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No, my Mentzer Basic most definitely had plain dice with crayon. Perhaps later printings had inked dice.

I think the White Box and know AD&D are no slouch in this regard, but indeed the credit in later Basics was confusing. They were meant as cleaned up OD&D, though, and I can't say as I blame Gary for protecting his authorship. He and Arneson wrote D&D, and Holmes, Moldvay, and Mentzer rewrote, or...

Can't see a word of what you post due to black text

Oh thats right, it was Rommies who were Commies. Right down to the grey uniforms. Although, I think TOS dealt more with Communism with alt human societies than with alien. But "Balance of Terror" is probably Romulans as Russia.

The Russian thing relates to TOS era, height of the Cold War. TOS was exploring issues of Communism, but I don't recall it in the early Klingons. But any enemy of the Federation would likely be though of as Commies back then to some people. Star Trek is a slight deviation, as it conciously...

Evil humanoids represent the evil of humankind. There are Orcs in the real world. There are vampires, trolls, and all manner of evil :):):):) in the real world. There is a Catoblepas on the corner of Broadway and Congress St. But fantasy conceptions of evil do not point to any particular...

I'm a hater, but don't agree with the poll statement. It's a very, very minor consideration, so easily tossed it doesn't matter. But I do hate it, and had to vote hate. My hate has made me strong...

Best thread title in a while, you perverts. : )

Suffice it to say this mechanic is a miss, and it's done damage. : )

Don't care about your site, big letters are big, minotaurs are cool.

that is silly, which is why the designers are very clear that this ability, if used, is to be ADJUDICATED BY THE DM.... in that very FAQ they say a 1 can still truly miss as well. I think a lot of folks, myself included at first, are looking at this in a VERY black and white fashion, whereas...

In my O/AD&D game I've recently started, there is an Underworld, connecting eventually to the Hells and the Abyss. One entrance lies in a lawless collective known as "Goblin-town", but there are many such entries. I am also leaving the details of unexplored wilderness intentionally blank, for...

Minis, and especially battlemats, ruin the RPG experience for me. I like them, but not for RPG's.

very interesting, maybe I'll hunt down one of those at some point. I wonder if 3.x is (was) presentable as a Basic D&D, and what the quality of writing was. (All threads reduce to edition war in x posts....) But seriously, preferences aside, crunchy systems are not likely to attract...

Ah, I didn't know there was a 3.x Basic box. I wonder if the RPG genre itself isn't a stumbling block. I see a D&D board game next to Monopoly in Barnes&Noble, prominently in the middle of the store. The RPG is on the very bottom of a geek shelf near the bathroom.

I never purchased the 4E Red Box, nor anything 4E after sitting down with its PHB and giving it a read. What I mean is, Basic D&D in a box, with other games (not on RPG shelves) is the right track for expanding the hobby, and is something curiously absent from the end of BECMI all the way...

I think the heavy crossbow is the answer here. The longbow is out - their arms are too short - but the heavy crossbow, if they can crank it, and lift it, they should be able to use. You might also allow some gnomish innovation, if thats how they're portrayed in your campaign - a Gnomish...

you poor soul....what a tome to start with!

they just were considered, in this very thread. Its an obvious answer, but please dig through your books some more. if that doesn't help, you may just have to....wing it....

Physics is a bit tossed due to magic in the first place - dragons shouldn't fly at all - but, this Petal is acting as a (relatively) giant rudder. There is no way for stable flight to occur. Also, STR carrying capacities do not have to correlate to airborne carrying capacitites.