Recent content by yojimbo

I think that systemless campaign setting books with 4e players guides might be the way that some companies tackle this. This way if 4.5 turns up in 3 years time a game company's core product (the setting book) doesn't become worthless.

It's d20 Fantasy so it's compatible with D&D3.5 and Rokugan. However, all the core classes are new (and rather good). Don't expect a feudal Japan campaign setting for OA3E. James.

For the feel of Alias, I'd suggest Alderac's Spycraft (also d20). d20 Modern may be more flexible in scope than Spycraft (which is primarily built for espionage & military games) but Spycraft offers excellent support for the spy/conspiracy genre. I second the recommendation for the Menace...

Re: class imbalance in T20 It seems to me that having a universal experience table implies that characters of the same level ought to be roughly equal in power (be it by feats, class abilities, skills, etc). Only this way does multiclassing make any sense. However, this does not that the T20...

I got a copy of T20 and it wasn't for me. T20 goes against some fundamental unwritten rules of d20 game design in its attempt to try and be realistic. Primarily, the T20 classes are not balanced against each other, military classes are the most powerful in the game (fighter BAB, good saves)...