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Eol's got it: <<I think a better question (or perhaps a follow-up to this question) is what kind of pay cut would you take to work in the RPG industry? I think those results would be more telling.>> We often kid around here about the cost of "Living the Dream". 'Course we're better off than...

Well, after having a few characters with virtually no skills, I've gone to starting with rogue for every character. A couple of my players are keen on taking a level of rogue (for skills) or/ then fighter (for the feats and weapon/armor profs) then beginning their chosen profession at level...

RumourQuest(tm) system Preview OK, this is from an old edit copy (don't have the final with me): "Introduction Urban areas are perhaps the most challenging fantasy environments to DM successfully. Stepping into a new city presents players with an overwhelming array of people, places, items...

Some answers OK, let's see if I can do this in one post and only PO a few of you. <<So Noah mislabeled that B1 was a 1e module, instead of stating that it was for original/Basic D&D. Big deal. >> I found this error especially funny. At the risk of personally embarrassing him (OK, so I really...

For those interested, When we were preparing to hire our first full-time writer(s) in '00 we did some industry benchmarking for salaries. I don't have the data with me, but going from memory, we found this: Beginning writer: Salary $15k-23k/year "experienced/seasoned": $20k-32k/year In...

I recommend anyone interested in 1e ask around at the Hackmaster community to see what they have to say. It has the "1e" feel. http://pub18.ezboard.com/fhmpafrm4 Note I am biased since I wrote a lot of HM. I do so love the "1e" feel and we tried real hard to preserve it and even expand on...

Try the HOBs You might try reading the Hacklopedia of Beasts entries (HOB 6 and 7) for more 1e-like info on devils, demodands, demons, etc. (the whole group are called Nefarians or Nefarions depending on which lower plane you hail from). Ask a HackMaster player over here...

Until last year, I never liked playing in towns. It was too hard to get all the detail conveyed to the players. All that changed when I gamed with the brilliant John O'Neill (owner of blackgate.com). He ran us through a campaign in ancient greece where we spent forever in Thebes. He had a...

Eosin, Glad you liked it. How'd the players react?

On Mystara Once again, AFAIK if anyone wants to revive mystara, I think a truckload of cash and a contract with WOTC might do the trick (similar to Ravenloft). We do not own Mystara and any rights we do have to it are limited to HackMaster products and came along with a whole bunch of stuff...

Back on topic... <<And the questions keep popping up in my mind... How many pages is the Spellslinger's Handbook going to be? Are we going to see any rules for elemantalists? Any chance somewhere down the road (i.e. 2003) that we'll see a complete guide to Grunge Elves? Or a supplement on...

<<I would be rather miffed if you guys are simply squatting the Mystara properties.>> I don't think we are squatting on the Mystara properties. I don't know for certain, but I would guess WOTC would let anyone with enough cash go ahead and buy a d20 license to the trademark like WW did with...

Cevalic, Hackjournal is real. You can buy it at your local Weird Pete OR you can join the HMA and get it for free as part of your membership. Contact jamie@kenzerco.com for details on HMA membership. Dahak, Not absolutely sure on extent of license (without digging it out and trying to...

<<I can't tell how serious you're being about this. >> I was kidding about "running it through the mud" -- we try to improve everything we touch, perhaps sometimes we fail, but not deliberatley. <<Do you really have the Mystara rights?>> Our license does include Mystara. <<On the note of...

Sayburr, I agree. Troll Lord will be takin' names and kickin butt this year, IMO. Dave

Quark on Macs. Dave

Jim, The main thing is to find out how much a publisher is willing to pay you for the product (and when!). I'd shop it to several. I would recommend against printing and publishing yourself for reasons far to numerous to mention here (but chiefly being cost and time to market). If I were you...

Effect of d20 in 2002? Well, the common "industry" wisdom among retailers, mfrs and distributors is that d20 is dying for most companies. They feel that there will be 3-6 companies standing with the rest out of business and/or publishing only when they scrape up enough money from their day job...

Scott, You're quite welcome. I hope you like it. David

Orcus, I assume you are referring to the HackMaster products. Unfortunately, none of that stuff will be OGL/d20/open content. Our license extends only to making "HackMaster" products. But if you want to use it for a d20 campaign, it's pretty similar stuff...branches from the same trunk so to...