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Aren't there eleven books in Burrough's Barsoom series? Or do you mean Robinson's Mars trilogy?

I think Daybreak 2250 AD was actually alternatively titled No Night Without Stars. Star Man's Son was good too though, and I think it's alternative title was Star Gate. In any event, to include science fiction titles not already brough up, here is a list based on nothing other than ones I have...

I really liked The Zero Stone as well as its sequel Uncharted Stars. The Beast Master and its various sequels were good too. However, those are science fiction, and not fantasy, so I figured I wouldn't bring them up. I could easily make a list of thirty Andre Norton science fiction titles to...

For fantasy written by Andre Norton, you should probably start with Witch World and then go on to the various sequels (Web of the Witch World, Three Against the Witch World and so on). In my estimation, the earlier books are better than the later ones, but they are all at least good. Quag Keep...

The World Without Us, a book that considers what would happen to the world if humans disappeared overnight. How long would it take before New York City fell to pieces (not long, the whole of Manhattan would probably be eroded from underneath quickly), what animals would thrive in our absence...

So now evil actions are actually good? I knew that ignore lists existed for a reason. Plonk.

The monster gets meat stew and watery gruel, both of which he likes. O-Chul gets meat stew, which he likes.

That's not even a hard to question to answer. The NPCs have other things they consider more important to deal with. They need to or would rather (for example) lead their flock, or guard the town, or engage in magical research, or they are already wealthy and don't want to risk their lives for no...

The key here is that they usually aren't unless the setting is poorly designed. Look, a soldier who is a veteran of a single summer's campaign is probably 2nd or 3rd level by the time he's done. If he's been around for a while, he's probably 4th, 5th, or 6th level - granted he's probably an NPC...

Well, I'd say it really depends, and for the most part, until the PCs are really high level, this probably isn't true. Like I said, looking at most published settings and adventures (and not even including Forgotten Realms), until the PCs are 12th+ level (at least), they are certainly outclassed...

Yet another argument that makes no sense. Plonk.

The Traveller setting bears something of a resemblance to Babylon 5 and Starblazers in some respects. Its not a perfect fit, but it is clearly drawn from the same influences that produced those. I like GURPS. I like Traveller. GURPS: Traveller is really good.

Yeah, that was mostly my experience with 2e too. Except that I played mostly Traveller, GURPS, and Rolemaster/Spacemaster instead of Palladium.

Primarily. The PCs are guests in the GMs sandcastle, that usually he built. The primary person who needs to be entertained to keep the game going is the GM. The PCs enjoyment is secondary, assuming they want to actually continue gaming. Or they can build their own sandcastle and shape it however...

Really? A group of mercenaries holds your son hostage, refuses to turn him over to you, and then murders you, and you consider the arbiter to be stupid, arrogant, and disrespectful? The level of silliness in that "logic" tells me you aren't worth bothering with anymore. You clearly have no...

Well, except they probably aren't the level of a duke. That's a pure assumption on your part. In the case at hand, they are 4 5th level PCs. That's about the level of power of a group of reasonably tough veteran soldiers. I think you need to recalibrate just how powerful you think the PCs are...

Except that's not the situation described. Perhaps you should go back and refresh your recollection of what the OP wrote.

Except that's not the situation we are talking about in this thread. You have an arbiter (cop) and a group of mercenary PCs (gang). The gang killed the cop for no real apparent reason. Now explain why (a) the government wouldn't try to punish the gang, and (b) the populace would spontaneously...

Yeah, the populace will hate the enforcer of law and order and love the randomly murderous thuggish PCs. That makes sense.

My guess: probably, if the alternative were to assume that being rude to a bunch of andering vagabonds was tantamount permission for murder. I doubt, for example, that Jaroo and Terjon would have any credibility with their followers if they allowed that sort of thing to happen without some sort...