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[checks dictionary] What do you know? "sij-il" is also an acceptable pronounciation. That's what I get for learning it with the proper latinate pronounciation. :cool:

Try the dictionary; it's an actual word.

Somebody in it uses a double-headed axe. ;)

Only if you're a vampire; they're your upper canines.

screen name: davidschwartznz real name: David Schwartz I take it we pick these up at the ENWorld booth?

Ditto (for published modules) If I see an error in a pre-production book, I tell the editor. In fact, that's how I got my break in this industry. I was playtester for the Etherscope game and, as I do, I sent them a list of technical errors I saw. In there was a comment about the allegience...

You know, Purim would be the perfect opportunity to run a LARP. :-) Happy Hanukah, everyone!

Exactly. In terms of numbers, MMOs don't have signifcantly more players than PnP games. MMO are popularly viewed as more successful only because they make a hell of lot more money. And that boils down to the fact that MMO players are all required to spend around 200 dollars a year in fees...

For this to work, you need more player control of the world, and less computerized villains. Essentially, your opponents need to be real people, not mobs. Anyone remeber Trade Wars? (Recently, while doing research for a RPG product, I had to explain to a 'kid' that I hadn't played a multiplayer...

It takes a village to raise a child... But it takes a Viking to raze a village!

According to books I've read the term 'hijinks' or hijinx' comes from a Victorian parlor game of the same name. The only description I've been able to find is that it involved the players rolling dice and pretending to be other people, which struck me as awfully familiar. Anyone know anything...

I always forget party NPCs, which I why I make the players run them.

Computer Roleplaying Games require the player to roleplay to the same degree that Action Video Games require the player to be active. What MMORPGs lack most is the players' ability to affect the game world. Sure, you can kill the Big Bad Dude, but ther are fifty people lined up behind you...

Yes, but most foamy LARPs give fighter-types an advantage over 'spellcasters' and such - more hit points, more damage, etc. But, point taken, every RPG advantages more skilled players in some manner. The SCA (in general) does have role assumption; participants are encouraged to choose a period...

Sounds like the SCA, which goes back yonks. Historical reenactment is not roleplaying gaming, even if you do take on a psuedo-historical persona. For one thing, in reenactment you're only as good a swordsman as you actually are. However, reenactment is certainly an important factor leading up...

It's hard enough explaining why a shield doesn't count towards your touch AC, try explaining why a 'floaty shield' doesn't add to your touch AC.

Obviously, Nebin is under the effects of an enlarge person spell and he's sharing that spell with his familiar (who's been helping itself to extra scooby snack). I think the real issue is: Why do the artists always pick on Regdar?

The 'withdraw' action does not mean turning tail and running. That would be the 'run' action - which does trigger AoO. Withdrawing means going into a full defence stance and hustling backwards. Having been on both sides of a witdrawal in RL, I can tell you that the D&D rules are fairly realistic...

I took Skill Focus (Tumble) for my dwarven heavy-armor tumbler. I tried a half-elf sorcerer with Negotioator, but he died pretty quick. My latest character is a psyhic warrior. I considered taking Combat Manifesting; then decided that Skill Focus (Concentration) was better; then realized I...