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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sunglar" data-source="post: 1539597" data-attributes="member: 854">Well I heard many of the stories you mention here, in one form or another.  Sometimes when I hear the horror stories from their youth from other players I feel blessed.  I grew up in a home the SUPPORTED my hobby and encouraged me to use my imagination.  My D&D Basic red box with the Elmore art was a gift from my mom, who despite that fact that I’ll be turning 31 next month, thinks the best gifts for me are (in this order) an RPG book, clothes, a tie, or an RPG book. And she knows her way about a hobby shop too.  Before you think I’m off subject here, there is one story I heard many years ago, and I must apologize to Gary in advance for actually repeating it.  Supposedly a friend of a friend of mine (isn’t this always the case) visiting the US went to a convention and saw Gary Gygax run a game…  In it supposedly a PC got lucky and rolled a 20 while swinging his vorpal sword and decapitated the main villain in the first round of combat.  As I heard the story Gary went on to tell him it didn’t happen.  When the guy complained he killed his character outright.That is how I heard it, I don’t know if this is simply a version of some other story, or something that happened in a gaming table that upon retelling just got bigger and better.  I did not believe it then, and surely don’t believe it now.That is all... Signing off!Sunglar</blockquote>