tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3138202318040749770.post3449000853485688054..comments2024-03-27T03:57:15.522-04:00Comments on Hidden in Shadows: LANGUAGE AND PROOF: BEYOND THIS POINT BE DRAGONS part 2DHBoggshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02170439175265397893noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3138202318040749770.post-68915911991193702102012-05-06T09:38:15.808-04:002012-05-06T09:38:15.808-04:00Excelent Guy, Thanks for the info. that's very...Excelent Guy, Thanks for the info. that's very interesting. In the particular case I'm citing it is not the association of the word with Arneson that is the clincher, it is the nearly identical use in both the FFC and BTPBD in the statement regarding 80% probability of a free attack on a sleeping dragon. The odds of this exact wording being used independantly by two different authors for the same rule can only be astronomical. Keep in mind that this 80% rule in the FFC and BTPBD is completely different from that given in 1st print D&D. In D&D the rule is that there is a 60% chance for white dragons to be asleep descending to only 10% for Golden. And of course I've shown other direct connections to the FFC and BTPBD such as in the specialist list.DHBoggshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02170439175265397893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3138202318040749770.post-23809316489541206172012-05-06T00:36:49.800-04:002012-05-06T00:36:49.800-04:00Also, google turned up a potentially relevant quot...Also, google turned up a potentially relevant quote from Mike Mornard (Old Geezer) on rpg.net:<br />http://forum.rpg.net/archive/index.php/t-529439.html<br /><br />'Or, as we used to say, "I up and take a chop on him."'Guy Fullertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12034114718540912559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3138202318040749770.post-57793035846402198572012-05-05T23:35:05.303-04:002012-05-05T23:35:05.303-04:00Regarding the use of the word "chop" as ...Regarding the use of the word "chop" as an analog for "attack," there are a few other instances of that by other authors:<br /><br />Jim Ward uses it in his articles in The Dragon #12 (p. 12), #16 (p. 17), and #21 (p. 27).<br />Rob Kuntz uses it in his original manuscript notes that eventually got published as part of Bottle City: "Helm of Full Hit Die: chops dealt out when worn = full chop"Guy Fullertonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12034114718540912559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3138202318040749770.post-15094288872514910112012-05-05T08:29:25.965-04:002012-05-05T08:29:25.965-04:00@Paul:
Word can give you readability statistics f...@Paul:<br /><br />Word can give you readability statistics for a document.anarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546197561922726279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3138202318040749770.post-11746934416076738182012-05-05T08:28:09.037-04:002012-05-05T08:28:09.037-04:00Gygaxian prolixity is the antithesis of weal.Gygaxian prolixity is the antithesis of weal.anarchisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05546197561922726279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3138202318040749770.post-80360940746109675472012-05-03T20:24:05.676-04:002012-05-03T20:24:05.676-04:00It's a convincing argument Dan.It's a convincing argument Dan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3138202318040749770.post-71724737980689043362012-05-03T16:21:29.127-04:002012-05-03T16:21:29.127-04:00I really like "chops"--much more evocati...I really like "chops"--much more evocative than "hits".<br /><br />Even from these limited samples, it's doesn't look like Gygax authored BTPBD. I'm not totally convinced that Arneson wrote it.<br /><br />I'd be very interested to see a statistical text analysis. We have a sufficient volume of writing from both men that such an analysis would yield a reasonable if not certain conclusion.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12096724870715714696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3138202318040749770.post-52626433321225318542012-05-03T11:41:25.973-04:002012-05-03T11:41:25.973-04:00Very nice. Well done.Very nice. Well done.James Maliszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00341941102398271464noreply@blogger.com