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In a fantasy RPG, a class called "archivist" should go before a class called "knight" (and I like the knight mechanics).

Here is a defense of MNS's movies. Really, it is a defense. Really. You just have to keep reading.

Keep the AoOs, although there's probably always some room for improvement.

I think he's got it! :D WotC will, I imagine, try to find one more DMG/PHB-like book that more or less everyone will buy. We already know they're doing more Complete books, which a large segment will buy still. A giants or fey book seems likely. A few more chance-taking subsystem books, too...

For the record, I did mostly like "Signs," and I think it works pretty well as a parable or a meditiation on faith. I'm not sure whether I felt "lied to" or not by it; I guess I was willing to roll with it OK. I'll admit that those darn critics scared me away from The Village.

Thought she looked a little familiar. Most everyone in the cast seemed rather unhomely. Of course, it could be all those genius genes.

Yet I would say critics are more than entitled to judge the quality of the finished product, regardless of the artist's intentions. The reading/viewing public is entitled, in turn, to ignore the critics, which they frequently do, but that doesn't imply that professional critics have no value.

First, Eureka: I'll admit that I watched it primarily for the "extended look" at S3 of BSG, but I kind of liked what was there. Kind of. The network had, of course, spoiled pretty much the whole first hour with its promos for the show, so any sense of wonder was more or less impossible to...

I'd go with the first two easily (increased page counts; no ads). The house ads are offensive at some visceral level. I do like full-page art, if done well, though, and don't mind paying for that. The last one I'm a little unsure about, myself. It depends. I'm legally blind, so the core...

John: You've already gotten about the full gamut here. Deborah's suggestion of a query letter-like approach is a good one for one kind of effort (paid work); self-publishing is probably the other way to go if you want expsoure but no (real) money. I wouldn't go into any of this expecting any...

If you're interested in history of education itself, then there are probably too many good books for me to recommend. :) The Rury book I mentioned is good because it's short, it covers a lot of ground, and it gives ideas for other topics that might be of interest. It's also bad for pretty much...

Wasn't Nightfall's point that the encounter might work as written? I'm inclined to think it won't--indeed, the whole adventure (or the two thirds of the adventure my group went through before the mutiny) was something of a grind. However, "run it as is" seems like one defensible option. You...

Most ... unfortunate.

Though not currently teaching, I've taught English and journalism at the secondary level (everything from 7th-12th except 8th grade), though I only spent about two and a half years doing so. I also taught a human relations for the classroom teacher course last fall (fall 2005).

What area, generally? My background's in English education, but I know of some more general things, too. As someone mentioned, Kozol's good for some inspiration and agitation. I'm an educational history person, so though there might be a hundred books I could recommend, I might just suggest...

I finally got around to reading the treatment, after meaning to when this thread first popped up. I realize it was written a couple of years ago, and the landscape's changed a bit, and I also realize that it's a pitch, so it's supposed to sound excited. But I just have a hard time finding the...

Talk in this thread about the anthologies got me to buy a copy the other day. Still have to finish something else first, but I'm excited to plunge in. Thanks for the recommendation.

What's even funnier is that Khan makes a big deal out of recognizing Chekov in STII. Yeah, it's pretty awful. The underlying message is that she could be a competent researcher and a good officer, but what she *really* wanted was a strong man to command her. Lovely, that.

Thanks to the both of you. Good advice. I think I wanted a long, sustained game, and maybe everyone did, too, but life wouldn't accommodate. Maybe things'll change, but the idea of doing one-shots or smaller arcs makes some good sense. As an aside, I used to DM 1e and early 2e, but I'll admit...

I need a bit of game-related counseling here, I think. I'll try to not ramble on too much. I just got an email from a guy who's been DMing a campaign for our little once-a-week D&D group. I don't actually know him all that well "IRL," even though I helped him move and I've gamed with him for...