Recent content by XO

Whipping Star & Dosadi Experiment Particularly Dosadi... Better than Dune... Same author!

Only ONE Save but... ...were I you, I would consider seriously reworking the save value... Will DC 19 appears really broken, and making it DC 22 or more should be make much more sense. Pricing an item is not everything. Finding ways to make it "work", price and power wise, seems better...

Funny: boards are supposed to be about exchanging views As an addendum, it is even sadder when we must start policing ourselves even when the level of discussion remains mature... Some of us merely attempt to restore critical thinking, and to apply it to everything. Some of us want to stop any...

Dumbing Down Syndrome We seem to live in an era that suffers a profound dychotomy: willing to be complex in the extreme in so many areas, yet, simultaneously seeking to reduce any meek hurdle along the way... The many proponents of any means promoting the death and disappearnce of critical and...

Truth & Reality We've been appraised of the fact that the author (Gygax) had slight tendencies to inflate what was available, ready and consolidated. And I use the word "inflate" lightly. Greyhawk, city and world, was a wonderful foundation for adventuring. It will always be a classic...

Disorderly... One of the things about GH that left us in a weird position was the publication, after a time, of material that always should have been there... Detailed IS fine, sketchy IS fine: making a detailed setting out of an officially and deliberately sketchy one, well, creates...

Greyhawk w/o Gygax? The only way GH can regain its former status is through the good works of one Gary Gygax. Whether or not he would even consider this on a sustained basis is no sure thing. Also, we now know that many elements "floated" (mentioned) as GH components were so much vaporware...

Let me get thsi straight.... So you will actually bother to produce the British English version, but will do so while applying this nonsense? Errrrrrrr, right! So much for excellency in English. Obviously your wife is a cat and you're a commoner... :)

Halfling Origins "The wizard Aunquenoleconozcas worked tirelessly in the fumerole pits of his demesne.... The vengeance he was preparing would be horrible: slow, painful, delightfully devious, and patently simple... Drive them all insane... Halflings were created. And they were provided with...

Make Up

Let alone the difficulties... ...of having to DM for higher levels. Due to reaching loftier levels far sooner than ever before, to resolve the "boredom with this character" or the "have a bookcase of rules I will never use" syndrome, the DM must adapt to a whole population of overly complex...

Laudable, but... The entire British / US English bit may please some, and really, if it merely boils down to altering the spellcheck language setting and doing another run, it's fine! However, if it calls for any amount of time being spent on the effort, it then becomes a hindrance to other...

Reflections of Realms Fantastical Actually, if they are adventurers and reflect their world, they likely SHOULD be overinflated... A typical D&D sleepy-town farming community in almost any setting you choose is exposed to humanoid invasions, the sudden inexplicable rising of the dead, wartorn...

Ghostwalk You barely have time to brush up on Ghostwalk to extend the characters' adventures before the next session comes to roost :) As to Knowledge categories, I've often fantasized about an interview for a Ph.D. "So you've specialized in the spin of the 2nd electron S orbit of the Carbon...

That Would Suck Reason why is "too many knowledge categories in this game". Next reason: does not work... People do not wake up one day, freshly unwrapped, bright eyed, bushy tailed, unsullied by the world at large, candid and bloody ignorant... Of course, adventurers could be magical...