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More or less, although there are severe restrictions on dual-classing.

Limits are limits on PCs, not on NPCs and figures of old.

Then lets take out height, weight, and age restrictions, too, from the core rules, and impose them in the settings. ;) Saying that it's not in the nature of a dwarf to be a magic-user is no different than saying that a dwarf must be (for example) between 4 and 5 feet tall, or that, on average...

Nothing is wrong with racial class limitations. If one is going to remove racial class limitations, then why not remove racial size- and age limitations, too? After all, these limitations keep players from playing the characters they really want to play. Why can't I play a 7-foot tall Dwarf?

There's also lots of pre-gens in the modules with memorable names: Philotomy Jurament, Gleepwurp (some sources say "Gleedwurp" IIRC) the Eyebiter, Beek Gwenders of Croodle, etc. And I think Lord Robilar is about as iconic as it gets! Isn't there some debate over the sex of Morgan Ironwolf...

No, actually I think DSG and WSG are crap. Well, maybe not crap, but non-weapon proficiencies caused more problems than they solved IMO. I think UA is the best non-core (by "core" I mean only the MM, PHB, and DMG) hardback ever published for AD&D.

UA is a great book . . . why wouldn't one use it in one's AD&D campaign?

I'm not that familiar with 3e art, since practically the only 3e product I've ever owned was the PHB. But I noticed a very clear tendency in the PHB for portraits over art depicting action. There are only 3 or 4 such portraits in the OAD&D PHB. The Frostburn picture highlighted by Merric is a...

Ah, I misunderstood your post. I thought that you were claiming that the OGL was limited to facilitating support products like modules and supplements. But I still don't understand why the OGL would allow for competing core books. The OGL business model was supposed to support sales of WOTC...

Is that really its intended purpose? If so, then why not put limitations on the OGL similar to those on the D20 STL (for example, no character creation rules)? That would permit supporting material and likely prohibit new games based on WOTC's OGC. No, I think its intended purpose is broader...

I don't see why being told you can't do something is fundamentally less consistent with "immersion" than being told that you can. For example, I don't think disallowing halfling wizards (when in Middle-earth "there is little or no magic about them") is any more conducive to suspending belief...

Isn't this turning in to a bit of an edition war? Isn't that materia non grata? Is the 1e revival here to stay? I certainly hope so. Pod-Caverns is a worthy and innovative adventure; so is Rob Kuntz's Cairn of the Skeleton King and Goodman Games' Iron Crypt of the Heretics. Kuntz's Tower of...

Why bother if it can simply be houseruled away?

I guess it depends on which Gygax case we're talking about. IIRC, he tried to stop the hostile takeover of TSR and lost (just or no). He then sold all of the IP he owned from works published while he worked for TSR. TSR later brought suit against GDW and Omega Helios (which I think was a...

I think that was concerning fanzines with a circulation of 500 or less, not slickly-produced modules by professional outfits.

I must confess that although I am not a lawyer, I find the legal discussion fascinating. By the way, here is a definition of 'estoppel': http://www.lectlaw.com/def/e040.htm And here's one of 'laches': http://www.lectlaw.com/def/l056.htm Wasn't there a relevant copyright case involving Marion...

I'm not a reader of The Dragon any more and I don't play video games, but I don't see what the big deal is. TD used to cover all sorts of games back in the day.

Doesn't La Trappe have a "quadrupel"?

The 1e rules also come with counters. The 2e rules don't and assume that you have miniatures. In fact there is a whole chapter in the rules on how to paint miniatures. How lame is that?

I've been driving my Corolla for 8+ years. It's far and away the more reliable of the two cars I've owned (the other was an ancient Ford Taurus). Yes, you can drive Japanese cars into the ground, but that's because they last long enough to be driven into the ground! I would not hesitate to buy...