Recent content by Astraldrake

I liked the Sha'ir and keep hoping that someday they'll at least give a renewed nod to more things from the Al Qadim setting. I also think the Urban Druid is a neat, if not a somewhat quirky addition to the game. It holds up as well as bringing back the 1st Ed Ranger. (You remember, back when...

SUPER HERO! Giant Robots! Wild West. Gothic Horror. World War 2. Time Travel. Deep Science Fantasy (ala Star Trek) I think this poll is a little too non-specific. There are a lot of wonderful genres and it is very difficult to only pick one. Not to mention anime role-playing that subdivides...

As others have noted, there should be a distinction between collectible and randomly packaged collectible. For me, this is a simple issue. I only have so much money to spend on my hobby. About 95% of my budget goes into books and/or PDF's these days. I simply don't have the fundage for a...

I've lost count of the number of systems and titles. Ya, I still go back to D&D because it's easy to get new players, but there are a lot of other games out there. Mutants & Masterminds, Star Wars (D6 or D20,) Starship Troopers, Werewolf (Apocalypse or Forsaken,) Rifts, Star Trek, Deadlands...

Wow! Tough call. I voted Demon- Orcus, Shadow Demon, Vrock, Glabrezu, others. More demons come up in my campaign than the other two types. Demons, like spirits, tend to come up in OA-themed games quite a bit. They're flexible. I've even made up demons on the fly. They're a good all-purpose...

Adamantly- NO! I realize that Polyhedron used to be part of Dungeon, and it pretty much sucked then, IMO. There's a reason Dungeon went to its current format- low readership and subscriptions were down. I suspect because the RPGA content was dragging it down. I think putting more RPGA content...

MAD? maybe In some ways, all characters are more-or-less dependent on Dex and Int. These two abilities provide for many skill benefits. Wisdom is never a bad thing, either. I still follow the misguided belief that the Ranger, Bard, Paladin and Monk are dependent on multiple abilities. While...

Wow, my group has all the odd ones I voted eagle, but I would have also voted for: pseudo-dragon, falcon, dire weasel, hummingbird, mouse, clockwork creature and dire wolf. My group really gets into the whole familiar/animal companion thing. One of these days, I really want to try a Shield...

DM I only have enough time to run one game per week. I would much rather spend the time as a DM. I have always been a DM because I'm usually the only one in the group willing/able to run a game.

Hero's Tale I noticed there were a few choices missing. Does anyone remember A Hero's Tale? It was a series of short adventures that linked together throughout the course of a campaign. I thought it was extremely well-written. I also notice the various Book of Lairs compilations weren't...

Wow, huge thread thusfar. Dozens of very good points. A WotC rep once told me, "This is the same company that puts out a new edition of Magic every two years." Several people have admitted that D&D 4 is already pretty much on its merry way, possibly next year. In short, the corporate...

Voted Home Brew I run a highly modified Greyhawk campaign. Well, I kept the map and a few of the names, anyway. I borrow from everything and anything. I've used material from the EQ Tabletop RPG, Warcraft, Scarred Lands, Dragonlance, Kalamar, Midnight, and several more. About the only one I...

I have to admit, I was one of the people that rushed right out and bought a copy of Eberron. Not because I was drooling mindlessly from the hype, of which there was far too much, but because I wanted to see what won the setting search. Frankly, I have a hard time believing that they actually...

I think B&W is generally cheaper if you are looking to have something printed. Some artists also work well with pen and ink or pencil sketch. If you're printing your first ever product or pdf, as several people have pointed out, your best bet is B&W, soft cover (or pdf) with a few illustrations...

They're gonna do it anyway As some of the designers have even admitted, Monte Cook in particular, IIRC, 3E was almost obsolete before it went to print. 3.5 was already well in the works within about a year. 4 is probably sitting on the shelf for awaiting mass production sometime shortly after...