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Hello, Hmm...things I'd like to see from WotC but never will... GAZ15 The Kingdom of Wendar Mystara once again the default D&D campaign world. or, failing that, 3.5e hardcover treatments of either of my two favorite campaign worlds, Mystara or Birthright, done with the care and sheer quality...

Hello, Here's my version: "The Bride" Note that this only covers abilities displayed in the movie, though she probably has more. For instance, Yes, they're GURPS stats. Previous posters seem to have her nailed down pretty well for D&D/d20, and ;) For D&D/d20, Hope this helps!

Hello, Nothing like the classics for a little inspiration: From Treasure Island, chapter XXVIII. Lots of piratey goodness there to pick from. Hope this helps! :)

Hello, Gaming stuff from the '80's, eh? Many are the mighty gaming names from that era that are no more: Metagaming, SPI, GDW, FASA, Avalon Hill, Iron Crown (they had the TOLKIEN license, for Heaven's sake!); even TSR itself is folded without a trace into Wizards of the Coast. Steve Jackson...

Hello, Rule One? That's easy: You do not talk about D&D Club. (Sorry, had to be done. And I don't even LIKE Fight Club.) Beyond that, I believe the big Rule One around here has to with not offending the grandmothers of various admins, mods, and 20th-level Loremasters. For the...

Hi there. Ah, Ultima. The pinnacle of old-school computer RPGs, beating out even the Wizardry and Bard's Tale series, at least in my eyes. The last real Ultima game I played was IV, Avatar, but in many ways it surpasses popular RPGs of today, whose fixed character selections and linear...

Hi again, Thanks, FraserRonald. The sacrifice is appreciated - about two hours of your life you'll never get back, whatever it cost to borrow the video, and the potential therapy sessions truly bad movies can cause... I'd hoped they'd be able to do something decent with it, but when all you...

Hello all, Birthright is one of my two favorite campaign worlds, and I would also dearly love to see a well done 3.5e version that integrated the new rules into the world and corrected certain problems in the domain rulership and mass combat systems. But the best actual module I've ever seen...

Hello, Regarding the Highlander 2 question: I'm pretty sure there was a re-edited "Renegade Version" that came out on video. It was supposed to be much closer to the creators' original intention than the...thing...that showed up in theaters wearing the H2 name. Among other things, it...

Hi again, Man, it must be cool to be able to read minds. Sure you don't have a little Auspex yourself? A movie company rips off from the same literary sources that a game company does, takes Goth-flavored words that have been in the dictionary for centuries as its terms, and because the game...

Hello, For a company that made its name on "Anne-Rice-with-the-serial-numbers-scratched-off" to be suing anyone for IP theft is irony on a nigh-cosmic scale. The only game I've seen more blatant in its rip-offs is Immortal (Connor and Duncan MacLeod, call your attorneys - and look at the...

Hello, Reminds me of a story I seem to remember hearing about some of the early Viking landings in America. According to the story, a party of Viking explorers in Vinland encountered several natives on a beach, sleeping under upside-down boats. The first reaction of the Vikings on seeing...

Hello, One of my favorite campaign settings, Mystara/The Known World, is largely a patchwork quilt of lands closely modeled on historical cultures of Earth. Prominent examples include: Karameikos, modeled on the Balkans with their Roman, Greek, and Slavic influences; Ylaruam, modeled on...

Hello, Yes, a thread with Bargle's name in the title had to bring in the Old Mystara Hands sooner or later... :D He does gain a ton of levels, but doesn't wind up dead, no matter how many people in Mystara may wish he were. In the post-Wrath of the Immortals Mystara timeline, his master...

Hello, Ah, Metal Storm. Yes, longer than many realize. It is in essence a high-tech update of a concept that dates back to the days of muzzle-loading flintlocks. Back then it was called "superimposed loads", and weapons that fired them are said to still exist in some weapons museums. They...

Hello, True enough. It's also worth considering that there are many excellent spells with no somatic components, which can thus be cast in armor with no chance of failure even without using Still Spell. True Strike, Feather Fall, Blindness/Deafness, Knock, Displacement, Suggestion, Dimension...

Hello, Well, clotted cream is enjoyed by at least one of the most famous characters in fantasy literature (and, nowadays, film): "At last Gandalf pushed away his plate and jug - he had eaten two whole loaves (with masses of butter and honey and clotted cream) and drunk at least a quart of...

Hello, Hmm, most of the best stuff has already been mentioned. I'll put in additional recommendations for some of them, including Captain Blood, the 1970's Musketeer films, the Byrne/Irons/Malkovich/Depardieu Man in the Iron Mask, and the 1990 Treasure Island. I'll also second avoiding the...

Hello, Ah, this is reminding me of one of my favorite classic campaign worlds, Birthright. The elves there were, after a fashion, atheists, having no organized religion and no clerics. They were magically powerful, and knew of the existence of outer-planar Powers, of course. But to bind...

Hello again, Thanks, Sir Draconion. Seems like they've made some serious changes to some of the characters as well. Swashbuckler, Warrior, and (ugh, how'd HE make it into the set) Minotaur seem about the same as before. Knight Templar seems very little like the old Knight, who could...