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???????? You're joking, right? You actually *bought* the DVD for that puke-fest? And you're planning to buy the other ones? Is this a troll? Or a joke? It must be one or the other.

I'm currently reading through it, more for interest's sake than anything else. I owned it back in 1980 when I was 10 years old, but I never really read it. I've heard it described both as "awkward, verbose, and confusing" and "brilliant, inspired, and poetic." :confused: AT TIMES...

So you *have* played Synnibarr? What's it like? Seriously, tell us. [Is it possible to threadjack my own thread? ;) ]

I didn't even tell you guys about the controversy involving FUDGE. FUDGE wanted to be in the televised debate, and almost won a court injunction to that effect! Whew! ;)

Well, as I type this it's 9:52 pm, and it's all over. I don't know how to "officially" close a poll (dear moderators, feel free to shut that poll down if you wish :) ) but as far as my buddy and I are concerned, the results are final. QUITE final, in fact. Rules Cyclopedia D&D 73%...

Eeeeeeek! 45 minutes left! VOTE! ;)

[bump] It's 7:15 pm (PST), and 100 people have voted. 75% say RC, 25% say AD&D 2e. I suppose one could say that it's a lock at this point, I'm sure you'll all agree that "it ain't over till it's over" and all that. So please vote, if you haven't had a chance! The polls close at 9:45 pm...

[bump] It's 3:00 pm, PST, and the poll closes in 6 hours and 45 minutes. If you love or respect RC D&D OR AD&D 2e, then please vote! We've had 85 voters thus far, and we're hoping for *at least* an even 100. Thanks to everyone who has participated thus far!

[bump #2] Man, so far RC D&D is bitch-slapping AD&D 2e all over the place! But it ain't over till it's over, and all that... It's 11:00 am, PST. Poll closes at 9:45 pm.

[bump] Keep voting, folks...it's 7:45 am, Pacific Standard Time, and the polls close at 9:45 pm (PST) tonight. And when you've voted, please feel free to make a comment to this thread, as several of you have done! ;)

Okay, check this out. My DM and I (we co-DM, actually) have decided to unleash a one-year (real time, that is) Greyhawk/Planescape/Ravenloft crossover campaign on our players. It's going to be very, very sweet. The cool part (in our opinion, at least) is that it's gonna be RETRO. Meaning an...

Excellent suggestions! I especially like the "Y/N or Maybe" answer thing. Rather than have players ask, "What kind of ulterior motive do I sense from him?" and that kind of thing. One houserule I've used in the past is that I, as DM, will *always* ask for skill checks when appropriate, rather...

Just a thought, and I don't mean to turn this into a flamewar or anything ;) but Knifespeaks, it seems to be that, in a nutshell, you're arguing that D&D is better without skills. It's interesting to note, however, that TSR themselves disagreed with you. In AD&D 1e, we had "proficiencies"...

Bah! ;) (I knew as soon as I said NO 1st level character has +10 in Climb that someone would haul out his PHB and start researching...)

I'd like some help on how best to handle Sense Motive. It keeps coming up with my players, to the point that EVERY FRIGGING TIME they talk to an NPC they say, "I'm going to sense motive." [Roll] Not only does this completely destroy any hope of ROLE-PLAYING (I fondly remember the days of AD&D...

No, they know that if there *is* something there, then they didn't find it. There is a difference.

Why would you want to "prevent" a player from taking 20? That's the problem with your scenario. It's like saying, "How do I have a powerful character, but prevent him from gaining hit points each level?" You're trying to do something outside the parameters of the game. If you want to outlaw...

Well, you could always go with GURPS if what you want is a greater attempt at simulating realism. But I learned a long time ago that while realism may be realistic, it isn't much fun.

There are no 0-level characters in 3.0/3.5. If Climb is a class skill, then a character with a +10 climb is probably *at least* 5th or 6th level. Your maximum rank in a class skill is level+3. If we grant the guy a +2 or +3 STR modifier (climb is a STR skill) then maybe he can have a +10...

Oh, I agree...my point was simply that without some sort of internal consistency, the world falls apart. If you're playing Ravenloft, for example, you can't have dragons hiding around every corner...*unless* you've established that dragons are a part of *your* Ravenloft.