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<blockquote data-quote="Steampunkette" data-source="post: 9716029" data-attributes="member: 6796468">It -would- be funny if it was a long form prank...But Skills and Powers as a book wasn't a long form prank, even if the community often treated it that way!And that was unleashed in 1995, just 2 years before WotC bought D&amp;D from TSR in order to make 3rd edition. [ATTACH=full]412582[/ATTACH]You'll also see at least a few of the names behind Skills and Powers in the 3e PHB. Skip Williams was one of the core designers. Richard Baker did additional game design. Bill Slavicsek would become the director of RPG R&amp;D, Dale Donovan would be one of the other contributors alongside Jeff Grub and Rob Heinsoo and Sean K Reynolds... Names that most players of 3e will recognize pretty quickly.Heck. Baker started in '91 alongside Slavicsek and left in 2011 when Wizards eliminated his position and Slavicsek's with it. 3e's &quot;Character Focus&quot; was just a continued evolution of AD&amp;D 2e's design hits and misses.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steampunkette, post: 9716029, member: 6796468"] It -would- be funny if it was a long form prank... But Skills and Powers as a book wasn't a long form prank, even if the community often treated it that way! And that was unleashed in 1995, just 2 years before WotC bought D&D from TSR in order to make 3rd edition. [ATTACH type="full" size="431x230"]412582[/ATTACH] You'll also see at least a few of the names behind Skills and Powers in the 3e PHB. Skip Williams was one of the core designers. Richard Baker did additional game design. Bill Slavicsek would become the director of RPG R&D, Dale Donovan would be one of the other contributors alongside Jeff Grub and Rob Heinsoo and Sean K Reynolds... Names that most players of 3e will recognize pretty quickly. Heck. Baker started in '91 alongside Slavicsek and left in 2011 when Wizards eliminated his position and Slavicsek's with it. 3e's "Character Focus" was just a continued evolution of AD&D 2e's design hits and misses. [/QUOTE]

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