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How did the rogue survive being stabbed in the throat?

I think that view is why you have that reaction. If you take rules as including things like how flesh golems get extra damage from fire but are powered up by lightning bolts then the quote takes on a different connotation as it is about players having all the rules in front of them makes it...

St. Cuthbert. :)

I second the 1e 83 World of Greyhawk boxed set as the source to look at primarily. It gives a brief breakdown on the 40+ nation/kingdoms, highlights of some of the gods which come in multiple pantheons, some breakdown of geographic features, organizations like prominent knighthoods, and other...

I expect Greyhawk to stay a mostly humanocentric setting with human dominated kingdoms but plenty of room for not human PCs. In 1e Greyhawk a dwarven PC is not out of place even though the Greyhawk setting had exactly zero named dwarven kingdoms among the 40+ kingdoms. I don't expect to see...

Starfarer Adversaries: Sluagh Starfinder Undead: ?

AD&D like a lot of D&D editions was all over the place on the defific status of things like archdevils and demon lords. 2e Planescape Planes of Law says it is not known whether the Lords of the Nine are powers or not, but also that "The known Lords are called on by insignificant primes to the...

For psionic monsters in 2e and 3e I generally preferred the straight versions out of the MM that say psionics but use the magic rules with some straightforward one off psionic powers. The option in the 2e psionic handbook to redo the mind flayer as a full psion with specific power points to...

I thought the 1e psionics entries on monsters was a waste of stat block lines and should have just been noted under special attacks and special abilities similar to spell like abilities.

I remember early on in 1e someone having it and spending a whole combat with them and an NPC psionic doing a psychic fight at 10X the speed of everyone else's physical combat. Did not care for that. Made one 1e character rolling on my own with psionics, never played him in a game. No...

Starfarer Adversaries: Legacy Bestiary Starfinder Lich: Liches are spellcasters that use their magical ability to extend their existence after they should have naturally died. This results in a powerful necromantic transformation that turns the once-living mage into a monstrous undead creature...

I felt that was terrible for Forgotten Realms and would be terrible for Greyhawk. I expect them to either do 1e time period or 3e LGG post Great Wars/FtA, post crook of Rao reset last current date time period. I expect a big picture overview hitting things like: Iuz Great Kingdom Scarlet...

For 3.x I never allowed mass custom wondrous item designs for PCs or world background, so no 1/round create food and water dispenser. Or equal level and cost 1/round fireball throwers either. Such items blow away every existing item and spellcaster for efficacy and balance. The guidelines in...