Recent content by churd

As I said, an oversimplification. US is of course not a "true" free market - but then again we are not a Democracy either, yet most people are pretty comfortable using that description as well. However, I am afraid I have dragged this thread away from gaming and into real world politics. (In...

My point was merely that we got on as a rule of law nation quite well for over 200 years (and still do in about half the states) with a system where a judge had huge amount of leaway in imposing sentences, and neither the prosecution or defendant had much recourse to complain that the sentence...

I disagree that this would necessarily be frustrating. If the population and not just the leaders were CG then they would WANT their judges to make individualized decisions based on the particular facts of a case, not to be constrained by specified limits and rigid forumlas - i.e. Kord chose...

Doctors and lawyers make far more money than most people in our world, so why would people choose other professions? Obviously, because most people don't have the smarts or the work ethic needed to get into med school, and many of those who do would rather not spend 10 years in school living...

I think it depends heavily on the type of game you are playing. If you are in a solo game that is mostly social interaction then, no, mechanics are not very important. However, if you are doing a mecha combat campaing or Ars Magica style game, then I think you need a mechanic more...

I think the difference between a Lawful and a Chaotic theocracy is this: in the former the official religion would be codified as law where in the latter they would be encouraged, but disenters would be respected. The lawful theocracy (even LG) would probablly ban other religions and it would...

Very, very good. A few flaws keep me from giving it a 10, but it certianlly met my extremely high expectations!

I would take it OUT, no question. Some assumptions: first, classes are fairly well balanced, and that balance assumes SR is the exception, rather than the rule. Second, each class has an area where it excels, and other areas where it's abilities overlap with other classes. For arcane casters...

With regard to the CR system in general, I think Blue has stated the issue well. However, I think that there is a seperate issue in that the rule of CR = level is unbalanced. While a few inaccurate monster CRs will likley cancel each other out (some too high, some too low) over the course...