Dave arneson died tuesday, april 7th.

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Dave arneson died tuesday, april 7th.

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I didn't see a thread, so....
that will be all.
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Learned about this from Order of the Stick.

I think I'll dedicate my next D&D session to him and Gygax.
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Dave Arneson, for those folks saying "who?".

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why are all these game designers dying so young?!? D:
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Clearly they missed their saving roll
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Tellurider wrote:Clearly they missed their saving roll
Either that, or they were so maxxed out that they opted to switch servers for a challenge.
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They don't play on servers, they play using paper and pencil, using their IMAGINATION.
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Dreamaniaccomic wrote:And it was glorious.
Quoted for truth.

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He didn't die. He just planeshifted. He will return and bring the downfall of the House of WoTC and reincarnate 2nd edition DnD.

... amen.

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