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UsaSatsui
Title: The White Rabbit
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Hacker
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What the hell?!! 17,000 dollars
How did they raise money with dungeons and dragons?
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Probable Muppet
Joined: Aug 05 2008
Location: CA
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Go back to rolling your demon dice!
Your saving throws can't save you, only Jesus can!
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Dr. Jeebus
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The article says it's going to Gary Gygax's favorite charity which will remain nameless, but the words "favorite charity" link to the charity.
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
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The money should be used to resurrect Gary Gygax.
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Dr. Jeebus
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At this point, he could only be resurrected as a zombie or skeleton, and that's no fun. Skeletons have no hobbies to speak of, and they cannot be reasoned with.
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GPFontaine
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| At this point, he could only be resurrected as a zombie or skeleton, and that's no fun. Skeletons have no hobbies to speak of, and they cannot be reasoned with. |
That's why you need a necromancer to control the situation.
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Nekkoru
Title: Polish Pickle Wench
Joined: Jan 25 2008
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No, you need a priest. Necromancers make the dead their servants, priests restore life.
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You should totally check out the IRC channel.
While you're at it, go check out my band, Her Majesty's Heroines.
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Dr. Jeebus
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Priests could turn zombies, but I don't think they can restore their souls. Also, my quote on skeletons is actually a quote from the 2nd edition monster's manual that for some reason stuck with because I found it hilarious. It's actually "Skeletons have no hobbies or social lives to speak of, and they cannot be reasoned with". I forget the social lives part
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Nekkoru
Title: Polish Pickle Wench
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If you have your D&D 3.5 Player's Handbook, there's a picture implying that priests play Jesus by resurrecting the dead.
Yes, I remember the pictures and not the exact spells.
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You should totally check out the IRC channel.
While you're at it, go check out my band, Her Majesty's Heroines.
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UsaSatsui
Title: The White Rabbit
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Clerics (not Priests anymore) can bring people back to life (real life). They can restore a zombie or skeleton, but they need to kill it first.
But you can't bring back Gygax. You can't raise someone who died of old age.
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Nekkoru
Title: Polish Pickle Wench
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Yeah, he really screwed it up in 4th ed. He should add some witch doctor or shaman class that draws souls into new bodies.
I would give my body to Gygax voluntarily.
NOT IN THAT SENSE, YOU FRIGGIN PERVERTS.
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You should totally check out the IRC channel.
While you're at it, go check out my band, Her Majesty's Heroines.
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GPFontaine
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| UsaSatsui wrote: |
Clerics (not Priests anymore) can bring people back to life (real life). They can restore a zombie or skeleton, but they need to kill it first.
But you can't bring back Gygax. You can't raise someone who died of old age. |
Could you use an elixir of life?
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TheRoboSleuth
Title: Sleuth Mark IV
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| GPFontaine wrote: |
| UsaSatsui wrote: |
Clerics (not Priests anymore) can bring people back to life (real life). They can restore a zombie or skeleton, but they need to kill it first.
But you can't bring back Gygax. You can't raise someone who died of old age. |
Could you use an elixir of life? |
You can't bring someone back to life is a constant caveat of DnD 3.5. Fortunately he achieved lichdom.
In any case, its truly unfortunate. Wasn't the "DnD is satanic" myth dispelled twenty years ago? No matter, there are other organizations that will take the money without the Jack Chick paranoia.
I think it would be funnier if the actual reason was that in honor of Gygax's passing, 5 of the top people got together and played the "Tomb of Horrors" module and were like "dude sphere of annihilation no save death, bullshit!".
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
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| Wasn't the "DnD is satanic" myth dispelled twenty years ago? |
Gamespy interviewed Sci Fi Author Michael Stackpole about that phenomenon, check it out he pretty much led the defense of table top gaming during that witch trial. 
http://pc.gamespy.com/articles/539/539635p1.html
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UsaSatsui
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Cameron
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What, were they too proud for the money or something? "Sorry, but we're above generosity."
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
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| UsaSatsui wrote: |
| But you can't bring back Gygax. You can't raise someone who died of old age. |
I believe he died of cancer.
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