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Hmmm...maybe that would have helped. This was the only scenario in my entire life where I and my players both decided to just quit halfway through because it was so boring.

The original bard character class Colonel, In the AD&D PH, you wrote the following regarding the Bard in the appendix: "Even though this presentation is greatly modified from the original bard character class, it is offered as supplemental to the system, and your DM will be the final arbiter...

Yep Thats right. I have thought for a long time that Chaosium's game is actually not "Lovecraftian". I think its telling that Chaosium essentially went back and re-wrote the ending to Dunwich. Over time I have progressed to liking Chaosium's Cthulhu less and less, and really, thinking that...

Make sure the DM thoroughly reads the whole thing. This is one module you can't just skim and get right...especially towards the end. When I played through this, at the end my DM was left saying "what the heck" because he realized that he screwed up the final portions of the module. Because...

The hated level drain I am an old school gamer, and even back in the early 80's I hated level drain, from the moment I first learned about it. It is a cheap, sadistic mechanic that, in essence, robs the character of their achievements. The only good use I can see for it is changing the power...

Convergence of ruleset and original setting: historical waregaming Hmmm. I don't think I articulated my argument as clearly as I intended. I think there is some truth to the idea that it was a proto-game, this is especially consistent with Arneson's philosophy of D&D. But 1st Ed AD&D was...

However, Gygax also said on these very pages... . . . "The major appeal of the FRPG is the fantastic, the assumption of a character role in a world filled with strange creatures, and by dint of effort building through deeds of action and intellect that game persona from a lowly adventurer to a...

Yep. Apologies for the redundant post.

Yes. Glyfair, I am not trying to bring you down, but you are living in a dreamworld. Unless Greyhawk/LG shows Wizards/Hasbro is can generate a consistent source of income, its done. It is remotely possible that the Expedition to Castle Greyhawk will do well, and that LG can be restructured...

True, but the similarity in the system made bringing forward those elements easy, which meant even those differences were significant only if you wanted them to be. The whole *loth/tanarri/whatever thing was borderline comical. We just called them demons and rolled right on. :cool:

Even this I don't really agree with. I'd say... OD&D (1973-1977*) 4-6 years AD&D / AD&D 2nd edition (1978-1999) 21 years D&D 3E (2001-2008) 8 years D&D 4E (2008-?) TBD The big difference being the 1st and 2nd Edition. The differences in edition were really minor. I think the test is...

The source of 4E anger: 3.5 I think it is clear that a lot of people are angry about 4E (to put it mildly). There are a lot of arguable reasons for this anger. Some reasons include: Taking Dungeon and Dragon from Paizo, and changing it to an online format Killing Living Greyhawk, and...

Yeah, rules mastery. Do you ever find yourself automatically calculating odds of success and predicting probabilities of outcomes too, like C3-PO in the asteroid field? I am an analytical person, so much so that I find myself doing it automatically. It drives some of my friends nuts. Anyway...

Hommlet is a very poor choice for an example because of its unique circumstances. Those circumstances being *spoilers* The battle of Emridy Meadows in the recent past and its function as a watch station on the Temple.

Maybe these are the droids you are looking for... Although its obviously not a correction of individual products, it certainly has errata... http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/dndacc/215397200 If this were the rulebook to replace them all, I might like this idea...the question is...

I am definitely an old school gamer myself, but these are aspects of old school gaming that I hated. Poison and level drain especially felt just cheap, especially combined with no-save situations. Creating an environment where player choice defined the story is probably the most important...

Well, this isn't really what I was thinking of. Given the significant restrictions on submission length and so forth, lets say I was just going to submit one portion of a larger multi part scenario. Or if I submit a monster design that I intend to include in a published scenario elsewhere...

Quite true. I know Necromancer has the same policy as well, etc. Pagan Publishing (creators of Delta Green) does not. See, I seriously wonder about that. Look at the profusion of quality material produced under d20/OGL (and yeah there is plenty of garbage too). I wonder how much of that we...

hmmm.... Right now, I am certain the policy is "Work-for-hire" for Dragon and Dungeon magazine, having made inquiries regarding this subject with Paizo staffers. Anything published in Dungeon or Dragon is the property of WotC. This is how the periodicals were run in the day of TSR as well...

I am asking this here in case it was posted here and I missed it... Did Paizo's reps clarify what their submission policy was with respect to creators rights? Specifically, will Pathfinder use the "Work-for-hire" model of WotC/Dragon/Dungeon, or will writers retain rights beyond the initial...