Recent content by M.L. Martin

Thank you. I stand corrected.

So it's presented as a tragic fall from grace?

A Ravenloft where is very far removed from what I wanted out of Ravenloft, I'm afraid.

Giving Melkor the widest spread of domains makes sense, as "he had a share in the gifts of all his brethren." He might have Tempest as well, but excluding him from Life, Light, and Nature makes sense, at least in his downfall: He can't create life and doesn't have the concern for others to do...

I believe I know the set you're talking about--it was produced by WotC in 1998 or 1999, and reused the art from DLQ1 Knight's Sword for the cover. Unfortunately, tracking down more details is providing a challenge ... EDIT: And LordBP's link comes to the rescue! It sounds like the D&D Adventure...

I stand corrected; I haven't touched the War of Souls since release, save for a brief skim of an Advanced Reader Copy of DoaVM to see what had changed between it and the final version.

Against the Darkmaster seems to be a solid contender.

Yes, but you'll need an average of 16,667 attack rolls before it does. :)

You can't decapitate yourself by default with a fumble in either RM2 or RMSS Arms Law. To get a death result, you'd have to roll a fumble; roll a natural 100 on the fumble table while using a one-handed, mounted, or thrown weapon, which triggers a "D" level critical of varying types roll 86+...

Anything that's not some form of D&D? :) A bit tautological, yes, but the game has always had certain strong flavors built into it that channel it in certain directions. What those flavors are change from edition to edition, but it's never (with the possible exceptions of OD&D, which was little...

D&D can't handle Biblically/theologically accurate (that is, realistic) angels and demons. The system breaks down for those levels of power and intelligence.

Citation please? I want to make sure I know exactly what they say before I mark this as another step in D&D's road to perdition. :)

Tanis Half-Elven is basically a mix of Spock, Kirk, and Archie Andrews. :)

If you're a fan of d100/BRP/Mythras-based fantasy, the Design Mechanism just released their Unearthed Companion for Classic Fantasy.

The 3E sorcerer, the Greyhawk thief ... possibly the UA cavalier, although that wound up removed from the game. I don't recall the 3.5 warlock catching quite so much flack. (And the 4E warlord is obviously the one you think people are thinking of. :) )