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I just ran across this, seems interesting: https://www.wired.com/story/forget-chess-real-challenge-teaching-ai-play-dandd/?utm_source=pocket-newtab Also, great to see that they spelled the name correctly with an ampersand rather then the word "and." :)

I was just re-reading this wonderful article about Gary Gygax and D&D's contributions to the English language: From the Dungeon to the Dictionary But it left me with wondering; in the article, it states " ...he [Gygax] is the popularizer of teleport and psionic, both of which feature...

In the 1st Edition of AD&D, Gold Dragons were presented as Asian-style Dragons; wingless and serpentine (flying through sheer magic.) This matched their presentation as wise, intelligent, and benevolent, befitting the mythology of Chinese and Japanese-style dragons. Gold Dragons stood out from...

I still don't buy the idea that having different settings "fractured" the D&D player base: no one I ever knew refused to buy Forgotten Realms or Ravenloft books because they "only played Dark Sun." Yes, people may have had favorite settings that they focused on, but everyone always bought...

OK, so this is a major pet peeve of mine, and I just wanted to know if anyone else gets as annoyed as I do from people totally misunderstanding and misusing these terms... and maybe I can try to explain what the terms actually mean to anyone who doesn't know. I know this is pedantic, but I...

I've been talking with my brother over the past few weeks about how Dwarves, being a Proud Warrior Race™ all about beards, axes, and hammers, and smashing skulls with said axes and hammers, should have an answer to the Bladesinger, IE a Wizard tradition with some decent melee combat ability. If...

I looked through the forums but didn't see anything about this posted anywhere, and I thought it was absolutely interesting enough to warrant discussion on the forums. Apparently the FBI had Gary, and TSR in general, under surveillance for possible connections to the Unabomber case. Here's a...

OK, so I know some of you will see that title and groan "Weapon Specialization, do you really need to go through that again?!" Well, I have always believed Specialization was an excellent way to differentiate a general "Expert Swordsman" (anyone with proficiency in a sword and a decent...

OK, so why is Mordenkainen's Sword such an utterly pathetic 7th level spell? Compared to Bigby's Hand it is just sad: Hand is 2 levels lower, does more damage (4D10 Force vs 3D10 Force,) has more options from which to choose (Clenched, Forceful, Grasping, Interposing,) and can be cast with a...

I'm sorry if someone else started a thread about this, but I searched and couldn't find one anywhere. First off, I have to say that I absolutely love 5th Edition. This is in no way a complaint about the game. I am deliriously happy with it; it's like all the best parts of OD&D, AD&D, Basic...

I have just uploaded Necromancer Games Character Sheet v101 to the downloads area. Here's the v3.5 character sheet from Necromancer Games, designed by the Mad Irishman. Stats are listed in the standard v3.5 order. You can find the file here in the downloads section. Please use this thread...

Does anyone still have a copy of Necromancer's rad character sheet they could post? The one designed by the Mad Irishman, done in the style of the old Firs Edition sheets with the stats listed in the original order? I used to have it, but that was several years, hard drive crashes, and...

Ok, now, without having read the books yet, what are you thinking of playing so far? What are you planning to play as your first character? I myself am planning on making an intelligent Human Fighter, specializing in the glaive as his main weapon (whether there are mechanics for...

So, I've been saving up 200 or 300 dollars a month for the last 9 months (I get 650 a month from SSI, live with my parents, and give 250 directly to the household) and have finally saved up enough to puy a PS3! and a 42 inch Olevia 42 inch LCD HDTV! I got an 80 gig model with MotorStorm, an...

Well, we just completed a major story arc in our 13 year long main campaign, Camathria, that is currently using 3.5E rules, and the DM decided a side game would be interesting. When I called him ysterday to see how he is doing, he asked if I'd be interested in a 1E side campaign, and I said...

Wow, this book is really rad! I haven't gotten very far into it yet, but dang, I really dig this book. I am truly impressed by it. Also, I was wondering: from what I've read in places, isn't 10 bucks kinda cheap for this book, or is it pretty much the going rate for it? It's in what would...

Wow, this is really nice. In fact, it's what I've been arguing with some people on the WotC boards about for a while now, about how to integrate Duskblades into the Realms, elite arcane knights from the Crown Wars, sort of divergent more offensive minded Bladesingers in heavy armor, primarily...

I've made up a new PrC for my home setting, the Ranger Lord, to bring back the flavor and abilitis of the 1E Ranger class, a tough commando-style, Special Forces type warrior who goes into enemy territory and takes the enemy head-on, having to live off the land to survive, as opposed to the 2E...

How common is this? I always read about "beer and pretzels" games, and about people having a beer while they play, but isn't something that anyone I've ever played this has eve done, except for a few very unusual times. We just don't do it and never have. The one time I remember actually...

http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/psm/20070214a Rad. I've held this position all along.