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Feb 27, 2013 - 5:40AM
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FROM DRAGON AND DUNGEON ARTICLE... (4E ERRATA)
...to D&D InsiderPetition to release the Lost Issues of Dragon and Dungeon as PDFs
FROM 4E GENERAL DISCUSSION...
...to What's a DM To Do
Rule Lawyers vs Freedom of Play
Yan
Montréal, Canada
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3 months ago ::
Feb 27, 2013 - 6:55PM
#1542
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- Senior Volunteer Community Lead
- Sesquipedalian
Date Joined:
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Checkpoint.
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Of the two approaches to hobby games today, one is best defined as the realism-simulation school and the other as the game school. AD&D is assuredly an adherent of the latter school. It does not stress any realism (in the author's opinon an absurd effort at best considering the topic!).
It does little to attempt to simulate anything either. (AD&D) is first and foremost a game for the fun and enjoyment of those who seek the use of imagination and creativity....
In all cases, however, the reader should understand that AD&D is designed to be an amusing and diverting pastime, something which an fill a few hours or consume endless days, as the participants desire, but in no case something to be taken too seriously.
For fun, excitement and captivating fantasy, AD&D is unsurpassed.As a realistic simulation of things from the realm of make-believe or even as a reflection of midieval or ancient warfare or culture or society, it can be deemed only a dismal failure. Readers who seek the later must search elsewhere. - Gary Gygax. 1e DMG.
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3 months ago ::
Feb 28, 2013 - 6:38AM
#1543
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- Forum Guide
- Hero Craftsman Gold Medalist
- Master Dungeon Master
Date Joined:
Jun 23, 2005
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3 months ago ::
Mar 03, 2013 - 4:48PM
#1544
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Date Joined:
May 12, 2009
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FROM 4E GENERAL DISCUSSION...
..to D&D Insider
Dragon Source for E class hybrids
FROM CANADA (D&D Gamer Classified)...
..to Online Games (D&D Gamers Classified)
(Canada, All) Multi-gaming guild starting online DnD group
Yan
Montréal, Canada
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3 months ago ::
Mar 05, 2013 - 6:12AM
#1545
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Date Joined:
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[QUOTE=ThorvaldHafgrimsson]Life is full of choices. Sometimes you make the good ones, and sometimes you have to kill all the witnesses.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=NastasiaLorn;] But then you have to pay the liability insurance.[/QUOTE] A note about character and world creation Spoiler:
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Character and world creation are a form of expression. The point is that some people don't have much to say...
Why doesnt anyone ever sig my qoutes!?
On the subject of who post in the Off-Topic Tavern:
most of them are bored, immature adults.
Offical troller of the House of Trolls
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3 months ago ::
Mar 05, 2013 - 10:02AM
#1546
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Date Joined:
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Can I get a reason for this lock, please? The ORC's message wasn't very helpful. Since when is a mistake something we're not allowed to talk about? Thanks.
Resident Prophet of the OTTer.Section Six Soldier Front Door of the House of Trolls If you're terribly afraid of your character dying, it may be best if you roleplayed something other than an adventurer.
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3 months ago ::
Mar 05, 2013 - 10:42AM
#1547
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Date Joined:
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lock please community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/758...
If you think the thread contains posts that violate the CoC, you can always hit the report button. I'm sure you're familiar with it.
Nut Eating Resident Sociopathic Eye Forker
2346-strong Squirrel leigon of DOOM
Squirrel Overlord of the House of Trolls
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy. ~Ernest Benn
The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it. ~P.J. O'Rourke
"I actually held public office and I left the only way a politician should, in handcuffs." ~ Chael Sonnen
It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it! ~ Upton Sinclair
Kicked Adam and Eve out of Missouri.
Wears flip-flops in church buildings.
Official troller of Kolob.
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3 months ago ::
Mar 08, 2013 - 6:21PM
#1548
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- Senior Volunteer Community Lead
- Sesquipedalian
Date Joined:
May 20, 2001
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Checkpoint.
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Of the two approaches to hobby games today, one is best defined as the realism-simulation school and the other as the game school. AD&D is assuredly an adherent of the latter school. It does not stress any realism (in the author's opinon an absurd effort at best considering the topic!).
It does little to attempt to simulate anything either. (AD&D) is first and foremost a game for the fun and enjoyment of those who seek the use of imagination and creativity....
In all cases, however, the reader should understand that AD&D is designed to be an amusing and diverting pastime, something which an fill a few hours or consume endless days, as the participants desire, but in no case something to be taken too seriously.
For fun, excitement and captivating fantasy, AD&D is unsurpassed.As a realistic simulation of things from the realm of make-believe or even as a reflection of midieval or ancient warfare or culture or society, it can be deemed only a dismal failure. Readers who seek the later must search elsewhere. - Gary Gygax. 1e DMG.
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3 months ago ::
Mar 08, 2013 - 6:25PM
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- Senior Volunteer Community Lead
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Can I get a reason for this lock, please? The ORC's message wasn't very helpful. Since when is a mistake something we're not allowed to talk about? Thanks.
The topic of rape is not allowed, and that is what the mistake was.
(Plus, you didn't really discuss it, just posted a link. ORCs aren't telepaths, so can't guess your motivation. A thread "Hey, check out the neat Dr. Who stuff on this page" that links to a page with topless girls would also be closed. (Probably deleted.) The ORCs have to take the whole content of the page into consideration, not just what you point at. (Which, the message on the shirt in your thread is a violation of the CoC.)
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Of the two approaches to hobby games today, one is best defined as the realism-simulation school and the other as the game school. AD&D is assuredly an adherent of the latter school. It does not stress any realism (in the author's opinon an absurd effort at best considering the topic!).
It does little to attempt to simulate anything either. (AD&D) is first and foremost a game for the fun and enjoyment of those who seek the use of imagination and creativity....
In all cases, however, the reader should understand that AD&D is designed to be an amusing and diverting pastime, something which an fill a few hours or consume endless days, as the participants desire, but in no case something to be taken too seriously.
For fun, excitement and captivating fantasy, AD&D is unsurpassed.As a realistic simulation of things from the realm of make-believe or even as a reflection of midieval or ancient warfare or culture or society, it can be deemed only a dismal failure. Readers who seek the later must search elsewhere. - Gary Gygax. 1e DMG.
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3 months ago ::
Mar 09, 2013 - 8:34AM
#1550
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- Forum Guide
- Hero Craftsman Gold Medalist
- Master Dungeon Master
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