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A couple of things that you need to determine for yourself - How did the underdark even form? Is it some sort of natural phenomena (which is just silly given what we understand about plant formation) - then yes, you will need to develop the ecology that you describe. Is it a transition realm...

Another thing I would ask you - is why do you need such a system? Overall, I have found the lack of flexability of the social skills in D & D has less to do with the system and more to do with the DM. Those DMs who are more capable of "thinking on their feet" tend to be able to handle...

While not necesarily definding the player, it can be a challenge for a newer player to role-play someone from a dark/middle age society where social norms are completely different. That is why the "pre-open mouth" diplomacy role is good - it can serve to both educate the player on the social...

Or some type of awakened Carrion Crawler..... mmmmm Brains......

Got my Dungeon 106 yesterday (Monday)

No 106 as of yet - in fact I was planning on calling CS today - but I will give it a couple more days.

In short yes - this would satisfy me.

I am in full support of annual/semi annual pledge drives - I think that we as a community owe it to the site. That all being said (and this is going to sound harsher than it is) , I beleive that the site owes us information on it as well - i.e. a full accounting of the finances. I am sure...

Sure, they presented 5 psycoses(sp) that can be applied top a dragon viw template form. Ther are Nameless (eliminates all traces of its existance) Ravening (basically gluttony for dragons) Wandering (As opposed having a single lair, their move around) SpellStorer (Magically obsessed...

You are not quite correct that I am willing to Jettison D&D fabric of alignment for societies - rather I feel that the very nature of society makes them lawful - and that after a certain threshold of populance (50-60 people) a society simply can not be chaotic (with the notable exception of...

On this I think that the D&D standard of utilizing the plurality of the individuls is inherently flawed - where the society fits on the good/evil/chaos/law axis has more to do with its societal structures and power centers (such as police and government) than with the actual populance. I think...

Well, there is part of your problem - looking for reality in your D&D game.. :D That being said I see two solutions to your issue. 1) Rule 0 stating that there are no mighty shortbows - it is simply a contradiction. 2) Assume that short bows can not match the draw of a longbow and State that...

In addition to all of the discussions above - I think that it is important to look at why societies formed. Granted this will be a very humanocentric analysis but since this is the only real history we have to look at - I will go with it (and yes, I acknowledge that there are exceptions to each...

Also, look for the History Channel (IIRC) show called Conquest where the "host" and a bunch of average folks train up on various weapons. He discusses the reasons why the weapon was created, its uses, advantages/disavantages - all leading up to some type of epic "battle" at the end of the show.

Above and beyond the inherintly increased drawing power of the longbow. The English longbow had the advantage that its users trained from a very early age on the use of it. So much so that a skilled longbow user could have between 4-5 arrows in the air at any one time - effectively...

Elder-Basilisks points are well taken.....(and thus trying to avoid an alignment debate) However limiting oneself to D&D definitions - the fewer individuals involved, the great proability of having a chaotic society. The problem is that more people = role specilization and stratification...

You mean other than being left handed and throwing a baseball 100mph+? Of the four in todays world? Psionics.

Of course drnuncheon - that brings up the aspect of reviewers tilt - which most of the ENWorld reviewers attempt to address - but certainly could lead to skewing results. Further coupling this is the fact that the bad products tend not to get reviewed at all..... Another question I have for...

Recognizing that the process of reviewing is definately more art than science - what rating do people consider a bad review? Is 2/5 a bad review? is 3/5 a bad review? - Has there been some type or ratings inflation that madates in order for a product to be "good" it must have 4/5???? Does it...

None taken - and you are probably right - I should have stated something like the value of this book appears to be low - but the content (with the exception of the monster manual reprints) seems to be high. Given that - I would give it 3/5 - 2/3s of the book were very good 1/3 of the book was a...