No Stats regrettably but a great article by the man himself...and AD&D appears to have been the initial "seed" from which the stories sprang!
The World of the Malazan Empire and Role-Playing Games | Steven Erikson
I love this section
In our own gaming, we took from AD&D the most basic tenets...
So any successful applications of the system optimizer (other than the developers?) Please share, I have to live vicariously right now...no bandwidth to run a new campaign, playing and/or running too many right now :o
Iterative attacks is probably the biggie for me. Much like the rest of D20 characters get to levels where combat is a veritable slog :( Of course trying to match the SW classes to D&D core classes might prove a challenge also.
Seems to me this is a much better option than nerfing spells as some previous posters suggested. If the PCs can use Haste/Heal//Harm what says an NPC or spell casting monster can't do the same?
Apologies if this topic is already done to death, trying to search through the past posts proved beyond my wak "search-fu..."
I am a looooonnnnngggg time D&D'er from the venerable Moldvay Bsic up to 3.5 (4E just ain't my cup of soup...I own the books to be a completist but I've not eeven read...
What?! No World of Synnibarr?! Come on this has to be hands down worse than Rifts...calulating 1/10ths for damage resistance....Golden Tiger Martial Artisits with Cyber Warriors and Wizards....
Someone up thread mentioned taking a picture of the ENWorld poster. Not to sound morbid (and my intent is not that anyone photograph the casket or anything) however pictures of the (hopefully massive) throng of well wishers attending this sad event would be truly appreciated by myself and (I...