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I would probably envision five (5) categories of nobility in terms of layers of fiefdoms/allegiance/fealty. 1) Knights and Sires Knight/Sir/Thane Baronet 2) Full Nobles Baron Viscount/Viscomt Count/Earl Marquis 3) Higher Nobility/Lesser Royalty Duke Archduke Prince 4) Full...

Now, I know that Feudalism was complicated and lords owed allegiance to higher lords, but what I have not been able to find was how many layers of allegiance generally existed. E.g. Serfs/peasants/inhabitants would owe allegiance to a knight or thane who owned a manor controlling the surrounding...

Thanks for the review. Diablo 3 sounds like a fun game. Unfortunately, I will have to forgo this game, because I am unwilling to spend my money to support the online trend that makes games dependent on external servers post-purchase.

Since we are all speculating, let me join the fray. :) Monte has stated that he didn't have issues with the design team... so perhaps it was an OGL or related issue that was led to the differences with the company. Oh well, that's my piece of baseless speculation. ;) In any case, I am sad to...

I loved the Baldur's Gate series, especially Baldur's Gate II, but I must say a remake does not get me very excited and I will probably pass on buying it. After all, I still have my original BG II discs if I want to replay the game (and sometimes I still do). Now if this were merely presaging a...

I disagree. Although human races today might only exhibit minor differences, this is not always the case with other animals. Fantasy races are not analogous to human races. The differences among fantasy races are probably more akin to differences among dog breeds, which are highly significant...

While I understand that others may want races differentiated solely by fluff, my preference on this is fairly clear: race should be very important. In fact, I would almost go as far as to say that the more important race is mechanically, the better. What I disagree with is the notion that a...

I really like this a lot - the new edition appears to have real potential for me. :)

I have to agree. So far, the information looks very positive indeed. Of course, they actually have to pull off what they are promising, which may turn out to be tough, but I certainly like what I am hearing thus far.

Order of the Stick #704 is up: Giant In the Playground Games

Chrextes listens to the godlings staking their claim to their realms in the future world with interest. Dream realm, lava realm, sun realm, realm of darkness and a realm of plants? So be it! But how shall we integrate them together? Mayhaps a ball of primordial molten stone covered with a...

If Paizo were to do a Psionics book for Pathfinder, what kind of system would you like to see them use? Possibilities: 1) Power Point System (Psionics would be similar to what it was in 3.5E, though perhaps with some changes and twists) 2) Slot-Based System (Psionics work exactly the same...

The suspicion that this will happen is exactly why Pathfinder Psionics for me is very low priority (though higher than Modern, Sci-Fi or Asian) and the reason why I am unlikely to buy it. I still clicked that I want to see Psionics, because they might surprise me and not go slot-based with them...

That's awesome! :) Thanks for the exposition on the topic. The evolutionary relationships between various creatures are a fascinating subject and we rarely hear anything about it for arachnids, crustaceans, insects and so on - mostly media concentrate on human evolution only. Well the world...

At an indeterminate point of time, dust in one section of the Gray begins to accumulate. Upon closer inspection, it appears rusty and starts to rise and assemble into an identifiable shape of a rusty pendulum attached to some sort of rusty mechanism. The rusty material then begins to turn into a...