Recent content by The Red Priest

I'm not inclined to check the accuracy of the work, so I'll just assume that the homework was done diligently and that the numbers are correct. The point of the exercise escapes me, however, and I don't know what exactly is being proposed. Wouldn't a retro-clone done with 3e/4e rules simply...

Oh heck, I'd let your character set its butt down on a toilet made of a god. Of course, your character will thereafter wish it never had done so.

Actually, the Monty Haul experience is not universal. BITD, our group didn't come into D&D until college. Age, however, should not be an excuse to start with powerful characters, in that, it creates an expectation for entitlement that's not universally shared at all D&D tables. So, now you...

Alright. A little less caustically now. In no way should a character ever be given a dragon as a pet.* If a player wants his character to have a pet dragon, then the character should go out and acquire a dragon egg, or new hatchling, and then take the years of training to raise the little...

Tell him that if he holds his breath until he turns blue, stamps his feet really hard and really fast and says things like "I don't like you anymore, and I'm not going to be your friend if you don't let me have a baby dragon", then you might, just might let phoenix reincarnate as a dragon if he...

This happens all the time in Basic Roleplaying (aka Runequest*, Stormbringer/Elric, Call of Cthulhu). It's called a resistance roll. It's often how you attack and defend magically. *non-Mongoose, of course.

I'm going to take the subject of this thread literally and declare how feel about the whole GSL-thing. I feel great Total control for the game known as 4e needs to be entirely in the hands of Hasbro/WoTC. In this way, the quality level of gaming supplements will likely be equal to that of the...

Operation: Sprechenhaltestelle for Top Secret

Most miniature war games use inches instead of squares. This way, all you'd need would be rulers and/or measuring tape. There's a lot more freedom of movement when using a distance-based, rather than squares-based system. The original Chainmail rules are easy to learn and use the distance...

Why, Original D&D of course! Character creation should take about 15 minutes tops. The rules are available in pdf from paizo. If I read you correctly, you're also looking for a ready-to-run adventure. B3- Palace of the Silver Princess fits that perfectly, in that, there's zero prep time for...

When I read the title to this topic, I thought it was about a new Rolemaster book. :O

What Akrasia said, and like the old saying goes, "if it ain't broke .." Whatever it was you were into before, "original" D&D, AD&D or whatever, go ahead and start with that to get back in the swing, and just check out newer stuff as you go along. That said, I'd definitely skip 3.5 and wait...

Absofrigginlutely!!! I don't think anyone that's designed a successful game, or game supplement, had a degree in game design before designing (now watch somebody come up with an example!!), and I doubt that any have one now either. That said, a degree is a good thing to have for modern life in...

The best way to learn game design is to play games. Lots of 'em. All types of games, too. All the RPGs you can find, miniatures, board games, everything! It doesn't hurt if you play war games for a couple of decades and then sell insurance for a living either. ;) Don't quit your day job...

I dunno. It doesn't get much fuglier than Mialee.