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Well, now you know. So do that.

You are talking about something that people do in their free time... for fun. What the guy did may have been impolite (depending how you interpret his actions), but taking it this seriously and getting this bent out of shape about it is not reasonable. Taking over another person's game...

I would personally go with BD&D (the Moldvay/Cook edition) or 1e. Classic campaign paradigms deserve classic rules.

I find that clinking the coins in the bag of gold that you don't have to split 4 ways anymore helps to drown out that sort of thing. :lol:

I absolutely do NOT pull the chain. Look at it this way... SECRET door. Chain in PLAIN SIGHT. Why would you put the mechanism to open a secret door in plain sight? Why would any sane person go to all the trouble of making a door undetectable to casual observation when the mechanism for opening...

1st level - Elf x 6 2nd level and beyond - Elf x 5, Cleric x 1 The other demi-humans are basically less able Fighters. If I were going to replace anyone, I'd switch out an Elf for a single Fighter, but Sleep spells x5 at 1st level is better than Sleep spells x4 and a few extra HP in the front...

Please don't put words in my mouth. That's not what I said, ever, in this thread.

I'd appreciate it if you would refraine from accusing me of being disingenuous for pointing out the flaws in your assertions. For the record, this is the definition from your link... Pointing out that the word "grumbler" is right there in the definition isn't taking anything out of context...

The OED definition you cite has the word "grumbler" right there in the definition. But, please feel free to believe what you want. I'm not feeling particularly grognardly today.

One of the best campaigns I've ever played in was Desert of Desolation converted to 3e. Based on my limited knowledge of the module, the DM did some modifying to turn the superadventure into more of a sandbox, mini-campaign with additional subplots and encounter areas that he created himself...

I disagree. The original context didn't refer simply to veterans, but to veterans who were experienced enough to notice the mistakes and failings of their superior officers and, thus, sit around grumbling about them. The word literally means "grumbler" (alternately "curmudgeon" or "one who...

No, but if, as an adult, he chose to refer to himself as "William the Swift", it wouldn't be unreasonable for people to assume he is locomotively gifted in some way. Likewise, if gamers who like older games adopt an appelation deriving from a specific historical group and with a previous...

I don't necessarily disagree with the OP's premise, but I would like to point out that there is more "magic" in the game than the kind addressed in those excerpts from D&D's past. In fact, I would say that one of the main improvements in gaming over the years has been the discovery of new and...

I think you have a point, but I think you go wrong in asserting that the term grognard should and can only be used in a pejorative sense. Good grognard: "I play older game X and I'm not interested in looking at, playing or discussing newer games because I think newer games are lame. Now get off...

Pffftt! Joy Division is the one true post-punk band. All other bands are just pale imitations of the real thing. Ou-the bad kind of grognard-rph

The main advantage of the Character Builder is that you get access to all the published character options without having to buy every book. The convenience of having the program allow, fast, easy, accurate character creation is secondary (but still very nice) to me. It is still quite easy to...

Agreed. I'm pretty sure any group interested in house rules won't ever get themselves in a situation where no one in the group is familiar enough with the rules to create a character by hand. If a group goes around tweaking rules they are so unfamiliar with that they can't use them without...

I'm not sure I get the distinction you're making. They "rely" on the CB in that, all of their characters are built and maintained using the CB per my request. This is convenient for both them and me. If the distinction is whether they would be unable to create a character by hand, without...

No it doesn't. As I said upthread, I require all of my players to build their characters using the CB, but a good number of PCs in my games have special houserules to help the players build a character that fits their concept better. It's no harder to have a houseruled character built with the...

I voted "Other". I run a sandbox style game, which means that the form the new game takes isn't completely in my hands. I usually start a new group of PCs in the same area of the campaign where the previous game ended. The death of the previous PCs has some effect on that area of the campaign...