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Yes, that. I used the crossbow (for a while), but I certainly didn’t use it well. IIRC, I rarely hit, but when I did the damage was pretty good. IIARC, the heavy crossbow had pretty good “weapon vs. armor” adjustments?

It’s been 40 years. Were non-proficiency penalties in the DMG, or maybe later in UA? If not, it was possibly a house rule. Or maybe even something I tried in early 2e. I sometimes recycled character concepts in different campaigns, and now it’s hard to keep all those memories totally distinct...

My lone single-class, by-the-1e-PHB magic-user who survived to 2nd level carried a yo-yo, and sometimes performed gravity checks when feeling particularly bored/useless. When able, he liked to throw things - preferably molotov cocktails. Sometimes he used a heavy crossbow, with a dexterity...

I absolutely adored watching this 3/31/2008 moderator/admin/owner flame war [April Fool's performance art] unfold: Rel's OD&D 4 me (April Fool's) http://www.enworld.org/threads/od-d-4-me-april-fools.222759/ Morrus: Rel: Piratecat: and on. and on. and on. IIRC there was a temporary...

I’m imagining one of the crazed residents of Castle Amber, with an executioner’s hood and a very big axe.

Same! It’s the only Madonna album I’d ever play from start to finish.

Which reminds me…. Today I want to endorse Madonna + William Orbit’s Drowned World/Substitute for Love (and it is absolutely a single ‘song’) as one of the very best album openers. I listened to (at least the start of) it nearly every morning for many years - as my wake up alarm - yet somehow...

Okay, I'll post my list (for today). My answers will be completely different tomorrow. A tiny part of my mind keeps urging me to cite U2's Zooropa, but I'm dismissing that. I'll also dismiss Massive Attack's Protection as someone else's correct answer (from "High Fidelity"). Today I'm...

Awesome. I was really curious/wanted to see the Joe Strummer-fronted incarnation of the Pogues. I'd hope they played many Joe/Clash songs, and I imagine the Pogues could've produced amazing arrangements. I'll be difficult now and endorse the big-band-sound Gridlock as my personal favorite...

I own both Yggsburgh and The Upper Works (apparently I preordered that through "FRP Games" for a mere $23.95!), but I am still thrilled to see this re-release. And then perhaps on to The Dungeons!?!

Perhaps I can place a minimal pledge, and upgrade in the PM. Or just pay the two dollars. ¯\(ツ)/¯

The Pixies do not jam (AFAIK). When I saw them in ~1989 and 1991, they played everything By The Album, But a Little Faster. The only unexpected performance was a slow Wave of Mutilation… but even that reproduced an existing “UK Surf" B-side. (At risk of derailing the thread… when did you see...

The delay is good for my wallet! It’s been an expensive summer.

It’s an incredibly bold opening! (Luckily, it worked.)

Oof. Loudness can be bad, very bad. I saw Smashing Pumpkins at Milwaukee's tiny The Unicorn in 1992(?) while they were working on Siamese Dream. It was so loud my ears were ringing 2+ days later. I've brought earplugs to shows ever since, and was surprised/relieved a hearing test 2 years later...

Those are very good choices! (I'd probably substitute Bone Machine for Debaser myself, but it's a very close call. Two perfect albums.) And now I realize I've seen each of those bands play those songs live! Great memories.

I am fairly certain I’ll buy the new Core Books. I predict that based solely on the presence of OD&D, B, BX, BECMI, 1e, 2e, 3e, 3.5e, 4e, 4eE, 5e2014, Pathfinder 1… and several other variants already on my shelves. 😳

That’s a great set of autographs; I wouldn’t bid on it though. I have a couple autographed items which I cherish because of my memories of the autographing. Without that, I have minimal interest in them.

No, I needed a substitute character for a day of dungeon crawling. What he did in the dungeon was: be fairly annoying. Even to other 12 year old boys.

I was about to write that this was an issue that I found pretty useless, but then I realized I was entirely mistaken about that! I didn’t own it, but it seems my group made good use of several articles! My primary DM loved runes almost as much as he loved heraldry. He started dropping a lot of...