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That's why I didn't specify it; I assumed anyone who was interested in such a plot would adapt it. My players are going to start at level 5; it'll probably be an ioun beholder. I'm still mulling that over. The ship in my campaign *will* be heavily enchanted, but I might put an NPC on board...

Here's a synopsis of the Blake's 7 plot adapted to a fantasy setting. The players begin en route on baord a ship to a penal colony. One or more of the players was set up/framed/a political prisoner. Most players will attempt to engineer a mutiny; give them time to get to know one another, then...

That's certainly an option I'm considering. A quick count indicates there are about 60 spells, with 10 of them accessible only as unique feats. Certainly far easier to manage than the 250+ in D&D or AU systems. Since they all scale with character level, restricting a character to 10 or 20 of...

I could, but I'm concerned that it would throw off the feel of my campaign. It is something I'm considering, but I think the differences should be deeper than that.

The Blue Rose talents/disciplines with samples: Animism - animal-related (Beast Speech, Gentle Beasts) Healing - cure, harm, and kindred (Cure, Harm) Psychic - Jedi mind tricks (Mind Reading, Psychic Blasts) Shaping - Mostly elemental manipulation, some TK (telekenisis) (Fire Shaping, Wind...

So, here's a summary of my first round of design work. Note this is all predicated on the assumption that playtesting doesn't reveal any inherent problems with the system as written. For the psion, instead of giving him max ranks (as is assumed by the system), give him no ranks. When he wants...

Well, the spellcasting classes I have are: Druid - nature boy, cross between core Druid and AU Greenbond. Mage - magic specialist with knowledge bent, more or less as AU magister. Psion - point buy w/tactical flexibility. Same spell list as mage but not tied to spell levels. Witch - smaller...

I'm looking at the possibility of using the Blue Rose magic system in my games; one of my spellcasting players has gamely decided to playtest the new rules with her new character. Now, in Blue Rose, there is only one spellcasting class, but in my campaign world there are at least five. So, I'm...

I use the 101 Mudane Treasures liberally. In fact, last campaign every one of my players ended up with something from that book. I've also been adapting the 101 Divine and 101 Arcane Spell components into my new setting. They need some work since I'm using Arcana Unearthed for my base magic...

I have theory on that. Part of it is almost definitely the general lack of knowledge in the game design community. But I think the greater stumbling block is one of practicality. Currently I am running a campaign in which there is no common language, and which requires a feat for literacy...

I had an earlier thread looking for just such a thing. http://www.enworld.org/forums/showthread.php?t=97975 The ruleset I eventually settled on, which has worked quite well for my group, is found in this post (which is OGC if anyone wants it; a proper declaration with license is available)...

I've been watching "Castles of Scotland" on our local TV, and it's got me looking for historically accurate maps or floor plans so I can stage some adventures. I'm particularly interested in using Glamis Castle or Inverness Castle since they have reputations as 'haunted' locales, with...

I had a similar player once. She was playing a Courtier (from Rokugan) and had a similar bonus at level 2. So I sent them to the local lizardman tribe to negotiate with their leader. Thanks to the horror/terror rules from Ravenloft, they were quite disturbed to discover the tribal queen was a...

If you have access to Rokugan, you'll find the Courtier class a very well thought out class of this nature. Instead of bonus feats, they get a fair number of social abilities chosen from a list.

Well, he is quoting a specific time period, which may not be representative. In my understanding, it was frequently the case that scribes were hired by those who couldn't read or write themselves. Without doing more research, I have no idea how widespread that practice was, but that could be...

I'd consider it in the same vein as the ranger's virtual two-weapon fighting; as long as the character is wielding the item and they meet the other prerequisites, there's probably nothing unbalancing about it. The catch, of course, is that they should lose access to the prestige class abilities...

OK, I admit it, I was stalling for time. See, the thing is I sent my players out to Nightfang Spire (from the WOTC adventure of the same name), but realized at the last minute that I needed to rebalance the encounters. So - I did something completely unexpected: I removed *all* the...

"...the likely overall illiteracy level of the Roman Empire during the time of Augustus is almost certain to have been over 90%." (W. Harris, 1989) Literacy stats were not collected or reported until the twentieth century, so as far as I know there are no authoritative sources. Most credible...

Here's a quick rundown of the implications from my last version. Right now I'm prepping for tonight's game and have made the following notes. The short version is that this one rule change has already altered the balance of power (churches are much more important) and made me revise the treasure...

Here is my solution; I will be playtesting these rules tomorrow evening. A few notes for those considering these rules - * Characters using these rules will generally speak 1-2 languages fluently and be illiterate. This reflects the reality of life before the printing press. * Wizards and...