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I think so. I think Gary expected and trusted groups to do whatever worked for them. (Despite some of his rhetoric.) He was basically saying, “Here’s what worked for us.” Heck, he put things into AD&D that other people used that he didn’t. Steve Marsh has said that his impression was that AD&D...

Personally, I don’t think this has anything to do with IQ. And I only think it has to do with complexity to a limited extent. The experience of playing different classes is different. The skill a player exercises while playing different classes are different. This is something I enjoy about...

Unless they’re a priest of a god(dess) of pride and crassitude. “Give me my Cause Light Wounds now, you [bleep]-[bleep] excuse for a [bleep] higher power! I got your [bleep] ‘atonement’ right here.”

(Staying in the context of Basic D&D c. 1981...) Depends upon who you ask. (^_^) The thief does have some nifty abilities that can come in handy, though. He has a chance to pick locks if you want to avoid the sound and noise of opening a lock the more conventional way for some reason. By third...

Well, he didn’t claim it couldn’t be fair, he just said it wasn’t Platonic. It is possible to recognize that they can be fair and still prefer Platonics.

You know what? I like tables. I used to feel that way. Could’ve probably written that myself at some point. For some reason, none of that bothers me anymore. Yep. I’m horrible at arithmetic. Calculus I was good at; arithmetic, horrid. That’s why I brought/bring a calculator to sessions...

I agree with both of the quotes in the first post. It often doesn’t take me long to create a 3e PC because I usually create something very straightforward without a lot of tweaking. If I’m not using that complexity, then—for me—there’s really no need for it. Thus, I prefer a less complex...

I could have voted 10pt., but I think line length is much more important. Ten words per line.

I would play. If a friend of mine wants to run a game, and I’m available, then I’m in. Rules are GM’s-choice in my book. I might play a spellcaster. Probably depends most on what I’ve played recently than anything else. Now, if he tried to sell me this as the new, improved D&D to make all...

Nope. I know. I’m sorry. I was young, immature, and unexperienced. If I knew then what I know now... At least I’m trying to do better now. Good! I also note that to the extent this book has mechanics for social situations (pp. B21, B24, and B27) a Fighter is at no particular disadvantage...

Isn’t this the flip side of the “I don’t like ‘save the world’ campaigns because what do you do next?” * Save-the-world works well with closed-ended campaign that reach an end * Non-save-the-world works well with open-ended campaign that continues indefinitely

Having a bag full of half d20s (to cover d20 & d10) and half these (to cover d4, d6, d8, d12) seems good enough to me. Consolidation gets the most bang when going after the lesser used bits.

It may be that the reason Fighter is my favorite class (and moreso the older the edition) is that I prefer to think more like “how could I approach this problem if I were really there” rather than “how can I use my PC’s abilities and the rules to approach this problem”. I’m not certain the...

This is exactly the opposite of what we need. Apply your talents to creating reasons for me to add more dice to my bag rather than consolidating. (^_^) Seriously, though, I’ll have to pick up some of these.

They’ve definitely hinted that there could be world altering things involved. Heck, some of the characters have thought they were saving the world. And while the world survived their failure, something of unknown magnitude did happen. I forget the latter series, but in TOS they did have the...

Why isn’t ____ personally involved? Forked from: Alternatives to "Save the World" Let’s hear your reasons! There is no such personage. You’re it, guys! He’s all tied up dealing with even bigger threats, but it’ll all be for naught unless... He doesn’t care anymore. After saving the world...

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Don’t take this as disagreement with anything you wrote, but I’ll share more of my experiences. When I first really noticed how important mechanical advancement was for a friend of mine was years ago when we were playing primarily GURPS and Rolemaster. It was truly not an upmanship thing with...

Classic Traveller. Improving the numbers on your character sheet takes only time and money. (I didn’t even know it was an option for a long time.) All rewards are simply in-game. (Money, possessions, power, satisfaction, &c.) Since cT was my first RPG experience (beyond a few Basic D&D...

Take on ever more dangerous “dungeons” and “wildernesses”. Look for bigger treasure. Fight injustice. Establish a domain, clear it, protect it, expand it. Politics. Wage wars. End wars. Prevent wars. Intrigue. Espionage. Seek arcane knowledge/power. Retire.