Paul Farquhar's latest activity

"You're going to need a bigger card." That's the fundamental issue. The point is to have all the information the player needs on the...

Are you thinking of action point based manoeuvre systems? Possible I guess, but I think there were others around at the time, including...

People griping about darkvision used to frustrate me, now I'm just amused. It's as if the ability to make permanent light sources...

If WotC is smart, they'll take a cue from Mothership and make a character sheet that guides players through character creation and play...

Didn’t care for it actually - it was too obvious for my taste. Prefer Pythons to Brooks.

I grew up in the wrong country to have ever played the Oregon Trail. Which may explain different mindsets. It’s hard for me to imagine...

I think D&D is the only place that has ever happened. In the fiction torches are either created as required or picked up from convenient...

I read the book when I was 8! And talking of upper middle class I have seen it on some public school reading lists. But I guess there...

Does the eye have some sort of psychic powers?

What my players are familiar with often seems strange to me. Doctor Strangelove? “We can’t fight in here, this is the war room!”...

80% of my players are under 40, and quote Monty Python fairly regularly. Although that may say more about my players and my game than...

No one needs create food and drink. I conjure a flock of turkeys and fireball them. Roast turkey for dozens. Ice Storm and there is...

That’s completely contrary to how I see D&D. It’s first and foremost a fiction simulator. If a spell can be used in a way not specified...

Why not? If I can magically create a ball of fire, surely I can magically create a ball of drinking water? I thought you were a...

Players play to enjoy themselves. An activity is “worth their while” if they enjoy doing it.