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Fair enough. No offense taken. The long and the short of it is that change is stressful. I don't think exaggeration from either camp is really productive. And putting Mutants and Masterminds on the same tier as D&D (any edition), or implying that you won't know whether to bring your d20...

Of course, the implication is that you will have to be familiar with both. And be familiar enough with both that you can keep them separate once play has begun. ("I take a 5' step diagonally through the door." "Nope, 3.5 remember.") Like I said, I don't think that the sky is falling so you...

I will reiterate that I don't think that the sky is falling. But I do think that you are overstating this point. D&D is the 500 pound gorrilla. As cool as M&M or Arcana Unearthed are or will be, they will be as second-tier in the RPG world as Gamma World or Top Secret were in the early 80s...

Having a quick read through (really a skim) of the books last night, I don't think that the sky will fall. I do think that the core-rules will feel less *core* than they have since 3e was released. Where 3.0 felt self-contained and complete (must as 1e did and 2e didn't), 3.5 feels like a...

CDN$0.00 My review copies arrive tomorrow. Cheers

I'm no opposed to Gimble or the new, wee bards, on principle. I just like Devis better. Never said I was a connosieur of bards, I just know what I like.

Hmmmn, I'm assuming that I don't have to invite my own family to my dinner party. 1) David Byrne -- Because, he seems like he could chatter on any subject. 2) Salman Rushdie -- He's a great writer and rude enough to keep Byrne from getting too esoteric. 3) Isabella Rossellini -- Because she...

Nope. Giving it away to strangers generally isn't considered to be personal use. Copyright infringement occurs even when no money changes hands. Cheers

Off the top of my head, I would say that Call of Cthulu's sanity rules embody the game. It would be a generic, low-heroism game without it. Everything else in Call of Cthulu can be removed and the system will still support Call of Cthulu adventures -- but you can't remove the Sanity Rules and...

Actually, I think that it is very specific. The typical nomenclature is that the Fighter's BAB progression is "Good", the Cleric's is "Average" and the Wizard's is "Poor". He might be speaking in the vernacular, though. Cheers

The d20 Modern wealth system would actually fit well in feudal fantasy games where the PCs were minor nobles or land-owners. It would account for coins, barter, labor provided by serfs, etc. without having to account for each copper or even necessarily having to translate the feudal economy...

Who cares if it will be a bestseller. I think the question was, "Is it any good?" Cheers

The book I mentioned above is a compilation of essays on various topics, disguised as album and concert reviews. It hits the highlights of his career -- from the late 60s to just before his death. It should be available in any large library system -- and definitely through interlibrary loan...

"Psychotic Reations and Carburator Dung" -- and more specifically the essay "The Night I saw God and/or Tangerine Dream" -- was a big influence on my late adolescence and early adulthood. Given that bias, I would have to admit that as wonderful as your idea is, it would have been much better to...

The thing I like about the Sorcerer's Spell Swapping (assuming that it works the way I think it does) is that there will be a real cost to entering prestige classes now. Most, but not nearly all, sorcerers in my games never bothered with a familiar anyways (sometimes they are more trouble than...

Of course Brodeur was a close second. But he had a much better team in front of him -- more consistent, deeper on offence and defence, tons more experience of deep-round playoffs. J-S Giguere didn't get them to the finals on his own, but he was the key. I still think that Giguere has to show...

Unless WotC gives them permission to do so, they can't do this. The OGL forbids claiming compatability with any other product identity or trademark without a separate agreement. That 3.5 logo is a trademark. I think that you could say somethine like "Compatible with the revised rules of the...

Maybe I'm missing something but a half-decent Strength Bonus will allow you to knock out an average person on a critical hit without any Feats or Talents. 1d3+2, if you roll maximum damage on a critical you can force an opponent with a 10 Con to roll a Fort Save. A single feat (Brawl) will...

Well, being in my mid-30s, I don't feel alienated by the youth-culture look and feel of UA. The last thing I want is for my heroes to look like me! Well, that Mickelthwaite fella looks a bit like me, I guess, but he isn't on every page. ;) UA is probably the close to the best choice for a d20...

They are coming out with a set of rules for a stripped-down miniatures wargame. My impression is that it will be a "Chainmail Lite". I'm not sure if the cards will be dual statted for Wargame/RPG, but just pitch the cards if you don't want to use them, no harm no foul. I just picked up about...