tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post5769006054887192983..comments2024-03-26T02:31:48.024-05:00Comments on Trollsmyth: A Reading From the 1e DMG: Clerical Spells According to Gygaxtrollsmythhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-33585767681933658802008-05-14T17:12:00.000-05:002008-05-14T17:12:00.000-05:00James:I could argue that all of gaming since 1979 ...<B>James:</B><BR/><I>I could argue that all of gaming since 1979 is just a series of footnotes to the 1e DMG.</I><BR/><BR/>Considering your opinion of later developments in RPGs, that's not exactly a ringing endorsement. ;)<BR/><BR/>- Briantrollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-21391781997981413582008-05-14T17:08:00.000-05:002008-05-14T17:08:00.000-05:00I would go so far as to say that the Advanced Dung...I would go so far as to say that the <I>Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Masters Guide</I> is the most evocative and inspirational gaming book ever written, at least in terms of its influence over the subsequent development of the hobby. Benjamin Jowett once said that all of Western philosophy was a series of footnotes to Plato; I could argue that all of gaming since 1979 is just a series of footnotes to the 1e DMG.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-21350601710055281432008-05-14T16:55:00.000-05:002008-05-14T16:55:00.000-05:00The DMG by Gygax is still my favorite RPG book eve...The DMG by Gygax is still my favorite RPG book ever. R.I.P. Gary.<BR/><BR/>~ShamSham aka Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14329116400656617173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-33958658190810558282008-05-14T16:22:00.000-05:002008-05-14T16:22:00.000-05:00Yea verily, it does!The back part of the book is j...Yea verily, it does!<BR/><BR/>The back part of the book is just bursting with 'em. Things like furniture for filling out a room, a table of weird noises the PCs might here in a dungeon, the infamous wandering harlot table (pg. 192), NPC personality tables, and so on.<BR/><BR/>In fact, flipping through the book just now, I found a new one I hadn't noticed before. It's Appendix J: Herbs, Spices, and Medicinal Vegetables. The veggies are listed in alphabetical order alongside their rumored medicinal effects.<BR/><BR/>- Briantrollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28751902.post-13961343588741139332008-05-14T16:01:00.000-05:002008-05-14T16:01:00.000-05:00Cool. I may just snag that set up for the 4e game ...Cool. I may just snag that set up for the 4e game I'm (likely) running this summer. The "powerful servitors" angle sounds like way to much fun to pass up.<BR/><BR/>I've really got to get myself a copy of the 1st edition DMG. I'm told it has all kinds of crazy charts.Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15528192783751011497noreply@blogger.com