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I've also seen studies (I'm searching as we speak) that claim it's also dependent on some outside variables. For me, I prefer white on black, as it causes me MUCH less eyestrain than black on white, particularly for long reading periods. However, I generally use my computers in lower light...

You could look online at RPG.Net, as the boards there seem to be going though a supers phase at the moment. As I recall, there have recently been threads about supers who get their powers from Elder gods and become eldritch, twisted, things of horror... Soviet supers... superpowered Dr...

You could look online at RPG.Net, as the boards there seem to be going though a supers phase at the moment. As I recall, there have recently been threads about supers who get their powers from Elder gods and become eldritch, twisted, things of horror... Soviet supers... superpowered Dr...

I bet they would if they survive long enough. The problem is that they have to both survive and then figure out how to classify Hawaiian music and break it down into components to see what people like. EDIT: And the thing about their survival is that it isn't guaranteed. They're losing money as...

Here's an issue: Macs, as they stand today, are likely going to be coming under serious risk within the next year or two from all of the guys now writing viruses and trojans for Windows, particularly if Apple's success continues. They're becoming common enough in the market segments that have...

Khaalis, I'm not so sure that analogy works. I'd say it's more like OGL: LGPL :: GSL: Windows license. The GPL I'm referring to is the Lesser GNU Public License, just so ya know. Because in my mind, the thing that strikes me as being critical to the analogy is the spawning of new systems. The...

I was just about to mention Gaiman. Given that he's not only written some of the best modern fantasy in novel form, but some of the best in TV, comic, and movie form, he certainly should qualify, as his comics and scripts are also fairly readable. Plus, Good Omens is him and Pratchett combining...

I suspect the question is not "was it good?" but "was it optimal?" In other words, was there another option that would make WotC more money in the long term? I think the easiest way to look at that would be to compare risks and rewards WotC takes in licensing the 3rd party commercial publishers...

Felon: There's supposedly a lot of customization in WAR. The spec system is somewhat like Guild Wars'; you have a certain number of points to spend in paying for different specs, and each point you spend increases the effectiveness of all skills linked to that spec by a certain %. But there's a...

Felon: There's supposedly a lot of customization in WAR. The spec system is somewhat like Guild Wars'; you have a certain number of points to spend in paying for different specs, and each point you spend increases the effectiveness of all skills linked to that spec by a certain %. But there's a...

One suggestion would be to use a system that lets the players choose how determined they are by declaring what penalties they're willing to take. Essentially, the more penalties they're willing to take for success, the higher the result they're likely to get. I belive Dogs in the Vineyard has...

Morrus, I don't have a Community Supporter Account, but I see the new GSG section and can search for games, though I don't see the ways to add a game. I don't know if that was fully intended right now, but there you go.

I'm thinking official D&D "virtual table" products qualify as DNF type candidates; notable for being in production at least 2-3 times, having been switched through 2 or even 3 editions now (maybe four if you count 3.0 and 3.5 as separate editions), the scope of the project has been repeatedly...

OK, what's the RPG industry's current equivalent to Duke Nukem: Forever then? Ideal candidates preferentially should have gone through several periods of active development only to switch to new systems partway with equally as long periods of little to no apparent development progress, should be...

I'm going to go with vaguely ominous ones because it makes the PCs sound like potential villains makes the prophecy a little more interesting IMO. And for the halfling: He who is short of stature but looms large in the eyes of those he faces. ) The dark sun waiting to claim the light. 2) The...

One technique that may work a bit better if you have a PC who wants to be a classic decker, rigger, or Astral'd mage, but you don't want the rest of the party getting ticked off is simply to have "dead zones" where they can't use their mojo remotely, and to keep individual security systems...

I'm not sure, but it's possible that you weren't thinking of a single word, but the phrase "Der Wille zur Macht" (literally "the will to power") which is associated with Nietzsche, who was a modern philosopher, as far as things are considered. The German word macht has a few different meanings...

I'm having similar front page issues as everyone else, in addition to random slowdowns, but I'm also having a fair number of issues accessing the forum as well, and my access is spotty, as well as speed. Typically, if I can't access one, I can't access the other, though there are cases where...

Actually, I wouldn't mind seeing Urban Arcana and Dark*Matter get mixed, retaining the creatures and flavor of D*M while adding the Urban Arcana idea that the fantasy races are out and about in the modern world, though hidden and largely at society's fringes. It strikes me as a relatively simple...

I suspect the real reason crafting systems aren't in D&D but are in MMOs and CRPGs is a simple one: MMOs and CRPGs can afford to make pre-defined effect combinations because the players don't generate the electronic content. (Second Life is somewhat interesting, as it works somewhat differently...