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http://englishhistory.net/tudor/art.html has an excellent article on the right to display public domain images (as determined by Bridgeman vs Corel). It also has a link to the full judgement for your lawyer's reference. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain_image_resources has many, many...

I've got one over at http://nzlinux.org.nz/blogs/. I have a role-playing category but most of posts are about RDF (Semantic Web stuff) or Python (the programming language). Sometimes I put up screenshots of my character generator-in-progress, which I will someday unleash upon on the world...

Blue Rose uses a variant of the Psychic's Handbook system. Specifically in your case, they simply assume that: You use a feat to gain access to one or more powers. You have max ranks in powers you have access to. You get a feat a level in Blue Rose, don't know how that compares to d20 Modern...

I took the inspiration for the Spheres from "The Planets" symphony by Holst and the sphere-based model of the universe usually attributed to Aristotle (though actually developed by Eudoxus). Who are you? What do you want? Why are you here? Where are you going? Is there anything worth living...

So, I've been working on a campaign setting ever since Wizards announced the contest that culminated in Eberron. I've gone back and made major changes, wikified everything, and am in yet another round of design. Sometime before Christmas I intend to have all the content double-checked for open...

Blue Rose does this. They only have three classes (adept, warrior, and expert). They show sample feat and skill selections for some twenty or more "classes". The upcoming book will show full, twenty-level buildouts for each of these. EDIT: I want to emphasize that a Blue Rose character gets a...

It sounds like this guy could definitely benefit greatly from published adventures. The NPCs and plots are already done, so he doesn't need to ad-lib those as much, he's less likely to develop proprietary feelings, and in general things won't devolve too badly if he stays reasonably well...

Well, Blue Rose uses a six-point buy system that I've adopted into my system. Since they simplify and just use the modifiers, it is actually comparable to regular point buy. They get rid of the distribution curve and just use one-for-one costs. So they consider +5, +1, 0,0,0,0 identical to +1...

My homebrew has several cultures, each with a different feel and some unifying themes. The polynesian, oriental, and arabic influences are easy to identify. There is some (hopefully) more subtle classical and celtic influences, but those are more artifacts of the D&D system than premeditated...

Finally had a chance to run my first session based on this. None of my players have seen the show. Our players include: A luminous assassin who ended up captured because she relied on someone else - who betrayed her. (closest to Avon) A human witch captured by slavers; she killed her initial...

Hi, joining this from the other thread. Semi-random comments follow. I don't yet have a formal ontology for my project (using generic RDF at the moment) but it is pretty clearly the right way to go. If someone wants to propose or generate one, that would be a good place to start analysis - but...

Here's an example of how I would model the "+1 vs goblinoids" so it can be resolved by an engine. This is off the top of my head and probably won't withstand closer analysis. First, we'll need to define a goblinoid. Note that this could actually be an anonymous class defined as part of the bonus...

I'm thinking of adding some more arcana to fill what I consider gaps in the coverage. Some of this may be subsumed by other mechanics/arcana/feats but I feel the need to split them out. Dispel - Dispel Magic and friends such as Banish (antimagic at the high end?) Alter Magical Flow - I'm...

One of the things my players disliked was the fact that it sped up combat. They're actually interested in slowing it down further (though I'm sure they don't think of it that way) with some of the options from the Book of Iron Might. On the other hand, there's a good chance that I might use the...

Best place to start is the OWL guide(http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-guide/). Using OWL has opened up whole new realms of possibility for random character generation. Skip the RDF specs, they're badly written and only confuse people (because their idea of XML syntax is absolutely hideous and makes...

Currently I'm working on a Python-based character generator for my campaign, and I have a couple of observations that might be of use to you. 1) RDF/OWL is better than pure XML. RDF without OWL ends up being really, really hard to read because the XML format is horrible, but OWL lets you write...

Tarrant came in at the beginning of season three.

Probably because Blake's 7 was made back in the late seventies. A *lot* of sci-fi shows since then have taken inspiration from that show, directly or indirectly. The special effects are laughable, almost unwatchable, nowadays - but the plot and characters stand up extremely well.

Playtest Report We had a one-off session last night specifically to playtest the magic and combat systems from Blue Rose. We used the pre-generated characters and the very short adventure from Blue Rose Fast Play system. For starters, we made considerable fun of the campaign world since none...

I'm not planning on following the plot that far; probably the campaign will wrap up/diverge really significantly after the equivalent of the season two finale (Star One). The main things I really want to reuse are the opening scenario (beats meeting in a tavern), the Blake/Avon tension (pretty...