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cimerians
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 Posted - 17 Jun 2003 : 06:20:42  
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My personal favorite. Anyone else enjoyed this book from the series?
I remember it being very hard to finish. Some of the rooms were downright morbid...I remember not wanting to turn the page to read what was next. (Yeah, I sound corny but I was only 13 when I bought the book in the 80's)
If anyone cares or knows the answer to this:
Why the name change from House of Hell (UK) to House of Hades (american release)? Or is it the other way around?
I figure someone might have thought the word "hell" to be a little bit on the curse-word side here in the states 
(here's another request to turn this devil into a d20 adventure! solo or not!) |
Edited by - cimerians on 17 Jun 2003 06:22:22
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Eternalknight
Australia
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Posted - 17 Jun 2003 : 09:15:56     
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quote:
Originally posted by cimerians
If anyone cares or knows the answer to this:
Why the name change from House of Hell (UK) to House of Hades (american release)? Or is it the other way around?
I figure someone might have thought the word "hell" to be a little bit on the curse-word side here in the states
(here's another request to turn this devil into a d20 adventure! solo or not!)
I'm pretty sure that's the exact reason.
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Rabel
United Kingdom
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Posted - 17 Jun 2003 : 13:21:12
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Pretty bizarre, really.
Anyone remember that whole moral/religious backlash that occurred to TSR when roleplayers were being accused of nothing short of devil-worshipping? Heh, heh, heh! 
I think it was the reason why devils, demons, etc., were renamed to baatezu and tanar'ri, etc.
And didn't it have something to do with TSR's new boss? A lady who threw a duckfit when she saw the new artwork that was released in Palace of the Silver Princess and recalled it all or something.
I love those new "THIS GAME IS FANTASY" sidebars that are in the intros on the 3e books. Ha! Always brings a smile to my face when I consider that some people fear for our 'immortal souls' because we sit around a table, roll dice and pretend to be summoning fiends to do our bidding.
But, yeah! A d20 Modern House of Hell/Hades would be absolutely fantastic. I converted parts of this to 1e D&D years ago. Still have the house map somewhere, I think. |
Edited by - Rabel on 17 Jun 2003 13:22:25
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cimerians
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Posted - 17 Jun 2003 : 21:05:27
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That’s a thought. Taking parts of the house and implementing it in D&D (or oad&d). I remember dreading the fact of having to map out the books. I did it for Warlock but never for any others, too lazy I guess.
RE:(Batezoo or tenari or whatever)
I remember those T$R days. I’m glad they are long gone. Re-naming and getting rid of devils and demons was pretty bad, one of many goofy things they did in the late eighties and nineties, fortunately I realized it pretty early on and never really bought too much material from them. (Actually the only thing I did buy were the 2nd edition rules which I tossed out after a few years).
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