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Triffid - From the John Wyndham book. A three-legged carnivorous plant with a deadly whiplash stinger on the top.

One word; Rifts. Hmm, and that leads to Splugorth, and full-conversion cyborgs with railguns.

Excellent idea. In fact, for my near-future setting, I'm already differentiating between trousers, jackets, vests, helmets, boots, groin protectors and gloves. ... and full suits of powered body armour, but they're a different kettle of fish. Doing this could produce shades of Elder Scrolls 3...

Having the dragon being the one doing the using could produce some fascinating roleplaying. It only becomes problematic when it's the PC doing the using, because at that stage the campaign blows the power rating off the chart.

For PC base species, opposable thumbs (or a reliable substitute, short-range telekinesis works) are a must. Mostly because players tend to avoid using species that are incapable of using the standard range of gear.

Oboy. This whole 'dead levels' thing is one of the big things that made me ditch a level system... brrr. The idea of a character advancement that basically doesn't do anything is completely alien to my roleplaying experience. It would be Ground Zero for some house rules.

The methods of using true dragons I mentioned in my first post are one way of handling things. A true dragon in a 'riders situation has GOT to be getting something from the relationship, or it just doesn't add up - or leads to extremely angry players. The problem with a bestial or dominated...

That particular race were designed from the ground up to be patently stupid.

It may be a good game, it may be a bad game, but one thing's certain. From what I've seen, it shares as much relationship to Fallout and Fallout 2 as Robotech does to Macross Zero. (cries) I just hope Bethsoft do a better job with Fallout 3.

Heh. My design paradigm is - 1: If any rule gets abandoned when everyone involved is drunk, it needs streamlined. This is called the Fosters Test. 2: It should be possible to fit anything you can imagine into the game. If it's not, you're doing something wrong. 3: If we're not having fun...

Heh, you think you got it rough? We end up discussing everything from Battlefield 2 to game mechanics to what would be the best method of exterminating Tony Blair... half of our freakin' game system has been designed in mid-game. At least our 'right, we're gonna start playing again' statement...

Ye Gods! At this stage, my players would start throwing spanners in the works - an 'underground railroad' leading escaped dragons from slavery, anyone? Yup, that's the kind of players I've got. Next thing you know, they've fed the king to a dragon for being a child-slaver... We don't tend to...

Heh, we do this kind of stuff all the time - mainly because we're still developing our game system and setting, so we've got limited amounts of stuff to go on with. Done right, it makes the setting seem more consistent. It's like, you've got a regular stomping ground and what frequents that...

Simple. Amp the encounters, and use very definitely sentient dragons with a will of their own. It'd work best if the riders don't control the dragons - they make suggestions to the dragons. Read a bunch of early Anne McCaffrey, the recent Dragonriders stuff isn't quite up to spec. Basically...

I'm not sure what you mean by 'as attack bonus'. The system I'm generating uses damage reduction armour as it is the only armour rules I've been able to work out that passes the Fosters Test. Weapon damage works like; Skill roll to hit; high is best, roll 1d10, 10 automatically succeeds, 1...

Dude, you've got me hooked on the spot... First thing I scrapped back in '95, it seemed like an approach with no bearing on reality. Especially that mouthwash about race determining whether someone is a good guy or a bad guy - grr! You'd be amazed how much of a game system is completely...

Concerning your sig? Missed the save; I like cats.

I voted no. We're capable of turning a section of carpeted floor into a gaming table. And if I wanted a dedicated gaming table I'd get my brother to build one since he's both a joiner and a roleplayer.

It's a book. Rip the pages out one at a time and use them as kindling. (This is also a good way to seriously annoy bad guys!)

LOL! Sorry. It's just that technology includes things such as any weaponry more advanced than your own hands, clothing including uncured furs, the use of fire, the wheel... even language. In your traditional FRPG setting, magic is (functionally) a part of that world's laws of physics. If it's...