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I, for one, thought Eberron sounded pretty neat from the first. But then, I really liked Dinotopia too, which is what everyone was calling it. Well, it's a lot closer to Medieval meets Marvel, but I must say I am impressed with WotC's ingenuity for the first time since, well, 3rd edition came...

Sorry, just wanted to add my two cents, as a major in medieval history: There were a lot less people in medieval times. You can't have big cities without telephones and mass transit. The largest cities in the world (In China, mostly) rarely reached a million people. And those were truly...

I have to say, as I just flew out of Tibet a few days ago, that no one has considered Tibet as well as they should. It is NOTHING like hollywood has made it out to be, it is perfectly situated to take advantage of Central Asian, Chinese, Indian, and Near Eastern side trips. Essentially, Tibet...

And there's always the thought that someday Hasbro may sell D&D, and who better to buy it ;) While these ideas all sound good, and I hate to be picky, $200 is a lot of money for a fan who already probably spends twice that or more on books and magazine subscriptions each year. You need a lot...

Zero :( I was going to meet the eminent librarian, and then I had a show and finals. College really gets in the way, actually. It wastes creativity and brain juice that would, in a perfect world, be reserved for gaming and not silly things like reality :) It's hard to get to the Cons, even...

Well, seeing the company that made the famous baldur's gate go down is a shocker, but there's a huge difference between computer "RPGs" (and rarely is role-playing involved, but that's another rant) and pencil and paper RPGs. I'll admit it, I've got gigs of PDFs on my computer. But I've...

I really don't think the various campaign worlds should count. It doubles my numbers at least. If you did, you have to go back to 2nd edition, and end up counting most things twice, doubling numbers yet again. Frankly, CoC d20, Star Wars d20, and the rest are all stretching it, as far as...

Add me in for the recent dragon with avolakaia's and such. That, along with the unpronounceable undead maggot skele-machine, have to be two of the best original monsters in a long time. I was glad to see they made their way into the canon with MMII and the FF. Something I don't think anyone...

Ah yes, nostalgia apparently prevents complaining. Usually, complaints would run along the lines of "What! Only one adventure! We're being cheated! Some of us don't play (insert campaign setting here)! My party isn't at such-and-such level, this is useless to me! This is what supplements...

I may have missed a thread on this, but it's been a while since AU came out, and I have some questions for those experienced gamers out there. I am planning to run a campaign primarily in Dark Sun, although using Underdark and the Invasion from Dungeon 100 (remember Black Spine?), but I think...

I have never felt any desire, since I first picked up the game ten years ago almost, to play anything resembling a Rogue. I wondered frankly why anyone would play any non-magical class, since to me that's the root of fantasy, but I could possibly see my way to playing a fighter. But after...

I admit that i have never liked the gyrocopter, or the humorous tone taken to both Dwarfs (pointedly without the V) and Orcs, but it is important to realize that the warhammer world is much more advanced beyond the standard D&D game. Bretonnia is the place to go to avoid handguns. The Empire...

There's no such thing as balanced rules, only balanced DMs

the paladin better fits the holy warrior than the chivalric knight. likewise, it has issues with being to steeped in modern fantasy culture. it's almost as specialized as the monk (which I would have put down if I had even remembered they were in the core rules, a fact I try to forget since...

Paladin Never should have been a core class in the first place. That and it's probably the least adaptable in spirit of any of the classes. Alignment rextriction more than anything else.

well, not many people reading this anymore, and it's very clear most people don't share my views, but anything to put off research: 1) A book on Law and Chaos done to the level of BoVD and BoED. Flesh out incarnates and Slaadi (although they aren't OGC, but hey, we all like fantasy or we...

Check out Monte Cooke's Arcana Unearthed, he combined all magic into one list and just divided the spells into simple, complex, and exotic for each level. most casters can only access the simple spells, except the magisters, who get complex spells as well. greenbonds (the AU...

Gerbers, not leathermens, are the best tools. A fine distinction to make, I agree, but give me a Gerber any day. That having been said, since I realize that a multitool is several of the options in one (not forgetting hammer), I had to go with the crowbar. Gordon Freeman all the way.

To all those who bitch about roleplaying: We've heard you. We know how to roleplay. Acting high and mighty and pretending that you are superior gamers is getting old. Yes, I love RPGs, no I don't ever play computer RPGs, I like roleplaying, I act in character, I take hits in the stats to...

Look up the Libris Mortis stuff on these threads. I believe it's due out this fall. Less pages than Drconomicon, but same level of art, if I am to understand correctly. The authors revealed a few details a little while ago about how they split up the work, but not a lot of info yet