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Been out for about 5 years... not going to be released in stores.

Yep. Sledge gets a bit dry at times – and at times goes too speculative. He does note when he's being speculative, tho'.

Wrong. Very very wrong. 1st ed is a 4-att point builder, and 1st uses only 2d6 throws for skill use, using a TN by attribute and skill...

Several flavors of the Gnostic Christians saw the 12 as deluded, save Judas; Mary Magdalene and Judas vie for importance by sect. They...

The game and the setting have very different resulting tones. I am in no way denigrating the MERP Setting. It's just not a good fit for...

Thievery is a VERY common story archetype skill set, in almost every genre of literature, save caveman/pre-sapiens Homo sp.. If it...

That their staff are involved in the discussions is official support on an official presence online … … about the minimum to NOT be...

Most are not based upon Howard's Conan... most are based on Lin Carter and others' versions. Howard's conan was usually in a shirt, wore...

In classless, skill based systems, some character concepts have large skill overlap (police detective, sleazy paparazzi photographer and...

Oh, there's elements of it. But, to be self-insert, the character still has to be recognizable as the author.

TFT does have Jobs, and thief is a job, with talent and attribute requirements. Those jobs on the list include a bunch that correlate...

Mechanically the thief, rogue, assassin has been one of my favorite classes; removing them also removes my desire to play the game.

In general I would say it's because some people enjoy playing a sneaky character and it's a good idea to support popular archetypes...

You don't, but a dedicated thief is better at thieving than a fighter who just dabbles in thievery.

CO didn't get the instant uptake, and is still actively discussed on the DP discord. so, not quite dead in the water.