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Since I've seen a rough printout of the mostly-finished book, I'd say it's a fair guess that Andy "TheAndy" Smith, the keeper of the SRD, has a copy as well. And knowing Andy's efficiency, I suspect he is planning for a "Future SRD" that will be available, if not when d20 Future releases, then...

Getting Back on Topic ... Hello, everyone. JD Wiker, president of The Game Mechanics, here. Being part of a game design studio that focuses on modern d20 products (though we do fantasy as well), and *also*being a former Wizards employee, I think I can offer a bit of insight into why there seems...

Piracy, PDFs, and TGM Wow, great discussion! When Rich Redman, Marc Schmalz, Stan!, and I formed The Game Mechanics, since our goal was to sell PDFs (initially, followed by print versions later), this question weighed heavily on our minds. After some debate, we decided that file-sharing wasn't...

Heh. Buy it and see, I guess. The Chaos Pit is a huge gladiatorial arena--hidden away in the old tunnels under the Old Quarter. Certainly. We give only the basic details: major locations and major characters, rather than a complete headcount. The map, in fact, only depicts major structures...

"Furries?" You must be using the Book of Erotic Fantasy ... ::grin:: In all seriousness, the Menagerie is more of a zoo than anything else. Certainly they could sell some of their creatures, but since most of them are captured monsters, you'd probably have to buy a bigger leash. The book is...

Hey, you caught me at the computer. I certainly think the rest of the book lives up to the preview, but obviously, I might be biased. Still, there's a lot left to see: the Thieves' Guild itself, for example, Soot Street (the network of tunnels and passageways under the city), Maegrin's...

More City Quarter Info We haven't planned released beyond the The Temple Quarter. Sadly (for your purposes), I doubt we'll do it before 2005. I suspect we'll follow up The Temple Quarter with The Arcane Quarter. The reason for this, by the way, is a question of which locations are most...

Not bad. Not bad at all. One of the other Game Mechanics, with whom I game at least once a week, noticed that I'd put together a couple of gaming "soundtracks" (built from my CD collection of soundtracks and such), and asked me to post a listing. (You can find a discussion of gaming music on...

The Menace Manual revenant is roughly based on the revenant from Xenoforms, for Alternity's Dark Matter Campaign Setting. In Xenoforms, we presented three different types of revenants: the Avenger (a combat-oriented revenant, loosely based on Eric Draven from The Crow), the Messenger (a sort of...

We conceived Thieves' Quarter (and the City Quarters series in general) as a generic, medieval city presented in great detail. "Generic" so that anyone could drop it into their campaign--even just for a short visit to Liberty (or whatever you decide to call Liberty in your campaign--and "great...

I'm sure I'll get flamed for this, but, Roy, you should really think again about posting this information. I'm sure you're feeling like Santa Claus right now, with all the people you're making happy, but if Wizards takes offense--and at this point, you really don't know whether they do or they...