On Fri, Jun 04, 2004 at 04:27:59PM -0500, Johne Cook wrote: > http://letsmakeadeal.com/mh-Bio.htm > > It's Monty *Hall*. > > Sorry, I had to get that out of my system. Occupational hazard. http://www.faqs.org/faqs/games/roleplay/dnd/part5/ G8: Who's this "Monty Haul" character I keep hearing about? A: Monty Hall was the host of the 60's & 70's, and 90's American game show _Let's Make a Deal_. People would dress up in silly costumes, then be chosen out of the crowd to play the game. Monty would give the lucky contestant a handful of money, then talk them into trading the money for whatever was behind door number one, door number two, door number three, or what was in the box, or they could just keep the money. Each time they traded, he would give them another choice. After they decided to stick with a choice, Monty revealed what had been won. Prizes could be anything, good or bad, such as money, cars, jewelry, a years supply of auto wax, goats, inner tubes, exotic vacations, a pound of confetti, etc. Gary Gygax named the style of play where game masters hid treasures behind some doors, monsters behind others and then let the players choose their fate "Monty Haul" gaming, making a pun on the game show host's name. The term has come to be used to refer to sessions where game masters encourage munchkin players; basically any game can be considered a Monty Haul game where the game master sets up unfathomable amounts of treasure and earth-shattering magic items guarded by weak and wimpy monsters, thus giving enormous amounts of power to beginning-level characters. So for our purposes, Haul. -xx- Damien X-)