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I don't think you have to be that to be in the group of "denialists" that was deemed to exist a couple of pages before. In other words guys, I didn't start this particular fire just because I used that word. Go talk to the guys calling people who don't agree with them "denialists". That was...

People tend to take information they want to believe at face value, and turn their inner skeptic/critic on information they don't want to believe. We filter and process incoming information in a manner appropriate to our worldviews and egos. Of course this is the case, it's obvious. I was...

Based on my recent experience in the minis thread, I couldn't disagree more. Your "side" is desperate for legitimacy and proof of success, and prepared to hem and haw in the face of evidence to the contrary that you don't like, just as any other will. It's called the human condition, and you...

Based on what's already been done to FR and the implied setting, what gives you the impression that Dark Sun's integrity as a setting will be considered a sacred cow immune to slaughter? It's not as popular as FR, nor as fundamental as the implied setting, and arguably they've both been...

You've been directly contradicted. You refuse to renounce your assumptions, even when they've been shown to be wrong by someone who knew Gygax and played in his games. There's nothing more to say, except I was right in my prediction that wishful thinking will prevail in the face of a witness...

It exists. One of Gygax's players is on the record as saying they didn't use miniatures, and it's explicitly written in 0E that the game does not assume the use of miniatures. Additionally, he said that the only reason the word "miniatures" is on the cover of OD&D is that the term "fantasy...

It's not shenanigans because when people look at 3E in hopes of simplifying it/adding DM fiat/speeding it up/"oldschoolifying" it, then systems which represent large chunks of 3E such as AoOs, skills and feats head the wishlist of what should be first on the chopping block. And this is based on...

The problem with the point you're making is that AD&D's systems aren't as tightly integrated as these games. You'd have to remove, say AD&D's cleric spells to get a similar effect on the game as removing 3e's feats. Ignoring weapons vs armour and grappling from AD&D just aren't in the same...

Removing feats from fighters in 3E is like removing magic from elves in BECMI. Yes, the game will still run, but you might have trouble convincing anyone to play a fighter. In fact, everyone with an eye for minmaxing would immediately dump the fighter for the barbarian in such a campaign. The...

I'd argue you forgot: 4. Spells 5. Magic items AD&D is nothing without it's three pillars of splat. And the spells and items do represent subsystems and exception clauses of their own. Proof of AD&D's reliance on it's spells can be found in the number of class abilities, monster abilities...

The difference might be that 3E was playable under the RAW. Good luck working out the 1E AD&D RAW in places, let alone playing it. So I'd argue that there is some validity to this double standard, because no-one (even Gygax himself) played AD&D that way, whereas you can with core 3E. The AD&D...

I like his adventures the most. Spellfire turned me off his novels for good, and his setting fluff I find more evocative than applicable. Like Gygax he's really good at conveying a certain eldritch vibe, though (although their styles and the resulting feel are not the same), and few people...

If I want a small generic setting where the PCs are the most important people around, I'd use Thunder Rift. (Which I am. Funny that.) The ironic thing, to me, is that when the Forgotten Realms gets used in a novel, computer game, or one of Ed Greenwood's original campaigns, it's usually as a...

Why? Didn't 3rd party stuff glut the market and the lack of quality control from some 3PPs damage the brand? Orcus even implies that there's not much appetite for it from distributors and retailers. In light of that, maybe the GSL is working as intended i.e. WOTC not forfeiting control over...

I'd just add that arguably BECMI makes a bit of a mess of the rules for punching and wrestling too. So that's four editions in a row (BECMI, 1E, 2E, 3E) that make a bit of a dog's breakfast of the topic. Must be something about it. But they're clearly marked as optional. And BECMI becomes...

Correct, citizen. You were never actually having fun, you were just imagining it, and these aren't the droids you're looking for. Repeat after me: D&D is about combat, has always been about combat, will always be about combat...look into my eyes, you are getting sleeepy.... Our...

Shares, bonds, and dice. But mostly shares. Can never have too many shares, bonds, or dice. If things continue like this, my four Rules Cyclopedias may have been the last RPG books I'll ever buy. I put some clear vinyl slip-on covers on them to help them survive being borrowed between...

Yes, I know he's got six-shooters. Still, a Greyhawk with one NPC with guns and a crashed spaceship hews a heck of a lot closer to mythology in the "lacking in jarring anachronisms" department than something like Eberron, which is apparently more relevant but I'd argue less resonant.

It would be interesting to count the crossovers. She rips off Tolkien quite obviously (Wormtongue <-> Wormtail) so I don't think she's immune to pop fantasy influences. She also uses Tolkienesque killer trees. As a collection, merfolk, hippogriffs, giant spiders, centaurs, dragons, elves...

Just a nitpick, but it's not a fact in the case of Toril. It was originally for Howard-like short stories starring Mirt the Moneylender and friends. Only later did Ed renovate his world for AD&D use, and make the magic "vancian" in nature. I don't think your point has much oomph. I mean...