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I don't think there are many games that could serve as useful analogs to D&D -- either there isn't enough complexity, or the game design principles aren't explicitly stated, or there just isn't enough material available to do a side-by-side comparison. GURPS might be the best system that one...

Yes, I seem to remember her illustration from that issue caused my teenage self to seriously reconsider my alignment, which had hitherto been chaotic something.

Wasn't Wee Jas evil prior to 3e?

The WLD has a horde template, which is similar to the mob template from DMGII in concept. I've used both templates extensively to model big battles between the PCs and large numbers of opponent mooks. I think the basic theory is spot on, but unfortunately in practice both templates are a little...

I've read the original post three times, and I still can't quite feel like this is for real. A guy with the fricken Dude as an avatar is profoundly upset because someone brought a crappy monkey miniature with bb testicles and urine stains to his game? That sounds hilarious, like something right...

How is the Wurst of Grimtooth's Traps? I always wanted to check out the originals, I don't remember seeing much discussion of Necromancer's update.

I hadn't heard that. Sucky if true, but certainly not for lack of praise around here -- one of the best gaming purchases I ever made.

I also think if Mike were to re-write that review today, it would read very differently. From the perspective he was working in -- second edition style emphasis on role-playing, background, plot and character development, and verisimilitude -- KotB does suffer, and mightily. But from a more...

So, I've got a ton of monsters on my hard drive. I've got the SRD in html, I've got PDFs of third party monster books, and I've gotten dozens and dozens of Word documents of home brews. And it's getting to be a real pain in the butt to find anything, and I'd really like to have it all in one...

I'm shocked if I'm really the first person to post the news: An updated and revised edition would be most welcome.

I’ve been following these developments over on the Necromancer boards, so I’m not shocked by the news but certainly saddened by it. When the WW sale was first announced, I had no idea it would have such a disastrous effect on such an excellent company. Necromancer Games ("Third Edition Rules...

Heirs to Merlin, an Ars Magic supplement covering Britain. A fantastic rules-free book. Personally, I think this is a great technique. It gives the book appeal obviously to GMs from all sorts of different systems, to GMs using the same system but at different power levels, and to some extent...

I think the rise of MFA programs in the US probably has much more to do with any increase in quality than any other factor. Even fairly untalented writers now have ready access to sound (if bland) advice, plenty of reviewers, and good editors. An MFA program won't make a total hack into a great...

I think we had developed some standard archdevil abilities based on the BoVD in an earlier thread . . . something like "Statting Epic Level Fiends"?

Hard to say much without any context. Is this from an EnWorld discussion?

Well, to tell the truth I cheated and used the White Dwarf Monster Index over on the Creature Catalog forums. But since I'm working on an ongoing project to convert some of the lost Fiend Factory monsters, I do usually have a stack of WDs close by. The flymen are next, if I can ever figure out...

The living wall, for what it's worth, appeared in WD 7.

Not only that, but that Demogorgon dude was a chick in BD&D!

The shadow demon first appeared in "The Fiend Factory" column of White Dwarf 13, and was revised for inclusion in the Fiend Folio. All of the monsters that were submitted for WD had to have had at least some editing before being included in the Fiend Folio -- the original WD monster format was...

I never had any interest in this back in the 1e days, but has anyone tried to convert this concept into a prestige class? (I know about the hierophant in the DMG, and I realize that some of these abilities were made high-level druid abilities.) I could envision taking some of these ideas and...