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<blockquote data-quote="Thotas" data-source="post: 1556972" data-attributes="member: 18974"><p>I liked a lot of what's been mentioned; particularly the various "point of view" articles. What was really nice was it made the kobold-goblin-orc-hobgoblin-gnoll sequence more meaningful than just a progression of slightly more powerful races to fight in large groups (which is what they were in those days). Particularly fond of the detail that gnolls are all male-chauvanist; females have a genetic oddity such that the average female gnoll is much less intelligent than the average male gnoll, and that the male gnolls have a hard time understanding that their race is the exception. As such, gnolls almost always underestimate females of other races. </p><p></p><p>Also liked Giants in the Earth; c'mon, who doesn't read sword and sorcery novels and at least on some level try to figure out what level the heroes are?</p><p></p><p>With something close to shame, I also admit to liking the "Bard on the Run" parodies. But my taste in music has diverged from what's popular nowadays to the point where I wouldn't get the joke anyway, I know this from the song parodies I see on sketch comedy shows.</p><p></p><p>There was an old issue (number 79, I think-- Yes, I am an old gamer. See previous paragraph) that had an article on Saints. I think it qualifies as the very first example of what would now be called a "Template". It was a good one, too. </p><p></p><p>There were a couple of issues that had material for a setting similar to India, and I think 3.x has ignored that (other than Green Ronin's Mindshadows).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thotas, post: 1556972, member: 18974"] I liked a lot of what's been mentioned; particularly the various "point of view" articles. What was really nice was it made the kobold-goblin-orc-hobgoblin-gnoll sequence more meaningful than just a progression of slightly more powerful races to fight in large groups (which is what they were in those days). Particularly fond of the detail that gnolls are all male-chauvanist; females have a genetic oddity such that the average female gnoll is much less intelligent than the average male gnoll, and that the male gnolls have a hard time understanding that their race is the exception. As such, gnolls almost always underestimate females of other races. Also liked Giants in the Earth; c'mon, who doesn't read sword and sorcery novels and at least on some level try to figure out what level the heroes are? With something close to shame, I also admit to liking the "Bard on the Run" parodies. But my taste in music has diverged from what's popular nowadays to the point where I wouldn't get the joke anyway, I know this from the song parodies I see on sketch comedy shows. There was an old issue (number 79, I think-- Yes, I am an old gamer. See previous paragraph) that had an article on Saints. I think it qualifies as the very first example of what would now be called a "Template". It was a good one, too. There were a couple of issues that had material for a setting similar to India, and I think 3.x has ignored that (other than Green Ronin's Mindshadows). [/QUOTE]
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