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  1. Eben

    Next Robert Jordan book announced!

    jdavis, tell them about the text density! ;) I too once was a fan of sorts. Sigh.
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    Whats the latest on the FR tv show??

    That are a lot of if's.;)
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    "The Elric Saga" the movie trilogy

    Tolkien-esque? There is nothing Tolkien-esque about Moorcock! The White Wolf is a great ambivalent character, but I doubt they can do right by him in a movie. At least Tolkien had a "clean" story and "clean" heroes. Here we have a drug-addicted, chaos-worshiping, vengefull, murderous anti-hero...
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    D&D review: 1974

    Glad you liked it. Does anyone know where other stuff like this might be found? It would be great to have a sort of "history of D&D" section on these pages.
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    D&D review: 1974

    A review of the dungeons and dragons from 1974. You really should read this. :) http://www-personal.umich.edu/%7Ebeattie/timeline/1972-1979/dd.gif
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    Crossroads of Twilight - my take... (spoilers)

    Book 4 :eek: Oh my god, it's even worse then I imagined.
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    Finished Crossroads of Time, Rant

    LOL I'm trying my very best not to add to everybody's frustration, but I couldn't resist this post. You're all right you know.
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    What adventures for a WH40K campaign?

    I've been toying with this idea for some years now. The party, preferably a group of space marine scouts or at least allied somewhere with a chapter, is sent to a remote planet on a scouting mission. Turns out there has been a war a few centuries back that left all the cities devastated, with a...
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    Debunking the myth there are no "heroes" in "A Song of Ice & Fire"

    The way Martin takes on the Hero-theme from modern fantasy is what sets him appart. A hero is not made by his deeds, but by perception. (SPOILER WARNING) Take Jaime: hailed as the greatest knight in Westeros, until we see him changing and acting more like the archetypical hero. Take Tyrions...
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    LOTR prepainted collectable miniatures game?

    You're welcome.
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    LOTR prepainted collectable miniatures game?

    Sabretooth. It's the company that makes the warhammer 40K collectable card game, and a is part of Games Workshop, who holds the licence from New Line cinema. Release is scheduled for the end of the year, somewhere around the release of Return of the King.
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    (3.5E) Aw, crap...

    Using the tactical rules in D&D adds a gritty sort of realism to your game. You see your foes closing in on you, flanking, hiding in cover, ... DM description only gives me the impression that the DM is tailoring the flow of the encounter (which is a good thing for some people.) I like being...
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    Pre-Painted Plastic Minis!!!

    Okay, boys: plastic is not necessarily cheaper. Unless it's the kind that clogs up all the detail. The only great plastic mini's are the kind made by GW. Revell, Tamiya and the like come in a close second. Look at Wizzkids: I have no problem with the concept, but the miniatures stink. Foundry...
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    What is the D&D of Science Fiction RPGs...

    I have to agree that Traveller would be in a similar "saurian" categorie as D&D. But the D&D of science fiction? That would be suggesting similarities between these games that imho don't exist.
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    [OT]wierd likely misheard sports commentary

    LOL! pleasy guys, I'm reading this at work! Have some mercy!:)
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    Banks in DnD

    Thanks for the history lesson, Tonquez! Actually these Bills of Exchange did not represent an amount of money, but trade goods. For example: a merchant of Venice wanted to buy cloth in Bruges. But of course, he didn't travel with all this money, so instead he would write a note saying the...
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    "Over the Top" Spells

    The point of this thread should be that the Vanceian magic system in d&d is not generic enough. The good news for you is that d20 is versatile enough to allow different magic systems, that may or may not be more fitting for your campaign. The ones i know are Wheel of time and Slaine, but I'm...
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    LotR - not much of a war?

    Also: Middle Earth is in a state of decline during the war of the Ring. The north is as good as depopulated. The Elves are leaving en masse for Valinor. Demographics in Gondor are all twisted (in the first chapter of RotK, Beregond says to Perrin that there are fewer children than before: the...
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    Wheel of Time

    He can write all the WoT books he wants afaic. But it would be nice if he could finish the matter at hand somewhere this century.
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    Crossroads of Twilight (spoilers)

    It's still a fine setting. RJ should write RPG sourcebooks in stead of novels. I'll still buy the paperback. My relation to the books is that of an old married couple: we still go through the motions, but the passion has left.
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