Recent content by Elbeghast

My fightbrain is hijacked by multiple mindshards of battlerage, just thinking of all the ridiculous portemanteaux used in the game.

EGG's 1983 World of Greyhawk boxed set. Carl Sargent's From the Ashes. Two different settings for different audiences, IMO.

There are no clear, objective definitions of these terms. As others noted above, these are expressions used in literary circles for the sake of discussion and comparisons only. Without any particular context, their use as quantifiable, clear-cut categories of genres within the realm of Fantasy...

It was designed to be a balanced game. There's more to game balance than a rules system.

This thread demonstrates what is wrong with IH. People actually don't play the game, or of ways to play the game and enjoy it, but prefer to ramble on and on about how "unfinished" it was, to talk about the mechanics and not the game, and get caught up about details rather than the awesomeness...

How is the OP not claiming that "my play style is superior to your play style, period"?

I think either backstabbery or no backstabbery is fine between Player Characters as long as everyone's on the same page. When running an Evil campaign, you've got to discuss this particular point with the players extensively before the characters are even generated. It's about making sure that...

Holy F. If it was an AD&D First Ed Player's Handbook, I'd be all over this. A gem for 4e players and collectors, for sure. :)

I heard they are working on a virtual game table too. What? :lol:

Stricto sensu, I agree. And to answer the question: yes, I believe system does matter. But the OP's question isn't "Is the system important? yes/no" It's "HOW important is the system?" I do believe that the game experience isn't made of just the game system or just people, or just the snacks...

People, to me, trump game systems. Always.

That's a pretty nice list you got there. I would add: 4) It triggers my creativity, and pushes me to learn, read, research a lot more than I would otherwise. 5) A sense of creative accomplishment. Building and running characters, adventures, campaigns satisfying me and the other players of...

I use the Pathfinder core rules, WotC 3rd ed supplements, 3PP supplements. No House rules as of yet.

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The latter: Pathfinder is a continuation of 3.5 with extra polish, adding some gimmicks to character classes and races (a +2 here, a bloodline there), making some aspects of game play less bothersome (skill ranks), et cetera. By and large, it was intended for people who loved 3.5 and still is...