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Robilar was a Ranger at one point? Huh, I never heard that before. Is this info from Rob and/or Gary? If he was a Ranger I assume he experienced normal penalties when he went to an Evil alignment (or even a Neutral one on his way out of Good). Gray Mouser

Hmm, let's see. More magic items, more treasure with which to hire henchmen and hirlings, expanded spell lists for more options (even if number of spells memorized doesn't increase), to say nothing of the ability ability to make potions and scrolls for M-U elves. There's certainly options for...

Heh, enter the svirfneblin! Now those are some gnomes that can give a party some major headaches, what with their elemental summoning abilities and all! And kudos to you! I love Valley Elves, myself. They're rather limited in my own campaign world and I preserve the outsider aspect of them. In...

Of course. But ion your original quote it was progression of the story that you referred to, which, imo, isn't contingent on level progression. Of course not. Elves can reach up to 11th level as M-U's, 13th if you use UA. That's pretty powerful, imo. I can barely cast a first level spell...

WHo says you have to stop adventuring once you hit the level limit? Besides, if they want to keep advancing just take Thief as a multi-class. Gray Mouser

Thanks for the input, Gary. I thought I had the copy of Dragon at home but apparently not. Maybe it's in storage at my parents, still. The title of the column, iirc, was something like "The Last Word on Demihumans." I agree. Can't recall any mythologies that have elves, dwarves, etc. as having...

That's the one. IMHO, the Slave Lords series is a great adventure arc. The only problem is surviving A2 with the fort full of hobgoblins! ONe wrong move and you have a major battle on your hands! Gray Mouser

Good points here, Gary. I prefer level limits for demi-humans, and use either the PHB version or, depending on campaign and players, raise level limits for single-classed demi-humans by 2 but keep the multi-class level limits as is in the PHB. I can't recall when I came up with this rule, but I...

Heh. BTW, long time no see Fafhrd ;) Gray Mouser

Actually, since a stereotypical D&D Gnome began as being able to be an Illusionist and not a Bard I'd have to disagree with you. Gray Mouser

Not to hi-jack this thread but why do gnomes have Bard as their favored class??? Gray Mouser

Hey Gary, a Lejendary Earth question for you. I don't have the game itself but I've heard it's set in a "Lehendary Earth" setting which has the same (or similar) continents and civilizations as earth does, just with some changes thrown in. I'm wondering if there's a "Lejendary Earth" Atlantis...

Thanks for the clarification, Colonel. I knew MA preceeded GW but never played (or even saw) the former). That explains the crossovers, too. Yeah, I know about your policy about not giving out stats for your PCs but I had to ask, given the opening you presented ;) Heh, I've heard that some...

Yeah, Leiber was less of an influence in the shaping of the genre, I agree. That being said, I still think he did some fine work and his writings have given me a lot of inspiration in my gaming (go figure with my handle, huh? ;) ). And I can't believe that I forgot to add Jack Vance on my own...

As much as JRRT ;) Actually more. There's one episode in The Swords of Lankhmar where Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser encounter a German-speaking dimensional traveller who's collecting multi-headed sea-dragons. IIRC, the German uses a sort of spaceship to travel between worlds. You know, I've...

Isn't "life leech" a power from Gamma World? I've never played MA (although it sounds pretty cool from what you and others have said). Also, I assume PSH stands for "pure strain human", which, iirc, was also a GW race. Was there overlap between these games? I know you designed a module for...

Gah! And no Fritz Leiber???? What gives?! Gray Mouser

Hey Gary, just thought I'd post a more on topic question for you :) Have there been any classes that you did not personally have PC's for? From what I have read you seemed to favor M-U's (Mordenkainen, Bigby), Fighters (Yrag), and Clerics (Riggby). I've never heard mention that one of your PC's...

Heh, you got me there. My wife, however, loves the stuff. When we go for sushi she usually gets eel. I'm a fan of tuna and salmon, myself. Of course, when I drag her to Korean restaraunts she's usually there under protest and so generally orders a koreanized Japanese dish lol. Gray Mouser PS...

I have to admit I find lam only OK. As for the veal kidney, well I liek veal but not kidney! Now these I can get on board with! :) Gray Mouser