Core and PrC Class Proliferation

[tigycho]

Reminds me of the letter from a rich Roman woman to her country cousin recounting her shopping trip to a mall [Yes, a real mall--an enclosed block of a variety of shops], in which her husband was bored stiff and went to sit with the other husbands who complained that their wives were spending all their money. Art History I was definitely worth taking.

*rofl* You wouldn't happen to have a link or citation to that, would you? Sounds amusing!

 

[MonsterMash]

I love those old letters. Gotta dig up some of the old "dwarven women" ones, too

What you mean the do they have beards ones?

That letter quoted does show that there is nothing new under the sun (pretty much) or at least that the human condition is fairly constant.

 

[tigycho]

What you mean the do they have beards ones?

Imagine a thread here on Enworld about whether or not dwarven women have beards.

Make it one that NEVER seems to end, racks up 1000 posts, and, for some odd reason, isn't filled with personal attacks, but rather full of scholarship of quality debate.

Now, make it be by postal mail so it is spread out over a couple YEARS.

That's what happened in the Out on a Limb column in Dragon =)

Also: Let's all not forgot Waldorf the Magic-User.

 

[LiKral]

Reminds me of the letter from a rich Roman woman to her country cousin recounting her shopping trip to a mall [Yes, a real mall--an enclosed block of a variety of shops], in which her husband was bored stiff and went to sit with the other husbands who complained that their wives were spending all their money. Art History I was definitely worth taking.

Amusing. Most people seem to think that humans in the past behaved in a way that would be completely alien to us now, but the more original (well, translated) sources I read, the more people seem like people, no matter what time or culture they live in.

 

[VirgilCaine]

*rofl* You wouldn't happen to have a link or citation to that, would you? Sounds amusing!

Sorry. From my art history teacher's mouth to your eyes.

He also showed us a slide of a mosaic showing a "gymnasium" [what we would call what it was] with several women exercising in very familiar clothing....and one holding two tiny weights, hoping to lose weight, just like today. Quite amusing.

And the mall? You could get anything from clothing, to food, to hardware [horseshoes] there.

The Romans really weren't so different in some ways: You could leave your apartment, pick up a shirt with your teams colors on it at the mall, go to the sports arena, pick up your tickets at the will-call desk, grab something from the concession stands, and enjoy a game of soccer.

 

[woodelf]

Imagine a thread here on Enworld about whether or not dwarven women have beards.

Make it one that NEVER seems to end, racks up 1000 posts, and, for some odd reason, isn't filled with personal attacks, but rather full of scholarship of quality debate.

Now, make it be by postal mail so it is spread out over a couple YEARS.

That's what happened in the Out on a Limb column in Dragon =)

Huh. I don't remember much debate on the female dwarven beard front, and i read Dragon religiously from #88 to ~#250. All i remember is the consistent stance that female dwarves have beards, and the occasional letter saying "that's dumb" or "well, not in*my* campaign". Oh yeah, and then D&D3E happened, and dwarven women lost their beards.

 

[Ranger REG]

Huh. I don't remember much debate on the female dwarven beard front, and i read Dragon religiously from #88 to ~#250. All i remember is the consistent stance that female dwarves have beards, and the occasional letter saying "that's dumb" or "well, not in*my* campaign". Oh yeah, and then D&D3E happened, and dwarven women lost their beards.

Really? There's a scene in LOTR:TTT film that might dispute that statement.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

I think what makes the current proliferation of classes a bit more tolerable is the internet. New classes can be troubleshot for problems a lot more quickly and easily as people from around the globe lterally playtest them for each other. We didn't have a tool like the internet way back when, so finding out a class was broken took hard experience at the game table. Now, all I have to do is watch various message boards and read about the experiences of dozens, maybe hundreds, of other gamers, and make a determination as to what will work and what will not in my game.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

Oh yeah, and then D&D3E happened, and dwarven women lost their beards.

That's dumb. Well, not in *my* campaign.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

I dont mind having a plethora of choices to pick from. I just house rule what is available and what isn't, based on how powerful I feel [whatever it is I am lloking at] is.