From: robotech@eyrie.org (Robotech_Master) Newsgroups: alt.humor.best-of-usenet Subject: [rec.games.frp.advocacy] Re: The Primary Problem with AD&D Date: 1 Mar 1998 18:37:43 GMT Subject: Re: The Primary Problem with AD&D From: Martin.Mertens@post.rwth-aachen.de (Martin Mertens) Newsgroups: rec.games.frp.advocacy triad3204@aol.com (Triad3204) wrote: >1. Simple games are OK. Complex games are OK. >2. Complex games are good for getting complex results. >3. Simple games are good for faster gameplay. >4. A complex game which does not give complex results is a waste of paper -- >you should use a simple system Yes. >A few more simple points: >1. "Simplex" isn't a word. >2. "Lurid" isn't an appropriate adverb for "Rolling". >3. Simple games can't be difficult. They have to be simple. Follow the >reasoning there? Simple = simple. >4. Capitalization is a privelege, not a right. Mmh. -- I Got a Rock!! (excerpt) (Knights of the Dinner Table #3) B.A. : Nothing much in this room at all! A few broken arrows, some leaves and a small rock. Bob : A rock huh? Bob : Hey - I'm going to pick up that rock and examine it! B.A. : ?? Okay, er, sure. Just an ordinary rock - looks like it might be some rubble that fell from the ceiling. Sara : Just a rock Bob! Doesn't hurt to check though! Bob : Hey Brian - cast a DETECT MAGIC spell on this rock, will ya? Brian : Why should I waste a good spell on a stupid rock?? Let it go dude! Bob : I'm going to rub the rock really hard! Anything happen? B.A. : Well, you got a real good start on a blister! Dave : Hey dude, lick it! It might have magical properties like those yellow frogs we found! Sara : Oh gee, I feel a polaroid moment coming on! Brian : You don't need a rock Bob - you already got one - IN YOUR HEAD!! Bob : Okay, I lick it! Does it taste funny? Do I feel stronger? B.A. : Well, bubble head, the rock suddenly starts talking!! Dave : Cool! Bob : HA HA!! I knew it!! What's it saying? B.A. : Gee you can't understand it! It's speaking some dialect of Quartz!!! Too bad! Bob : Okay - I'm heading back to town! I want to look for a sage who can speak Quartz! Dave : I'm looking around for any other rocks in the room! Are there more?? Sara : B.A. why do you encourage them? Brian : Another generic dungeon dressing strikes! -- Indeed: Why do you encourage him?