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In the Drow War trilogy, the spider Goddess of the Drow is simply called 'She'. Officially, it's because of the reverence in which they hold her; her name may only be spoken on the most sacred of ceremonial occasions, by the duly ordained officer, at the proper time and in the proper manner...

I disagree on two points. Firstly, the 'effort and intelligence' argument. It would be nice if it were true, because that would then make all of us pen-and-paper people inherently smarter and more hard-working than video game players. As it is, as far as music is concerned, it's not really...

Of course, of course.... the Epic stuff came out during the 3.0 era. THAT is the problem. Well, I'll just design the new beasties according to the 3.5 rules, then. This should, I hope, be sufficient to ward off the dread eye of Mr. Cooper. Thanks for the help!

Hi folks, I'm trying to make sure all the new epic monsters I design have the right number of feats. (As you do.) However, comparing my stuff with that in the Epic Handbook is proving a tad confusing. I'm sure I'm missing something very obvious (and probably just need more coffee) but for the...

Gah, such a difficult question to answer. I adored I6, Ravenloft, for the isometric maps and the imagery (I'll always remember the Guardian of Sorrow pulsing in its tower) but the jokey tomb inscriptions let it down a bit. The Gauntlet was fantastic because the PCs were on the *defensive* for a...

Sorry. Manchester, UK. :) The d20 campaign inspired by Thief was set in a riverport city based loosely on New Orleans. Rather than one central 'thieves' guild' there were four feuding crime lords, struggling for territory. All the characters had to have at least one level of Rogue. The...

I absolutely adore Thief. It was a major inspiration for the longest D&D campaign I've ever run. I was thinking of running a Dark Project game in OGL Steampunk at some point.

Don't worry. The Drow War is *not* a Mega Dungeon. Yes, you can be assured of these.

Yes, that was necessary. It really wasn't possible to plot out the progress of a three-volume 'epic' by using 'generic country A' and 'generic dynasty B', or some formulation along the lines of 'whichever kingdom is nearest in your campaign'. Single location type modules are relatively easy to...

Well, I'm not sure I'm permitted to, since the trilogy is a work in progress. I think I'm probably on safe ground if I say the following, picking up on one of your queries: Impact is what it's all about. The last thing I wanted was a scripted ride down a plot railroad. Battles can be lost as...

It's a nightmare I haven't actually had to live through yet, seeing as I'm still working on Book Two at time of writing! But I know what I'm going to do, and how. I really appreciate the vote of confidence. Matt, how much am I allowed to tell people about the series? :)

The trick is to understate. Salem's Lot, Silent Hill and the like don't lay it on thick. Lonely Crag or Ravengrim Darkfastness push it too far. Shallow Down Old Orchards Jackson's Crucible Chillwater Barrow-in-the-Mold Burnt Hayden Whispering Pines

My turn to be honoured. :) Ian and I are old friends, so we often stay up late drinking his single malt and talking about RPG stuff. What makes me happiest is that I get to ref Conan for the man who wrote it. One day I'll have to write up his escapades as a Zingaran pirate in Story Hour...

Book of Unremitting Horror by Pelgrane Press?

The blood sacrifice in Slaine is completely derived from the source material. It has nothing to do with any 'sick preoccupation' on the creator's part. I'm guessing you've never read any of the comics that the game was based on.

That wasn't the fault of the system per se, but of one of the individual stats. The horse's damage resistance was way too high. I can assure you that this has been corrected in the Atlantean Edition. ;)

That sounds a lot like what I did with OGL Ancients, which also had Bronze Age armour, group tactics (e.g. phalanxes), a 'realistic' wound system that includes cautery (possibly the most popular section in the entire book), extensively researched historical weapons, and so on... Regarding...

Whoa, hold up a minute. :) I didn't quit Mongoose so I could do a better job. I left (under extremely amicable circumstances) because a) I knew that if I kept up the pace then my work would start to suffer, though by all accounts the Mongoose crew were happy enough with it to date, and b) I...

1) He was about to act as a key witness in an important murder trial. Somebody had him silenced. 2) He unfortunately has the same name as somebody powerful, who an out-of-town assassin was hired to kill. It's a case of mistaken identity. 3) Superstitious builders have sacrificed him...

Erm, no. For one, it's not a they, it's a he - S*P is entirely the work of one artist, Randy Milholland. For another, the S*P creature is a tax collector, not a lawyer. For yet another, Randy knows Steve Jackson well and in fact contributed a guest card to one of the Munchkin expansion...