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<blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 8078927" data-attributes="member: 27780">Polyhedron Issue 29: Mar/Apr 1986part 5/5The Savage Sword of Lugnut the Barbarian: We conclude with a second bit of single page fiction that's basically just an extended build-up to a groanworthy punchline. The princess of the valley has been kidnapped! Only Lugnut the barbarian has thews mighty enough to defeat all the Ultra-Necromancer's minions and rescue her! And the lack of brains to not realise until too late that the princess of the valley is indeed a valley girl, with all that implies. They've used this joke before, and it's totally suffering from diminishing returns with repetition. Frank Zappa has a lot to answer for. This is neither gnarly or radical anymore. I wouldn't go as far as saying it's completely bogus, but it's definitely testing my patience, and would grow increasingly grody if they try going back to this well again.Slightly less funny than last year, but the game material is also slightly more usable in actual play on average without breaking either game balance, or people's suspension of disbelief. That's a tradeoff i can live with, as jokes rapidly lose their funniness on repetition, but stuff that's useful in game like the new spells can be returned too many times. Let's see how much of next issue will merit returning to and using.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="(un)reason, post: 8078927, member: 27780"] [b][u]Polyhedron Issue 29: Mar/Apr 1986[/u][/b] part 5/5 The Savage Sword of Lugnut the Barbarian: We conclude with a second bit of single page fiction that's basically just an extended build-up to a groanworthy punchline. The princess of the valley has been kidnapped! Only Lugnut the barbarian has thews mighty enough to defeat all the Ultra-Necromancer's minions and rescue her! And the lack of brains to not realise until too late that the princess of the valley is indeed a valley girl, with all that implies. They've used this joke before, and it's totally suffering from diminishing returns with repetition. Frank Zappa has a lot to answer for. This is neither gnarly or radical anymore. I wouldn't go as far as saying it's completely bogus, but it's definitely testing my patience, and would grow increasingly grody if they try going back to this well again. Slightly less funny than last year, but the game material is also slightly more usable in actual play on average without breaking either game balance, or people's suspension of disbelief. That's a tradeoff i can live with, as jokes rapidly lose their funniness on repetition, but stuff that's useful in game like the new spells can be returned too many times. Let's see how much of next issue will merit returning to and using. [/QUOTE]

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