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Could RPGs Have Developed (And Been Successful) Sooner?

Started by Dr Rotwang!, November 27, 2007, 06:16:09 PM

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estar

#150
December 06, 2007, 11:21:54 AM
Quote from: Old GeezerBefore the Cleric (originally, Priest) healing was time based.  Period.

Essentially, Dave started developing a "Vampire Hunter", then people wanted him to throw in Healing, and Cure Disease, and Remove Curse, so they all nattered about it for a while, and came up with the "Priest" who could heal, turn undead, cure disease, etc.

Could you explain the magic system prior to D&D. In First Fantasy Campaign it seem something very different than the Vancian system.

James J Skach

#151
December 06, 2007, 11:50:27 AM
Quote from: Dr Rotwang!Okay, now's a good time to say this.

I.

Love.

This.

Hobby.

I love this hobby right in the face.
And Doc - if I had to guess, it would be that the feeling is mutual...
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Dr Rotwang!

#152
December 06, 2007, 01:14:26 PM
Quote from: James J SkachAnd Doc - if I had to guess, it would be that the feeling is mutual...
Sort of -- I suspect the love I get in return is aimed a little lower.

My shins tingle a lot, you see.
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#153
December 06, 2007, 05:45:15 PM
Quote from: estarCould you explain the magic system prior to D&D. In First Fantasy Campaign it seem something very different than the Vancian system.


Sorry, nope, I don't know it.  By the time I played in Blackmoor, D&D was already being printed.  I never experienced proto-Blackmoor.

Dave Wesley and Dave Arneson both narf around the Net someplace.  Either of them would be the man to ask.
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teckno72

#154
December 06, 2007, 08:09:38 PM
What can I say?  Wow.  I have the stats somewhere for some of that Blackmoor goodness.  It was in a boxed set, I think.  Seems like they had magic-powered technology like real robots and ray guns, I think.  I used to play clerics just to show others how useful they were.
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Dirk Remmecke

#155
December 12, 2007, 06:13:29 AM
Quote from: RPGPunditOk, fair enough. My feeling was that the power of hindsight was being overlooked, and the real originality of Gygax & Arneson was being underestimated in this thread.
... and then Pierce Inverarity over in the "all philosophical thread" linked to this gem of a thread on RPGnet where I found this quote:

Quote from: Dave Whalley in post 19Also, that sounds like a hell of a game, and a hell of a DM...I wonder what D&D would look like now if Gary & Dave's roles had been reversed? For that matter, what would gaming itself have looked like?
Hmm...
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