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Mmm. I figured most of 'em were iconics. Didn't know about Sandharrow and Ialdebode, but then again, who remembers the non PHB iconics? Not too many, I suspect.

Anthraxus: 'loth from planescape. Hennet: the sorceror iconic. soveliss: i think either a demon or an iconic.. hard to say alinia: almost assuredly an iconic. ialdebode: dont really remember, but I think greyhawk. demogorgon: Demon from 1st ed onwards, big in planescape. sandharrow and...

OK, one potential doublecross is: Shadowbox himself. If Shadow plays his cards right, he weakens Avos, makes the guard look foolish, and steals the treasure for himself while cutting the PCs out. The nice thing is that because they're working for him and in theory helping him out, they probably...

Add some flames... to the building. Seriously, have the warehouse begin to burn down in the process and block the "best" escape routes. So now they have flames on one side and one or even both of the two people that the party is disguising themselves as on the other. That forces the party to...

Not all professions are equal. Is being a doctor equivalent to having lots of Endurance? Almost assuredly not. There's quite a bit of knowledge and required practical skills, but it's also useful in a game context enough that we decide that what doctors do is it's own skill. It's called Heal. So...

Cards are not a substitute for dice. That is correct. But card-based play done well is possible. It has different requirements, and different strengths, but it is possible. I'd say Dragnlance SAGA system and Marvel RPG Superheroes tanked becuase they were bad, not because they were cards-based...

I've had a fairly fun RIFTS game, but the GM knew what he was doing and actively nixed some of the more broken combos in the game. (That said, I'm sure anyone who played with me would agree that tranq dart guns can be deceptively powerful when used right.) The skill system is wonky (some skills...

Depends. I don't think per day powers are a good fit for Modern; d20 Modern never relied on them the way D&D did, as most technology was either unlimited use or was a per-charge thing. Action point usages most closely approximate the "per day" bit, but are even rarer than that. I'd probably...

Definitely not a single tier; Modern games generally stay well within what would be a single in D&D for the course of a longer time and there is often a huge jump from action hero to superhero that generally changes the system in ways that a lot of people wouldn't expect, and far more than say...

How so? She's the one who knows all about the crazy technology, and it was even lampshaded in the episodes 200 that she is the techie during the marionette sequence. A direct quote: "I do know this—we need to put together a team, starting with the most beautiful, battle-ready, scientific genius...

Daniel is definitely the "people" person, as his main benefit to the team comes from in-depth knowledge about cultural things and he's able to diplomatically talk down any number of groups. Plus, initially, Carter is brought in because of her technical knowledge, while Daniel remains because...

I think there's an interesting point made: if you say that fighters/rogues/warlords/rangers and other 'fighty' types lose their powers when bound because they are away from their weapons, why is it fair to say that wizards/warlocks/clerics/paladins don't? I certainly don't think it is. I would...

Jurgen: those flags involved in digging, the utilities DO keep maps. The problem is simply that the stuff underground occasionally moves, so the maps aren't always correct. the actual pipes and lines can be a meter or two off from where the lines are expected to be, so they come out and find the...

I'd say it probably would depend on your wishlist of "things to do," as NY has more entertainment (theaters, major shopping areas, and things like that) related tourist spots while Washington has more historical and politically related tourist spots. However, it's not entirely universal. So look...

Thorn, let's assume that for whatever reason, the competitive variety of RPG is the one that dominates at the level of play involving spectators. (Since all or nearly all spectator sports, even minor ones, are competitive, this is probably not an unfair assumption.) Does it matter if NCAA...

Mallus, I love every bit of your in-character CITY posts. The setting reminds me of Mieville's Bas-Lag, Pratchett's Ankh-Morpork, and the Jewel Cities of the Black Company novels in a good way.

We do already, in a way; we listen to sports commentators all the time. At the top level, most are people who would already be familiar with the rules, (ex-players and ex-coaches) and at the mid-range level, like say a major newspaper, most probably keep copies of the rulebook themselves and...

Cad: the one thing I've seen that prevents players from dumpstatting in general is that quadratic costcurve combined with useful benefits from stacking "off-stats". I'm not totally against dumpstatting; I just think that players should be rewarded for putting a few points into a non-traditional...

Right, that's somewhat fair. However, many of the 3.X stats are basically confined to one set of roles for general usefulness and never even approach 1/3 the usefulness of say.. getting another +1 to nearly all of your attacks or save DC. Why? I'd guess that 90%+ of all rolls in most games are...