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[counter-hijack] In 1E, it was a straight 1d6 per 10 feet, up to 20d6 at 200 feet. However, IIRC Gary has maintained in Dragon and elsewhere his original intention was 1d6 per 10 feet cumulative, i.e., 1d6 for the first 10 feet, 2d6 for the second 10 feet, 3d6 for the third 10 feet, and so on...

Who? Me, I loooove B/E D&D and the RC B/E/C/M D&D, and of course, the Known World setting, as well... However, because a lot of folks don't dig RCD&D, I'll be running Castles & Crusades or HackMaster instead. But B/E/C/M D&D will always hold a place in my heart...

BESM 20: Anime Role-Player's Handbook has rules for the Pet Monster Trainer class. Really. Every odd level or so you can either improve your pet monster or gain a new one, and every even level or so you can train up a pet monster you already have. It's an interesting way to re-create the...

Hmmmm... Sir Draconion, were you intending to describe RuneQuest, or was that merely a stroke of luck? Because that is, essentially, what you are describing... Third Edition RuneQuest from Avalon Hill probably is the closest to what you describe, though many of the elements were present in the...

Oooh yeah, Baba Yaga's Hut baby! 1981-ish. Don't recall all the details on how we got it all, but, altogether our party had... Baba Yaga's Hut, my own personal artifact. My character was a 9th level dwarven fighter ("Thorin Oakenwulf," no less). I had personally slain Bahamut and his seven...

One of the best all-around Norse campaign supplements you are going to find. The 2E Historic resource is probably, well, more historical, but GAZ7 totally captures the flavor of the Norse cultures, and gives you a variety to choose from. Ostland is a traditional Norse kingdom, with thralls, and...

Broncosaurus Rex, from Goodman Games, might be a good option for you. That one mixes cowboys and dinosaurs, of course, but it is a good start. It's also a science-fantasy setting, with starships and all, but you could change that to magical portals or whatever variant you want. Maybe even just...

Hamunaptra Review My review of Hamunaptra is in the next issue of Scrye magazine, which should be hitting stands next week.

The whole rift between the "god" and "powerful being" in D&D came from the perspective of the Judeo-Christian mythos. In Judeo-Christian belief, all "good magic" was simply the power of God channeled through a prophet or saint or the power of God Himself in Jesus Christ. In non-Christian...

Sounds like someone at SNL might have picked up on Something Positive's "Nerdrotica" story arc... here... http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp06092004.shtml http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp06102004.shtml http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp06112004.shtml...

Well, if you are my age, and comparing their disposable income to what I had when I was nine, you have to look at inflation. The C&C book runs $20 today. Back in the day, the Monster Manual and Player's Handbook ran $12... the equivalent of about $30 today, according to just the base rate of...

Because nobody has been looking for it. It's the same problem with the whole "out of Africa" theory. The reason we are finding lots of early proto-human races in Africa (A. Afarensis, A. Africanus, etc.) is because research into that period is almost exclusively done in Africa, specifically, in...

It was Ibn Khaldun who first noticed and codified the theory of the rise and fall of civilizations (or rather, one should say, in modern written history, he was the first we know of to have done it). The theory is that all societies pass through the following phases: Savagery Barbarism...

RE: Kingdom of Adventure & Wrath of the Immortals As Cthulhudrew mentioned, Jeff Grub had worked up a comprehensive "Guide to the Known World" book, much like what the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting book is like for 3E. Unfortunately, the powers that be decided to can that and go with the...

The 1983 Mentzer edition of the Expert Set included the Known World map (also known then as the "D&D Wilderness") with modifications from that of the X1 map: markers for where various published adventures occured in the Known World. (I think I've done this before in more detail ehre...

The CoR Campaign Setting: The Primeverse and Astralverse Primeverse The Primeverse is the common-known universe. All other 'verses either partially extrude into or are otherwise adjacent to this 'verse, to a greater or lesser extent, generally in the area of a single planet or throughout an...

Some interesting bits from this interview: http://www.darkhorizons.com/news04/041115h.php Question: I have a few fan boy questions in part because I'm a fan too. I read the book and have reviewed the DVD, but I was curious to find out what that dark gas like substance was that accompanies the...

In the various reviews I've given CoR here and there, that is the major point that knocks it down a star for me: lack of thorough establishment of background and story. Gamers, science-fiction fans, epic fantasy fans, and so forth could easily fill in those blanks. The guys I saw it with were...

One point I meant to make in my ealrier post had to do with the relationship between the Primeverse (the regular universe) and all the other 'verses. There are at least the five acknowledged elements, Air, Water, Fire, Earth, and Ether. I'd argue that Ether is *not* the source of the...

Coupla things... The DC of CoR is indispensible. It has a lot more on just what Riddick is... and he's definitely a "super-human" of some sort, though that may not be due to genetic heritage. Aeron of the Elementals explains that the Elemental philosophy is based on Plato, and that there are...