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Message: <blockquote data-quote="VikingLegion" data-source="post: 9603300" data-attributes="member: 6794627">Awesome thread, I came across it a couple weeks ago and have been trying to catch up 2-3 pages a night.  I played a couple of these way back in the day - I think it was Gateway to the Savage Frontier and maybe Dark Queen of Krynn.  This was over 30 years ago so my memory may be hazy.  I (obviously) didn't have that companion/editor, and I recall spending HOURS on character creation with my best friend, rolling over and over to try for super-characters and subbing out with him when one of our eyes started to glaze over.We ended up with a Paladin with STR 18/00, CON 18, DEX 16, and passably good stats for everything else.  He was the champion of our group, carrying the rest through.  I remember about 2/3 through Gateway, he suddenly couldn't fight his way out of a paper bag.  We didn't know all the nuances of the rules back then and never really figured out why he went from stud to dud so quickly.  After reading this I assume he must've gotten level drained or Strength drained by an undead and we weren't able to repair the damage?  Anyway, very good times.  This thread is something like a time capsule, letting me relive the gist of those games, if not the exact experiences.  Huge thanks for taking the time to chronicle your journey, and I'm pulling for you to stick with it.By the way, the story of Buffy all lined up to backstab the vampire into oblivion and then MISSING was hilarious.  I might've thrown my monitor through the window in frustration, but you seemed to take it in stride with good humor.</blockquote>

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