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A "young John Wayne" might make a surprisingly good Drizzt, I imagine . . . Several of the books could be re-imagined as Westerns. There are some choice roles for character actors like Walter Brennan, Slim Pickens and Iron Eyes Cody as well.

A first level wizard stand next to her enemy can "cast defensively" and not provoke an attack of opportunity, whether the enemy is a kobold or Lolth. Our wizard has exactly the same DC to avoid an AoO from either, but this doesn't worry me. As to tumbling, I don't see a problem with someone...

Wasn't too fond of the war card system or the battle board thing, but it was really the immense power of (easily) summoned undead, ogres and such that ruined the feel for me. I completely agree that units of undead and/or ogres will outfight regular troops (assuming the MM type critters will be...

We play Birthright every Saturday, although more for the setting now than the "regency" game. Lots of "adventuring" domain turns of late, and most of the original regent PCs have been replaced by shiftless adventurer types. The regency aspect of Birthright is a fun idea, but I really...

"Fish Story" from a few issues back was quite good, I thought. I am a bit biased since the author is a player in my weekly campaign, but it really is worthwhile. I suspect Adam would have preferred *not* to be relegated to the "Subscribers Only" section - in that respect this is certainly a...

I felt the same - particularly about the Dany chapters. Overall, Martin's writing is very good, but the Dany chapters seemed badly constructed and stylistically out of place. In particular . . . SPOILER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . the eunuch warriors and the absolutely incredible...

Yes, my campaign of about two years sports an eclectic mix of wheel lock firearms, turbine-driven mills, and steam-powered oddities . . . I've drawn ideas from dozens of sources and the new WotC setting sounds promising on that score.

. . . . That's good!

Wow - a tough standard! I've never had anyone have more than three or four drinks at a game and never noted any problems. I have had remarkably few encounters with bad players, I am happy to say. I do recall one "group" that was pretty dreadful, but we were all teenagers and our moods...

Since I was in from 82 to 86, Grenada was the highlight of my tour. Being menaced by a sharpened mango - now that's adventure . . .

Well, the Vietnam war was long over, and at that stage I was very focused on academics. Most people had no idea that I had been in the Marine Corps (and due to *clean-living*, the fact that I was four years older than most freshman was not readily apparent). There was a phase when I *almost*...

I'm fast approaching 40, very happily married for 8 years to a wonderful fellow Yalie who games a bit as well, but, alas is soon relocating to LA to begin graduate study at USC's film school. (A fantastic opportunity, but very tough on us, since I am remaining in Boston, a city we both love and...

Re: Lurkers, Non-Genconners, Tell us about your games, please! 1.) How many players in your group? Fridays: 7 Saturdays: 8 2.) Do you DM? Yes, Fridays. 3.) Do other people in the group DM, and how many? One of my Friday players, DMs the Saturday game. 4.) What's the...

I seem to recall now that the spell behind 3.5e Boots of Striding and Springing is called "Longstride" or "Longstrider".

I don't have my books here, but I noticed the new boots of S&S are based off a 1st level ranger spell (not Expeditious Retreat) which only grants +10 feet to movement.

I haven't seen that, but he was the protagonist of "Ultraviolet", a very interesting short series involving vampires . . .

Yes, it's in Los Angeles County, though as The Sigil remarked above, you could probably define "in" both Orange County and Riverside County as well, creating a first-rate megalopolis (albeit a sprawling and patchy one). I will soon be reaquainting myself with LA, as my wife is about to start...

Why is the Orange County, CA population relevant? Isn't most of metropolitan LA (and presumably its population) in Los Angeles county? Just wondering if I missed some reorganization - many years ago I went through the Orange County Sheriff's Academy, and it was quite distinct from its Los...

Mine haven't shipped from Amazon.com yet, although they still show a July 8 estimated delivery date. The order isn't even in process yet, and the fact that people are getting partial deliveries tempts me to cancel it and just pick them up at some bricks and mortar bookseller . . .

Ah, it's over at the Brattle! I feel like I've seen a million films lately, but I can always add one more . . . :)