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I don't see how FATE's mechanics are all that similar to Traveller's. FATE's big thing is Aspects, something Traveller doesn't really have. And the Stunt system is unlike Traveller too. Could you explain your thought process some? I'm really interested in this comparison.

EP does come with some 'stock' antagonists. Not necessarily similar-to-character antagonists, but if you're going for "save the day from the Exsurgent threats," the book does have some pre-made opponents for you. Well, the problem is that there's nothing in the text that says you can't start...

It was apparently intentional. If you want to start in a morph that costs CP, (pretty much anything other than a clanker, flat, or infomorph, as far as I can remember), officially, you are supposed to buy it with CP. Cash morphs are essentially supposed to be unavailable immediately after game...

Haven't played, but saying it's purely a roll-under system is not entirely true. It uses roll-under, but it has a quality-of-success mechanic, and doubles are criticals. Other than that, it's a fairly basic percentile system. Also, one thing to note for people who dislike point-buy systems. Not...

Shadowrun is an interesting beast, because it SEEMS like ratings are low, but PCs can easily have dicepools of 15-20 dice at character creation in their areas of specialty. Don't worry about it, it's encouraged, and generally, most won't get much better than that, no matter how long the game...

I don't think anyone is necessarily saying D&D will go totally digital; just that 5e or 6e is likely to have an "all digital" version that goes on your phone and takes away some of the difficulties of playing in addition to the books. Think the Character Builder but with more stuff, basically...

In the other thread "The iPhone will kill D&D" which is about what exactly will happen to tabletop RPGs in the age of the Kindle and iPhone, there's a lot of discussion about what people see as problems with RPG software. Those of us who feel that D&D will eventually adapt and go at least...

So what? Part of the nice things about newer technology is that we can make things simpler to use by abstracting more. With greater abstraction tends to come simpler design. Simpler design tends to increase usability. Greater usability generally means more information presented to the untrained...

Personally, right now, I suspect you could probably build a decent iPhone app designed primarily to run 4e D&D that would be incredibly awesome, and would make the game go really fast in some respects. Unfortunately, the problem with that, and with any other current virtual tabletop program is...

Sorry Relique Hunter, you're gonna have the same problems with a PC bought from a physical store. The problems aren't usually hardware; much of the time, in my experience, they come from the shovelware that gets loaded onto the system by the OEM. And unless you build your own or are willing to...

Yeah, that's what I tried to get across. It's not one single "campaign arc" it's a set of thematically interconnected possible campaign arcs. Gothic horror, for all of it's similarities, shows a pretty wide range of plots. Plus, if you were to do as I'd be wont to do, and open up Ravenloft to a...

Well, my problem is.. it really depends on the theme. "Bram Stoker's Dracula" Strahd is going to be different from Hammer Horror Strahd and both are going to be a lot different than "Interview With the Vampire" Strahd. They're fundamentally different types of stories. The first is about a...

Ravenloft is basically the end result of applying Hammer Horror or Victorian-era monster fiction tropes to D&D. Transylvania, in both the real-world and in story world is kind of a marginal place; historically and in fiction, it's always being taken over by somebody. It's where the real Vlad the...

Let's talk about the difference between Magic's side of the house and D&D's. Magic's development articles? Weekly and free. Magic's preview articles? Weekly and free. Magic's equivalent to the compendium? Free, and regularly updated with every block release and every official ruling that changes...

I think I like a bit of moral relativism, even in my cosmic evil, at least for sentient evils. That's not to say that they aren't necessarily beings it's a good idea to not kill, if it comes down either to killing them or letting them continue their plans... it's just that perhaps, even capital...

You might want to look out for Dead Space.. It's a survival horror third person shooter that sounds like it might have some of that Aliens feel. I haven't played it myself, but it has an interesting way of keeping you in the game; the character's body holds your health and ammo info on it so...

OK, for a PC to work in the fastest mode you have to have identical sticks of the same size and type in each set of 2 slots. The advantage is that the memory controller can utilize tricks to increase overall RAM speed. However, that doesn't mean you can't have mis-matched sticks, or uneven...

Yes, and fairly easy, as I recall. You can even selectively re- or de-colorize bits of an image, if you're somewhat skilled with layers and have access to the original. There's several tutorials out there as guides, and here are some from GIMP.org, the main site for the GIMP project...

Yes, no, somewhat, and it really depends on what you mean. See, the thing is, since every player gets a primary class and a secondary class, it's possible to have every skill in the game known, but you're limited only to those skills available to you that you get from your specific classes. As...

Character power is not strictly a numerical thing in GW, though. It's often more a matter of variety. Almost every class has a ton of skills; 150-300 per class is not uncommon. Yet you're only allowed 8 at a time, and only one of those can be an "elite" skill, which are more powerful. So quite a...