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stratochamp
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 4:37 pm

one of the rolemaster rebinding jobs where they took multiple books and threw them into a new (& unlabelled) cover?
i don't want to besmearch the fine legacy of the charlton/fenlon/amthor group at ICE; the rebinding jobs were done by Niedlinger & Kubasch after the other folks were long gone.

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Thunderdave
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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 5:34 pm

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Yes, the Rolemaster hardcover Limited Edition of course. I guess I'm missing a page though, you know, the one where typically the publisher or author explains the point of doing the special reprint

Anyone recall how/where they were sold? Or any particular 'buzz' about the book (or Rolemaster in general) at the time? I think the contents were fairly dated by the time this ws printed. Just me being curious I suppose.

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Posted: Fri Feb 14, 2014 6:26 pm

don't think of it as a special reprint. think of it as a merciless cash grab, where they took old stock, jammed the books AS IS inside an ugly cover and sold them as limited edition (i think 200) items. Limited by the existing stock they had lying around that they tried to pawn off on people....

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Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 10:44 am

Sorry about the delay...

Back on 30 Nov, I wrote in Stump the Forum:Where in D&D canon* does the following sentence appear?

"This monster only attacks metal objects, it will not physically harm an adventurer."

* canon, ie not in a magazine or adventure

Metal-Demon wrote:The Monster Manual (Rust Monster)?

That's the obvious reference, but no, quote's not from the Monster Manual (I).

This is from the MM1 Errata Sheet (only; this wording does not appear in MM1 itself).

ExTSR wrote:
stratochamp wrote:from Pachelbel's Canon & Gigue for 3 Rust Monsters & Disenchanters?

Fugue for 3, but can't be 4th level music, obviously.

Obviously because a canon doesn't get L4 spells yet...

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faro
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Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 11:42 am

for the correctly guessed blank cover! PDT_Armataz_01_34

I guess that was too easy...?

*adds*

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Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 1:57 pm

well i don't know what it is David...

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Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 2:04 pm

ExTSR wrote in Stump the Forum:Sorry about the delay...
Back on 30 Nov, I wrote in Stump the Forum:Where in D&D canon* does the following sentence appear?

"This monster only attacks metal objects, it will not physically harm an adventurer."

* canon, ie not in a magazine or adventure
Metal-Demon wrote:The Monster Manual (Rust Monster)?
That's the obvious reference, but no, quote's not from the Monster Manual (I).

This is from the MM1 Errata Sheet (only; this wording does not appear in MM1 itself).

Is there any similar errata about the Carrion Crawler?---I've always given them a minimal bit attack (1-2 points of damage), figuring that they've got to eat somehow

Hmm, or perhaps on the Monster Card....

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Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 2:08 pm

stratochamp wrote in Stump the Forum:well i don't know what it is David...

Me neither, but the cover image seems to depict the Witch King attack on Eowyn and Merry in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields??

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faro
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Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 4:12 pm

stratochamp wrote in Stump the Forum:well i don't know what it is David...

Says the man who got MLOK-3 in 10 minutes flat!

grodog wrote in Stump the Forum:Me neither, but the cover image seems to depict the Witch King attack on Eowyn and Merry in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields??

Mythical Earth, please...

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Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 4:34 pm

grodog wrote in Stump the Forum:
ExTSR wrote in Stump the Forum:Sorry about the delay...
This is from the MM1 Errata Sheet (only; this wording does not appear in MM1 itself).

Is there any similar errata about the Carrion Crawler?---I've always given them a minimal bit attack (1-2 points of damage), figuring that they've got to eat somehow Hmm, or perhaps on the Monster Card....

Beasties referenced on the errata sheet are:
Beetles, Giant
Bombadier Beetle
Beholder
Type III Demon
Dinosaur, Teratosaurus
Gnome
Goblin
Leopard
Orc
Portuguese Man-O-War
Rust Monster
Titan
Wight
Wraith
Xorn
Yeti
I would have thought there was a scan of that someplace here....

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Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2014 4:45 pm

Ah; spotted one in passing that hadn't been guessed, apologies.

=> What should be the first issue of the first all-German (as opposed to "issued by occupying forces"!) "RPG" magazine from 1978, Mythos; later Spielwelt from 1985. The name of the game wasn't D&D at first, of course.

Bonus early German RPG item on the right for those who love blank covers...

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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:30 pm

Hope this isn't too easy - or somehow out of bounds

What is this from?

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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 11:04 pm

a ferocious beast that would trample through the crotchety old Evelyn Woods and the young Nattily Woods (to borrow a line from Bored of the Rings).

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Scalydemon
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Posted: Wed Mar 19, 2014 11:57 pm

stratochamp wrote in Stump the Forum:a ferocious beast that would trample through the crotchety old Evelyn Woods and the young Nattily Woods (to borrow a line from Bored of the Rings).

I need to re read that book. It's been 20 years since I've read it. I wonder how it holds up?

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Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 12:01 pm

More of a contest, but seems like a good as place as any.

The structure in the illustration is a real place. Name it and you get a prize.

PLAYTESTERS are not allowed to participate!

And I could've bought these damn modules off the 1$ rack!!!

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Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 1:02 pm

Is it the Mt. Washington resort in New Hampshire?

H.

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Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 2:26 pm

I was going to guess 'Arkham Asylum' but I don't think that is a real place

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Posted: Mon Jun 02, 2014 2:42 pm

Xavier Mansion? Wild guess I know but it is similar. Lol

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