I don't have any insightful commentary to provide, just the link. Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
What!? What!? No!? He can't!
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
And for those who remember our past discussion...
This I solemnly swear was not in any way shape or form, directly or indirectly brought about by me. So stop looking at me that way.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
That guy was weird.
Posted by Achilles (Member # 7741) on :
Whoa. I just saw his cameo on Codemonkeys.
Dang.
Posted by Eduardo_Sauron (Member # 5827) on :
Nothing more.
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
So, who's starting the fund to get together 5000gp worth of diamond dust?
--Enigmatic
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
Damn. He'll be missed.
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
IMed this to a friend, his immediate response was "guess he failed his saving roll."
I think he got a little crazy there for a while, but he contributed mightily to my teenage years. Gods' speed, Gary.
Posted by Achilles (Member # 7741) on :
Can I have his +1 Mace?
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
Who wants to take bets his will has lots of references to "loot?"
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
I'll take that bet. This is Gygax we're talking about, not some disgraceful MMO gamer.
It'll have Treasure Tables. His decendants will have to roll d% to see what they get.
--Enigmatic
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
What sort of treasure type do you suppose he had?
Posted by Achilles (Member # 7741) on :
What level of the dungeon was his corpse found on?
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
I want to know how many XPs he was worth.
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
And millions of fans tuned down the dimmer dial in their mom's basement for a moment of silence...
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
Snarky jokes aside, and while he had his share of contraversies, the man fathered an industry and made a mark that's still distinguishable in half a dozen or more types of media.
Rest in peace, Mr. Gygax.
Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :
Quick, find his phylactery!
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
If hes as half as good as he is then he wouldve done the cheap thing and thrown it to the buttom of an ocean.
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
The immature, bad side of me wonders where he'll go now that the Great Wheel's been retconned away for 4E?
Posted by Blayne Bradley (Member # 8565) on :
You talking about all of the planes? He'' go to Moradins Halls of course.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Best comment thus far: "He will be critically missed."
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Sure there is; Coffee of Doom's chalkboard is usually worth reading.
[Edit--that was in response to a now-deleted comment by aspectre that the QC I linked to didn't make any mention of Gygax.]
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
Sorry, I read the chalkboard after posting on a "just to recheck", then deleted.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
I'm on my way to EI now!
[Edit--that was in response to a now-deleted comment by ElJay. I'm not posting random, babbling comments in response to the voices in my head, honest!]
[ March 06, 2008, 03:04 PM: Message edited by: Noemon ]
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
I figured that that was what had happened, aspectre; no big deal. I only edited my post so that it wouldn't look like I was babbling to the air or something.
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
Here's his obit from Milwaukee's paper. Some of you may not know that TSR started in Lake Geneva, about an hour or two outside of Milwaukee.
Posted by ricree101 (Member # 7749) on :
Another good obit this time from the A.V. Club.
Posted by Omega M. (Member # 7924) on :
I saw someone write "Gary Gygax: -10 HP!" on a message board. I thought that made a little too much fun of his death.
(In some versions of D&D, I think a character dies at -10 HP; at 0 HP, a character has fainted but can be revived with normal healing as opposed to resurrection spells.)
Posted by Primal Curve (Member # 3587) on :
quote:Originally posted by Omega M.: I saw someone write "Gary Gygax: -10 HP!" on a message board. I thought that made a little too much fun of his death.
So you decide to share it here? Thou confuseth me, adventurer.
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
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