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Originally posted by KaeYoss It makes handguns far too powerful. Realism is nice in the real world, but a game should be balanced out, even if it breaks realism. Just to reinforce this point, Sidewinder (a d20 western game) does have a special ability that allows guns to threaten an area. It...

Yes, it should be interesting to see. Modern wasn't an option when they did Sidewinder initially, I believe. Max

It seems to me that there should be no trouble combining the two, especially since you can use d20 rules for both. Having a mostly common rules set would make it easy. For western, you can use Sidewinder: Wild West Adventures. I'm not sure what is out there for Victorian d20 games but I would...

The following was posted to the d20WildWest yahoo mailing list. I thought I'd share it here as well. Max (freely admitted Sidewinder junkie)

It would be an upset of biblical proportions, but you gotta love Sidewinder: Wild West Adventures even making the final cut for best d20 Game in an industry dominated by fantasy and science fiction. Ok, YOU don't gotta love it, but I do. :D Max

Just an update to note that Sidewinder was nominated for a 2003 EN World award for Best d20 Game!

There is a Steve Mulhern who is apparantly associated with ProFantasy. He mentiones on the CC2 mailing list that he will be a GenCon manning booth 1501. Same guy? I don't know but everything is spelled the same. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cc2-l/message/26581 Someone at GenCon could ask...

In a stunning turn of events, WOTC has released the 3.5 SRD ahead of schedule. Kudo's to Andy Smith for beating his own deadline! :D http://www.wizards.com/D20/article.asp?x=srd35 In a post on the PCGen boards, he noted that the all in one download (at the bottom of the page) was still...

Andy Smith of WOTC posted a message to the PCGen mailing list on July 8th, saying the revised SRD will be going online midnight(EST) July 24th. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/pcgen/message/64254 Max edit: I had the wrong Andy quoted.

JD Wiker has a link to a SW Excel sheet on his site. Looks like it has been updated to include Hero's Guilde info. http://www.jdwiker.com/rpg/d20starwars/index.html Max

I didn't see this anywhere else, so thought I'd point out that WOTC has released errata showing the difference between the first and second printing of the RCR. They also have a web enhancement for Hero's Guide. http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=starwars/mainrpg/rpg Max

I just finished Talon of the Silver Hawk by Feist. It was a good read. I'm also about done with Seabiscuit, which is an interesting look at horse racing in the late 30's and early 40's.

Here is how the good old Eric Noah "black pages" explained Tower Shields. "Sage Advice" in Dragon Magazine #280 includes a diagram and instructions for how a tower shield and shield spell work, if you can get your hands on that issue. If there is more current information available, hopefully...

http://www6.tomshardware.com/game/20030524/index.html Tom's Hardware Guide gave it a glowing review. Says it could be game of the year. Max

There really aren't any true generators out there anymore for Star Wars. Basically Lucas/WOTC ordered them all shut down. That in itself is a long story, and I'm sure I'd get the details wrong. So I won't try. :D J.D. Wiker has a some links to Star Wars character sheets that are in Excel...

Just a note in case someone didn't realize: They did do a second printing of the RCR which included some changes from the first printing. GMSarli on the SWRPGNetwork boards (and the person who maintains the Star Wars FAQ) said he thinks there will be an official list of the changes...

Absolutely they should get a spot check. The SRD says starlight is a +10 to the DC, +5 if the PC has low light vision. I would agree they are probably outside the radius where the campfire would help, so just go with the starlight modifier. Also, the party should probably also get a Listen...

Well, there is also PCProfiler. http://pcp.rpgprofiler.net/index.php Maybe that is what you are looking for. Otherwise, I'm out of ideas. :) Max

I'm not sure if this is what you are talking about, but here are a couple of online character sheets that I'm aware of: http://www.thegamehub.com/default.asp http://3ep.rpgprofiler.net/ http://www.3edb.com/ http://www.killacampaigns.com/index.asp Max

So it is. Interesting that they are different -- I hadn't noticed that. However, the Charge action has a note at the bottom of table 8-1 that says: "You can move up to twice your normal speed, but only before the attack, not after." It says somthing similar in the text on page 124. I'd say...