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What I expect is this: The Expanded Psionics Handbook, Darksun in Dragon, and Darksun in Dungeon will all interlock to some degree. What I mean by this is elements of Dark Sun, it's races, and the psionic culture will show up in the EPH. Then everything that is Dark Sun but can't be...

What you have to take into consideration is the fundamental theme at the heart of the 3(.5)e system: "Choices, not restrictions." 3(.5)e is structured to provide players the opportunity to min/max to their heart's content, all without becoming munchkins because (in theory) everything is...

D&D to the designer and the player may be, at its heart, a creative effort, but I'm really heartened to see this kind of stuff coming out of WotC. Bottom line - D&D is a franchise and a brand name. It provides awareness to consumers and drives sales. It's a business. And business conducted...

What seems to make sense to me when producing new D&D supplements is take it like this (and we're talking a fresh start; I know some of these have been done): Book on Warrior Classes Book on Divine Classes Book on Arcane Classes Book on Skilled Classes Racial Books (like a dwarf, elf...

I can't deny that, but let's be honest for a moment. Comparing the Warcraft D20 book to the FRCS is like apples to oranges. WotC raised the bar on setting books so high with the FRCS that Warcraft D20 is just... underwhelming as a "setting book." What we got is a short book with excess white...

I've not run a Warcraft D20 game yet, but my take from reading the book is that Azeroth would work fine for a DM that wanted a small-scale, semi traditional fantasy setting to play in. Since the setting is in post WC3 reality, you're kind of limited by what happened to Lorederon unless you...

It seems like Unearthed Arcana, but its very nature, is almost impossible to balance as a whole. Each individual item changes an aspect of the game in a fundamental way, making the D&D game something different where different balance requirements exist. The early chapters - race and class...

How do any of these terms get started? Fluff... Crunch... "is Broken"... "got the shaft"... Munchkin... "Monte Hall campaign"... Most of them have so much critical mass behind them now, we should probably just accept it and create our own connotations to them. Anyway, it's generally bad luck...

I've found that most 3.0 books are almost fully compatible with 3.5, regardless of who put them out or what their topic is. You have to keep an eye out for similarities between the book and core so changes made to core carry over, but aside from that, in small amounts anything from 3.0 works...

So, just to see if I'm correct in my understanding of your plans, what you're envisioning is this: Classes that have been presented as almost identical in past FFs (like Black/White/Red Mages and Black/White/Red Wizards or Monks and Masters) will be differentiated based on abilities they can...

If I can have a moment to ramble, here's some thoughts from me: Based on the cores you currently have listed, it appears you're going to have the Red Mage play some role different than his normal FF1 or FF5 roles. Further, you're implying anyone can start out as a monk, thief, warrior, or...

I've consistantly enjoyed material from Sword & Sorcery, Malhavoc, and Fantasty Flight in the past. Of course, with S&SS and FFG most of their best work is setting-specific. That could reduce your milage with a book. But I have to give FFG props for a setting that's as much fun to read as it...

Gimme 5. Not that it'll come up or anything ;)

Cool beans, but there aren't too many fiends in this "Archfiends" set. Looks like it's mostly aspects and Forgotten Realms characters. And, honestly, the nerve of them to do a set called Archfiends and not include a succubus! :mad: ;)

Keep the classes. As much as a classless feat/skill chain system may enable you to build characters with more freedom and flexibility, the very core of understanding D&D is all about the classes. Whether it's the "base seven" of OD&D or the current "base eleven" of 3.5, D&D has always been...

What I think we're seeing is an attempt by WotC to do something no one else is really doing right now. We're getting prestige classes out the wazoo from every publisher to the point where it seems like a D20 book has to have at least 1 prestige class in it to be published. Base classes really...

The standard D&D concept is physical ability scores are equal to twice mental ability scores. Therefore, a bonus/penalty in a single physical score needs a penalty/bonus in TWO mental scores (or a double penalty/bonus in a single one) to offset them. Considering that, we have the Loresong...

If the world was destined to end, the Canticle wouldn't have to reform and change itself each time it is defeated; true, it seems like a march to the end with no hope in sight, but the fact that it can be averted in whole or part means it is not predestined, but only possible - for that reason...

You know... Satyrs are the fey embodiment of reveling and partying in excess... Perhaps this "Angel of Gluttony" should be served by satyrs with the abyssal template and aspects of the fatling added on top of them. Kind of like a twisted mockery of the "healthy" hedonism of a satyr. Going...

And the happy program pulls up... Cool. I'm Marvel's Batman. Just don't call me Ben Affleck or I'll kick your [censored]