Recent content by Michael_R_Proteau

Cool, another Crim fan! True 20 doesn't offer any distinction between divine and arcane magic for the adept, but it would be easy to limit acess to certain magical feats by adding prerequisites. If you want a more traditional fantasy feel for classes for True 20, look for a PDF called Fantasy...

I thought one of the hallmarks of 3.5 (and one of the major differences between 3.5 and 4E) was tha tthe rules that apply to PCs are supposed to apply to NPCs and Monsters as well. Advocating using one system for PCS and ignoring the system for NPCs and monsters seems to go against the design...

Let me ask then, how much differentiation between characters do skill points really make? There are so many other and IMHO better tools (race, class, feat selection, equipment, ability scores, and oh yeah the role-playing of the cplaeyers i.e. personality and how the character is played) already...

Not when a good chunk of the stuff I have prepped for 3.5 was with an eye towards publication, as with Shades of Gray from Necromancer, and a few other projects that were in the works when the 4E announcement came down. If I am prepping something purely for a home game w/o looking at future...

Getting rid of skill points is one of the easiest ways to simplify the game and reduce DM prep time, two of the biggest criticisms I have of 3.5. Skill points create a lot of needless bookkeeping that rarely comes into actual gameplay, especially when creating NPCs of improving/creating...

Have you considered either of the Indiana Jones games already out there? WEG did one (using their d6 system I think), and of course there is the old TSR percentile based Indy game. I can't say I played either enough to recommend or pan them, but they were both designed with Indy in mind so...

I picked up a bunch of the Blackmoor minis (Afridhi, Thouls) and some of the Runequest to use as various Wilderlands races (Ngyauck in particular) a few years back at Gen Con. They are nice guys, the minis are well sculpted. The more recent Blackmoor line is on scale with current minis (a le...

It is with deep regret that I must cancel both C&C events Iw as to run. Certain persoanl matters have arisen that will preclude my attending Game Day. My apologies for the late cancellation.

In a pipe dream I would love to see covers by Frazetta but I know that is not possible. Some whose work I would like to see: Cary Nord-his work on Dark Horse's Conan is strongly evocative and he demonstrates great skill as a draftman and he uses colors to a spectacular effect to convey...

QUOTE=Baby Samurai]Excuse me, I'm huge Frazetta fan. My brother got me into him through his Yes album covers. I also have several coffee table sized books full of his work. I just think there is nothing wrong with a little variety. I guess in a perfect world I would have my Erol Otis, Jeff...

I have seen the new Basic Set in Toys 'R Us. I too remember finding the stuff in department stores (Bradlees used ot carry some in CT), toy stores (I picked up a bunch of Grenadier mini sets at Child World-later bought out by Kay Bee), etc., but general hobby stores were stil the main place...

I am not sure how closely 4E combat will resemble Star Wars Saga, but a few insights form having run a a handful of sessions of Saga, based on some comments here. 1) Save or die is bad because it bypasses the hit point system. Ok, but so does the condition track. You can have plenty of hp...

Another thing to consider in the cost is that boxed sets historically have high rates of damages and returns from the bookstore market that buys products on a returnable basis (as opposed to the hobby market that does not). Damaged returns from chain stores like Borders, B&N etc. on boxed sets...

3 books totalling between 400 and 450 pages plus a map booklet. More details of the product itself and reactions can be found on this thread: http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=204078 -M

From personal experience, I would vote neither. D&D to me is not a ruleset, or a setting, it is a set of common shared themes and experiences centered around adventure. I started playing in late '81, we mixed elements of the Moldvay Basic set and the AD&D PHB because that was all we had. They...