Recent content by IanArgent

Not directly relevant, but I begin each session by asking the players to roll initiative, which I then record for later use. After each combat encounter, I have them re-roll. (Note that no character has powers that play with the results of the initiative roll, or roll twice and pick best, etc)...

Class/level-based system, stats based on the 3-18 curve, Hit Points, Armor Class, polyherdral dice with an emphasis on the D20.

I remember it this way: buRsts have Radius, bLasts have Length. (IE, a Burst 3 is 3 squares from the origin in each direction, a blast 3 is 3 squares along each side).

And I'm pretty sure the initial attacks on the Taliban in 2002 were spearheaded by special forces on horseback with laser guidance units and radios.

The "character" generator I wish I could have had was for Car Wars. I wrote up one in Quattro Pro, but never got it to work quite right. I *did* get my Renegade Legions design sheets working, though. And of course there's Heavy Metal for Battletech.

And is in the compendium. Even if you're not a subscriber, you can see the source of the power.

I'm going to come out of left field and say Shadowrun. As long as you can spin the plot, prep is easier that D&D4. The power curve can be pretty flat and still have meaningful character advancement.

off the cuff - I would guess 30 cards; probably with a theme

It's in the online eratta/FAQ as well

MAkes perfect sense to me - as Mustrum said; reduce your healing surges per day by one and ask the GM when a year is over. Yet another case of "when is 4E Earthdawn coming" to me.

By any chance is Ye Olde Hobby Store the old Gamers Realm 2 location?

I've been able to use my Touch Pro as a PDF reader for both the mags and the available 4E PDFs. It's not hte world's greatest experience, but for quick lookups it's usable

I've been meaning to try out the virtual-machine-on-USB thing for a while. You don't have to do Linux to do it (Vista and the upcoming Windows 7 both have a virtual machine host, so you just have to come up with the OS license for the VM. I have a spare copy of Windows XP lying around since I...

I use a laptop instead of pen/paper/book; but I quite deliberately do not browse or have IM up when I am playing or GMing. Dice and minis are real, thankyouverymuch - not yet ready for the virtual map. Initiaive tracker used to be DMFamiliar; I haven't gotten a good replacement for it yet, so...

Since we dragged one naval analogy in, why not another? Naval vessels have class and type: The USS John F Kennedy (CV-67) is an instructive example. The keel was laid with the intent for her to be nuclear-powered; but she was completed as a conventional-powered vessel. Some sources list her as...