> Faustus von Goethe
>
> BTW we sat down with a bunch of 3rd edition characters run by
> jaded, aging
> gamers the other day to play the "converted" version of "Slavers" from
> Eric's site and started into that old "hack and slash" mode and . . .
>
> . . . simply
>
> . . . had
>
> . . . a
>
> . . . BLAST!
>
> For the original, slug-fest, slay 'em all & let Cuthbert
> sort-em-out type of
> rock & roll experience, I can honestly say I have not had that
> kind of just
> plain raucous FUN playing D&D since - well, probably since "Slavers" was
> first on the shelves.
>
> Kudos to 3E and the "Feat" and "Prestige Class" system for
> bringing back the
> magic. Now we just have to figure out how to un-petrify the
> Sorcerer (who
> got hit with basilisk gaze attack and was (unhappily) the ONLY character
> with a "Stone to Flesh" scroll.)
I've been doing the same thing with other old modules (from the early to mid
eighties) and some of the first year of 'Dungeon', and my crew has been
having just as much fun. Honestly I haven't had this much fun with the game
since I bought my first copy of the Monster Manual back in 1979, and sent
PCs fleeing in terror from a Bullette.
I think it says a lot about the viability of the d20 System that it can
revitalize the old works in such a dramatic way. Now if only one of the new
publishers could get a winner out of a new genre - then we'd know beyond a
doubt that the d20 System is the gem Ryan hopes it will be.
-Brad
