Recent content by TanisFrey

I do not mind topless depictions of gods, goddess and creatures, if that is their classic representation of them. Example the Greek God and goddesses were often depicted semi- to fully nude but Norse gods were not depicted nude. Beyond this, I say that nudity is not needed.

The oldest book I have read with something like an Ipad/tablet in it was 2001;a space oddesy. It was written in late 60's. Personally I would go. The first few travelers need to be more workers than a science major. The first few would set things like a garden, housing and the like. They...

A lot of countries are tiring to martian a technology parity with the US but are cutting weapon stockpiles to save $$. If you do not have extra bullets/missiles/bomb your soldiers do not train as much at the US military. Look at what happened in Libya last year. NATO forces were running out...

Peasant Levies were used at times. Medieval commanders did prefer to use real soldiers when they could be had. A friend likes to quote a report of a battle between two barons in Medieval England, they reported to the king a loss of 4 knight on one side and something like 6 on the other. The...

I have been running my hackmaster basic game for over a year and have incorporated most of the Hackmaster PBH into it. Having lots of fun, runs well. You should try it before deriding it. If you go to the Kenzer boards there are threads that make offers for online games, even demo games are...

Kenzer is working on an official character sheet for the game and there are several unofficial fan character sheets on the fan creations forums of Kenzer sight. base spell points are set up so a mage can cast one spell of every level they have available to them once per day with a little left...

Another option is Hackmaster 5th edition. It is a serious game with an old school feel and modern game mechanics. You can find it at Kenzer & Company They have quick start rules and the HackMaster Basic rules has all the information you need for 1st to 5th level of play. It is built off of...

I have been playing Hackmaster 5th ed. In your starting hit points are equal to Constitution score plus Race (5 to 10 for most standard races) plus a die based on you class. You only gain a new hit dice every other level. You also, save the die roll because on the level where you do not gain...

Why cannot Angel Summer summon an army of invisible angels to go scouting?????? OOPPS BMX Bandit has just lost his only role. The big problem with 3.5 were spells that let the mage be a better theif than the rougue (knock), or the spells that let the mage fight equal footing with a fighter...

It was mainly important for spell caster before casting times that 2ed AD&D used. Spell caster declare that he is casting and if hit the casting is interrupted and lost. When playing 2ed we did this, we could switch target at -2 to hit. We did allow this to switching targets in the middle of...

weapon focus starts the weapon specialization tree, going through weapon mastery. This was a week attempt to combine 2ed specialization with the BECMI weapon mastery system. The 2ed system gave you a small flat bonus to hit and to damage and yo got to attack more often. The BECMI system gives...

and I am the opposite. I do most of my reading on my kindle and use the ipad 2 for games

If a ranger 3rd level can qualify for a PRC that grants +1 spellcasting and that ability is applied to ranger, he can now cast spells as a 4th level ranger. Does the PRC you are looking for require spell caster ability, like must be able to cast 1st level spells (or higher)? If so then no you...

Just a few years ago I went to a local community college. I am in my 30, a wet behind the ears 18 year old made a statement that was naive. It was something like this. Libraries are a waste of resources to heat a building just for books. Boy, did I want to tell him that even a cheep book...

Most of my 1st ed play was with the old Box CRPGs. They allowed you to move and get all of your attack for the round, no waiting. Most of my Table top gaming was 2ed which had weapon speeds. When fully used you would add your weapon speed to your initiative roll, that is when you get your...