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BattleLords of the 23rd Century: A really cool setting. Living Steel: I also liked the setting but never got to play. Kult: World of Darkness kind of eclipsed this one. Dark Conspiracy: Sadly GDW went the way of the dinosaur before this product really took off and was supported. How can you...

I like pirates and I like rum. When I was in the Air Force I went to the Class 6 (liquor store on base) and was browsing when I saw the Calico Jack brand of rum and it was pretty good stuff. I later found out that Calico Jack Rackham was that pirate who used the skull and crossed cutlasses for...

Technically Iron Defenders in the Eberron book are familiars. I ran my group through the Forgotten Forge adventure in the campaign setting. The PC Monk climbed up to the ceiling and fell through the hole in the roof. He was playing a human and had no light source but being constructs the Iron...

I think they are just fine as they are. They are the unseen enemy that the party can never be sure they have eliminated. They are great for attacking and removing one party member and then taking that party member's place. With Detect Thoughts they can always answer questions posed to them by...

Be descriptive with senses other than sight. The sense of hearing is great but it has been scientifically proven that the sense of smell is the sense most closely tied to our own memories so don't leave that out. Have them hear and catch glimpses of someone watching them from the end of a long...

This is a silly question... cooperative obviously. As a DM there is nothing that the Players can do with their characters that I can't counter with a custom built NPC, Monster, etc. They can't pick locks or disable traps that I set with a DC that is too high for them to roll. The player...

I am a big fan of the Supernatural series on the WB and thought it might be neat to run a game based on the same premise. I've got Call of Cthulhu d20 and d20 Modern but neither seem to be a good fit. In fact, none of the "Hit-Point" systems seem to be a good fit since the brothers seem to be...

Those are some great pointers PirateCat and I'd like to say that I've always been an advocate of jotting down some notes and running an adventure loose and adaptable. However, this is why typically my own one-shot games run great but when I run a campaign I don't get the same rush and quickly...

I love the idea of the Warlock and due to the nature of the powers I personally think the Chaotic or Evil alignment requirement works fine. However, I would like to see either the Warlock expanded to include individuals empowered by entities of other alignments (Good and Neutral) along with new...

Well if we can vote for people living or dead I'd have to go with the following: 1) HP Lovecraft - I don't think it would matter what game he'd be running... the man can build suspense. 2) Clive Barker - After reading Imajica I'd love for Clive to run a Mage: The Ascension game for me. I'm...

I like the spell point system in Midnight. I like how you don't immediately have access to all schools but instead gain them through spending feats. I like that Evocation and Conjuring are split into Lesser and Greater Schools in it. Lesser Conjuring are all the Conjuring spells that don't...

Regarding Armor: There is no reason that a starting character couldn't have it. You buy equipment like everything else at character creation. However, it is harder to "fly under the radar" if you are seen running around in a chain shirt and lugging a greatsword. The key to the setting is...

When I look at other discussion threads about balance the posters aren't arguing over balance regarding skill point allocation or class skill selection. Typically when folks argue about balance it always tends to be about combat effectiveness. The thread about Psions compared to Arcane Casters...

I'll cut a DM some slack on this one. Mindless Undead and Constructs fill a nice little niche as guardians of lost/forgotten ruins. When a DM creates said ruins he has to worry about creating a believable ecology in the ruins and the motivations of the monsters unless he/she uses Undead or...

THANK YOU!!!! This is exactly what I was getting at. If you want to play a Thief play a thief and have fun with it. Just please don't whine that another class is more powerful in combat than you and is thus "unbalanced".

Okay I have gripe about D&D 3.X and it is the assumption that all of the player classes should be balanced. Just scroll through the list of discussions and anyone can see that "Class Balance" is an important issue in most player's minds. I used to believe the same thing, that overall the...

Ummmm.... HELL YEAH!!!! Thanks again to the Adamant folks for a wonderful product!

No thoughts on it... Green Ronin pretty much hit "Pirates of the Carribbean" on the head with their Skull & Bones supplement and I've used it for any pirates games ever since. They stick to d20 but add a few new systems that make sense for the setting such as "Sway" to get a measure over how...

As crazy as it may sound you might check out the Palladium FRPG. There is a lot of Kevin Siembeida (the author) hate on this board but I never had any problems with the system. The same core system is used for Beyond the Supernatural (modern day horror), and Rifts (Science/Super Fantasy). The...

As crazy as it may sound you might check out the Palladium FRPG. There is a lot of Kevin Siembeida (the author) hate on this board but I never had any problems with the system. Also, you might consider going onto E-Bay to pick up a copy of the old D&D Rules Cyclopedia.