The random tables were absolute gold to create your own world. Once you crafted your own I think you felt truly the master!
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
I *love* random tables, as evidence from my recent review on the Monster Overhaul: kzitem.info/news/bejne/0aKO3aSmbntzenosi=23ZAIK34sVweCMdY
@doctorlolchicken7478
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I spent a huge amount of time as a kid doing random tables for everything. My campaigns were mostly random, and the players liked how even I didn’t know what might happen next.
@Little_Walter
Жыл бұрын
Christmas 1982 (the best Christmas of my childhood) - Santa brought me all of the hardback AD&D rule books. To add to my joy, a hobby store opens in my BFE Mississippi hometown. Tucked away in the back corner of the store is the role playing area. While my friends spent their weekends at the movies or skating rink, I spent every hour I could at that store reading and re-reading everything. One of my favorite pastimes was rolling up characters... I must have rolled up 1000s, much to the detriment of my grades in school and the ire of my parents. In my defense, I told my mom that if I had The Rogues Gallery, I wouldn't spend as much time rolling up characters (yeah, right!). Mom told me that Santa had brought me enough. Boo! Well, mom must have forgotten what I wanted (or confused it with something else on my wish list), because on my birthday, I got The Assassin's Knot (one of my personal favorites). Oh well, It's still a win in my book. Great video!! Thanks for the trip back to my childhood.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for watching and commenting, and for sharing your story! I really appreciate it. I love hearing about other folk's experiences with the game back in the day. I also used to "roll up" characters, although I did it in a very convoluted way. I memorized all the rules for the maximum and minimum attributes required for each class and race, and then at school any time I heard or saw a number between 3 and 18, I wrote them down in order until I had six in a row. So, someone might be wearing a shirt with a number on it (like a jersey) and then I might hear someone say "Time for 4th period..." so I'd take that as a "4." Once I had six in order, I'd remember my rules and begin writing down what kind of character would qualify based on those numbers. Then I'd give them a name that was usually a anagram of whoever I sitting nearby at the time, and I had an instant NPC. I made a TON of those in Junior High School!
@BockwinkleB
Жыл бұрын
Gotta love the deadpan "I left my wallet there".
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad you thought that was funny!
@CapnSnackbeard
Жыл бұрын
Shouldn't have been hitting on that waitress. So much for your jimmy hats. 😅
@jonothanthrace1530
Жыл бұрын
I love the sort of "soft" look of Otus's art, it's very aesthetically pleasing and bizarre.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
"Bizarre" is a great way of putting it. I'm so glad he's still working in the industry. He recently did some work for Old School Essentials, which I use in combination with 1981 Moldvay Basic for the campaign I run for my daughter and her friends. Seeing his art on some of the rulebooks is so much fun!
@jonothanthrace1530
Жыл бұрын
@@daddyrolleda1I just looked him up and discovered he did the cover for the Hackmaster Basic book I bought at a con many years ago, *and* his art graces a couple of cards in the Magic The Gathering D&D sets, which is wonderful.
@williampalmer8052
Жыл бұрын
He, and others like him, really made the game seem fantastical and otherworldly, which I personally prefer to the pseudo historical realism that seems to dominate everything now.
@YouTellemFrosk
Жыл бұрын
Yeah he really is stylish. Somehow I think without Otis and a couple of the other ‘classic’ artists the draw to gaming may have been lessened. If a little.
@Rcoutme
Жыл бұрын
One of the ways that we tended to collect NPC's was to keep all of the deceased PC's. Those became the templates for the NPC's.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
That's a great idea!
@Penfold497
Жыл бұрын
What a great idea! How have I not heard of this before! Thank you.
@AaronSeigo
Жыл бұрын
Vice versa too: when PCs die and we need a quick replacement, the players will often pick up one of the nearby NPCs and play them. The circle of -life- adventuring. ;)
@Penfold497
Жыл бұрын
@@AaronSeigo this of course I am familiar with. When he can afford it, my figure will hire a man to fight with him. Sometimes that man matriculates to full Retainer status in time, but he is always there for me to use if necessary.
@the_beast_among_sheep
5 ай бұрын
If it isn't possible for a massive battle break out, or a war to break out between to kingdoms or Factions, then you aren't playing D&D
@crazedzealots
Жыл бұрын
I started playing at age 8 in 1981. I haven't seen a lot of those 1970's pieces of art for 40 years. Really cool trip back into my past thank you sir.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
And, thank you for watching and commenting! We started playing in the same year, but I was a few years older than you at the time. I still like looking back at these old products and finding ways to use them in the campaign I'm running for my daughter currently.
@epone3488
7 ай бұрын
Same mate only 79 for me! Got roped into a an older boys game as an extra body and feel hard for the imagination game.
@MitchellDowns
Жыл бұрын
I loved the nostalgia trip of going through the Rogues Gallery. I used the table of random characters often when players would rescue a prisoner or find a survivor and they wanted to keep them with the party. Once I randomly rolled that ridiculous super-Paladin with the 18/00 Strength and 18 in every other stat but one, which was a 16 (Wisdom, I think), and of course he had a +5 Holy Avenger. Once they realized who it was (everyone knew about that entry) they stuck him out front in every fight. Eventually, after a half-dozen fights, I threw a Beholder at them and proceeded to hit this guy with the disintegration ray every round until I finally rolled a 1 on the Save - I was never so happy to kill any character as that one. Yes, I could have re-rolled or had him object to their using him but I was a 15 year old DM and felt obliged to respect the random roll and did not want to fight with my players.
@kuriboh635
Жыл бұрын
Definitely a great idea actually. I'll definitely use that in my next 1e game for sure. It's always fun to see what our fellow games think of and share, alway great ideas to mix in to games. I personally only thought of using it for important npcs that never helped the party or fought them. But this will change there next rescue mission for sure
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
I totally get it! I was always in awe back then of kids who were smart and creative enough to be the DM! I didn't have the confidence to try it for an on-going campaign until I was 30! Thanks for sharing, and for your support of the channel. Cheers!
@sylvarogre5469
Жыл бұрын
I remember grabbing and reading the Rogues Gallery while my brothers and I were still using redbox basic. When I finally got an orange spine PHB, I was thrilled when I recognized Tenser and Mordenkainen and Bigby in the spell names. The picture of Phoebus as a lizardman with his bracers was so cool. This channel brings back all the best memories.
@kuriboh635
Жыл бұрын
Ya I found out about the gallery just a few months ago, even though I've been playing 1e since 2014. But Phoebus was my favorite part in it.
@DMHightower
Жыл бұрын
This is my experience also. The images in the Rogues Gallery captured my imagination. I spent so many hours poring through it!
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the kind words! I really appreciate it, and appreciate your support. Also, I really enjoy when folks share their personal journey with D&D and TTRPGs. Thank you! I, too, loved that picture of Phoebus! I hope you're continuing to enjoy the channel. Cheers!
@JamesJoy-yc8vs
4 ай бұрын
I remember the Rogue's Gallery - and Phoebus - with great fondness; for me and my friends it heralded a significant turning point, of sorts, in our D&D journey. I say "of sorts" because it turned out to be based on faulty assumptions. But, hey, we were kids. So, between a half-dozen of us in the early '80s we'd amassed quite the eclectic library of early rulebooks; Moldvay (mine), Holmes, the LBBs, one of us even had a copy of Chainmail! But it didn't take long to realize that we didn't have a Complete Collection of the rules, we had a handful of related rulesets with seemingly as many contradictions as similarities. And determining whose book had the "right" rules inevitably broke down into shouting matches and adolescent fistfights. I was the one who bought Rogue's Gallery, because already I was the group's go-to DM, and thought a book with hundreds of NPCs - compiled by professionals! - would help us learn, by example, the "proper" way to play. The pages of 1-row statblocks weren't the Rosetta Stone, by any means, but the detailed write-ups at the end were our first glimpse of "Advanced" D&D, with unfamiliar classes, features, equipment, and magic items ("What's a MacFuirmidh Clittern?"). So, we reasoned, these are the "advanced" rules, bound in adult hardback books, not babyish paperback pamphlets. Naturally, this must be the final, complete ruleset, superceding the clumsy, confusing rules we'd been playing by. The culmination of all those haphazard initial releases, with all the bugs eliminated, mistakes fixed; in short, the perfected "true" rules! Heady from this revelation, suffused with determination and single-minded focus, we dedicated all our efforts to acquiring the Big Three AD&D (1st ed.) books, convinced it represented our first steps into adulthood! So, yeah, turns out we were mistaken on that. But our misplaced zeal had given us an aspirational vision, a goal to strive for, and the motivation to pursue it. (...and as the anthemic '80s hair metal builds to a blistering crescendo I bow my head, take a few deep breaths, and go in search of some old phone numbers I haven't called in years...) [edited for spelling and clarity, and also to say: the Caravan Tables were worth the cost of the book alone!]
@princessmaly
Жыл бұрын
My favorite thing about this video is that youtube put a context box under the video about AIDS. ...wait, Jenell Jaquays? From id? Wife of Burger Becky? Worked on D&D stuff? No way dude, that's awesome, I had no idea. So they had a CoC designer AND a D&D designer, that's wild. Kinda makes me wonder what a Wolf, Doom, or Quake warga- soary, """"""rpg"""""", would be like.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness, did they really? Yikes! And yes, that's the same Jennell Jaquays! Not being a computer/video gamer, I actually had no idea she worked there until you mentioned it and I just looked her up. So, thanks for sharing that knowledge with me!
@TheGreenKnight500
Жыл бұрын
@@daddyrolleda1KZitem's algorithm must work on some very simple word matches that don't take capitalization or context into account. Hopefully they don't mess with your video's visive for this. I'd keep an eye on how well this video does compared to your other ones.
@Rcoutme
Жыл бұрын
When we first began playing, we followed the name too closely. So we created underground adventures. (8th, 9th graders, Dungeons & Dragons, so we made dungeons, although not necessarily with dragons of course). So we got graph paper from school and had all sorts of fun creating maps. We filled up the rooms with all sorts of creatures who, for whatever reason, decided that living underground was preferable to living above ground. We would even have levels of the underground (often trying to keep the levels of the underground commensurate to the levels of challenge). After about 3rd level, the level of the underground could no longer be kept the same as the level of the characters--so we needed to change what the characters were doing. I did created underground levels (from the basic D&D book!) that could challenge very high-level characters. It went all the way up to having ancient dragons (8-hp per die), fire giants against frost giants in a war of chaos vs law (both evil of course), and various other things going on.
@doctorlolchicken7478
Жыл бұрын
It’s wild that Lawrence Shick is still on the go, working on Baldur’s Gate 3. He did start really young though, so he’s barely retirement age. Heck, if that was my job I doubt I would retire.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Not being a video-gamer myself, I was aware of Baldur's Gate III coming out but had no idea about his involvement in the writing of it until I was researching to make this video! So cool! Thank you for watching and commenting.
@arakasi2
Жыл бұрын
Egg of Coot predates the split between Gary & Dave. According to Jon Petersen in Playing at the World, it first appears in the original Blackmoor campaign (~Christmas 1971). If you read the foreward to Men & Magic, you can see Gary reference it positively. The reference to Nosrnra in G1, however, is Gary being a jerk. I ran across the original artwork of the Erol Otus' cover for Deities & Demigods: it's on display at Noble Knight Games in Fitchburg, WI.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for this detailed explanation. I've seen various descriptions about this and had read some of Jon Petersen's comments with regard to the way Arneson might have been using the character of the Egg of Coot in 1977's First Fantasy Campaign as a way to take a snipe at Gary even though the character predated his introduction to Gary and its name "Egg" was just a complete coincidence. I really appreciate how you explained this in a kind way and didn't attack me, as some others have done, for me bringing this up in the video. And how cool that you saw the original artwork! I honestly had no idea that Noble Knight Games had a physical store! I thought it was online only. I'll have to try to make a visit some day. Thanks again!
@chiblast100x
Жыл бұрын
You left your wallet in El Segundo? Ya gotta get it man, got got to get it
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad folks got that reference. I wasn't sure if maybe I was aging myself by saying that.
@originaluddite
Жыл бұрын
Love that party on the cover of Rogues Gallery. Even by 80s standards (when I got playing), I feel the halfling's a little small, the dwarf's a little slim, and the elf's a bit lanky (rather than svelte). Other interesting things are, magic-users sometimes wore few clothes, because all they needed is magic, and that same character is amusingly friendly with both the elf and the half-orc.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
I really like this breakdown! Very fun! That magic-user, to me, is *so* 80's in aesthetic. Cracks me up every time. Thank you for watching and commenting!
@JamesJoy-yc8vs
4 ай бұрын
For me, Errol Otis' illustrations are *the* definitive look for D&D magic-users. I mean, what's the point of wielding arcane power, of sculpting the very fabric of reality, if you can't wear the most dangerously impractical garments? A wizard eschews armor, scoffs at shields. Why endure a heavy steel breastplate, when instead you can rock a sweet-ass cape (that matches your bell-bottom boots)? A billowing mantle with scalloped edges, worn affixed by twin bandoliers crossing over your bare chest, and boasting a high collar so tall and stiff it mimics the function of horse blinders! Who needs peripheral vision, or full range of motion, when you can call forth explosive gouts of flame at will? And to complete the look, of course, your head must be adorned with an enormous headpiece of overwrought extravagance, so gratuitously elaborate and garish it mocks the very concept of useful functionality. And requires uninterrupted concentration - as well as a supple torso and exquisite balance - to safely pass through most doorways! Indeed, none but the most powerful wizards would be so bold as to be seen in public dressed so ridiculously!
@jdsull
Жыл бұрын
I think the 'DIY' mentality was also very common among the early micro computer manufacturers [?] who felt no one would buy software when they could 'just write their own.'
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
That's a great point!
@ebrim5013
Жыл бұрын
That’s excellent context.
@thagomizer4711
Жыл бұрын
The fact that the video got a context label for HIV is just- so indicative of the state of the platform
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Yes, I've asked KZitem to please remove this content warning, but I suspect they'll get around to reviewing it right before Star Wars: Episode XX comes out. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@NemoOhd20
Жыл бұрын
I agree that I heard that TSR didn't think people would buy modules because they thought everyone would want to make their own worlds and advenetures using their own creativity. It is true that adventures have far less circulation than the core books, thus make less $$$, regardless of edition.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
For sure. In theory, every player should own a Player's Handbook, but only the DM needs the adventure/module, so you're cutting your audience by a significant percentage. It was the same argument they made in the early 3rd Edition days and part of the reason for developing the OGL. The original thought, as I understand it, was that other companies would publish adventures so that WotC wouldn't have to, since, as you point out, adventures make less money. Of course, it didn't quite work out that way.
@SuperFunkmachine
Жыл бұрын
@@daddyrolleda1 But you only need 1 Player's Handbook but can have a dozen modules.
@jhutt8002
Жыл бұрын
Yea, in the beginning. But once market is saturated well enough demand for rules will dry up as gamers have their reference libraries. As a whole there's larger market for new adventures. TSR's fall was from company really not being structured to sell stories. Even though they tried, they couldn't make the change hard or quickly enough
@Rcoutme
Жыл бұрын
39:52 You're talking about players trying to get one-up on other players reminds me of playing in another person's world. I came in a bit later (in college at the time, DM was married, commuter asked if I wanted to play, drove to to the sessions). I created a Wizard, Chaotic Neutral. Well, those guys were all 2nd level, had cleaned out all the early (really nice) stuff. So I was struggling to get anything of value. I came up with a really cool plan. We had a NPC half-elf cleric. She was the only one who could resist Sleep Spell. I asked the DM that, if and only if, the cleric went down, then I wanted to put the party to sleep, keep my ride alive, but kill the others and take their stuff. I wanted the DM to declare that everyone had to have a saving throw (that he would roll, of course). That my ride and I were the only ones to survive. We would, of course, complain along with the others, but they would be stuck with making new characters while we took the loot. Unfortunately, the DM decided that he was just not that chaotic enough that night. Boom! The perfect time came up! Aurgh! However, my MU did prove his worth. when I came in after having missed a session. We had gotten captured and had bottles that could hold "One of anything." We had our hands tied. I was too weak to get free, but could get to the bottles. I asked the capacity limit of the bottle. No limit. "impossible." I insisted. "What if I pointed down and said, 'Planet'?" DM asks me what I intend to do. I tell him that I intend to point bottle towards the army coming at us and say, "Ground." I ended up scooping up the battlefield. Then, as it turns out, if you do not stopper the bottle immediately, the stuff starts coming out. So, naturally, I don't stopper it immediately and bury the army. Lots and lots of experience points for killing an entire army by myself.
@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115
Жыл бұрын
I'll watched tomorrow after work. It's 23:00 here.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
So sorry about that! I took forever on my super old and slow laptop to upload the videos from my phone, import them into my editing program, edit them, and then export them, then upload them again into KZitem. I was up at 4am last night working on it and then a huge portion of today as well. Thanks for your patience!
@nosotrosloslobosestamosreg4115
Жыл бұрын
@@daddyrolleda1 After going to school walking 40Km uphill both ways, knee deep in snow while you got sunbrns and having to raise your 100 younger sibling while having three full time jobs but still were in the honour class every year, right?
@frankrobinsjr.1719
Жыл бұрын
If I remember correctly, Rob Kuntz was with the "War Gaming" group that Gary Gygax was part of. (The miniatures were about knee height and they were used to run historic battles.) Chainmail, Blackmoor, and Greyhawk all came from that background. Also, Rob was supposedly the guy who inspired "Chert" from the "Gord the Rogue" series when Gary Gyax was having trouble keeping his thief alive.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
"The miniatures were about knee height..." - cracked me up! Yeah, they were war-gaming together from 1968. And that's some cool trivia on Chert. Thanks for sharing!
@teddunn7258
Жыл бұрын
The Rogue's Gallery was a favorite supplement for me just due to the Personalities section. Getting to see what the OG gamers were playing was so cool. It was "interesting" to see the really high stats for the PCs in that section. I assume they were using the alternate rules for character stat generation shown in the DMG.
@Clem68W
Жыл бұрын
It might have been selective breeding. Or powergaming was always a thing. Doesn't much matter at this point but neat to ponder.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching and commenting! I had meant to mention this during the video, but I forgot. Gary Gygax was "interviewed" in the forums on either EN World or Dragonsfoot, and he mentioned that the status for most of the PCs in that section were "fallacious," because none of the players wanted to share them with Brian Blume (the author of the book), because they were still active characters being played in campaigns. It was such a different time back then, that players would worry about that kind of thing. So... I don't think those stats are accurate, but I also do think it points to (for the players who did share them) the idea that people were cheating on their stat rolls from the very beginnings of the game!
@rocketraccoon1976
Жыл бұрын
Love the KZitem context explanation. Poor early D&D players, playing while so sick. 😢
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I've petitioned them to review it, but I'm guessing the YT folks will get to that around the time we discover how to bring back dinosaurs. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@swirvinbirds1971
Жыл бұрын
Kinda funny talking about Ernie's character and how it was often the DM that made them evil but if you read he made a pact with Beelzebub to become a Devil after he dies. 😆 Good stuff!
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Those early players all had a different way of playing, that's for sure!
@Penfold497
Жыл бұрын
You did a really good job going through this material and making the timeline and significance understandable. Even though I know 90% of this stuff, I could never present it in such a clear way. This feels like a college lecture series. It’s important for younger people to remember the way that information was spread before the internet. It was all word of mouth, or based on what the game store had in stock. We didn’t necessarily differentiate between rules written by TSR and variant rules published by a third party. If it looked legitimate, then it was legitimate to us. For years I had both BX basic and the red box. There were rules that were different. The prose style was different. It was a mystery to me: why were these two books so similar and yet a little different? I also had a few third party supplements, which were obviously somehow different, but hey, they got rules and we used them if we liked them. One of the amazing things about the hobby is that during a human lifetime, so much of the genesis was almost lost, and then recovered decades later. Even the way the game was originally played was almost gone by 2005. I feel lucky to enjoy a hobby in common with some super smart neurodivergents that have carefully preserved that which was, so we can show it to those who will come.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for watching and commenting, and a very special thank you to you for subscribing. I really appreciate your compliments and I'm so happy you enjoyed the video. As a kid, I was really confused between Basic-Expert-Advanced, and it took quite a bit of reading in Dragon magazine and also reading introductions and forewords to understand the differences. Thanks again!
@henricusinstitoris2325
Жыл бұрын
I love these videos. Like making my wife watch so she can understand how more complex the game is
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
I hope your wife enjoys watching them!
@Penfold497
Жыл бұрын
We should all force our wives to do things we like. It’s good for them. Builds character.
@keithdonohue4631
Жыл бұрын
Nice Tribe Called Quest reference!
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I wasn't 100% sure if people would pick up on it, as I was pretty nonchalant about it!
@mrcatchingup
Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed your time on the Rogues Gallery. Now I finally know about this character from the 3.5 feat Robilar's Gambit ( Player's Handbook II, p. 82)! I am tempted to make a character with boots that fold over to bell bottoms like that 1980 art.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
I'd love to see a drawing of your character if you do! Thank you so much for watching and commenting!
@Archaeo_Matt
Жыл бұрын
That was a fun video to watch; it really took me down multiple "memory lanes." I see why getting the video all composited and uploaded from your phone was causing issues...definitely worth it though. I especially enjoyed the deeper dives on some of the lesser known players/employees from the early days at TSR. There's a funny article in Oerth Journal #6 about Robilar's and Mordenkainen's adventures in Blackmoor, with Dave Arneson as DM (Dave was pretty polite about it, but had obviously expected a better effort from EGG and Rob Kuntz). It's funny how everyone mentions that Gary really "couldn't understand wanting to play the wizard," but some of his best known/remembered characters were the magic users. It's always funny to see how many people uses reversed letters or anagrams for their real names for their characters. One of my earliest characters was T'tam, which was both a nod to that practice, and an homage to Cutter from ElfQuest (whose "soul name" is Tam). Jennell Jaquays, probably more than anyone, really showed everyone that a pre-written adventure was something that could be important in its own right, and would sell. I have a copy of the pastel cover D1, although mine is in pretty rough shape; the best part is the inside cover is a large version of two devilishly grinning, well-equipped bugbears from the interior art. The first module I bought with my own money was D3 (blue cover). As usual good selections on music and beverage. I actually always liked Graceland; but, like you, I was mostly into punk and ska at the time, so I didn't let that secret get out much. Still..."I know what I know. I'll sing what I have said. We come and we go; that's a thing that I keep in the back of my head." Cheers!
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this great comment! And yes, it is so funny that despite Gary saying he preferred playing warrior types, none of his "famous" characters are Fighters, but rather Magic-Users and a Cleric! I have a folder full of maps that are based on shuffling the letters of my friend's (and non-friends!) names. How those people got along in real life then impacted how their nations interacted in the game world. My own "World of Samoth" game is based on re-arranging my last name! So cool you have a monochrome/pastel D1. I have a few of those, all that I got from friends who no longer wanted them. B1, C1, D2, G1, and G2. I think that's it. It'd be nice to have the others to round out my collection, but it's not necessary, and there are of course more important things to spend money on! Also, thank you so much for watching through to the bonus content at the end. I've been having fun making that section for the folks, like you, who like it. In fact, I think I'm going to spin Graceland again right now...
@Archaeo_Matt
Жыл бұрын
@@daddyrolleda1 That's sort of how I acquired both by monochrome D1 and my first edition, second printing of Deities & Demigods. I had loaned some stuff to a friend before he left for the Navy, then got it back four years later when I was in his wedding party; at the time we both thought of it as six of one and a half-dozen of the other, but I think I ended getting the better end of it. If nothing else, that drawing from D1, that I usually just call "Tramp's bugbears" is one of my favorite pieces of art from the old books.
@opa-age
Жыл бұрын
Rogues Gallery was amazing, wish I had a copy when I was a kid.
@ricodetroit
Жыл бұрын
Same here! Somehow I missed this one. Funny how slap-dash everything was back in those days... we kind of just got whatever we could find and made up the rest!
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Yes, exactly! There are gaps in my collection and a lot of the early products I have, like this one, were because a friend had them and didn't want them any more. That's where at least 1/3 of my modules came from, but also explains why I have gaps in my collections. Until very recently, I had I2 and I6, but not I1 (finally got it), and U2 and U3, but not U1 (acquired earlier this year). I still only have A2-4 but not A1, and I sadly never got T1.
@christopherdecator9742
Жыл бұрын
Cool video! You keep saying "resurrected" I can't help but think you meant "reincarnated" which would explain why they were different races. Incidentally, my interface with that spell was in 2e, but I always thought it was strange and nonsensical for a spirit to come back as a fully grown creature that, ostensibly, was arround while the deceased character was still alive. I guess deep thought wasn't required on that, but I see it was a roundabout way to play non traditional races early on.
@CaptCook999
Жыл бұрын
We had a character with a Rod of Reincarnation. Whenever somebody died that character of course wanted to use the Rod but players were like heck no, find me a cleric and I'll pay for a raise dead or resurrection. Nobody wanted to come back as some odd creature.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Yes, thank you so much. I did mean "reincarnated" and thanks for catching that, but also for being cool about it instead of pretending like I don't know what I'm talking about. I have yet to have a character "benefit" (?) from a reincarnation spell, so I'm not sure how I would play it! Thank you very much for watching and commenting.
@CaptCook999
Жыл бұрын
Well I finally got to watch this video. Took me forever to get through it because I kept pausing it so I could read the characters and check out their story and what magic items they had. Most weren't as high level as I had thought. And they didn't have as much or as powerful magic items as I imagined they would have. Some though did have some unusual items that were pretty nice. Most of our DM's made their own adventures. Even if they used a module it was tailored to their campaign. It wasn't until later when we seemed to be using more "purchased materials", mostly because we were all getting into relationships or married or had jobs that kept us really busy. Early gaming seemed a lot more fun to me. We really roleplayed and everyone's campaign was a little different with some focusing on power while others focused on the game world. I loved to create some drama in campaigns which made for interesting play. My campaign used the Judges Guild Campaign settings with some TSR stuff thrown in. Few of us had actual maps of our campaign worlds that weren't hand drawn as we had little material to draw from in those days. And we all shared stuff that we bought like magazines and such. Thank god for copiers back then. Keep up the good work and I look forward to seeing you do something on the Arduin Grimoire campaign books.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Oh my goodness, I *still* have some many photocopied articles from Dragon magazine and some photocopied modules. In fact, it was a photocopied version of S4: Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth that my dad photocopied for me at his office back in the mid-80's that I used when I ran that adventure for my Friday Night Game Group around 2012! I'm glad you enjoyed the video! The way you talk about gaming as a kid is how we used to do it, too. I'm trying to recapture some of those feelings in the game I run for my daughter and her friends. Cheers!
@WarhavenSC
Жыл бұрын
I'm amazed that Bigby made it all the way to level 13 with an AC of 10. lol.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
I suspect he spent a ton of time *avoiding* combat, like so many characters did back then! A magic-user in particular was best at hanging back, letting the Fighters handle the monsters, maybe lob a few spells from a distance, and take a share of the treasure afterward to gain XP!
@randyandrews1980
Жыл бұрын
I loved the longer video! I’d love to see a closer look at some of those older D&D zines. Especially the one still being published.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Good to hear! Thanks for the feedback, and I will add that to the (ever growing...) queue!
@shakescan
6 ай бұрын
I had played starting in 79 as an 11 year old. I was an avid fan of first edition and we used some chainmail stuff as suppliments. And dragon magazine. We home brewed. I read modules, they're great, but i always DM'd off my own hand drawn dungeons. World building. Im amazed at your grasp of the history of the early game. Im mostly interested in Chainmail rules now.
@daddyrolleda1
6 ай бұрын
I am so glad you found the channel, and I'm very happy you are enjoying my videos on the history of the game. Thank you so much for the compliment. We are roughly the same age - I also started playing at age 11, but in 1981 with Moldvay Basic (which I still have and am currently using to run a campaign for my 14yo daughter and her friends). I was aware of the existence of Chainmail but never saw it until the late 90's when my mom gave me a White Box as a Birthday Gift. She got it at our local game store after asking them what a good gift would be for me. Unfortunately it was missing Book II: Monsters & Treasure, so the shop had replaced it with a copy of Chainmail. It is a fascinating read and I'm so glad I have it, although I've never played it. (I did finally get a copy of Monsters & Treasure, but a different printing than my other two books). Thank you so much for watching and commenting. I really appreciate it.
@tomkerruish2982
Жыл бұрын
How nice of KZitem to provide context about HIV/AIDS.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I've written back to them to ask them to remove the content warning. I suspect they will get around to removing it at some point before the sun goes supernova.
@BlankSlatePodcast
Жыл бұрын
I love this top-down assessment of play aids. Thanks so much for making them
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
You are very welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed the video! And thank you for watching and commenting.
@johnsomething567
Жыл бұрын
Was there a " tribe called quest" reference I detected? Left my wallet in el Segundo. Great video.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
There was indeed! I'm glad people caught that. I wasn't sure if it was too subtle or deadpan to register. I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! And I really appreciate you watching and commenting!
@MrRourk
Жыл бұрын
Arduin was a good one
@shaggycan
Жыл бұрын
The AC calculations in the stat lines of the 'prime runner' NPCs is all over the map.
@eitherorlok
Жыл бұрын
All this content AND an "A Tribe Called Quest" reference? 👏
@bluefish5
3 ай бұрын
That quick Tribe Called Quest reference. I snorted my coffee :D
@daddyrolleda1
3 ай бұрын
Glad you caught it! It was so quick and I was afraid a lot of folks would either miss it or not understand it. Glad it gave you a chuckle!
@daledavis671
Жыл бұрын
Great content you kept my interest to the entire video. Great walk down memory Lane!
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
I appreciate that! Thank you very much for letting me know, and I'm so glad you enjoyed the video.
@LordEriolTolkien
Жыл бұрын
I think I still have the 'Rogues Gallery' somewhere buried in a box
@teddunn7258
Жыл бұрын
One interesting thing (at least to me) that I noticed is that Erac's Cousin breaks the rules in the PHB for dual-class characters. According to his bio, he started as an MU and switched to Fighter but his strength is 13. According to the PHB, a dual-class character must have at least a 17 in the prime requisite for his new class, so he needed a 17 or higher in strength by the book.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Good catch! A few of those characters "break the rules" with stuff like that. Gary was quoted in an interview on ENWorld about this product that Brian Blume made up a lot of the stats, equipment, levels and powers, because Gary and the other players did not want to share their PC stats with him. In fact, Gary quotes some of the character stats as being "fallacious." So, it's possible Brian got it wrong, but I also think it's entirely possible the original character "broke the rules" for "reasons."
@TurboWulfe
11 ай бұрын
Dude, just caught your channel I'm an old D&D groknard from '78 as well. Lve the channel I seriously watch to the end because I, like many other lve the wrap up on your drinking and musical tastes. Your the boss. Keep on keeping on 😎🍻🤘
@daddyrolleda1
10 ай бұрын
I am so happy to hear that! Thank you so much for letting me know. I'm really glad you found my channel and I really appreciate your support. Cheers!
@mithras5768
Жыл бұрын
Tribe Called Quest reference? Nice!
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad you caught that! I was worried it might have been a bit too subtle as I glossed over it so quickly. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@stevenmike1878
Жыл бұрын
ive been really diving into dnd white box, and all the varients of it and how the history of the classes came to be so i love this stuff. one thing ive been doing is looking at how the hobbit and LOTR character have inspired the dnd classes over the years. one thing i love is how Eowyn is a wonderful description of a paliden. where if you played white box the growth of the character could be described as an arrogant lusting for war and combat at level 1, level 2 realizing that war and death is not something to glorify as you see players die, level 3 as realizing war is not good but a valiant warrior defending the people they care about is and wanting to protect there friends. then at level 4 they get there paliden powers. Return of the King (1980) - Eowyn vs Witchking kzitem.info/news/bejne/mq5sqplphJmGgmk Eowyn was raised in a culture that was totally war-obsessed. The most glorified and praised members of her society were the warriors and soldiers. Eowyn resented herself because she could not participate in the war-culture as a woman and it drove her half-mad. Instead of seeing her person and her womanhood as a beautiful thing which lends itself to creating life, she saw it as “hutch to trammel some wild thing in”. It was not until Eowyn met Faramir in the Houses of Healing (appropriate since it was there she was healed not only in body but in mind) that she learned there is more than war, more than glorified killing, and more to honor than before she knew. Faramir put war into its true context for Eowyn-not something to be praised in and of itself. Warriors and soldiers should be honored in the measure that they defend their people with their sacrifice. But killing should never be seen as a wholly good thing and no one should aspire to be a warrior for the sake of war. Faramir sums this up by saying: “War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.” After her encounter with Faramir, Eowyn realizes that the killing and death of war is not the end, but is sometimes a necessary means in order to preserve life. Ultimately, Eowyn has been focused on death and war, but she has missed the bigger picture; namely that life is more important than death, even death in honor. Then Eowyn says: “I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.” This is the mark that she has accepted life rather than death. In realizing this, Eowyn also learns to appreciate her status as a woman. She no longer regards her body as a cage or a hindrance, but understands that it is ordered to create life and to sustain it; she understands that those goals are noble in and of themselves, and that nurturing life is an invaluable and honorable ability. In summary, throughout Eowyn’s conversion and in her meeting with Faramir, Eowyn trades her idealism of death and her culture of war for an acceptance of herself and a love of life. The maiden who once sought death now looks forward to nurturing life. As Faramir says, “Here is the Lady Éowyn of Rohan, and now she is healed.”
@BenjaminMarra
Жыл бұрын
I can't get enough of this kind of ephemera.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching and commenting!
@DustyThunders
Жыл бұрын
The KZitem censor bots are ridiculous, you might want to change the title on this one, they slapped a link to the wiki on HIV up top. Anyhow love your channel, it's one of the few roleplaying ones with substance.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for letting me know! I have submitted a request to have the content warning removed, which I assume will be reviewed at some point before the *next* Super Bluemoon.
@CaptCook999
Жыл бұрын
@@daddyrolleda1yep, can't use the word aids in anything. Just use aid, singular, and it should be ok.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
@@CaptCook999 I was thinking of changing it to "Accessories" instead. I'm wondering how much of a negative it is having the content warning.
@RuiSaltao
Жыл бұрын
It's such a pleasure to watch this content. Loved the stories and getting to know the people.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
I appreciate that so much! Thank you!
@thesonofdormammu5475
Жыл бұрын
I feel like the entire purpose of the Rogues Gallery book was just for them to show off their characters. Just like the entire purpose of Unearthed Arcana was to show off Gary Gygax's polearm section. Maybe I'm just jaded though.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Ha! I think the polearm section was really just filler to get to 128 pages, as it (like much of UA) was just copied and pasted from earlier articles in Dragon Magazine. I meant to mention in the video but completely forgot that in an interview on I think EN World about the characters in Rogues Gallery, Gary Gygax said the stats were "fallacious" because they refused to reveal the stats for characters they were still actively playing and they didn't want Brian Blume to know what they were, so Brian (the author of the book) had to guess at what they were based on observation in-game! I guess back then, they were really protective of their PCs!
@TheGeekDaddy929
Жыл бұрын
Nice Tribe Called Quest reference
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I was hoping people would catch that!
@ken418
Жыл бұрын
Fascinating history. Thank you!
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for letting me know, and for watching and commenting!
@AngelusNielson
Жыл бұрын
Graceland happens to be my favorite album ever.
@ricodetroit
Жыл бұрын
I have to admit, I kind knew it was "old people music" at the time -- but I loved it even as a 16 year old in 1986!!
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
It is a great album, and sometimes I regret not having come around to it sooner.
@AngelusNielson
Жыл бұрын
@@daddyrolleda1 Better late than never.
@ebrim5013
Жыл бұрын
I loved the look into the Rogue’s Gallery characters. That could be a video itself.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this feedback, and for watching and commenting. I really appreciate it. And, I'll add this to my list of ideas for future videos!
@ltGargoyle
Жыл бұрын
first, f- tomb of horrors, i lost 3 characters to that module. i will never play it again. and even as a gm, I refuse to use it unless its a dream type adventure. i never realized that all those famous NPC/Character were in rogue gallery. that is awesome. thank you. Ill see if i have it in my digital library, and if not ill see if i can hunt it down. third video of yours i have seen. subscribed, keep it up, i love old school D&D, oh I'm drinking water as i watch your video. giving up the sugar drinks finally.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for subscribing! I really appreciate the support and hope you continue to enjoy the channel. I sometimes feel my best "history" videos are behind me, then something like this one strikes a chord with folks, for which I'm very grateful. And thank you for watching all the way through to the end, even though you're not imbibing alcohol. I appreciate it and I will feature non-alcoholic drinks from time-to-time (although many will be mocktails, such as a Cold Brew Coffee "Old Fashioned" I made a few videos ago, so they still have sugar in them).
@danielrowan4716
Жыл бұрын
I run a 1/2e campaign and I told my players that if we do ToH, it’ll be with the pregenerated characters as the module is simply a mind f and death trap.
@FunAtStreaming
11 ай бұрын
A very interesting product to mantion is the tournament module for the Tomb of Horrors from 1975. I think it's realy crazy how long this iconic beast of a dungeon was actually around.
@searchforsecretdoors
Жыл бұрын
Always great to see your take on D&D history! I appreciate this content so much.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I really appreciate you watching and commenting, and I'm very glad to be able to create content that you enjoy. Cheers!
@PsychedelicLasagna
Жыл бұрын
🤦♂️ It somehow took me until 9:30 to get the Tribe Called Quest reference...
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
That's hilarious!
@theendicott2838
10 ай бұрын
At the end of the video, you mentioned that it’s one of your longer videos, but I am actually really enjoying putting on your videos while I am working on my homework so for me the longer the better. Keep up the good work.
@brooksrownd2275
Жыл бұрын
I've never seen "The Character Archaic" before
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
It's pretty rare these days but you still see them pop up for sale once in a while.
@the_beast_among_sheep
5 ай бұрын
Great collection man! Nice!
@daddyrolleda1
5 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@RobbyMaQ
Жыл бұрын
Nice El Segundo ref. Bonita Applebaum, y'know she's got it goin on...
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad people caught it! After I recorded the video, I began thinking maybe it was too subtle!
@adivrsity
Жыл бұрын
Should out for White Plume Mountain. My favorite 5e module to run for anyone. Enjoying your channel!
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I actually didn't know they made a 5E version of that one! I'm really glad to hear you're enjoying the channel! I just posted a new video today on an overview of the RPG Boxed Sets produced by TSR between 1974 and 1988. It took a ton of research. I hope you like it when you get a chance to watch!
@crimfan
6 ай бұрын
Valerius was compelling enough one of the guys I play with used him as a PC in a one shot.
@daddyrolleda1
6 ай бұрын
Oh, I bet that was fun!
@crimfan
6 ай бұрын
@@daddyrolleda1 That player likes that kind of character quite a bit... he's got a few variations on that theme.
@ishmiel21
Жыл бұрын
Holy crap! You got a context warning about AIDS because you used the word aides in your title LOL
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I have petitioned them to review it, but I suspect that they'll get to it at some point before human colonies are built on Mars. Maybe. I've thought about changing the title to "Early Accessories..." but also I've noticed that the content warning doesn't seem to be affected the viewership and performance of the video. Other than my one outlier video on "Forgotten Classes" (which exploded for whatever reason due to the KZitem algorithm), it's my best performing video in quite a long time.
@PanSemSousa
Жыл бұрын
I really enjoy the video. And i love that album. And his first solo album.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for watching and commenting, and especially for watching all the way to the end! It was this album of Simon's that caused me to explore his back catalog and realize how many songs/albums he has that I really like.
@spartaninvirginia
Жыл бұрын
If a PC doesn't have bell-bottom breeches, it's not welcome at my table. 😂
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
This is a table I would want to play at.
@spartaninvirginia
Жыл бұрын
@@daddyrolleda1 You're welcome at my table anytime.
@the_beast_among_sheep
5 ай бұрын
I know that I'd want my PCs to take part in the going wars & massive battles taking place around them. At high levels, they're Commanders & Warlords
@daddyrolleda1
5 ай бұрын
I liked the thought of doing that when I first discovered the game, too. When I recently threw out the idea of running an old-school game for my veteran players, one of them was adamantly against it given that one of the goals of pre-3E characters was to reach "name level" and then found a keep, temple, guild, etc. This particular player had no interest in that because his focus was on system mastery and creating/optimizing a character to do what he wanted, and he specifically did not want to engage in political maneuverings and land management at higher levels. It was a bit surprising to me but just his style of play.
@Clem68W
Жыл бұрын
I remember obsessively searching for the rogues gallery and being really disappointed when i finally gripped it in my cheetos stained fists.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
I can see that. I mainly focused on the "personalities" in the back, which was such a small part of that book. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@JosephLeasure
7 ай бұрын
Ive been loving this videos man.
@Sillyman44
Жыл бұрын
nice tribe called quest reference
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
I am glad you caught it! It was something that just came to me off-the-cuff when I mentioned El Segundo in the video, and I was wondering if anybody would pick up on it! Thanks for watching and commenting!
@suburbanbanshee
Жыл бұрын
Lee Gold is a great lady! Tiny but so brainy, fun, and hospitable! (I have stayed at her house.)
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Oh, wow, how cool! That is awesome. Thank you for sharing, and for watching and commenting!
@redjackel6161
Жыл бұрын
Fun fact... Jeff Dee with Amanda Dee also created the game TWERPS.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
That's right! Also, Jeff is probably a little more well-known for his work on Villains & Vigilantes. Thanks!
@gregoriancatmonk6904
6 ай бұрын
Wait I know a guy from an atheist group in Austin named Jeff Dee.....he's an artist too. Is that him?
@redjackel6161
6 ай бұрын
Probably, he used to be part of the Atheist Experience and Non Profits
@venerablearcanum
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad StupidTube added that "context" warning about "AIDS". Really helpful.
@monsterram6617
Жыл бұрын
If only he spelled _aides_ correctly...
@venerablearcanum
11 ай бұрын
@@monsterram6617 That's not correct. "Aide" always refers to a person. He used the proper spelling to refer to a tool or instrument that assists one in accomplishing a task, an "aid". Another example, KZitem employs a poorly designed algorithm as an _aid_ in its mad, purblind campaign of censorship and Left-wing propaganda because its diversity-hired leadership's ideological possession outstrips their competence by a wide margin.
@parkpunk2
Жыл бұрын
I love seeing these old soft cover play aids and modules. I had most of them.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Ah, cool! You were one lucky player then! Thank you for watching and commenting!
@malapertfourohfour2112
Жыл бұрын
Love this vid for subtly digging at the raw crowd
@RavensbladeDX
Жыл бұрын
Bigby's got some damn good rolls for stats there Gygax. Did you roll those in front of your DM? hmmm....
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Ha! I had meant to include this in the video but forgot (since I don't script my videos but talk kind of off-the-cuff) but Gary was "interviewed" in an ENWorld thread in the early 2000's and he mentioned that the stats for many of the characters in Rogues Gallery, including Mordenkainen (but also presumably including Bigby and others) were "fallacious" as the players of these characters were still actively playing these characters and they didn't want to share their stats with Brian Blume, the book's author. Players back then were very protective and secretive about their PC's capabilities! So Brian had to guess in many cases based on having observed the characters in play. So, it's possible that the stats were incorrect, but in general, yes, many of these characters have inflated stats and a few also break rules regarding stats required to have two classes, etc. Thanks for watching and commenting!
@johnav8rflys
Жыл бұрын
I like a video on the adventure that got pulled before publication, about what was in it that they didn’t approve of that would be interesting
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching and commenting! I will add that to the queue!
@johnav8rflys
Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@chadsmith3363
Жыл бұрын
I dearly love the old school artwork, warts and all. With that in mind: the illustration on the Bards page in Rogues Gallery is ROUGH.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
I do have a lot for old school art but every once in a while I do see ones that I'm not super excited about. 😄
@KabukiKid
Жыл бұрын
I actually played through that orange covered B3... it was completely brutal and we had a near TPK. lol My character was the only one to make it because I was playing an elf and managed to not be charmed by these blob/bubble creatures that charmed everyone and caused everyone to jump into a pool to be drowned. lol
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Oh wow, that sounds fascinating! How did you come to play the original version? That is awesome!
@KabukiKid
Жыл бұрын
@@daddyrolleda1 It wasn't an original copy... but from a printout made from a PDF of that version of the adventure. I still haven't played the green cover version, but I can testify that the orange one was fairly deadly. lol
@stevefugatt7075
Жыл бұрын
"I left my wallet in El Segundo." 😅😅😅😅😅 Nice "Tribe" reference......I'm guessing only those of us of a "certain age" will understand. 😂😂😂😂
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad you caught it! A few people have mentioned it, for which I'm glad, as it as a completely off-the-cuff line that I threw into the recording right after just saying "El Segundo" triggered the memory. I was afraid it was maybe too subtle.
@stevefugatt7075
Жыл бұрын
@@daddyrolleda1 Those are the best ones though! 😂
@williammeek7218
Жыл бұрын
I still have my first edition basic. And AD&D first editions. Mom gave it to me in 75
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
That's a fun gift! My mom also got me the boxed set I have as a birthday gift, but not until much later (around the late 90's). I'd already been playing nearly a decade at that point.
@epone3488
7 ай бұрын
Taking about "using it in a nonsensical way" random monsters suffered from this the most imo; monsters just 'spawning in" like a video game. Sigh. With no reference to "encounter distance" tables and "disposition" tables. I'll also reference xp for gold as much maligned due to misunderstanding too. I know the modern crowd finds this a very unpalatable way to play - yet as some one who actually uses the system it can work wonderfully. To my mind its like playing Call of Cthulhu and not using Sanity - Gold as xp is a feature not a bug and it subtly induces very different play. Cavens of Thracia shows its wonderfully in its intricate design allowing dungeon-level hopping via "short cuts" so you can risk a delve into the lower dungeon skipping intervening encounters (the "chimney" shaft for example) to get the "fat-ioots" of the more dangerous monsters. Love it. Interestingly when I need a real "old school nostalgia hit" its the magazines I drag out to flick through and read that really satisfies my itch.
@TheRyujinLP
Жыл бұрын
My mans says Play aids and friggin KZitem hears play AIDS and flags a context box. I hate these since it adds a step to get to the like button and know there's a lot of people lazy enough to pass up slapping the like button over it.
@tomkerruish2982
Жыл бұрын
I've recently discovered your channel (all hail the almighty Algorithm!). I've subscribed and have begun watching various videos. AFAICT you haven't done one on Arduin Grimoire. Do you think you will?
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad the algorithm connected you with my channel, and I look forward to chatting with you in the comments! Thank you for your support and for subscribing. I have not done a video yet on Arduin but I was considering doing so. You're I think the second or third person to ask. I've added it to the queue and will hopefully get to it soon-ish. Thanks again!
@antondovydaitis2261
Жыл бұрын
I would enjoy an in depth review of the Arduin Grimoire.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
You are the second person just today to mention that. I will add it to the queue, as it has also come up before. Thank you for watching and for sharing your interest in future videos.
@antondovydaitis2261
Жыл бұрын
@@daddyrolleda1 Dave Hargrave was an outstanding DM, both in terms of establishing mood, and managing parties of wildly different levels. Back then, every table played its own house variant of D&D, and going to a convention was an adventure in itself. No character was so powerful that they were immune to death, but if you were smart enough, even a low level character could survive.
@CaptCook999
Жыл бұрын
@@daddyrolleda1I also would like to see an in depth look into the Arduin Grimoire. Our DM had the books and was nice enough to let me photocopy them. Sadly, those ancient Xerox machines didn't make very good copies of those books. We had several characters with magic items and spells from those books.
@asturias0267
Жыл бұрын
I would watch a 4 hour long video.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
I appreciate you letting me know! The next video which should be posted later today or tomorrow is also going to be a long one! Thanks so much for your support!
@DMTalesTTRPG
Жыл бұрын
Love this, as always!
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I really appreciate your ongoing support.
@johnpenley
Жыл бұрын
I remember when "Elf" was a character class.😁
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
I do as well - that's the edition I started with (1981 Moldvay Basic)! I'm running that edition for a game for my daughter and her friends currently! I have quite a few videos on the channel talking about that. A lot of folks mistakenly think that Original D&D had "race-as-class" but once the Greyhawk Supplement introduced the Thief class, that was no longer the case, as every race could be a Thief in addition to a Fighter (Hobbit/Halfing, Dwarf) or Fighter/Magic-User (Elf). Thanks for watching and commenting!
@johnpenley
Жыл бұрын
@@daddyrolleda1 You should introduce them to the Githyanki. Nice folks ...great swords.😁
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
@@johnpenley Ha! Well, they're still grinding it out ground-level. They just finished B2: Keep on the Borderlands a couple sessions ago, and we just started U1: Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh. They're about 2nd-3rd Level right now. I do include weird/Cthulhu type stuff in my world so having Githyanki show up in the future is not off the table. I loved that cover of the Fiend Folio! Here's my video about it: kzitem.info/news/bejne/yZqqqYeViqF9hYI
@johnpenley
Жыл бұрын
@@daddyrolleda1 thanks for the Fiend Folio link and vid. Same here!! I grew up with that book. It's truly a hidden gem of D+D lore and awesome artwork.👍
@Redshirt214
Жыл бұрын
Wasn’t Cuthbert also one of Ernie’s characters? I wonder if the pretense of this being a “Rouges Gallery” informed some of the alignments in the book? Though even today it’s relatively easy to find your alignment shifting in game...
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
I can't find any documentation that St. Cuthbert was played by Ernie. The first published mention of him seems to be in a short story Gary wrote in Dragon Magazine #2 called "The Gnome Cache." In a Q-&-A thread on ENWorld, folks asked Gary about Cuthbert and whether he was related to the real-world St. Cuthbert, which Gary answered "no" but that he might be *inspired* by him. In that same answer, he discusses how Serten and Tenser were anagrams of his son's name, Ernest, and how his own first PC, a fighter, was named Yrag. But he never tied Cuthbert to Ernie.
@toddrlyons
Жыл бұрын
It looks like I'm in the vast minority, but my 10 year old self was quite disappointed with The Rogues Gallery. It looked like a financial report, whereas I hoped it would be formatted like the Monster Manual except with NPCs inside. It was a ridiculous expectation, I know, given the vast price difference between those two books. But I vowed that someday I would write the book that I wanted back then. Embarrassingly, I didn't get round to it until late last year. But thanks Brian. You were my muse. Sort of.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for watching and commenting! And I can see that point of views! I didn't see this book until I was in my early teens, and I mainly only looked at it for the "personalities" in the back. Can you drop a link to your book on NPCs? Thanks!
@epone3488
7 ай бұрын
We need a page-by-page of Judges Guilds Ready reference sheets I think. 8)
@manfredconnor3194
Жыл бұрын
The guy to ask about Aero hobbies and Wee Warriors interactions would be Jim Murphy (aka "Game Methuselah"). If I recall correctly (and I might not) he worked at Aero hobbies back then. He das his own YT channel and I think Matt Coleville did a youtube piece with him, where they discuss the early days if the hobby and his experience. I could be wrong, but it's worth checking out anyway. Here I found the link: kzitem.info/news/bejne/1rB7vHWDgqh7em0feature=shared I like your channel. Thanks for this. I started in 1980/1981, but was not really aware of all that was goibg on in the "gaming scene" at the time.
@twincast2005
Жыл бұрын
I love how half of the OG player characters in this book would today be deemed red flag behavior... And the KZitem algorithms are truly proving their worth, declaring this vid to be about AIDS. Anyway, a fun, informative, and highly enjoyable trip through roleplaying's history as always. 👍
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
I really appreciate the comments and your support! And yes, I've asked KZitem several times to remove the content warning, but I suspect they'll get around to reviewing it just in time for Kirk to strand Khan and his crew on Seti Alpha V.
@deathmetal926
Жыл бұрын
Great video! Id also like to thank KZitem for educating people about HIV and AIDS because your video has the word "Aids" in it.
@mikeyrambo2742
7 ай бұрын
That was really interesting I wonder when Tasha comes into play
@jacemachine
Жыл бұрын
lol love that KZitem just gave us information about HIV/AIIIIIIIDDDDDS.
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I've petitioned them to move the content warning, but I suspect their staff will get around to reviewing it shortly before we make contact with alien lifeforms. Thanks for watching!
@bobreaper2142
11 ай бұрын
Thank you interesting
@daddyrolleda1
11 ай бұрын
You're welcome - glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching and commenting!
@reddwing4368
Жыл бұрын
A tribe called quest
@daddyrolleda1
Жыл бұрын
Glad you caught that! I was worried it was maybe too subtle. Thanks for watching and commenting.
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