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I sit most of the time. Whether DMing or playing, standing is usually just a result of being tired of sitting for me. That's something to consider, though. -FT

A buddy of mine introduced me to this game. Often, we'd just sit around and see what kind of characters we could make from the different animal types. His favorite was the elephant. The base animal started at the maximum size (20 as I recall). He'd take it down to size 6 and then cash in the...

So ignoring the obvious problems that solve or die puzzles present, I would see the following as a way of combining having the actual player do the solving with using skill checks to give clues. Each successfully more difficult skill check could yield the following clues (note, off the top of my...

In my game, they're called Hobbits (and yes, I understand the legal reasons that they are officially called Halflings in the rule books). "Halfling" is generally considered an insulting name to Hobbits. Hobbits usually have a home country, similar to the Shire from LotR. There is usually a...

Well, I'll throw my system's hat into the ring. I'm working on a variant of the d20 Future rules as an attempt to create a unified "vehicle" system for both combat and construction that will cover everything from cars to mechs to spaceships. It's all very beta, but here is the size chart I'm...

That's not a bad idea. I stole your suggestion, so the least I can do is contribute some sources: http://www.fact-index.com/t/ty/type_vii_u_boat.html#Type%20VIIA http://www.fact-index.com/t/ty/type_xxi_u_boat.html http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Los%20Angeles%20class%20submarine...

Not quite sure what you mean by ESDs (I'm probably just being dense), but you can find all kinds of SF material (including all of the rule books) at http://www.starfrontiers.com/ . -FT

The Purgatory Rift In 2467, a deep space probe encountered an anomoly unique in the galaxy. Two black holes, located only a few light years apart, had torn through the very fabric of space-time at a point equidistant between them. Several probes were sent into the rift and all vanished...

Yes! I think that hits it exactly. And I will "house rule" the parts that are too near and dear to me (using the existing rules as a guideline), but the rest will work for me just fine as is. That said, I'd still love a web enhancement on starships. ;) -FT

You might keep an eye on http://www.mad-irishman.net. There isn't one yet, but I bet there will be. In fact, his most recent d20 mod character sheet will probably work better than the standard WotC version since his has a fair number of blank skill lines and doesn't have pre-entered feats (it's...

trancejeremy, I would suggest getting the Warships pdf for Alternity and taking a look at that. Since the underlying concepts for the ships came from that, it helped me understand some of the assumptions not listed directly in the text. The one on Alternity.net had an error on my computer, but...

Yeah, I was made aware of the Alternity Warships pdf earlier today by a very helpful soul and I noticed that too. I think in the end, I'll just use those hit dice given as the base hulls (as per the Alternity rules) and if I need any others (probably not, but maybe), I'll use the Warships pdf to...

OK, I've read the Starships section twice and skimmed it a few times without coming up with an answer to the following question: How did they determine how many hit dice a given ship has? I'm thinking there isn't any hard-and-fast system and that I'll just use the given ships as a model for...

The Weinstein Orbital The Weinstein Orbital Facility was a joint project between Haley Aerospace and GalactiCorp. Constructed in 2110 AD and placed in high orbit at Mars in 2111, it served as the primary asteroid processing facility for 40 years. While it never failed to turn a profit...

Khaveman, If you find a group that needs several players (or start forming a new group), my wife and I live just outside of Lawrence and are looking for a D&D game. I also have been away from the game for several years and my wife is a newbie looking to learn. Welcome to Lawrence! FT