Nights of the Spawn Table  My night last night in WoW was just
frustrating. Perhaps it’s the circle I move in, but I was sure
most people understand spawn tables. I was so wrong. A spawn
table is an electronic version of the wandering monster table
your pen and paper RPG dungeon master would use to figure out
what jumped you while you ran from the dungeon to the town.
That’s all that it really is. There’s no secret science
involved. If it makes you more comfy, pretend there’s some guy
rolling a d20 behind his little screen every time a monster
spawns. Why am I obsessing about this? Well, it has to do with
this quest I was on last night. Those of you who play EQ already
know spawn tables intimately, so you’ll probably spend a lot of
time going “doh!”. I don’t think it’s possible to get to 10 and
not have a working knowledge of EQ’s love affair with spawn
tables.  Let me wax nostalgic for a moment about ol’ EQ and it’s
spawn tables. EQ was a mean DM. A harsh mistress. These days,
she’s a lot more casual and giv