tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post1839059723892442247..comments2024-02-25T08:15:34.559-05:00Comments on The Society of Torch, Pole and Rope: In Memory of Dave ArnesonMichael Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13217338828086458862noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-5738925692863646702009-05-07T18:02:00.000-04:002009-05-07T18:02:00.000-04:00Thanks for posting/creating the interesting module...Thanks for posting/creating the interesting module 'The Fane of Saint Toad'. I am actually planning on running it with a 1e group in a basement next wknd in Seattle, WA. I am adding some brainwashed Trogs to the mix..Thanks again, ScottAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-56419202806047175272009-04-30T18:00:00.000-04:002009-04-30T18:00:00.000-04:00I'm just starting my first campaign in years, and ...I'm just starting my first campaign in years, and I've incorporated the Fane into the introductory section, with a few plot-drivers woven in. I hope you (and Dave) will be happy to know my guys are about halfway through, and thoroughly creeped out by what they are finding. And they've barely stepped down into the dungeon level! I've never seen them proceed so cautiously (though that might be partially because it has been a while since they've played, too). <br /><br />Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks for the great material. Very playable, and a lot of fun.<br /><br />-David<br />Creator, GOLD<br />the Web Series that does Double Damage<br />goldtheseries.comDavid Netthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08711327410959501598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-11626993390126556612009-04-21T11:25:00.000-04:002009-04-21T11:25:00.000-04:00I am sure Dave would have felt flattered. A very m...I am sure Dave would have felt flattered. A very moody piece. I loved it when I read it.<br /><br /><I>Better yet!</I> I converted it and ran it for my weekly T&T group! I posted my play report on <A HREF="http://theomnipotenteye.blogspot.com/2009/04/in-memory-of-dave-we-killed-some-frogs.html" REL="nofollow">my blog</A> if you want to read how it went.AndreasDavourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17170806742393291962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-61524299214113647962009-04-15T13:57:00.000-04:002009-04-15T13:57:00.000-04:00I just read the adventure, and I agree, it's great...I just read the adventure, and I agree, it's great! Very atmospheric. If any of the poor schmucks playing in my campaign ever ever make it past first level (let alone 3rd or 4th!), I don't doubt they'll be making a pilgrimage to a certain batrachian Fane... :)<br /><br />Also, it really was the perfect kind of tribute. I'm hoping to run Castle Blackmoor later this month, since <I>playing</I> will mean more than any words I could come up with.kesherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17494262159858200847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-32190434939592792792009-04-14T11:39:00.000-04:002009-04-14T11:39:00.000-04:00"...and the croaking - ye gods, the croaking!" You..."...and the croaking - ye gods, the croaking!" <I>You, sir, are nothing short of genius.</I>The funny thing about that line was it was written in my original DM Only notes long before I made the level public. I'd written that in for my own entertainment, never expecting that anyone but myself would read it. Sometimes you have to amuse yourself first but I'm glad that folks enjoyed that bit.Michael Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217338828086458862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-58486601030756311322009-04-14T11:37:00.000-04:002009-04-14T11:37:00.000-04:00I hope get to run some players through it sometime...<I>I hope get to run some players through it sometime soon. I'll let you know if I do.</I>Please do! I'm always interested to hear how things from my noodle play out in "real life."Michael Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217338828086458862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-45197988127304867412009-04-14T09:45:00.000-04:002009-04-14T09:45:00.000-04:00"...and the croaking - ye gods, the croaking!"You,...<I>"...and the croaking - ye gods, the croaking!"</I>You, sir, are nothing short of genius.Mr. Scratchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-43960446886386840592009-04-13T23:29:00.000-04:002009-04-13T23:29:00.000-04:00I was able to read this over the weekend. Bravo. ...I was able to read this over the weekend. Bravo. You really outdid yourself on the setting and ambiance. I hope get to run some players through it sometime soon. I'll let you know if I do. <br /><br />Thank you.jdh417https://www.blogger.com/profile/14541882649762424101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-47621103033336339752009-04-09T15:02:00.000-04:002009-04-09T15:02:00.000-04:00I've posted that the best way to salute Mr. Arneso...<I>I've posted that the best way to salute Mr. Arneson's memory is to run a game in his honor, and this is the perfect vehicle to do just that.</I><BR/> <BR/>I had hoped that maybe some people might use the Fane in his memory but I'd expect a run through the Temple of the Toad or any of the DA modules might be more appropriate. The Fane is more of me saying "Thank You" to Dave than any suggested playing material.Michael Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217338828086458862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-42916863402548189142009-04-09T15:00:00.000-04:002009-04-09T15:00:00.000-04:00I wish I could claim Toadbringer but the true geni...I wish I could claim Toadbringer but the true genius of that belongs to Gabor Lux. When I saw Frogbringer in Fight On! I knew I'd have to include it somewhere.<BR/><BR/>I just consider Toadbringer to be a poor man's Mournblade.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the kind words. I hope Dave would have gotten a kick out of it.Michael Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217338828086458862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-1625766489934292232009-04-09T10:02:00.000-04:002009-04-09T10:02:00.000-04:00Thanks so much for this. I've posted that the best...Thanks so much for this. I've posted that the best way to salute Mr. Arneson's memory is to run a game in his honor, and this is the perfect vehicle to do just that.David Larkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04133630988557116729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-51501589201226508302009-04-09T10:01:00.000-04:002009-04-09T10:01:00.000-04:00"Yea shall I dwell in the bowels of the Great Wing...<I>"Yea shall I dwell in the bowels of the Great Winged Toad and I shall be happy."<BR/><BR/>"...and the croaking - ye gods, the croaking!"</I><BR/><BR/>Toadbringer?!<BR/><BR/>Not to be presumptuous, but I'm sure Mr Arneson would have got a chuckle or two out of this. Best tribute you could have made Mike.<BR/><BR/>wv: resslisc - the endlessly repeated croaking mantra of the frog cultists.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072272223837426211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-4282723243483029572009-04-09T09:51:00.000-04:002009-04-09T09:51:00.000-04:00I heard about Dave Arneson and then the retraction...I heard about Dave Arneson and then the retractions concerning it.<BR/><BR/>I have had both an equal respect and admiration for both Gygax and Arneson and to have both of them now gone from our lives and the hobby is a blow to all.<BR/><BR/>I have come back to this hobby and have no interest in ever departing it again. I am thankful to have this in my life and have been enriched in ways I never would have imagined.<BR/><BR/>As for the old school/original personages who helped me define the hobby, there is only Erol Otis, Jeff Easley, Clyde Caldwell, and Larry Elmore remaining.<BR/><BR/>Enjoy your games everyone and think about those who came before.<BR/><BR/>Regards<BR/><BR/>MikeVanadornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04342660129465098326noreply@blogger.com