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Science and D&D, sounds like a Phil and Dixie cartoon. Let's assume a fireball cast by a 10th lvl wizard. 10d6 should yield about 35 points IIRC. While the heat generated by the fireball is hot, the duration is short so the actual damage, and heat imparted, is relatively small. So no, I...

The original D&D books mention XP for both killing things and acquiring treasure. Since D&D was designed to be a role playing game vs the then standard table top miniatures tactical/strategic game, I think the treasure XP was a way to allow characters to advance without having to just kill...

And I think this is why there is little interest at Paramount in a ST-RPG reboot. They can make 10s or 100s of millions in profit from one movie. They might make 10s or 100s of thousands from a RPG license. This is why WOTC/Hasbro keeps trying to make a GOOD D&D movie. The profits from one...

Better have a system of Negative XP for actions contrary to the good of society. Otherwise the crews of Ohio class ballistic missile subs could become some of the most XP laden folks on the planet. What IS the XP for killing 100 million or so people?

I like the concept. One problem I see is that unless there is some Rite of Transference process to transfer the item from a high level owner to the designated low level owner is a lot of low level owners becoming piles of mush as high level critters kill low level owners to steal the hi-powered...

Don't lock the PCs into a single solution. In the Horse Thief = Ride check example, A PC might use Rope Use to lasso the thief. Or Acrobatics + Jump to knock the thief off the horse. Or Handle Animal to convince the horse to stop. While not exactly a skill use, some version of Charm Critter...

One problem with ignoring things like encumbrance is it can result in power shifts between the classes and/or races. One racial advantage a dwarf has is it moves speed 20 regardless of encumbrance. If you ignore encumbrance and let the human powered shambling mound of crap to keep moving at...

I live in the state of Oklahoma and proposals like this are an annual event in the Legislature. Most die early in the session. Many are proposed knowing they will fail so the legicritter(s) submitting them can claim they fought the good fight to the voters in their district. If by chance...

Don't forget the DVD/VCR flashing 12:00 with a lost remote sitting in a roll around cart. +2 for the mural, much better then the bland walls most meeting rooms have.

You need to have a out of game discussion with your players. If you introduce character specific plot twists/secrets, the Players need to be ok with the possibility that their Characters may have to act in ways that other Characters in the party suffer negative outcomes from. Example - Player...

Was introduced to SFB when it was still a 5x7 pocket game. Our group got fairly good at it and started running SFB games at local conventions. We liked to do "Limited Intelligence" scenarios were each side received a sealed envelope that described their ships, bases and victory conditions...

A problem with a chart like this is what it doesn't say. Example: during the last quarter where Pathfinder was #1, Paizo may have sold 10 books while WOTC sold 5. This quarter Paizo may have still sold 10 books while WOTC sold 1000 or 10000, or 11. Any of those numbers would result in the...

I personally prefer paper at the table but do use PCGen to create my character sheets. Other players make more extensive use of gizmos. One downside I have seen many times is when a gizmo screws up in some way and a fair amount of game time gets lost while that player and often other players...

One advantage to both players and GMs, if a weird but effective combination of feats/skills/classes is listed in the Strategy Guide, that is admission by Pazio that said combination is both legal and approved. Many a discussion/argument has happened around gaming tables over character feature...

Sounds like the PC Cleric is NOT the cardinal of this particular building. So his rank will buy him some latitude but he has no real authority over the building employees. Especially the ones guarding the secret. How did the PCs come to learn of the secret? If from a building employee...

I like how Star Fleet Battles summed up the issue: 6 months of boredom punctuated with a few minutes of terror. How many different ways can the GM make Captain issuing order - "Come to course 325 Mark 21" , Helmsman - "Change to course 325 Mark 21, aye aye Skipper" seem exciting before the...

3.5 already has the class you need, with a couple of minor tweaks. Have her run a Paladin with a special mount of a unicorn. Just rename Paladin to Princess. Problem solved. Most of the math in D&D is simple addition or subtraction of small numbers. Good excuse to roll a bit of education...

Sadly, this is a repeating pattern for WOTC. At least with V3, they included in the initial printing of the PHB, a CD with an alpha version of Mastertools which did included a limited function character generator. The company that was supposed to finish MT failed. WOTC wound up working a...

After reading the posting a few weeks back on the creation process of a traditional 30 page module and the large amount of labor involved, I have to wonder just how many new things we expect now? Unless there are some contracts with outside folk in place, it would seem they are a bit short...

Might give the Gurps variant a look. If you liked the original version's character creation as a pre-game game, then the Gurps Traveller isn't for you. If you want to just create a character and start, they include several templates that make creation fairly simple. Sci-Fi/Modern Tech seems...