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Agreed on basically all counts. Like with Moorcock's Elric stories, IMO the best way to go with these is publication/real-world chronological order. Deviltry isn't peak, but it's still quite good. I think Spy is the only one of his I've read; I remember selecting it by happenstance and being...

I was never much of a fan of DC comics (the 1978 Superman, and the Batman movies have obviously been a big deal for decades now and most of them pretty good), but have definitely enjoyed a lot of the recent projects. The second Suicide Squad, The Batman, Peacemaker, Creature Commandos, and the...

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'87, 85', '86, respectively. It is amusing to note that they're all 40 or approaching it, but it is valid to observe that they're not part of the first wave of RPGs, that first burst of publications when a) no one had any idea what they were doing / b) folks weren't really building / iterating...

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Thankfully not. I suspect because A) I generally manage not to judge anything by the worst or most annoying of its fans. B) If I find a person that annoying I'm more likely to block them rather than let them negatively impact my life.

I agree that the free action to catch seems to be intended to be fine in the middle of a multi-attack. In-game, the 1st level Rogue Daily power Blinding Barrage makes up to nine attacks which could all be with a single thrown +1 dagger, so this question definitely cropped up early at many...

Yes and no. He changed how he played and ran over time, so people who report what his game was like from different years can be accurate while also reporting contradictory details. Luke Gygax has publicly stated* that, at least in the years immediately following the release of 1E AD&D, that...

Sounds like you are agreeing with Johnstone Metzger and the game that requiring merely one half makes sense to you (the "you must fight" half of the chart). That just being a thrill-seeking personality is enough, without the other compelling reason of being unsuited for a regular job. :) I...

Because being an adventurer is super dangerous and part of the setting is the assumption that people wouldn't do it if they didn't have to? Sorry, I do need to correct myself- the game calls for EITHER being unable to work a normal job OR having a motivation which drives you to fight the...

This is one of the things I learned to appreciate about the racial classes from B/X. Elves, Dwarves, and Halflings have a few minimum ability score requirements, instead of getting bonuses which can be used to min/max. In any system with level advancement and where the ability scores are going...

For the record, even in the TSR editions PCs were always special. The difference we're talking about is in degree more than in kind. A first level PC Fighting-Man in 1974 OD&D is a Veteran, with 1+1 Hit Dice, distinguished by that +1 as slightly superior to an ordinary soldier. As Cadence...

IIRC a lot of sample NPCs in AD&D had monstrous stats. I don't remember the module specifying for sure that he dual-wields, though some people infer it. The original cover art seems to depict him doing so.

I tend to keep backgrounds relatively short & sketchy nowadays, to root the character lightly in the world (and allow for flexibility if the DM needs something to be different) and inform how I play the character. 1-3 paragraphs if that, most of the time. I can come up with more if the...

That is basically the origin of alignment in 1974 OD&D. You get a list of creature types under each alignment (Law, Neutrality, Chaos) on page 9 of Men & Magic, which describes alignment as a "stance". Interestly, some creatures appear in multiple columns, like Orcs under both Neutrality and...

Colville had a nice video on backstories last week.

Eh. I agree that there's some work required. "A ton" here feels pretty subjective. Changing up some to most of the "always attack" encounters to regular reaction rolls goes a long way with pretty light effort.