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<blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 5587128" data-attributes="member: 27780"><p><strong><u>Dragon Magazine Issue 236: December 1996</u></strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>part 7/8</p><p></p><p></p><p>Sage advice goes SAGA. Is this the last straw for skip! Or a chance for him to demonstrate his rules mastery again? Tune in for this month's exciting instalment of sage advice! </p><p></p><p>Does physique decrease with wounds (Of course it doesn't. Does strength decrease with hit points! What kindacrap idea is that? )</p><p></p><p>Can you use elemental magic to destroy that element (If you must. It's a very crass way of working) </p><p></p><p>There's no way to kill without making people unconcious first How undramatic is that? (Yeah, It totally sucks. Skip blames the <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />ing editors)</p><p></p><p>How many extra spell points should you put into overcoming resistance ( Is skip the arbiter for your success? Give it a little <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />ing time. It's a brand new game. You've gotta make up the conventions as you go along, twat. )</p><p></p><p>When do you use Va, and when do you use Vc (Va, unless it's inapplicable)</p><p></p><p>What happens when one player casts a spell against another (Big drama. Both of you are in big <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> you dirty PvP'ers )</p><p></p><p>Why can't bows fire faster than crossbows (abstraction. SAGA is even less realism based than D&D. Don't you DARE weigh it down with the years of fun spoiling crap you put into D&D, you wankers!)</p><p></p><p>Are there rules for Swinging frying pans (improvised <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />ing weapons. Someone always wants improvised weapons, even though they know they'll be crapper than the regular ones. We'll give you <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />ing rules for improvised <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />ing weapons! And then we'll beat you over the head with the book containing them as a practical demonstration. How d'ya like them improvised weapons! )</p><p></p><p>We want to convert all the cool new stuff in the SAGA system back to AD&D. Please give us conversion guidelines ( No. Skip worked hard making this system different, and the first thing you want to do is turn it back into an AD&D game?! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /><img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> the hell off. Skip does not need this. Skip is the private sage! TSR has been making a joke of that over the last few years. Skip says No More! Skip Quits! Nothing you say can bring skip back! :Rumble of thunder, ominous organ music: And that means you, too, Lorraine! Nothing you could make Skip do could possibly be worse than what you've already made Skip do!!! Skip is sick of listening to your threats and rantings. Skip is not going to wear purple spikes any more. They make skip look like an overweight gay evil flower. Skip will never forgive you for this. You took a job Skip loved and made it into torture. Skip is outta here. Skip is so pissed off Skip's not even going to close the bracket behind him. Enjoy your grammatical deathtrap, ladies. </p><p></p><p></p><p>KotDT fits a thousand orcs into a 20 by 20 room. This won't end well. Swordplay gets a metallic wedgie. Dragonmirth has more heroics, both smart and dumb. Floyd needs to find an excuse to avoid dinner fast.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="(un)reason, post: 5587128, member: 27780"] [B][U]Dragon Magazine Issue 236: December 1996[/U][/B] part 7/8 Sage advice goes SAGA. Is this the last straw for skip! Or a chance for him to demonstrate his rules mastery again? Tune in for this month's exciting instalment of sage advice! Does physique decrease with wounds (Of course it doesn't. Does strength decrease with hit points! What kindacrap idea is that? ) Can you use elemental magic to destroy that element (If you must. It's a very crass way of working) There's no way to kill without making people unconcious first How undramatic is that? (Yeah, It totally sucks. Skip blames the :):):):)ing editors) How many extra spell points should you put into overcoming resistance ( Is skip the arbiter for your success? Give it a little :):):):)ing time. It's a brand new game. You've gotta make up the conventions as you go along, twat. ) When do you use Va, and when do you use Vc (Va, unless it's inapplicable) What happens when one player casts a spell against another (Big drama. Both of you are in big :):):):) you dirty PvP'ers ) Why can't bows fire faster than crossbows (abstraction. SAGA is even less realism based than D&D. Don't you DARE weigh it down with the years of fun spoiling crap you put into D&D, you wankers!) Are there rules for Swinging frying pans (improvised :):):):)ing weapons. Someone always wants improvised weapons, even though they know they'll be crapper than the regular ones. We'll give you :):):):)ing rules for improvised :):):):)ing weapons! And then we'll beat you over the head with the book containing them as a practical demonstration. How d'ya like them improvised weapons! ) We want to convert all the cool new stuff in the SAGA system back to AD&D. Please give us conversion guidelines ( No. Skip worked hard making this system different, and the first thing you want to do is turn it back into an AD&D game?! :):):):) the hell off. Skip does not need this. Skip is the private sage! TSR has been making a joke of that over the last few years. Skip says No More! Skip Quits! Nothing you say can bring skip back! :Rumble of thunder, ominous organ music: And that means you, too, Lorraine! Nothing you could make Skip do could possibly be worse than what you've already made Skip do!!! Skip is sick of listening to your threats and rantings. Skip is not going to wear purple spikes any more. They make skip look like an overweight gay evil flower. Skip will never forgive you for this. You took a job Skip loved and made it into torture. Skip is outta here. Skip is so pissed off Skip's not even going to close the bracket behind him. Enjoy your grammatical deathtrap, ladies. KotDT fits a thousand orcs into a 20 by 20 room. This won't end well. Swordplay gets a metallic wedgie. Dragonmirth has more heroics, both smart and dumb. Floyd needs to find an excuse to avoid dinner fast. [/QUOTE]
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