GARY GYGAX, 69, REDUCED TO A FETID POWDER: Gary Gygax, creator of Dungeons and Dragons, died yesterday at the age of 69. Rather than try to write something significant about the thousands of hours I spent on this, I offer you -- in proper homage -- a series of tables. If you have your polyhedral dice, feel free to divine brief snippets of my youth as I present to you my:
Top 4 Modules (1d4)
1. B1: In Search of the Unknown
2. S2: White Plume Mountain
3. D2: Shrine of the Koa-Toa
4. G3: Hall of the Fire Giant King
Top 6 Dragons (1d6)
1. Red
2. Silver
3. Tiamat (Chromatic)
4. Green
5. Blue
6. Black
Top 15 pieces of equipment (2d8)
2. Battle Axe
3. War Horse
4. Iron Spikes
5. Dart
6. Two-Handed Sword
7. Polearms
8. Plate Mail
9. The 10' Pole
10. 50' of Rope
11. Morning Star
12. Holy Symbol (Wood)
13. Iron Rations
14. Compound Bow
15. Mace
16. Dagger
Top 12 Monsters
1. The Gelatinous Cube
2. Xorn
3. Lurker Above (and its cousin, the Trapper)
4. Giant Wasp
5. Lich
6. Wyvern
7. Kobolds
8. Bugbear
9. The Color/Gunk Series (Black Pudding, Grey Ooze, Yellow Mold, Green Slime, etc.)
10. Shambling Mound
11. Demogorgon
12. Orcs
Top 10 Magic Items (1d10)
1. Bucknard's Everful Purse
2. The Bag of Holding
3. +4 Defender (Sword)
4. The Wand of Orcus
5. Rod of Lordly Might
6. +2 Scimitar
7. +5 Vorpal Blade
8. Gaseous Form (Potion)
9. Wand of Magic Missiles
10. Bracers of Defense
Top Six Mythos in Deities and Demigods (1d6)
1. Egyptian
2. Melnibonian
3. Japanese
4. Norse
5. Sumarian
6. Indian
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