings both the character and the target to 0 hp." Yeah, I'd be pretty peeved if this was the only weapon I could ever use because the curse forces me to use it, which is what is strongly implied in your earlier posts.

Calico_Jack, all you have to do is go to the employee working at the register and ask to crack the shrinkwrap. They'll happily allow you to. The reason for the shrinkwrap is to keep the books looking nice despite the number of people handling it, and to provide a place for the price stickers to...

I don't have a problem with the *idea* of either as a race. What I have problems with are the specific background fluff elements that Wizards put in for the races. "Paragons of honor" for Dragonborn? You're talking about sapient reptiles who are closely related to DRAGONS. "Paragons of...

If you read the books of Corum closely, and then read the Elric books... the Melniboneans are the Vadagh, decadent and corrupted by tens of thousands of years of contact with Chaos.

I'd like to point out something important about the multi-classed fighter/magic-user/thief/whatever in 1st edition. Experience earned was split equally between the classes. This is important. It means that instead of advancing at the same rate as human single-classed characters, the...

Considering that the decision is by product line and not by company, there's no reason that a company cannot produce both OGL and GSL books. The only conflict is that they cannot produce OGL *and* GSL versions of the *same* product.

4e is, in my opinion, most like City of Heroes, in terms of its approach to spell-like abilities and special attacks, and the way they're chosen. Seriously. Think of the different classes as Archetypes, and the at-will, encounter, daily, and utility powers as being different power pools.

4e will break the moment they publish anything that hasn't been tested in play for at least a month. i.e. the first time they publish a rules supplement.

D&D ...is a specific set of rules and assumptions about a fantasy setting that incorporate certain elements that are unique to Dungeons and Dragons (such as but by no means limited to wizards not being able to cast spells in armor, paladins being or attempting to be paragons of order, honesty...

For another little twist on this, give the treacherous noble the following device on his coat of arms: gules, a Dragon rampant sinister. Or maybe; gules, a Dragon affronty. :)

Corellon and Gruumsh made their first appearance in the 1st edition Deities and Demigods book, they were definitely part of the Greyhawk setting. It was the Forgotten Realms which took the handful of Elven deities and expanded it into a large pantheon, introducing a couple dozen gods and...

The original module wasn't designed for "straight through" play, just like most other large dungeons. You would go in, mess around for a while, then leave to recover. In Tomb of Horrors, if you just kept pressing on, your party would end up stomped flat. If you played intelligently, there was...