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Honestly, the article is interesting but does not change my opinion of gygax. Had it not been for his drive, organization, merging of genres, historical readings and codification of rules, the game would have been a weird thing some guys did in a basement in the Midwest that no one ever heard...

I did not know the man but taking in Kuntz and treating a lost kid like family sounds pretty nice to me. We're all complex and imperfect. I am sure he was a mixed bag. Like the rest of us.

Hello gang! I have not posted in a good while. I have been busy curating a miniature collection and finishing a 4'x6' dungeon and '4'x6' forest for an upcoming "convention." At any rate I started looking at all of the info about tieflings and believe I might, for the first time, want to...

Super fun read. I was a kid when I started playing and only got cast off dragons from older kids who were done with them. I spent hours perusing them so it's fun to get a window into other issues!

There's more mystery in an imperfect system like 1e. There is more variability in power. Rolling hit points and abilities was exciting! I had a barbarian with 6 12s for hit point rolls...lottery odds! And it became part of his character... i think as as an adult (not a kid) the danger of...

The art is distracting and silly. Not a fan at all. It is just taste of course. It's not the vibe of any D&D I have ever played. However I am sure there are some groups that like a little more sunshine and smiles. Maybe they enjoy it?

After reading this I looked for some of my ancient sheets! I actually also had a gray elf druid/magic-user as well. 'Gristos Achilleous' We went crazy for a while in the 90s with multiclassing combos for 1st ed AD&D! That article in dragon opened up crazy vistas. We never converted to 2nd...

Actually there was some other options for 1e in dragon! We printed it and put it in our UA books. There were crazy allowable combos like cleric magic user thieves! I had an evil one--worshipped Loki. An evil gray elf named Glavis! Some 30 years ago...

Call me old fashioned and out of date or a fanboy or whatever...devils are interesting, fallen angels moreso and the opportunity to be in that alien territory is fantastic. the roleplay and survival challenges could be incredible. So. Cool. i love the idea of being horribly outgunned and yet...

Nice preview. Now I MUST buy it...wasn't sure before but I am now!

You could have them grapple and do damage either way by raw. For extra creep factor have some damage be piercing or slashing via bite. It changes nothing about the challenge rating imho. Got for it.

This is going to be a very helpful tool for me! Thanks

Very cool---looks to be very helpful. I was not aware of these! Much appreciation

Is anyone aware of a source for prebuilt encounters by challenge rating? I would like a jump start on my upcoming dungeon crawl planning

I really find GWM sort of freeing in that when I DM, I worry less about overdoing a challenge

Ok. Fair enough. Now look around at how others use the term. It's applied to darn near anything but observant and great weapon master! I don't disagree with your point. I disagree with how it is applied to useful feats and abilities.

A recent discussion about weapon master here on EnWorld got me thinking. I was one of the few people that thought the feat was fine since it helps to make a "character." I realize why I am often on the other side of popular opinion. I do not think "situational" is a bad thing. In fact, I...

Very good point on proficiency. However, I don't think +2 on four favored weapons is worse than +1 to one ability score from a mechanical standpoint either. But no big issue. I would take the feat in some situations and you might not. It's AOK! I think the half feats are a good value for...

I think the point is that for half an ASI a warlock (nonblade) or someone else can now swing a sword. They might like the imagery, a higher damage die(dice) or the ability to claim more magic weapons that get found. Some don't like to "dip" for many reasons including roleplay ones or even as...

How underpowered would upgraded armor and four weapon proficiencies be? I would say that is a lot of mechanical advantage for a feat and where it applies, good flavor. Well this already exisits. As a variant human take an armor feat if needed at first and wepaon master at 4th. You give up a...