SALUTE!

rolled 20 = 20

Roll to hold back manly tears.
DC: 12
Voluntary fail.

>>3875336
// T__T

>>3875369

EVEN IN DEATH, HE STILL LETS YOU ROLL A CRIT!

>>3875369

The first roll in the GG thread is a natural 20.
Enjoy your rest, Gary- I'll be playing Tomb of Horrors this weekend in your honor. Fucking sphere of annihilation, you lovable oaf...

A Corgi for the man.

>>3875369
Those are the manliest.

Wow... been a year already.

Goodnight sweet prince. I know the thunder I hear is your rolling D20s in heaven.

I think this is one of the few people that true fa/tg/uys can't troll upon.

>>3875380
I build upon your corgi, sir.

>>3875398

Considering this is the man that came up with the Sphere Of Annihilation...

>>3875369
OH WOW

I remember a year ago, thinking this was so damn sad. 4.0 wasn't out yet, and I wasn't sure if it would be a fun thing or not. I often wonder about whether or not the G man really enjoyed what D&D had become in its recent incarnations, but I heard from several people that he was the kinda guy who would DM on his porch with a beer and couple of fans he met at the conventions.

Seems like a kick ass DM to me.

>>3875458
He wasn't A DM. He was THE DM.

>>3875481
I bet that the old bastard is STILL playing Death. Something just tells me he is.

Gygax was a mean spirited, evil, overly harsh DM who took pleasure in seeing his player wiped out without a single chance. Fuck I miss him.

>>3875481
OH LOL!

>>3875481
Proof that Randall doesn't know how DnD works

>>3875481
Did anyone else notice this is proof that xkcd is not a geek at all, he doesn't even know how DnD works

rolled 99 = 99

>>3875492
>>3875481

IT IS AN EPIC DUEL THAT WILL TAKE 1d100 EONS TO COMPLETE.

BY THE TIME IT IS DONE, GYGAX WILL HAVE CRAFTED HIMSELF ANOTHER UNIVERSE INTO WHICH HE WILL ESCAPE AND IN WHICH DEATH HAS NO AUTHORITY. IN THIS MAGICAL LAND, DICE ROAM FREE, CRITS COME SLIGHTLY MORE OFTEN AND THERE IS A PERFECT RATIO OF DMs TO PLAYERS

>>3875536
Is this where someone mentions that awesome Afterlife thread? About how all fa/tg/uys will unite for one ultimately awesome game of the eons?

>>3875536

Damn. Fine die rolls all up in this motherfucker.

Gyax sends down his celestials to watch over our rolls.

rolled 5 = 5

>>3875536
>>3875369

I see the good Lord of D&D is watching over this thread.

rolled 5 = 5

>>3875571
Satan here to ruin the streak!

Rolling in your memory, Sir Gygax.

rolled 5 = 5

>>3875602
>>3875606

Dooooohh...

So commands Satan...

rolled 14 = 14

>>3875606
You motherfucker.
I demand a saving roll.

rolled 1 = 1

NATURAL ONES UP IN THIS SHIT

>>3875602
>>3875606
>>3875615

rolled 12 = 12

Voluntary fail.

>>3875626
Holy fuckballs.

DAMN YOU SATAN!
DAMN YOU TO HEL-
Oh wait.

>>3875626

rolled 2 = 2

>>3875628

555

It's like 666, but used in fake telephone numbers.

>>3875615
>>3875606
>>3875602

>Satan here to ruin our streak.

It is not Satan, my friend...

It is something... far worse.

He shall be missed.
I salute you sir.

>>3875649

GOD DAMNIT.

HE'S A 9 HERE.

FFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

I just started playing D&D 3.5e a few weeks ago.
... I am now deeply saddened I never played this game before.
;_;
We'll meet him eventually, fa/tg/uy's, don't you worry.

Just as planned.

rolled 12 = 12

Sweet dreams, Gary. Sweet dreams, /tg/.

>>3875665
:U
Looking a little off there, Satan.

Gygax! Roll save vs. death!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

rolled 11 = 11

How about some classics from around last year as an homage?

Do I know what a bear is?

>>3875687
wut iz a bare?

rolled 8 = 8

We will always remember. One day, we shall erect a statue in your honor Gygax!

Salute!

>>3875626
And the initial 20 at the beginning of the thread was so promising...

rolled 13 = 13

Voluntary fail.

>>3875702
Screw the statue, let us make our own state.

Let us make our own country! Where dice rolls shall decide everything! The dice shall become the oracles of the great creator, and through them, we shall learn once more the will of Gygax.
And when the time comes to retake this pathetic world... NOBODY SHALL STAND AGAINST OUR LEVEL 20 MAGES!

rolled 20 = 20

Today's tears, I shed in his memory.

>>3875739

Just remember, in a world full of mages, someone still has to roll the fighter (or warblade).

oh gary, if only you didn't make CON your dump stat you wouldn't have had all those stokes

>>3875739
I call bard.

rolled 16 = 16

CAST IN THE NAME OF GYGAX
YE NOT GUILTY

rolled 14 = 14

Hey, where can I find the stats for a brawler class? Fist fighting, that sort of thing.

Also voluntary fail.

>>3875739

Just give me a melee weapon and we'll call it even.

Sword, Axe, Glaive, Hammer, I don't care.

rolled 9 = 9

>>3875817
Brass knuckles.

Elves are the master race. PS: Kill all niggers and jews.

-Gary "Gary" Gygax (1987

rolled 15 = 15

>>3875836
Humanity fucks your elves in the pussy.

Thank you Gygax, for bringing so much joy into my life. You have created a game that I can enjoy with my friends and eventually teach my children(If I have any).
Thank you.

In two thousand years, he will be referred to as the son of the DM, and they will be worshipped by all.

;_;

The first thing that crossed my mind when I heard? "DING DONG, THE WITCH IS DEAD!"
The second? "Well, he still did create roleplaying in it's current form, and I can't blame him for the shitpile that is DnD, since he wasn't in charge in the later years."

Then I shrugged and ate some ice cream.

Farewell, Gary. I'll think of you every time I sneak attack a Mindflayer...

rolled 19 = 19

Damnit Gygax--Why didn't you stack CON? WHY!?

>>3875836
Heil Tel'Quessir!! Heil Eldarmar!!

Gary, your life's work was a piece of shit, and it's since then been even further ruined by focus groups and corporate greed. That being said, you have my respect. Roll in peace.

rolled 2 = 2

I will carry your charts with me, always. Represent.

HEY, /tg/.

Whatever happened to that epic plan we had? You know, where when we die we wait in the afterlife to turn it into one big gaming session, with real dragons and shit?

You know how we owe so many ideas to Gygax? Let's give this one to him. Wherever you are, Gary, I wish that your sword swings true, and that your enemies never cease to give you a good fight.

>>3876095
"Eldrich" comes from elf reich, elfin reign literally.

You know who else had a reich?

>>3876189
Shit, man...I remember that thread, and I couldn't ask anything better for the old bastard.

For anyone that wasn't there: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/3784614

>>3876199

The Holy Roman Empire.

rolled 5 = 5

Much love Gygax. Much love.

I take 20 on Perform(Mourning)

Heres one to you

>>3875458
He didn't like third much, he thought it was too rules-heavy, and admitted he had become a rules-lite gamer in his aging years.

I have a full interview with him from Computer Games Magazine (also RIP), it's really good, but unfortunately I'm too lazy to scan it.

Who knows what he would think about 4th. Methinks it would still be too rules-heavy for him, but who knows.

Where Gygax is, there is only creation. Of the Biggest Game In The Universe. Eternally.

Three guesses on how quick he got a new campaign going. There were a lot of folks waiting.

>>3876226

Yeah, I can see him thinking that. When I first started D&D, it wasn't that long ago. Right before 3.0 dropped. By comparison, our 2.whatever game was just a bunch of random bullshit pulled off by freshmen in HS, but it sure was fun with a looser ruleset.

When we graduated HS in 03 and I took up DMing, well, I guess I got caught up in 3.5 and all of the rules. Going to 4.0, it's a lot less rules intensive (or I've just learned to be a better DM and take the rules with more of a grain of salt). We've always had fun, regardless, so I'm grateful that Gygax helped pave the way.

Too bad I'll never get to meet him, though.

postin in a Gygax thread.

I'm throwing in funeral dirges in all he games I'm running today.

>>3875336

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, we will remember him.

>>3876621
holy fuck. that would never happen, but i wish it would =[

rolled 2 = 2

>>3878315

Now I know I'm not the only one who started hearing the Last Post in their heads when they read that.

I shall stop raging for some seconds, in your honour

Even though you were an opponent
And a tough one, to be honest

>>3878347
Aaaaaand the Troll has come...

>>3878378
The OP was a troll, dumb cunt.

Ignore it and it will go away.

>>3878389

>The OP was a troll, dumb cunt.

>>3878389
No, the OP wanted to make a thread of remembrance to Gary Gygax, creator of Dungeons and Dragons.

>>3876621

>Too bad I'll never get to meet him, though.

If there was one regret I'll take with me to the grave, it is this.

Be seeing you, Sir.

I knew it was a good day to look through my old stuff.

Anyways, I should get a group together for Keep on the Borderlands (using LL, of course. Those rules are easier to find).

>>3875658

Tripfag found. Failure right there.

I thought he was cremated.

Hard to believe it's been a whole year since he failed his last save. I'll be sure to have the gaming group hold a moment of silence to remember the father of our hobby. The game must go on.

rolled 6 = 6

I cast magic missile on the darkness.

Roll some dice for Gygax today, even if you're not playing.

if i wanted to carve a set of bone dice, which bones in the human body would be best for this?

>>3881285
I guess a femur, humerus, ulna and/or the radius?

4e killed him

rolled 15 = 15

If I rolled 20 I will finish up all my remaining cigarettes before sleep and will not go to that fucking class tomorrow.

GYGAX I NEED YOUR PRESENCE HERE

rolled 19 = 19

>>3881373
Y U DO TIS

rolled 1 = 1

In your name, we roll.

>>3881554

EVEN IN DEATH, YOU STILL MAKE ROCKS FALL AND I STILL DIE!

;_;

I request the "Death, did you ever make a character sheet?" copypasta.

rolled 1 = 1

Bless my dice from beyond the veil, revered master.

>>3881690

I accept your judgment without question, revered master.

rolled 9 = 9

>>3881373
>>3881380
One more before I go to sleep.

>>3875713

NECKBEARDS - SALUTE!

rolled 20 = 20

>>3881373
Gygax wants you to finish your studies and succeed in life ;_;

>>3882006

rolled 16 = 16

salute

rolled 20 = 20

Hey Gygax, give me a high roll if you actually like 4e.

>>3882239
Straight from the dead guy's mouth, folks.

CRITICAL FATE

>>3882239
OH SHI-

>>3882239

rolled 17 = 17

Hey Gary, do you actually like me?

rolled 20 = 20

Hey Jesus, give me a high roll if you actually like 4E

rolled 18 = 18

>>3882239
>>3882268
3.5 is better than 4e.

>>3882268
>>3882239

Guys, it's official.

>>3882268
>>3882268

>>3882268

rolled 16 = 16

Gygax, I always wondered, do you like Xom?

rolled 6 = 6

>>3882239
>>3882268
Oh LAWDY.

How about 3.5?

rolled 9 = 9

>>3882268
>>3882239
HOLY FUCK

High roll if this was just a joke

rolled 14 = 14

>>3882296
Lul

rolled 18 = 18

SECOND EDITION IS THE SUPERIOR EDITION

>>3882296
>>3882300

I think the discussion is over.
Forever.
Gygax has settled the matter from beyond the grave.

Thank you, Gygax, for realizing the superior edition.

We should ask him if he preferes Exalted or Dnd.

But I'm scared of either option.

Also this needs to be archived. We now have the final answer!

I just rolled a D20 for the first time in like a year to honor this man. It rolled a 20. Keep on gaming, Gary. Keep on gaming.

rolled 12 = 12

Exalted vs. D&D, Gary?
10 or lower: Exalted
11 or higher: D&D

>>3875398

I almost blinked back a manly tear at that one. Then, I decided to let it roll down my face.

rolled 1 = 1

Voluntary fail ;_;

rolled 8, 4 = 12

40K WAS HERE, GYGAX IS A FAGET

Honestly, I wasn't expecting Jesus to like 4E. That's pretty cool.

>>3882378

He seems pretty undecisive though

rolled 5 = 5

Of course AD&D is still superior.

/salute

the man created not just a haven for those of us who save the world in our living rooms, basements and even library classrooms, given drone-lifestyles something to look forward to from their 9-5 jobs, but has given me +4 int throughout my last couple of years (with help of the CO boards ;) )
Ever since i found the box with the picture of a giant red dragon charging at a man with an axe and wondering "how is that man going to kill that dragon, let-alone if he did kill it, stop it's weight from crushing him?", it has been an intellectual experience like no other.

Thank you.

rolled 7 = 7

I saluted, and popped a man tear.

No more edition wars, guys, Gygax said 4e is better.

rolled 96 = 96

Who is Gary Gygax?

rolled 13 = 13

>>3875369

This, so many times over. I hadn't realized it had already been a year.

Excuse me, this fa/tg/uy is going to weep for a moment.

Rolling to see if said tears are MANLY, or just sobs of grief

DC: 15