AD&D - Gary Gygax did not play as written & Blindheim Creature
Today's podcast talks about something that is trending on X about how Gary Gygax stated about how to play AD&D and Batman Tim wanted a wacky creature talked about today!
Highlights
📖 Blindheim is featured from the Fiend Folio, a 1981 UK monster compilation.
🐸 Described as a yellow frog-like humanoid with blinding eyes.
🌟 Its blinding stare can incapacitate characters for 11 to 20 turns.
🎲 Effective Armor Class changes based on whether characters are blinded.
💡 The Blindheim serves as a deceptive challenge for mid to high-level players.
Key Insights
📚 The Fiend Folio introduced many quirky creatures, making it a beloved resource for D&D enthusiasts. The Blindheim exemplifies this eccentricity with its unique abilities and design.
🔦 The Blindheim’s blinding stare poses a significant tactical challenge, forcing players to strategize and rely on teamwork, enhancing gameplay dynamics.
⚖️ Balancing encounters like the Blindheim is essential; it can quickly shift the power dynamics in a game, emphasizing player choices and risk management.
AD&D 1e is a virtual rewrite of OD&D with all the supplements and magazine articles included, it is more of a recompilation of the previous edition over the years, there is not a lot of content in AD&D 1e that you wont find already existed.
I have never grokked the impulse to venerate other higher primates. I can respect the role of a Gygax or a Stafford in the hobby, but I’ll be damned if I’m going to bow the knee to some plaster saint who should somehow be awarded a post-mortem authority to dictate what I do at the table (though seemingly always through the mediation of some self-appointed priestly class of interpreters who claim unique insight into ‘what Gary meant’). This is just one among many reasons why I’m really, really glad that I have never been on Twitter.