OD&D 4 me (April Fools)

[MerricB]

My introduction to Michael Moorcock was through an article published in a "Best of Dragon" compilation. It was about The Vanishing Tower.

Reminds me of this thread, really.

Cheers!

 

[SSquirrel]

Actually no, but I don't anticipate that creating any problems. I was made an Admin for my technical skills rather than my good looks (but I don't want to drag this off topic)

Cheers

At this stage I don't think it's a case of dragging this thread off topic, it's more a matter of threatening death, beating and pummeling it to head back ON topic.

I never owned the OD&D books, started 20 years ago w/Basic. Besides only having 3 classes in OD&D, what are the other differences really?

 

[Derro]

My introduction to Michael Moorcock was through an article published in a "Best of Dragon" compilation. It was about The Vanishing Tower.

From the City of Brass to Dead-Orc Pass...

 

[Rel]

Well I've caught up on this train wreck of a thread. Just a bit over 12 hours after I started it. Amazing how much can change in so short a time. I'm genuinely sorry for some of the things that were said publicly and privately today.

But hey, tomorrow is another day. I've had some contacts with some folks and I'm interested to see where this all leads.

See you on the flip side.

 

[Darrin Drader]

Oh, you poor, poor people. You think this was all a joke? Oh no, Morrus signed on the dotted line and now this place is mine. All ing mine! That's right, all the stupid pendantic ing will soon be at an end because I'm breaking out the banhammer and smashing some of you poor sods to make examples out of you.

Oh, and don't go thinking of running off now. Where are you planning on going? ing RPG.net? Make me laugh! So everyone get ready for the new ENWorld, or as I like to call it YOU WORLD!

Piratecat, please check your PMs. I will need a henchman or two, and if you can't do it and maintain your dignity as PKitty, maybe we could break Apocalyptic Kitty out of retirement? Seriously. think about it.

 

[Hairfoot]

I never owned the OD&D books, started 20 years ago w/Basic. Besides only having 3 classes in OD&D, what are the other differences really?

Trying to figure that out, myself.

Now, is this a joke thread because so many of us grognards are farcically threatening to return to original D&Ds, or because the idea of not playing 4E is patently absurd?

 

[Jdvn1]

Oh, you poor, poor people. You think this was all a joke? Oh no, Morrus signed on the dotted line and now this place is mine. All ing mine!

... Wait, I was hoping to sign... and I've heard a few others say that they signed as well... Where's Morrus so we can ask him to clear this up? ... Wait, did he ask you for the money up front too?

 

[Darrin Drader]

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... Wait, I was hoping to sign... and I've heard a few others say that they signed as well... Where's Morrus so we can ask him to clear this up? ... Wait, did he ask you for the money up front too?

Of course he did, but I'm smarter than the average fiend. I put the money into a holding fund that won't get transferred to him until I have full access.

As for those others who did put the money up, PWNED!

 

[Remathilis]

Wait, what happened here? I was enjoying watching the mods fight like they're auditioning for the next season of Flavor of Love, and all of a sudden a doey-eyed block of nostalgia breaks out.

Onto other topics: my friend who has DMed as long as I has also experienced Spontaneous Rulebook Gestation: He has two copies of Legends & Lore 2nd Ed, and THREE DMG 3.5's. Apparently along the way, they ate his 3.5 PHB as well....

 

[Korgoth]

It's probably the best, and worst thing about OD&D right there. If you have an awesome ref who is all about the story, and cinematic, and being very open to the players trying -whatever- ("I leap onto the dragon's back!") then it would be great. But if you have a more railroady GM who likes the control over the PCs (let's face it, we've all played with this kind before), All Gaming Whatsoever sucks marbles.

Edited to reflect my general response (I won't say FIFY because I find that snotty).

I don't think the most codified, RPGA-approved, longer than the OED set of rules can save you from a killjoy DM. I'm not saying there's no reason to choose rules-heavy, but if the reason for choosing rules-heavy is as a defence against doofus DMs, I don't think that will really help.

 

[howandwhy99]

Hey! I'm a moderator!

-Thanks Mr. Whisperfoot

 

[Lanefan]

Hey! I'm a moderator!

-Thanks Mr. Whisperfoot

Mr. Whisperfoot needs to work on making your username come up in bold above your avatar, then...

Lanefan

 

[Lanefan]

Edited to reflect my general response (I won't say FIFY because I find that snotty).

I don't think the most codified, RPGA-approved, longer than the OED set of rules can save you from a killjoy DM. I'm not saying there's no reason to choose rules-heavy, but if the reason for choosing rules-heavy is as a defence against doofus DMs, I don't think that will really help.

Agreed. Thing is, there's some out there who think the existence and constant use of lots and lots of rules will somehow magically turn doofus DMs into functional-if-not-brilliant DMs; and it just don't work that way.

Lanefan

 

[Dinkeldog]

Mine smell like the duct tape I used to hold the bindings together! I am however chagrined to learn that I don't remember the page of the combat charts correctly off the top of my head anymore. I thought pg101, it was actually 74.

N00b

 

[Dinkeldog]

Agreed. Thing is, there's some out there who think the existence and constant use of lots and lots of rules will somehow magically turn doofus DMs into functional-if-not-brilliant DMs; and it just don't work that way.

Lanefan

Are you suggesting that a lack of rules somehow magically turns doofus DMs into functional-if-not-brilliant DMs?

After all, that lack of rules led my best friend who was always DMing to always populate one room of the dungeon with 16 kobolds. Against my single PC. It was a bloodbath every time. The campaign came down to trying to guess which room would have something randomly in it that I could take out at 1st level.

 

[Dinkeldog]

I recently got out my old 1e books (to study the graphic design, actually, such as it was...)

Not only is there a 1e feel, there's a very specific 1e smell. My 1e books smell like no others I own.

Did you ever get Chivalry and Sorcery? Not to throw this thread off-topic, but those books had a real distinct odor. Then again, so did my best friend's rulebook for Bushido.

 

[Lanefan]

Are you suggesting that a lack of rules somehow magically turns doofus DMs into functional-if-not-brilliant DMs?

No, I'm suggesting there's nothing that can do this, and following up with a corollary suggestion that seeing as a good DM doesn't need lots and lots of rules to be a good DM that the rules just get out of the way and let the game proceed.

After all, that lack of rules led my best friend who was always DMing to always populate one room of the dungeon with 16 kobolds. Against my single PC. It was a bloodbath every time. The campaign came down to trying to guess which room would have something randomly in it that I could take out at 1st level.

Henchmen. You needed to drag several henches and hirelings along, to even up the odds a bit....

Lanefan

 

[CleverNickName]

What kind of language? This kind of language?

(snip)

Or, if it please you, how about in haiku?

(snip)

(scratches head, blinks in amazement)

I'm not sure what exactly happened today. Maybe everyone suddenly started taking crazy pills, or maybe I did and didn't know it. Perhaps the people from the Battle.Net forums hacked everyone's accounts and started posting under false names? I dunno. All I know is, many people that I used to find insightful and dignified have started behaving like...well, much less than insightful and dignified.

I've been following this thread all afternoon because certain posts have elevated my concern about the future of this site and the community it serves. Yet following this thread gets more difficult with every passing hour, because the thread keeps moving from one forum to another without warning, rhyme, or reason. When I finally do manage to track the thread down, this is the kind of crap I find.

If this is all supposed to be a joke, I am not seeing the funny.

 

[Lanefan]

I've been following this thread all afternoon because certain posts have elevated my concern about the future of this site and the community it serves. Yet following this thread gets more difficult with every passing hour, because the thread keeps moving from one forum to another without warning, rhyme, or reason.

Well, trying to track this thread down is only going to raise your blood pressure. It's much easier to just pick a random forum, sit there, and wait; and the thread will eventually find its way to you.

Wandering thread tables for the win!

Lanefan

 

[Relique du Madde]

(scratches head, blinks in amazement)

<SNIP>

If this is all supposed to be a joke, I am not seeing the funny.

Don't worry now that the forum has been pushed back into the late 70s, Andy Kauffman is alive which means that you will eventually see the brilliance in the style of humor forced onto us by the moderators* of this site. If not, then you will be like the majority of Andy's audience who didn't realize they they were the butt of an elaborate joke with a the punchline designed only to piss them off while those in the know laugh at you from behind the stage.

Oh yeah... and VIVA EL HIVE!


* If this day really existed and was not an elaborate prank, then all I have to say is that Loki must be proud.