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In Psychosis there are characters having an adventure, but they don't know who they are or what they are doing, because they are insane. So, you've got this double-layered situation of having to solve a problem, while trying to regain your sanity in order to realize what the problem really is...

Sounds like politics as usual to me. What do you think spin doctors do?

I don't see the problem. The kids sound precocious.

Why not? The only non-core 3.0 book I've given away is the old psionics handbook.

Not while I'm playing. :)

And that is the single thing that separates an RPG from a "conventional" game. A computer game can't make stuff up as it goes along.

What do you do when your player characters do something not explicitly covered by the rules?

The way I see it: An abstract game exists within its rules. A roleplaying game exists outside its rules. For example, many boardgames have a story, but it is subservient to the rules. I can't take over Catan by force, I can't rezone Baltic Avenue into an industrial zone, my queen can rule in...

Nor an RPG, but I picked up the original Talisman for $2 at a giant swap meet while visiting California.

But note the illo is straight out of Oriental Adventures - not a legitimate source.

Mother&%$@ing snakes on a mother%#$*ing plane!

I wouldn't say misplaced; its more a realization that this isn't the first time in history rapid technological advances have created a economic divide.

Yes, Monopoly has a lot of history working for it. It also has a lot of marketing behind it to keep it in the public eye. You're unlikely to ever see Settlers of New York City or Spongebob of Catan. (Speaking from New Zealand, where we just got a new here&now edition of Monopoly.)

"The combat system is reality-based and, therefore, the most fun to use." HAHAHAHAHAHAHA Gotta love those "unbiased" reviews.

As much as I plan my own life.

In my Grimm campaign the kids were going to face the Pied Piper, and I knew the players would think of sticking something in their ears, like wax. So where could they get wax? Why the chandler's shop, of course. But what personality to give the chandler? ...From there is it was just a short jump...

Is it a double-neck bass? He could play both at the same time!

The important thing is that no one associates it with a mythological creature anymore. Take that, Native American culture! ;)

As a reenactor, I've fought while squeezed in by my allies on many occasions. I wouldn't recommend it (the -4 to attack and AC is a bitch), but I can say with certainty it can be done.

My personal experience is that XP should be player based, not character based. It may be based on the characters actions, buts it's a reward to the player. If you don't give the player (and thus his main character) XP for playing an NPC while his main character is out of the action (for whatever...