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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Col_Pladoh" data-source="post: 2921181" data-attributes="member: 796">Just to bring a note of real AD&D game play to this thread:Imprimus: There was no "TSR message" regarding stats, other that what I wrote in the OA/D&D core rules--and I never was TSR per se. Anything else is inferred from other individuals at the company written materialMost players "killed" starting PCs with bad stats.Players tended to "warm up" their dice, then beginning a stat roll sequence after a low score roll occured.As PCs progressed, they gained points of ability magically, most often by use of wish spells.Pregen PCs for a tournament all have stat scores selected by the designer of that adventure.Many of the Rogues Gallery stats are bogus ones, made up by Brian Blume when the players concerned to give him their PC stats. Amongst others, I know Ernie and I refused, and I believe that Rob did as well.Fonkin means little fool; hoddypeak means a simpleton or a blockhead.Beek means to bask in the sun or by a fire; gwenders are chillblanes.Finally, Gleed Wurp means one- or squint-eyed glance (of the eye) or a stone's throw, so "Squint-eyed glance."Anyone that doesn't believe that the designer of an adventure module can have a bit of fun at the expense of stuffy players that take the game, or themselves, or both too seriously can go stand in a corner <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> Cheers,Gary</blockquote>

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