Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.10 $; site uiucdcsp Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcsp!nielsen From: nielsen@uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU Newsgroups: net.games.frp Subject: Re: Gygax fired Message-ID: <6700006@uiucdcsp> Date: Mon, 11-Nov-85 15:24:00 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcsp.6700006 Posted: Mon Nov 11 15:24:00 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 13-Nov-85 07:22:06 EST References: <6700005@uiucdcsp> Lines: 24 Nf-ID: #R:uiucdcsp:6700005:uiucdcsp:6700006:000:1234 Nf-From: uiucdcsp.CS.UIUC.EDU!nielsen Nov 11 14:24:00 1985 > If Mr. Gygax has been released, then it might also mean the end of the > high level Greyhawk modules. For a DM who has never ran such a campaign, > refereeing such high levels provides one hell of a challenge, especially > when they just about reach the Protection From Rules stage. Gary's > (no familiarity intended toward someone who found LotR "boring") high > level modules do provide a fine intro. to advanced AD&D play. > Also, the Greyhawk world, a fine basis for play, which could well do > with some revamping (especially these god-awful weather rules) might > be deprived of the attention that it could do with. > > I for one think that, no matter his attitude or partisan taste in > literature, Mr. Gygax is still the best module writer, and would be sorry > to see the back of him. > > Suas leis Gygax! Gygax will continue to write high level modules. How does 28 - 32 level grab you? One encounter that was rejected from this module was a vampiric monk. With six attacks per round and draining two levels per hit, it was rejected because monks are lawful and vampires are chaotic. "There's a big munchkin market out there," is almost an exact quote of the justification.