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Machiavelli should be able to give you some fun ideas, at lest for a certain kind of noble. :)

Ere you go.

Actually Eric, your site was the reason i convinced my regular gaming group to drop AD&D en start with 3e. So when you announced you would give up your news site, I felt somewhat orphaned. Luckily Morrus has been a great stepfather this last year.

Thanks, some of the stuff looks great. Especially the swordforms are something I missed in the rulebook.

great screen, Todd, thanks!

"OK, you pull that lever, I will hide for safety in that coridor we just went through." I believe that was in "Feast of Goblyns."

It's not just sales that let you run reprints. You have to be able to finance it. Companies have to prioritise which products they will run. And with d20 modern coming, that's a tough choice: do you reprint an existing supplement (which will generate sales, but is past the initial hype)or do you...

speaking of sandestins, ... Are there any rules out there for using these creatures in D&D?

Have your pc work for the kings spymaster. My current DM is using this as the frame for his campaign. It's really cool: it lets the DM give his PC the resources they want and still keep a check on their actions and the flow of the campaign. Great fun as well: intrigue, assasination, covert...

When you're playing at that level, I'dd avoid random encounters. Your players have probably invested quite a bit in their character by this time, it's a shame if they loose their character to something stupid like a rampaging squad of giants of whatnot. Players with high level characters do...

In my experience: nothing beats your imagination. The illusion doesn't stand up when faced with our mundane reality. In my opinion, there is no added value: neither combat nor magic gave me a "real" experience. So all there was left was the roleplaying experience. But you get that around a...

It's been pointed out in other threads, but I'll repeat it. A great resource for info on anciens warfare is John Warry's Warfare in the Ancient World. As to Roman arms and armour: what period? In the early republic there would have been a lot of influence from Etruscan, Samnite and Greek...

quote: Originally posted by Acmite "WAAAYYYY OT: There were actually 2 Ewok movies. And I happen to think they both had a certain je ne sais quoi...

Ooh! You look away for a few days and find great threads like this! I can only say one thing about this: bump!

sorry! Both France and the Netherlands would be an option, but I won't be able to make it this summer. Sorry, maybe next year. Have a great time!

Why this fixation on rules? First: I think the item creation feats great. Secondly: rules in an RPG are just guidelines. I've seen quite a lot of imaginative adaptations inthis thread. Until further notice, there is no D&D police out there to bust you for violation of pragraph 4, subsection 1 of...

It is an interesting thought. It's also quite similar to the way Rolemaster (Yes, that juggernaut of a system) handles hit points. You get a hit die according to your race and you pay points per level to add a number of hit points. The cost depends on your character class. Your suggestion...

Does anyone have dates for different gaming conventions in Europe? That might be an interesting starting point.

Agreed! In many cases the result would be just the same, no matter what the juridical differences might have been between biblical-ancient-medieval times. But personally I feel the distincition matters, both from a sence of historical correctness and for adden flair in a fantasy setting. I'm...

For your entertainment: a quote form H.G. Wells in his book Little Wars. (The first commercially available wargames rules from 1912 if I'm not mistaken.)(note: this is not my personal opinion) "Little Wars is the game of kings - for players in an inferior social position. It can be played by...