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Whisperfoot, I invited you (and all) into the conversation when I posted asking for peoples' opinions. Instead, you said you were bored of the whole thing. I then suggested that, since the thread was clearly labelled, you didn't have to keep reading at it. I did not try and devalue your opinion...

Please identify the attack on you in my response. The Mongoose boards had a significant amount of traffic relating to the offensive material. And that is just what I seen have been made aware of it on these boards (many of the threads are speaking out against wholesale removal of messages from...

I'm sorry, but I really find the above excuse laughable. What exactly did the author think would be taken up by so many of the statements in the book? Why did they even need to be there - it would have been so easy to describe the various nations in the EA without resorting to such an aggressive...

Whisperfoot, I don't mean to be rude, but if it is now becoming annoying to yourself, you have the option to not read the thread (it is clearly labelled). But I don't see how the issue has been sufficiently addressed. I've visted the Mongoose site, and seen no mention of an official apology on...

Fine if people take short cuts when describing alien (ie fictional) races. We see this all the time (not only in terms of races, but planets as well, where alien planets tend to have one major overriding feature - a desert world, an ice world etc). But in this case, these are real people he is...

I understand what you are saying, but the author hasn't tried to project current racial and cultural habits, he's taken extreme stereotype and racist views and projected them as the norm amongst entire nations. For example, his suggestion that the Irish nation is one of terrorists. :(

heh, true, but who are we offending in that case? If an author is making up a fictional race, then its fine to define them as stereotypes (in fact, most RPGs and movies I've seen define alien races through a very small number of dominant traits). It may not be very inventive, and he may not win...

Krieg's castle suggestion is superbly gothic, and probably perfect for a one-off. But I'd go for the converted Aircraft Carrier suggestion by Kipling, as the mobile nature of the ship allows for round-the-world adventures without having to go via conventional (ie public) transport. Plus, you...

Fair point - I'll remove the reference to right wing.

Jetzer6, I have to disagree with you here. I have tried to make it clear that I don't have a problem with him having opinions. I just don't want them clouding a gaming book. The fact remains that many of his opinions are associated with what is called the right wing in political terminology...

Razuur, This to me highlights the difference between the show and the book. The show may have played a stereotype feature on a given character, but the book stereotypes (and in rather unpleasant ways) entire nations. The show had Garibaldi craving Italian food. One man with one individual...

Ayrk - I understand what you are saying, and I don't want to tar all right-wing thinking individuals to be aligned with the view of the author. I'll therefore edit the post to read "his right wing" opinions. Thanks for that. Just to clarify - I have no issue with people holding centre, left...

I take your point - but unfortunately they are not :( The section "The Many Nations of Earth" is part of the "Life in the EA" chapter and is written in a informative manor, not via a 3rd party "alien viewpoint" type approach.

Just reading the Earth Alliance Fact Book from Mongoose's Babylon 5 RPG Range. And it seems to me like the author, Bruce Graw, has gone out of his way to offend as many people as he can. Before I go any further, can I just say that the book is very good when it does canon stuff - the history of...

Looks like I did miss the plot :) "This calculation does not work, however, with creatures whose CR is 1 or less". Now how do I break it to my players that they owe me a couple of hundred EPs :)

Hmmm - I'm not so sure :) Dont want to sound like a rules lawyer, but I can see where there'd be confusion here... The rules for CR are special below a CR of 1 (1 or greater is standard). This is on page 101 of the DMG. However, the rules for EL are special below an EL of 2 (3 or greater is...

This is not actually correct according to the 3.0 DMG (I think 3.5 is the same approach). The 64 @ EL3 is correct according to the "Doubling the Number of Foes adds 2 to the EL" rule of thumb. Also, the DMG states "Encounters with more than a dozen creatures are difficult to judge. If you need...

As I seem to be the only person that doesn't like the Warcraft RPG Campaign Setting book, ... here's my 2 (Euro) cents... First of all, I'm very disappointing on the value for money front. The book itself is 244 pages - with pretty big font and lots of filler. I thought some of the images were...

Twilight 2000 version 2.2 rules system was far and away the best of the three (version 1 is in the rule book you've linked to, then came a much-rewritten version 2, and then a step up to 2.2) - so if you can pick up the v2.2 rulebook on ebay (or wait until the reprint comes out - but I'd guess...