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[...]... dead While the dragon had and that didn’t make any of us feel good at all Finally we struck it big taken care of the giants with his breath, in Freddie’s area (doing more and were struck several times We ran into this huge batch of frost damage to Freddie than all the giants together), the giants had taken giants There were males, females, kids (fighting like ogres), and a pack care of my dragon with... arrived I had managed to summon an ancient throwing spell after spell to no avail, the princess was too tough She red dragon The dogs clumped together and breathed, but they were not stood there doing nothing as yet and we started getting very concerned effective on that old red thing The dragon killed the dogs with one for our welfare Her companion simply stood at her side with his sword breath and while... of course) After all was said and the giants I headed the red dragon towards Freddie and his friends done, the loss of Freddie’s sword was the best thing that happened on (with a subconscious death wish to Freddie’s sword) and I directed a the adventure! Design Variant WHY MAGIC USERS & CLERICS CANNOT USE SWORDS by Charles Sagui Dunegeons & Dragons is a game of fantasy It is, however, based on fact and... of the game, it does not destroy game systems It can be readily included, or ignored, without effect upon the whole Certain small publishers of amateur magazines or second-rate work have accused TSR of maintaining a proprietary interest in DUNGEONS & DRAGONS from a purely mercenary motivation This is usually because they have fervent desire to trade on D&D’s repute and make a reputation or quick buck... are very few who attempt to insert dissimilar rules into a system which was carefully designed to work on precepts totally at odds with what the would-be designer views as crucial to making DUNGEONS & DRAGONS a “good” game D&D encourages inventiveness and originality within the framework of its rules Those who insist on altering the framework should design their own game Who can say that such an effort... and game logic consciously or unconsciously when I did so, but that is begging the question Enjoyment is the real reason for D&D being created, written, and published With the popularity of DUNGEONS & DRAGONS increasing so dramatically, I fervently desire to put the matter of variants, particularly “realistic” variants, to rest once and for all, so as to get on to other more important things, but it... going to happen The group had decided to take down our low level characters for the first adventure and we were getting out our booklets, graph paper, metal figures, character charts, and copies of The Dragon to begin the game Then Freddie walked in and we all groaned our displeasure It wasn’t that any of us disliked Freddie, it was just his love of strange things that made him hard to bear Monty, our... with our new ideas, but Freddie’s were really the pits as far as we were concerned Once, long ago at an Origins convention, Freddie had been rummaging in a trash can and found a copy of some strange D&D magazine nobody had ever heard of In this thing was a plan for a sword being that could be a player character Freddie went wild over the idea and immediately wanted several All the rest of us, in an effort... low level thing and the other had become a high level creature that no one could figure out (especially Freddie, the user) With Freddie coming along we started out with problems before we left the Gold Dragon Inn I had decided to take my little thirteenth level wizard He was kind of weak, having only sixty-nine hit points and eighteen’s in all his categories save strength, but I liked him and liked to... general statement that D&D is not flawless; obviously, human imperfection precludes the claim to perfection I do admit to becoming a trifle irritated at times to read an article in some obscure D&D fan magazine or a letter to the editor of some small publication which attacks the game — or claims to be sure to improve D&D if only their new and “improved” rules are followed — with ill-conceived or asinine . arrived. I had managed to summon an ancient red dragon. The dogs clumped together and breathed, but they were not effective on that old red thing. The dragon killed the dogs with one breath and while. dead. While the dragon had taken care of the giants with his breath, in Freddie’s area (doing more damage to Freddie than all the giants together), the giants had taken care of my dragon with their. pages were added to compensate, not that the story NEEDS compensating for. It has always been THE DRAGON s contention that roleplaying gaming requires large amounts of stimulation to ensure fresh