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He didn't say they were, did he? He said that people seem to prefer more uniform ability score bonus systems, of which B/X (mostly) and WotC-era D&D are both examples. In preference to AD&D's haphazard irregular bonuses from score to score (with a big dead zone, of varying size, in the middle...

I'm not usually into reds. If I'm looking for that kind of rich mouth feel I'm more likely to go for something like a Fuller's ESB, Boddington or Old Speckled Hen most of the time. But Guinness is a classic and sometimes it's the move.

For Paddy's day my local supermarkets always have specials on Irish beer and cider, so I picked up an eight pack of Guinness and a four pack of Magner's pint cans, even though I'm not drinking at home really, other than with company occasionally. There were two birthday parties over this past...

Fireball blowing up stuff was indeed an older rule- first codified in the 1978 PH and 1979 DMG for 1E AD&D. The 1991 D&D Rules Cyclopedia doesn't mention it because that's a compilation of the 1983-1985 BECM D&D rules, which are simplified, and never included item saving throws.

This immediately brings a bunch of old childhood family photos to mind. Though I can't remember if we had them taken at JC Penney or at Sears.

Much better than the reverse!

Here in the Northeast US we had a couple of absolutely gorgeous days in the 60s F about a week ago, and it was barely above freezing yesterday and definitely below freezing the last couple of nights.

Right. The burgers and the chili were likely both being made from the same stock of bulk ground beef.

It's also an easy way to repurpose hamburgers that didn't sell earlier in the day or got broken during production.

Just judging purely from the text in the 2E DMG I would be inclined to think it's complete protection. On my first scan of the text in UA I initially thought that in 1E, based on the brief wording and placement directly following the scroll of Protection from Acid, that maybe limits were meant...

Yup, good summary. Building on it a bit... 4E "Trained" for skills giving a flat +5 bonus is a pretty different concept from 5E Proficiency. Where in 5E being proficient is an on/off switch that scales with level IF it's "on", 4E instead has Trained for skills, which gives a substantial bonus...

Inspiring, guys. My hip has been bothering me less the past few days, I put a few pounds back on over the weekend eating like junk (multiple birthday parties) and I'm itching to get back in. I think I'll try just doing a day pass at PF after work tonight and getting in some machine upper body...

When running or playing 5E I normally stick to the rules as written. Which may mean dropping a weapon as a free action to cast a spell if I can't spare an item interaction to sheath it. When running or playing old school with 10 second or 1 minute combat rounds and a single action per...

My inference was that it's another way of saying you have to designate targets all at once. That you can't choose to allocate more missiles to a given target after seeing the effect. I've also in the past seen it as reason to treat it as only inflicting one Concentration check, but I kind of...

Agreed. My groups have usually used a 50% chance of recovery for all used arrows, assuming the archer has time after the fight to look for and retrieve them. Just roll an equal number of dice; any low rolls are gone. Those not recovered are assumed lost or broken.

Wade Hampton, I think. Artist credits from page X1, as well as a Willingham illustration with his signature.

It was not. Vampires (like Balrogs, Wizards and Giants) appear on the level 6 encounter table (the highest one in Book III The Underworld and Wilderness Adventures ), and you have to be on at least the third level of the dungeon to have those show up randomly. But certainly you can easily...

I've been going steady since July again, with some additional days in February and March because my gym closed at the end of Feb, so first I was cramming in extra sessions to make the most of it, and then I was fitting in extra sessions in a two week free trial at a new gym. The new gym is...

Mind Flayers aren't on the level II table, but they are on the level VII table. And both level I and level VII monsters can be encountered on dungeon levels 5 and deeper. I think the difference you're talking about is more one of degree rather than kind. 0E, 1E, and 5E all have tables which...