Recent content by Karanov

The attempt of me and a group of 11 anothers to create a D&D setting with interesting twists and turns can be found on www.thornhollow.com. It's based on a 20 year old PnP home-brew setting, but is currently being developed as a Neverwinter Nights persistant world. The current website doesn't...

I haven't heard anything but good things about Mutants & Masterminds as well... but haven't had a chance to pick it up yet. As for a good setting... Aberrant has an excellent setting. I spend the last week re-reading the setting material in the core book (soon to be re-released in a nifty...

Having read up on the Talent Trees from D20 Modern (in the SRD) I can confidently say that the only thing in common between the Background Feats and the Talent Trees is that you sometimes need to take one Talent/Feat before you can take the 'next' one (not unlike Feats like Power Attack, Cleave...

The SAGA system from TSR (Dragonlance 5th Age RPG) used cards exclusively. Not the standard deck, though. And I heard that the original (german) version of Engel uses tarot cards. There are also quite a few diceless systems (i.e. without random task resolution) around (Nobilis and Amber for...

I like what they did with the D20 conversion of Adventure! So I will pick up Aberrant D20 when that comes out. I've just started rereading the setting portion of the Storyteller version and it's just a great setting which deserves my support. Will it be able to go up against M&M? I have no...

As the player was new to D&D (was he?) then I'd say you might have fudged the dice roll in his favor. Not that not fudging it either way was a bad thing.

I don't buy D&D miniatures because they're awful. They are only marginally better than something you'd find in a Happy Meal or somesuch. They're crap. Besides that I don't really like to push miniatures around in RPGs. I already play Warhammer, which is enough miniature pushing for me. And even...

It doesn't really matter whether or not these things exist. The question will probably never come up, since these things are of no importance to the characters. What matters is how the people in my world believe the world works. If they believe the world works the way it does because it is the...

You are right of course. Any DM style is viable as long as people are having fun. The game will, however, NEVER be about DM v.s. Players for me. Hence I know that I will have serious problems playing with a DM like that, which wouldn't be fun for the both of us (and probably the other players...

Drifter Bob, I agree completely. The group I play with are rules-fetishists. They might not think of themselves as such, but they are. This only came to the fore when we made the switch to D&D 3rd edition. It's internal consistency and it's obsessiveness on 'balance' gave them the tools they...

Remind me never to play with you. It is NEVER about DM v.s. Players. It is the job of the DM to provide an interesting interactive story for your players. It's your job as a DM to ensure everyone is having a good time (though the Players certainly have responsibilities in this as well). Being...

I just bought the 7th Sea RPG last week. I've heard good things about it and I wanted to check out a RPG system that is not a Storyteller or D20 variant. From what I've read I must say I like the system. At least certain aspects of it. Perfect for swashbuckling adventures. The setting seems...

Hehe... You should know better than to pick up a duck in a dungeon! :D

I've only really played with the Storyteller system and D20 in the past few years, and before that only AD&D 2nd edition. I am however willing to try any system that is simple enough to get a feel for quickly and doesn't get in the way of the game. Of D20 and the Storyteller system the later is...

Only the Expanded Psionics Handbook. Maybe the Eberron Campaign Setting, but this is a really big maybe because I don't think it's my kind of setting. Just like Dragonlance and Forgotten Realms aren't my kind of setting :p