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    François Froideval Passes Away

    yep, Gary spoke highly of Francois even years later. I don't know what went on at TSR, I only know some stories, and that there was all manner of malfeasance & rancor at times. It's very easy to imagine an outsider, and a foreigner at that, being brought in & favored by the top dog, could draw...
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    D&D 5E (2014) The Illrigger: Why I hate this class and love what it could have been.

    That's probably the proper response to your dislike...and subsequent posts. Still, there is 11 pages after, so hopefully someone added something of value along the way...but to me, your memes applied right away! Good job, I hope you looked into that mirror. I'd bet you never do that, though. I...
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    D&D 5E (2014) The Illrigger: Why I hate this class and love what it could have been.

    this, beat me to the post no comment on whatever class/subclass is being ranted about, but starting off decrying someone could change it to sound like racist word...ended my reading of the complaint. AUTOMATIC FAIL
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    Dark Horse Reveals First Dungeons & Dragons Comic

    Greg Pak is no favorite of mine by any means, but he does have some work I like a lot (Hercules, chaos war, some hulk) & other people like his stuff much, much more than I do (planet hulk, ww hulk, etc). The cover art does nada for me modern comics are not for me, I read few. Quality is in the...
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    François Froideval Passes Away

    he wrote a draft, Zeb Cook didn't like/use it, wrote his own (he said), and then Gygax put his name to it. Reminds me of Stan lee in that, but Gary did plenty of writing earlier on & even not that much prior. While it rubs me (& some others) the wrong way, he was likely correct that his name on...
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    François Froideval Passes Away

    Rest In Peace
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    AD&D 1E AD&D1e Initiative woes - how to interpret Acrobat-Thief's Evasion?

    most people play & played AD&D with B/X initiative and never even knew it...so, yeah, this works too
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    AD&D 1E AD&D1e Initiative woes - how to interpret Acrobat-Thief's Evasion?

    I realize I never answered the first/most basic question "how do I explain that narratively" Gord-Gygax(Thief acrobat) is fighting a fire giant. The fight started promisingly, with a surprise backstab, but the giant, after bellowing out in pain & shock, simply turned(morale test made), and...
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    AD&D 1E AD&D1e Initiative woes - how to interpret Acrobat-Thief's Evasion?

    the OP did it on purpose, methinks...as the top has almost nothing to do with initiative. It's only potentially an issue due the wording (melee+ initiative, vs non-melee attacks) & house rules or rather, simplifications on initiative if you change things to low roll wins, that makes...
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    AD&D 1E AD&D1e Initiative woes - how to interpret Acrobat-Thief's Evasion?

    initiative is rolled every round, but there is a misunderstanding about evasion (also, no one understands 1e initiative, but it need not be a big deal, high roller goes first, attacks generally landing on the die of the other side) Evasion only requires initiative to be won if the character is...
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    Dragon Reflections #80

    Great cover & some useful advice columns, but the far and away stand out is Len's 5% article, especially the XP table portion. Absolutely essential to my games then & when I came back to AD&D this century
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    Dragon Reflections #79

    This one is not a favorite issue of mine in any regard. Not at all.
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    Dragon Reflections #82

    cool cover, as usual! very AD&D, to sport Mordenkainen's Sword in action I enjoyed the Peryton article, as I did most ecology articles. I do wish they'd be more bold; today they would be, with alternate stat-blocks & variants, one of very few improvements time has made magical rings! I used...
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