Apparently 4th Edition was a step too far

[andrewducker]

Gary Gygax just failed his final saving throw.

Comments

[marrog.livejournal.com]

Shame.

I confess I found some of the messages on the thread a little comic though.

[astartesyriaca.livejournal.com]

I just emailed my friends with "guess he rolled a one", but yours was more clever. Sad though.

[derumi.livejournal.com]

Aargh. Should've read my flist before posting the same joke. :P

[dalglir.livejournal.com]

Did he drop any good loot?

[johanna-alice.livejournal.com]

Thats really sad :( He can possibly stand up next to Tolkien as one of the major influences in how fantasy is perceived...

That said, a fond irreverence seems really quite appropriate. I'd suggest immortalisation as the Gygax monster in the latest incarnation of his creation as a highly appropriate tribute.