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[Rhenaya]

As the rumors for the last 3 days were loud, today its clearly stated:

Dave Arneson has died.

Some may ask: who the hell ist this?

Well, he was with Gary Gygax (died in March 2008), the second one of the founding fathers of the fantasy roleplaying, his influence on Gary was the iginition for the first Dungeons&Dragons Edition, he made the first fantasy world "Blackmoore". And thus many followed, started by these two. Even the roguelike genre was another child of their creation, and as such also a predecessor of DF.

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Arneson

[Bullion]

I guess he missed his saving throw.

[Yanlin]

That was worse that the case when some guy playing WoW died and the first reply asked "Did he drop good loot?"

[Hectonkhyres]

If it wasn't for the works of this man, Toady would currently be working on coding 'Pong: 2.0'.
I like to think the world was much improved by his presence.

[Tormy]

I guess he missed his saving throw.

Pfft....you are chaotic evil. 
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RIP Dave Arneson.   

[Davion]

I guess he missed his saving throw.

What is this 2008

[thvaz]

In one year, so many losses...first, Gary Gygax, then D&D, now poor Dave...

[Bromor Neckbeard]

*Salutes*

[Moose Fisher]

Thank you Mr. Arneson, for creating the concepts of D&D and all that followed.

(I wonder how his players will end their Blackmoor game...)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0644.html
This is a very good tribute (he made one for Gary Gygax too).

[Eviltyphoon]

Thank you Mr. Arneson, for creating the concepts of D&D and all that followed.

(I wonder how his players will end their Blackmoor game...)

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0644.html
This is a very good tribute (he made one for Gary Gygax too).

Another fan of oots?

[Shad0wyone]

That was a good tribute... OotS is awesome like that
Also, lets be glad we're not all playing pong 2.0

[Akroma]

posted in the other thread over at general discussion

www.d20srd.org/srd/epic/skills.htm#extremelyTightSpace

DC 80: Extremely tight space
This is the DC for getting through a space when one’s head shouldn’t even be able to fit; this can be as small as 2 inches square for Medium-size creatures. Halve this limit for each size category less than Medium-size; double it for each size category greater than Medium-size. If the space is long, such as in a chimney, multiple checks may be called for.

23 skill ranks
+13 Dexterity (36 dexterity: 18 base, +2 halfling, +5 stat boosts, +5 stat tomes, +5 gloves of dexterity)
+23 item familiar (69 skill ranks placed into item familiar)
+30 custom ring
+2 Llira's Blessing (Player's Guide to Faerun, page 176)
+2 Agile
+3 Skill Focus (escape artist)
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Total = +96 Escape Artist bonus (with Take 10 assuming you have levels in Exemplar)


if done right, you can climb into an enemies anus and get your entire body inside him in only a few combat rounds

either the best rule ever, or the worst
you decide

[InsanityPrelude]

I see someone else reads /tg/.

[Akroma]

I don't

but I read the archives

[Armok]