Recent content by Mad Mac

I'd defnitely go for theme packs. I have a lot of orcs, sure, but most of them are seriously ugly and clash with each other in terms of style. Good orc mini's have always been a tough buy on the secondary market. Goblins and Hobgoblins now, I'm pretty much set. I've been collecting mini's...

As far as Dragonshard goes, I was a beta tester/fansite operator for that game. It had potential, but Atari completely pulled funding for the game during beta which is why it had zero support/marketing/patching and sold poorly despite decent reviews. They also had a huge blunder with launching...

You haven't played Disgaea, have you? And if you tell me that series doesn't sell I may have to throw something. Also, pretty much any PC RPG you can name, whether they be turn-based or real time has an excruciatingly complicated combat system. I mean seriously, Dragons Age is not a...

That's really overstating the situation. There are a metric ton of successful turn based console and handheld games. Not as many on the PC, granted, but it's a popular area for smaller developers and tend to get good reviews. It's really more a symptom of everyone wanting to make the next...

If you see no skill in it, then I don't know what to tell you. That's just patently untrue. You do realize these are all paintings, right? In any case I like the art a great deal, and obviously wizards does as well.

This actually bugs me a little. Con based Wardens got a lot a love in Primal Power, with a second powerful build, expanded controller abilities, and better damage. The Wildblood Warden was supposed to the "secondary striker" build, and now they just shift around doing less damage (and less...

More or less, even if the problem is a bit overstated. An 8th level fighter with 20 St, a +2 Bastard Sword, and a +1 feat bonus to damage (all pretty reasonable for the level) would be doing 1d10+8 or 13.5 average damage per attack. He wouldn't be one shotting 1st level monsters without rolling...

When looking at 4th edition monsters, it's also worth remembering that their HP's and damage don't scale very quickly. A 1st level monster may have 26 HP's, which is a big change from prior edition, but a 10th level monster will only have 2-3x as many HP's as a 1st level monster. A 20th level...

I would upgrade "most of the time" to very nearly always. Commoner vs lvl 23 minion would be along the lines of: Angel minion has +19 Init, Commoner has+0. Minion always wins initiative, even if it rolls a 1 and commoner rolls a 20. (Higher Dex breaks the tie) Minion hits and kills commoner...

I stand corrected. Even so, you are really mantaining that an additional +2 or more AC is unreasonable for a 7th to 9th level character? Having +1 armor and weapons by the time you start collecting followers is Monty Haul? You're using a very different interpretation of the term that I ever...

You're assuming the pregens are particularly representative of actual characters... Simply put, you can hit AC 0 in AD&D with just the nonmagical plate and sheild combo, which was available to most characters who weren't magic users or thieves. All you need is a single +1 armor or sheild or...

Being a ranged character has it's own advantages. In particular, being a Ranger with a powerful missle weapon that outranges most spells and special attacks, coupled with the mobility to outright avoid melee attackers rather easily allows Bow Rangers to spend most of the battle handing out...

Possibly. I always thought Birthright was a cool idea for a setting, but most of the details left me cold. As a complete do-over, it could work. I also think the coupling the setting with good, easy to use realm management/mass battle rules could encourage people to pick up the setting just...

Sure, but the way those classes and races were handled in Baldurs Gate 2 was based on the 3rd edition incarnation of them.

Still not likely to happen. NWN2 has had 3 expansions already and is nearing the end of it's lifespan. You'll be able to download the free player made content for a long time, though.