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There are a ton of 3rd-party supplements (especially in 3.x), most of which don't get any publicity. What supplements do you think deserve to be better known?

I'm looking for a game to start a group completely new to roleplaying on. Although I could use a commercial game and let them borrow my books, I would rather find something they can all download without needing to buy anything (we're students so money isn't exactly plentiful). I already know of...

Why do people disable xp for themselves in the forums? I'm curious what their reasons are.

Does anyone know a RPG that lets you emulate the swordfight in the Princess Bride?

Over here a discussion started about which was more effective, in general; items with a bonus to hit/damage/AC or the like, or items with a more abstract effect, such as flight or speech with animals. What do you think? Edit: by "more effective" I mean more effective at overcoming a large...

I've been wanting to try out a new RPG. I already have Basic D&D, AD&D, AD&D 2e, 3.x (including Pathfinder), 4e, various classic World of Darkness books, Fantasy Heroes, several games using the Amazing Engine system, Sadowrun 2e, Lord of the Rings, Roma Imperious, and DC Heroes. I was...

Would only being able to turn into the form of the creature you have the strongest affinity with, i.e. your animal companion, be a good way of staving off druidzilla?

For me it's because it's much easier to immerse yourself when playing a single character than when trying to DM.

Fighters have expertise dice? I'm not sure I like this mechanic. In fact, I'm not sure I like the way they seem to be thinking about fighters. One of the large reasons fighters have always lagged so far behind casters is that fighters alter the mechanical world while casters alter the game...

Looking at the new Sorcerer class, his abilities depend on what type of dragon he descended from, which is not a problem. What I do object to is the way the dragons are named. Every other species with variants has a meaningful variety - hill dwarves live in the hills, mountain dwarves in the...

I've seen a lot of back and forth on the forums about what races people don't want to see in the Player's Handbook, but what is there that people do want? Especially lesser-known races that deserve more love. I'd personally play 5e no matter what races they include, so there are no deal-breakers...

When 2e first came out, there were no kits, all classes but fighter, mage, cleric, and thief were optional, and proficiencies were optional. But every source assumed you aren't limited to those four classes. Every source seemed to assume you were playing with proficiencies. And as soon as kits...

I plan on running an AD&D 2E or a 3.5 campaign soon, and I was trying to think of ways to balance casters a little better against non-casters. I know it wouldn't help out of combat, but do you think doubling casting times for all tier 1 and 2 classes could help even things out?