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Of course, Western Gnostics often held similar ideas, that the God (or gods) commonly worshiped by ordinary people was actually an evil spirit impersonating the real God. But you're right; in my experience most East Asians don't understand Western culture any better than we understand their...

... and the Priestess said, "5 gold pieces, same as in town!"

During my campaign in high-school, I actually had two players (boyfriend-girlfriend at the time) who had sex in-character. Not in my presence, however. They accidentally told me about it later. See, 1st edition was just sexier!

Actually, I can't disagree with the above. I never said D&D is, ever was, or should be exclusive in play. The OP expressed a desire for including large amount of anime influence in the basic flavor and rules of D&D, however, and I think that would be a bad idea. As far as how the game actually...

The science fantasy elements of early D&D simply show the influence of Jack Vance's Dying Earth series. As for "Alice", certainly you're not suggesting that Lewis Carroll's work isn't classic, Western, or fantastic? As for "Godzilla", Japanese movie monsters appeared in the 1st Ed. Oriental...

The idea that D&D (or any game) needs a new rules set to attract new players makes no sense from a marketing point of view. The reason is simple; how does a new player know the ruleset improves anything if they have never played the game before? New features in a rules set can only be attractive...

And Homer, Malory, and the authors who wrote the legends of Charlemagne, Beowulf, etc. Sure is. And it's still better than what WOTC is now trying to sell us! A mish-mosh made of gold is still made of gold. An intricate sculpture of crap is always made of crap.

Sure. I can bring the lesbians, but I'll need to make sure you've already got the puppies ready. My Lord Satan gets real testy when he doesn't get his puppy blood! Which brings up something else. All RPGS are better with an a*s-kicking metal soundtrack! Nothing says "we just hacked apart a...

Dave Arneson, of course. Rob Kuntz Tom Moldvay Frank Metzner Len Lakofka Erol Otis D.A. Trampier Larry Elmore (even though I not a big fan of his art)

My campaign in set in the declining years of a continent-spanning human Empire. The Empire is composed of various different Realms, each of which has its own laws, language and customs. Two of the realms are republics. One, a realm known for producing philosophers and academics, is more or less...

I already refuse to DM 3.x edition, although I'll play it. Based on the previews and leaks, it looks like I'll have the same relationship with 4th edition. Buying the 4th edition PHB, however, is not a priority at all, since I'm already DMing a C&C game.

He was recently asked about that in his Q&A thread, and he replied that at the time he was trying to get the RPGA running strong, which required standardized rules. If I remember the the relevant passage in the 1st edition DMG correctly, it said was that AD&D required standard rules so...

For game purposes, I might match the implements up this way: Wand/Staff: summoning, fire & light-based spells Dagger/Sword: casting magic circles and Protection From Evil, offensive magic, mind-magic, air & electricity-based spells Cup: divinations, healing, water and ice-based spells...

I wouldn't compare C&C's art to 3rd edition's silly "spiky bits, mismatched armor, and clothing made of belts" look. Sure, C&C's art isn't exactly like 1st edition's, but times (and artists) change. I love the old art; most of all it was fun. But it's not 1979 any more. That doesn't mean that we...

It happened to be true about 2nd edition. Remember that company TSR, that got bought out by WOTC? 2nd edition AD&D was so ruinous for TSR that the company founded by the creators of RPGs was bought out by relative upstarts. I remember the 90s for everybody playing Vampire:The Masquerade. A very...

Nor are you, obviously. At least he (primarily) created the hobby we're all talking about! Maybe you'd care to list your equivalent achievements.

I'm an Expensive Doxy fan myself...

No I really expect it to happen, because I think 4th edition is going to fail on account of fracturing the market.

What I expect to happen is that WOTC will cancel D&D as a tabletop game in 2 or 3 years, in order to focus on trading card and miniatures games. Hasbro will then use Dungeons & Dragons as a brand name for a line of toys, and license the name out to other game companies as a revenue stream. My...

I have a player that in 3 different games chose to play the same half-orc character, named Strax Meat. Not for the bonuses, but for its role-playing/comedic potential. We decided he was a sort of half-orc "eternal champion", appearing in diverse times and places. A running joke was how ashamed...