August 14, 200421 yr Actually, it was D&D that made me a Pagan Goat Killer. One minute I was a nice god-fearing Jewish boy, then five minutes after taking the shrink wrap off of my D&D basic set in 1978 it was POW! PAGAN GOAT KILLER! Damn your eyes, Gygax! DAMN YOUR EYES! Although I suspect it was the novelty of playing with a d4 for the first time that really did it. Cheers MC
August 14, 200421 yr Author Come now, it was the d10 and you know it. A d4 can only give you a spread of four but, see here! the d10 can give you a spread of 1-10 OR, combined with another die, a spread of 1-100. Clearly, it is more magical. Fionavar's Holliday Wishes to all members of our online community: Happy Holidays Join the revelry at the Obsidian Plays channel:Obsidian Plays Remembering tarna, Phosphor, Metadigital, and Visceris. Drink mead heartily in the halls of Valhalla, my friends!
August 14, 200421 yr It's the arcane and mystical pyramid shape of the d4 though that channels the evil.
August 14, 200421 yr Phosphor speaketh much wisdom. Indeed, the fell power of the pyramid seems a logical conduit for dark forces. A d10, OTOH, seems faintly benign. In any case, the cover art on the Keep on the Borderlands sent me finally on a downward spiral. Destination: Hell. Conclusive proof of the evil inherent in fantasy role-playing games.
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