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<blockquote data-quote="Ariosto" data-source="post: 4878168" data-attributes="member: 80487">I do recall that, once upon a time, Gary made some statements in The Dragon about people who would be &quot;not playing Advanced D&amp;D&quot; -- but I do not think it was a blanket prohibition of house rules. I never much cared, as I was content to be playing D&amp;D; an Official Advanced D&amp;D® label didn't mean a thing, and how would someone get it, anyway? Non-DM players were not supposed to know what was in the DMG, and Gary wasn't among those with whom I played.As the Advanced books were aimed at those already familiar with D&amp;D, columns in The Dragon were (if indeed they attempted such) perhaps too little, too late for such an utter reversal of policy. The place to put such an overturning would have been the books themselves, and all I have found therein is advice with such nuance as seems never to be appreciated in a certain quarter.Ask the man twice about anything in &quot;by the books&quot; AD&amp;D, and you were likely to get three different answers. The single most consistent answer was (as phrased in the DMG), &quot;It is the spirit of the game, not the letter of the rules, which is important.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ariosto, post: 4878168, member: 80487"] I do recall that, once upon a time, Gary made some statements in The Dragon about people who would be "not playing Advanced D&D" -- but I do not think it was a blanket prohibition of house rules. I never much cared, as I was content to be playing D&D; an Official Advanced D&D® label didn't mean a thing, and how would someone get it, anyway? Non-DM players were not supposed to know what was in the DMG, and Gary wasn't among those with whom I played. As the Advanced books were aimed at those already familiar with D&D, columns in The Dragon were (if indeed they attempted such) perhaps too little, too late for such an utter reversal of policy. The place to put such an overturning would have been the books themselves, and all I have found therein is advice with such nuance as seems never to be appreciated in a certain quarter. Ask the man twice about anything in "by the books" AD&D, and you were likely to get three different answers. The single most consistent answer was (as phrased in the DMG), "It is the spirit of the game, not the letter of the rules, which is important." [/QUOTE]

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