Quote from: Kiero;735150That's laughable, because it would imply there was anything like consistent design intent in original D&D. Which there is little evidence of. I mean seriously, this is the game where rules were often determined by who touched them last, with all sorts of wildly varying philosophies behind them.

Shows just how much you know.

Quote from: estar;735169Actually there is consistent design, it was developed through actual responding to the what the player were interested in and what they attempted to do.

Oh, so you're saying they played D&D like everyone with a brain does: make shit up so everyone can have fun.

Quote from: Brad;735236Oh, so you're saying they played D&D like everyone with a brain does: make shit up so everyone can have fun.

The difference being is that Gygax and Arneson were the first to write it down and make a product out of it.

Quote from: Old Geezer;734411And he knew you'd be writing that five years and 3d4 days after he died.

fixed yer typo