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Considering that WotC seems to walk on eggshells when every psionics is mentioned. Not that I blame them, it seems that there is little middle ground for such a DnD concept. Tell me if I forget some of the issues: "Does it belong in the genre" "Does it belong in DnD's subgenre of fantasy"...

Yeah, L5R here has strong following that still hopes the rpg will be as hot as it used to be, so the product are not discounted at my FLGS, though if I get serious about an OA campaign, I need to look for a discount bin somewhere.

Sick man, sick. Okay how about Friends d20 and Fraiser d20 ("Yeah, the new Taunt feat from the Frasier game is great, you can temporarly reduce someone's Charisma in a courtly setting with a cut down and they aren't even aware of it. Wait 'till I get Bob the Barbarian to the Masked Ball!"

A "opening sequence" should mostly be "In media reis," which means start in the middle. The usual spot to start such a scene is right in the middle of the gunfight, or the car chase. No long set up, no long explanations. Just "Here it is, go!" For example: "Okay, you guys are in a race boat...

While I would like to get the complete story, it does seem strange that the GM allows some players to not show up at all with an "I forgot" and DC gets an NPC death. With the little info at hand, it does seem that the GM has some sort of issue with DC. As for me personaly, any time a GM that...

Yeah, I agree the handling of the Star Wars game was a black spot on WotC's record, now about 3.5. I only bought the $20 DMG and MM a year ago because I found a store that still had them and I was afraid I was going to miss out. Before that, I was running the game with a PHB and some 3rd party...

I can feel your pain Pielorinho. My advice, never run a game at a game store. You will be frothing at the mouth at the end of the month. I play in a group that is composed of parents, self-employed game designers and foot ball freaks. If we never played until everyone showed up on time, we...

As far as your GM's policy to deal with things in game instead of hashing things out out of game. I just had an example this week. I run a d20 Farscape game at a game store. In order to deal with those who have never seen the show, I say they have to start off as an astrounaut of some sort from...

Hmmm. Alternate System of Magic that are on the shelf right now Deadlands d20 had a Mad Science skill that you could also use for a more "item" based magic system. Deadlands d20 also has a skill check/spell point system that works. WotC's own Psionics system works well for what you want if...

Atlas Games has two Oriental flavored adventures. I think was was aimed at the Rokugan market Lean and Hungry And the other was aimed more at the martial arts action movie style Burning Shaolin Have fun

Good stuff I can respect the umph you put into the Aboleth, who I think are under used in D&D. I just recently gave these nasty fishes a boost by making their transformed victims contagious. I had my motives, I used the Aboleth in my Space Fantasy game as a species that could fly in space and...

Am I a fan of d20, sort of. After 10 years of trying to get people to play something other than D&D, I gave up. Then 3e came along with modifications that I could live with. I started to run it, converting all the cool game worlds I want to play. ... Suddenly I had a waiting list of people...

Hmmm. I can't make up my mind if I'd like to read such a supplement ... or help write it. (And don't judge my professional writing skills by my "off duty" posts). :) Either way, it'd be on my plate. And thank you!

Well, this could be a chance for DnD psionics to shine. Opps, that just means they'll water them down again. They might even through psi combat back into d20 Modern shudder.

Well that depends on what you mean by d20. No system is perfect, though they all have strengths and weaknesses. My current favorite d20 system has no classes, optional rules to replace BAB with skills for combat as well as "pain penalities" to you rolls after being hit. It's weakness is that...

Oh I agree, lets just not be a tease about it and put a lot more so we can have more options.

My Space Fantasy game is loosely based off of Farscape, which is a "non-supers" game, but we have people who heal others with mystical abilities, float in the air, and paralize others with 8 foot long tongues. And in pulp we have the "Shadow," the "Phantom" as well as scientists who either...

Yes, this comment does beggar the question "Well if you don't let your players use the rules, did YOU play them to find out if they were 'broken?'" Since I have really gotten back into rpg discussions, I've found out that a lot of people (I am not including Paradoxish in this statement) are...

Or you have the opposite problem, where you GM says if it's not in a WotC book, it's not allowed -- which kills using Mind's Eye.

Ever seen "Drunken Master?" Great, fun movie and it has a simlar concept. The hero has to get drunk (technicaly disabled in some fashion) in order to access his style of combat to its fullest. When he's sober, his fighting prowess is very limited. While it is cool to think up funky fighting...