Show threadContrarianAug 30, 2025

The "#THAC0 is not subtraction" argument is especially infuriating to me, because it's popular on #reddit, and dependent on the idea that #DungeonMasters were supposed to announce opponents #ArmorClass to players. That's a really amateurish style of old school. No adult should play like that, or defend play like that.

Still, it's maybe not as bad at whatever the fuck https://dungeonsdragons.fandom.com/wiki/THAC0 is trying to say.

SetSideBMay 24, 2024
@Play: Which Is Better, Ring Mail or Splint Mail?
Gary Gygax was a weird person. I won't get into his life or history or, the casual misogyny of AD&D character creation, or the Random Harlot Table. But he did know a lot about medieval weaponry and armor, and to some degree this obsessive interest
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@Play: Which Is Better, Ring Mail or Splint Mail?

Gary Gygax was a weird person. I won't get into his life or history or, the casual misogyny of AD&D character creation, or the Random Harlot Table. But he d

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