Recent content by John Drake

:) Thanks Gary! And I gotta tell you, I can't help but smile when I see that the trend they (Wizards and others too) are working towards is one, basically, you have pioneered, yet again! Well, maybe there is hope down the road, eh? I still love your AD&D game though, even though I'm having a...

Then what is the point getting rid of the race if it is only to come back? Just get rid of them or do not! Or just change them outright in the PHB so people will be more inclined to play them then.

Howdy Gary Glad to hear you had a great Gen Con and all. Now, with all this balley-hoo regarding 4e, it seems to me very odd. I mean, the new versions or "improvements" as it were, have only been a mere 3-4 years a part, hardly long enough for the systems to mature (if possible). Just...

WotC should have just gone a little deeper into the coffers and got an artist of real high caliber like Larry Elmore or Boris Valjo <sic> to do the covers. Getting great artwork (Frazetta) sold covers of th e old Conan paparbacks......

Understood. I guess I just don't find prep time to be onerous at all, abbreviating things is what I do if I really am in a bind. I make things up for monsters that are of no real consequence, that is to say bare minimum like hit points, ac, and attack bonuses etc. I can fit them [stats for one...

Well, with this 4e being announced, I must say, it certainly has made me think about future purchases. IF anything, I will look for deals on 3/3.5 stuff, as someone mentioned before retailers will want to make room for new 4e crap. I will most likely pick up the FR hardback adventures that have...

Ok, no offense intended, but what is so difficult about making NPC's? You only need to do detailed stuff on your main villain, or his second in command. And the allies of the PC's don't need to be really detailed. Just let them help the PC's however you deem reasonable: I mean, that's what they...

The covers shown by the presentation at Gen Con, imho are big steaming piles of dung and plates of braised pus. But this one posted by JVisgaitis, was very good, despite the fact I am not fan of the artist. Very good layout and all that jazz.

Howdy Gary! Ok, just curious here about campaign settings in general. Now, first off, let me just say the World of Greyhawk is my favourite setting, so thank you for making it! I really like how everything is laid out so one gets an idea as to how the world is, but have enough freedom to do...

Actually, I believe that was from "Never Say Never Again", between Fatima Blush (Barbara Carrera) and Bond when she slides in to a bar in the Bahamas from water-skiing. :) But while I'm here, I'll ask a question. Gary, just curious, and I know this is well after the fact, but in your...

Yeah, I know :) I don't get why they just can't cast a Texan either, with a hook. Guess they gotta get the kids to see it ! :lol: (although you think A hook handed Texan would bring 'em in.....just Johnny Depp maybe?) Daniel Craig's hair will bug you in that instance as well (that's...

Howdy Gary Now, not that you would trust my opinion either ;) but he has a very good point. Aside from the story being modernized (as the book was written in '52 iirc) and a few shifts in plot and character (Felix Leiter is black, M is a woman etc...) it is about as close an adaptation as From...

Interesting, I wondered about that too. A related question: is that how you personally imagined orcs etc, to look like or did you have a completely different conception of how such creatures were to look? Myself, I guess being influenced by LOTR the book saw them appearing very much as they did...

I did begin reading one of Gemmel's novels, albeit a fantasy one. Turtledove did an outstanding alternative history series dealing with WW2. Sam Yeager rocks! Btw, Gary, just curious if you have heard anything about the animated Dragonlance movie that is being made right now? Thanks Gary!

Hmm, that's very interesting. That sounds imho very similar to what, iirc, Aristotle more or less believed; Plot is character. Forget psychology, forget the insides of their heads, judge them by their actions. For example, if some guy was sleeping in a class room during class, one could assume...