Recent content by hanexs

You're point about the use of the word tank having other meanings is valid and certainly effects the stats. Still there are other way's to describe something that holds water like "container" or "cup". Container is used 65 times more than cistern, but again container has other meanings...

I would call it a tank. I am never certain if these disagreements are the results of elitism, education or regional dialects, so I did a quick investigation. My father, wife, brother, 10 year old daughter and grandmother had no idea what a cistern was. But, maybe we're all uneducated, or...

I disagree, I do not think this is inevitable, I think this is happening intentionally. When I made my above linked post about Tureen, Marzipan and Proboscis, I assumed adventure designers were trying to make their products in accessible language, but I quickly found out that is not the case...

They did, but I felt that most of the time Dungeon text was readable and I usualy could simply read the box text. But when they went from Dungeon Magazine to Pathfinder, I felt their thoughts on "quality" and "exclusivity" increased, this became a product for the dedicated. Their paths had...

Thanks for all the replies (and keep em coming if you have them). I just bought one issue of Dungeon Vault Magazine and it is exactly what I am looking for. I've never heard of it, but on first glance the magazine is full of 7-8 adventures of short length, with high quality graphics maps...

Wondering if there is something like dungeon magazine out there? I want high quality adventures I can read/browse through, that are creative/interesting, but also short (10-15 pages). I also used to like the "Alderac Enternaintment Group adventure a day pamphlets". I have tried looking but...

This thread was a hilarious read.. I am the original poster of the Marzipan complaint who quickly found out I am in the minority, also being corrected by people I immensely respect like Erik Mona and James Jacobs didn't help my self esteem. Fun though to see the small wake my comments left...