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No argument there. Arguably the most useful part of MM2 is the introduction of using d8+d12 for random encounter charts, which is a nice little tweak giving a flat center of equal probabilities to the bell curve.

TBF most of the monsters you just named originated in modules, and were later reprinted in the FF. Even if the FF did introduce them to a wider audience, the Underdark had already been populated with all those iconic ones.

This is basically why I voted for it.

There is a lot of cool stuff in there, and yes, the extraordinary Russ Nicholson art. There's a lot of dross as well, unfortunately. In case you haven't seen it before, there's a 1E solo play campaign journal on Dragonsfoot in which the player uses the Fiend Folio tables for all the...

At least one of the Wax Trax guys streams on Twitch sometimes and I've caught a couple of DJ sets on there.

Monday evening: Lat pulldowns (narrow grip) 105x20, 120x15, 120x13 +105x5, 120x10 +105x7 +90x7 (drop sets). Added 2 reps on the opening set, and improved on the following sets as well compared to last time. Machine triceps extensions 87.5x30, 90x26 +80x10, 90x26 +80x10. Advanced two reps on the...

That would be cool. One time I just showed up on the day, and let me tell you the pickings were slim! :LOL:

If it doesn't sell out before I register, I might. 😅

There's a thread about it in the old school forum as well: https://www.enworld.org/threads/osr-inspired-video-game-the-secret-of-weepstone-has-a-trailer.714844/

Wednesday evening Nov 26 went with a set of exercises intended to be complementary to the previous night. Machine triceps extensions 87.5x28, 90x25 +80x10, 90x24 +80x10. Advanced weight on the first set, reps on the second and third, compared to last time. Lat pulldowns (narrow grip) 105x18...

The original had quite a few modifications from B/X. Including spells above 6th level, character advancement to 20th, xp advancement charts with different numbers, and the inclusion of additional weapon and armor options from AD&D. It also modified morale checks to be upside-down compared to...

Last weekend I finished Gandhi's Satyagraha in South Africa, for my book club. I found it very readable, though he omits some details I'd like to have seen. I appreciate the generosity of Gandhi's approach; constantly giving people the benefit of the doubt, at least externally. Giving enemies...

That Colville vid is really good, on this topic. Good guidance on how to build/get that community, as well as how to maintain/nurture it once you've got it.

Tuesday night aimed for usual upper body trio and maybe something extra if I had time, but the triceps machine kept getting occupied, and I ran out of time waiting for it. I did sub in another exercise while waiting. Smith inclined barbell bench 70x22, 90x10 +80x5, 90x8 +80x3 +70x5. Tiny...

Those look to me like they could be curtains or cloths hung on the wall and strung between posts (like a privacy screen), or some kind of energy field or magic wall. What does the room description say?

Pauli, to be clear.

I'm looking at the BECMI Basic Dungeon Masters Rulebook, page 23, and it says Blindness imposes a -4 penalty to hit, slows movement to 1/3 normal or 2/3 normal if led, and gives enemies +4 to hit you. Remember that AD&D predates BECMI by several years. To the best of my recollection blindness...

Please share photos of your Holmes set with language about elves choosing from adventure to adventure! Zach Howard from Zenopus Archives has no mention of that change anywhere in his exhaustive change list of differences between the printings/versions of the Holmes rules, but it's certainly...

The Bard (of Why HeroQuest is so Great fame) talks in the video below a bit about the archetype of the barbarian and the importance of physicality, "rippling musculature" and the vitality of the body in the genre, especially post-Frazetta. He opines that Conan's body gives him his agency in the...

Watched this when it came out on HBO Max this Spring. My recollection is that it was decent, but I felt they overdid the callbacks to/quotes from/references to the LotR movies.