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I'm curious to know what peoples' experiences have been because a friend of mine who was in a couple of weekly campaigns with me passed away the day after our session a week ago. So far, it's been a little strange to continue campaigning with his PC's. Different people have run his characters...

If cover art determined the success of a game, Rifts would be doing pretty well(I think). What's it like? I played it once a long time ago and don't have a grasp of the rules. What's the general dice-rolling mechanic that's used in Rifts? Is it hard to learn? thanks, Jamie

Give 3rd edition Dragonlance a try. I've been very pleased with it. -Jamie

Below is my response to his blog. My response is by no means a call for an editions war. It's about finding the right D&D. My response: "I believe 3rd edition was needed but something got lost along the way. IMO, too many combat rules combined with more dice rolls(multiple attacks, etc.)...

Below is Chris Pramas blog from 3/25: "There's an old Husker Du song in which Grant Hart screams, "What do I want? What'll make me happy?" Lately I've been pondering this in relation to D&D. The game and I go back a long way. I started playing when I was 10 years old and this began a journey...

When I initially read the title of this thread, I thought it was referring to those pre-4e fluff books that are currently on the shelves. $20 for books that are essentially worthless. Now that I've read the thread, I'll make my choices. 1st ed: probably Dragonlance Adventures(best). Why do...

In regard to multi-class spell casters, would a good fix to the stacking be to allow the caster to cast at +1 casting level on the existing class for every two levels gained in a new spell casting class? example: A 5th level mage begins earning levels as a cleric. After he has gained two...

-I think there is too much dice rolling in regard to attacks, combat takes too long -Munchkin items: Elven court blade, elven thin blade to some degree, and others -The feats and presige classes(Fist of Raziel, anyone) got out of hand -Some skills are way more valuable than others: spot...

I remember there used to be a site on the web devoted to conversions of 1st/2nd edition modules to 3rd edition. Is that still around? thanks, Jamie

There used to be some nice resources for the 'Wheel of Time RPG' online. However, now, it seems like they're all gone. Kinslayers Dagger has now become a site dedicated to selling knives and 'Call of the Horn' is about some guy's diet and exercise journaling. Specifically, I'm looking for D20...

Are there multi-clssing rules for Castles and Crusades (C&C)? If so, please tell me what they are and where they can e found. thanks, Jamie

First off, thank you all for your responses. As to why I would want to remove skills and feats, I'm interested in speeding up gameplay as well as seeing what it does to the system. I'd love to play AD&D again but my group has invested a lot into 3rd edition, so it's not going to happen on a...

If skills and feats were taken out of D&D, what would have to be done to balance it? -Jamie

For those of you curious about the 1e AD&D class comparisons, here is what I looked at: I went back and looked at the experience point progression for the classes for the 1e PHB and original Unearthed Arcana. At roughly level 11 or 12(there are exceptions), the classes require the same set...

Thank you for the comparison. A friend of mine has the 2nd edition battlesystem, and he suggested that I take a look at it. Based on what I'm hearing, it sounds like a good idea as well as a better alternative. I'll check out the 3rd edition recommedations for Battlesystem. -Jamie