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Your biggest regret about OD&D

Started by Ravenswing, May 07, 2014, 09:51:05 PM

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Kiero

#30
May 10, 2014, 06:34:58 AM
That ability scores are pointless.

Fortunately B/X came along and fixed that.
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Gronan of Simmerya

#31
May 10, 2014, 01:44:48 PM
My biggest regret about OD&D?

That so many of the players, based on their tortured interpretations and shrill, anime-schoolgirl-like shrieks of outrage, are so fucking stupid it's a miracle they can shit unassisted.
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

The rules can\'t cure stupid, and the rules can\'t cure asshole.

talysman

#32
May 10, 2014, 02:19:41 PM
Quote from: Old Geezer;748342My biggest regret about OD&D?

That so many of the players, based on their tortured interpretations and shrill, anime-schoolgirl-like shrieks of outrage, are so fucking stupid it's a miracle they can shit unassisted.

Oh, come on. You know that the overwhelming majority of those shrieking about how horrible OD&D is have never played... Probably because they are too busy taking court-ordered potty training.

Gronan of Simmerya

#33
May 10, 2014, 02:37:27 PM
Quote from: talysman;748347Oh, come on. You know that the overwhelming majority of those shrieking about how horrible OD&D is have never played... Probably because they are too busy taking court-ordered potty training.

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Okay, THAT's funny.
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

The rules can\'t cure stupid, and the rules can\'t cure asshole.

Exploderwizard

#34
May 10, 2014, 02:59:34 PM
Quote from: Kiero;748289That ability scores are pointless.

Fortunately B/X came along and fixed that.

I have yet to find them pointless. When testing an ability score for something, the score matters, that's why it exists.

If you needed to move a heavy object strength is pointless?

What about bonuses to earned experience?

 A few months ago a cleric in my campaign was killed. He had a 7 CON and the village priest was unable to revive him. I don't think having a 13 CON (and thus automatically surviving the process) would be seen as pointless.

If you are one of the knuckleheads that thinks the only point to ability scores is via a bonus to die rolls then it may be you who is missing the point of the scores to begin with.
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Gronan of Simmerya

#35
May 10, 2014, 03:40:21 PM
Quote from: Exploderwizard;748352If you are one of the knuckleheads that thinks the only point to ability scores is via a bonus to die rolls then it may be you who is missing the point of the scores to begin with.

Ding!  Winner!
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

The rules can\'t cure stupid, and the rules can\'t cure asshole.

YourSwordisMine

#36
May 10, 2014, 05:19:26 PM
Quote from: Exploderwizard;748352If you are one of the knuckleheads that thinks the only point to ability scores is via a bonus to die rolls then it may be you who is missing the point of the scores to begin with.

That's what happens when later editions boiled all the life out of them...
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Gronan of Simmerya

#37
May 10, 2014, 06:15:10 PM
Quote from: YourSwordisMine;748371That's what happens when later editions boiled all the life out of them...

When later editions were put in the hands of overgrown children who could not bear the word "no"...
You should go to GaryCon.  Period.

The rules can\'t cure stupid, and the rules can\'t cure asshole.

Kiero

#38
May 10, 2014, 06:38:44 PM Last Edit: May 10, 2014, 06:41:01 PM by Kiero
Sorry, I didn't realise this was another scheduled edition of OG hosts his sycophants for a circle-jerk. My bad.
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Larsdangly

#39
May 10, 2014, 08:19:56 PM
Quote from: Kiero;748389Sorry, I didn't realise this was another scheduled edition of OG hosts his sycophants for a circle-jerk. My bad.

Ding ding ding!

David Johansen

#40
May 10, 2014, 09:54:30 PM
My biggest regret is giving away the White Box I picked up out of a discount bin for five bucks while on vacation back in '83, to a guy who ripped it up and threw it in the garbage when he decided D&D was satanic.

I similarly regret giving my Warhammer Mass Combat Roleplay (first edition) away when I was getting married and worried it was too scary looking and might bias my wife against my hobby.

Friend I gave it to got murdered and his Baptist family threw it away for being satanic.  Don't know if they ripped it up or burned it first.
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Ravenswing

#41
May 11, 2014, 01:14:48 AM
Quote from: David Johansen;748419I similarly regret giving my Warhammer Mass Combat Roleplay (first edition) away when I was getting married and worried it was too scary looking and might bias my wife against my hobby.
I admit I got past that by the simple expedient of -- my very first girlfriend excepted -- never dating, marrying or even having a casual fling with anyone who wasn't a gamer.  :D
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David Johansen

#42
May 11, 2014, 01:53:32 AM
At the time I really wasn't sure I was going to be a gamer anymore.  Ah...hormones...they makes us stupid.

Still married, twenty years on, and my wife will game but isn't what you'd call a gamer.
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Spinal Tarp

#43
May 11, 2014, 04:38:06 AM
Plenty of things I would've begged Gary to ommit/change/add but if I had to choose just one it would be to not include Clerics.
There\'s a fine line between \'clever\' and \'stupid\'.

Exploderwizard

#44
May 11, 2014, 09:34:38 AM
Quote from: Kiero;748389Sorry, I didn't realise this was another scheduled edition of OG hosts his sycophants for a circle-jerk. My bad.

I would be happy to hear why you think ability scores are worthless and discuss the issue.
Quote from: JonWakeGamers, as a whole, are much like primitive cavemen when confronted with a new game. Rather than \'oh, neat, what\'s this do?\', the reaction is to decide if it\'s a sex hole, then hit it with a rock.

Quote from: Old Geezer;724252At some point it seems like D&D is going to disappear up its own ass.

Quote from: Kyle Aaron;766997In the randomness of the dice lies the seed for the great oak of creativity and fun. The great virtue of the dice is that they come without boxed text.
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