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More people can probably recognize the image of Karlach and Minsc than the images of probably any other FR character besides Elminster...

Roleplaying games are about the stories one creates, not the "board game". If the "board game" (IE rules) were the most important...

And it's why Champions, ICONS and Mutants & Masterminds succeed as RPGs. :)

Actually, if everyone's a superhero, everyone's a superhero

A lot of that I think is because we are still within the supposed 5th generation, and no one can really determine the tropes of an era...

For generations 1-3, I suppose what he says is fair enough. At 4th generation, he gets very muddy, and unfortunately the change to his...

There's only two eras worth knowing; pre Enworld and post Enworld!

I'm personally someone for whom art never dictates whether or not to purchase a book. I'm playing the game in my imagination, not with...

Agree 100%. Like I said, I can see how what doesn't bother me might be problematic for others.

Honestly, I don't think it really does anyone any benefit to relate any of these games to D&D, rather than just treat them as their own...

Yeah, 7th Sea's fictional history of the land of Theah is very much a combination of famous personages and bits of 17th century history...

That's a fair criticism which can be levied from various points of view against almost any fictional setting, I suppose. I never felt...

@DEFCON 1 Best thing about brute squads, as opposed to swarms in D&D, is that you see them drop in effectiveness with each brute...

They did the same thing in every AEG version of L5R. Very cool!

I also really liked their method for Brute Squads. Unlike say 'Swarms' in D&D where the swarm is basically not different mechanically...