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'Dark Times' is actually still in the Rise of the Empire era. 'Legacy of the Force' seems to be popular, mostly because there's a lot of 'open space' to play around in, and it's not very well defined.

Also, the way a product is marketed, and its actual sales figures, have a very strong impact on whether that product will be continued. For instance, in the realm of food products, there have been a number of snack foods that I really, really enjoyed that were discontinued because not enough...

The concept of Dark Sun is very much sword and sorcery. The game mechanics, however, were a little lacking.

Definitely a well. That water is coming from somewhere, therefore there must be water under the plateau. You get up top on the plateau, dig down, and eventually you'll be able to find out where it's best to dig. Also, you could climb up to the waterfall, cast water breathing or something like...

Even under the 1st edition rules Paladins and Cavaliers could use ranged weapons... they just didn't have them as specializations or as their preferred weapons. Unless they were Elven Cavaliers, that is. So it's not an "automatic violation" of their code of conduct.

The biggest thing I would do to "bring back" a 1st edition feel is to strictly limit the character classes. Core rules only to start. If you want to multi-class, you have to find someone who's willing to train you in the new class and take campaign time off for that character to do so. For...

I also have a Sony Vaio VGN-TX670P that I'll probably be selling soon. I really shouldn't have bought it in the first place and it's not as useful for my work as I thought it would be. I had Dundjinni, E-tools, and a couple other programs loaded on it, but found I was still using paper...

Okay, I've read up on it: Overcome Injury: The Weapon master can convert his wisdom bonus x 1/2 his Weapon Master class levels of lethal damage to non-lethal damage every day. He can only choose to convert lethal damage to non-lethal damage at the time the damage is taken, and he can choose...

There's a "laptop" computer out there that is smaller than a paperback book. Full featured. Look up OQO on the web. There's also the notebook computer I used to use, primarily to reference my character sheet; the Toshiba Libretto 110 CT. The most recent US model was the U100. Both of these...

I did say that it was a cross between Monk and Fighter or Ranger. I may not have explicitly said that it gets a Monk's BAB and Flurry, but it is implied.

Weapon Master is basically a cross between a Monk and a Fighter or Ranger. If you don't already have the class details, get them and read through them. It has a limited choice of bonus feats and a slightly slower base attack bonus progression, unlike the fighter, but it does get a class feature...

And it's been published, too, as Sir Robilar's City of Brass, for the Hackmaster setting. I'm voting for Sigil, because as much as Planescape was interesting, putting Dickensian London at the center of the multiverse right around the Spire where everything breaks down was just... stupid...

A "save point" crystal? I actually could see a dungeon where it is not only beneficial to have a "save point" (tied to a specific room), but it would actually be required in order to properly complete a set of tasks in order to unlock a vault/find the BBEG/advance the plot. But just in...

I read through Dragonmarked (I have a very friendly LGS) and I have to say it was a very uneven product. Besides, if I want the Dragonmarks to be able to do wierd things in a campaign, I really don't want or need a rulebook for it; I want to surprise the players. This sort of rulebook is...

Sounds like Hero System/Champions to me, honestly, with the slight variant that you can "push" your powers/spells (make them more powerful at the cost of additional Stun).

As it happens, I do own the Secrets of Xen'Drik... I thought I hadn't purchased any of the books on the original list, but there, sitting on top of my shelf, it is. I wish I hadn't bought it. $30 down the drain.

Railroading modules are ones where certain events the player characters are involved in are scripted to end a certain way and there's nothing they can do about it. The characters are on a "railroad" and they aren't even given the pretense of free will. The original ending of A-3: Aerie of the...

And if you have no ready manuvers to switch out, or if you've used some of your maneuvers, is it your contention that using Adaptive Style will automatically refresh the spent maneuvers? In other words, if a Swordsage has used all the maneuvers available to him in a long combat, do you believe...

Well, there's also the condition track to consider. Massive Damage Save isn't part of the equation, it looks like; rather, some events are very likely to push your character up the condition track even if he takes minimal damage. Crashing an X-wing is most likely going to have an effect on the...

The Saga edition won't necessarily require miniatures for play, but rather give you more examples of how to use miniatures. Like D&D 3.5, it'll probably have diagrams and pictures illustrating things like Cover and Line of Sight, that sort of thing. And as for miniatures... I recall in the...