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Its modern life without gunpowder. Really. Cleric medical care is as good if not better then hospital care, everyone is literate, fast travel is easy, the economy is based on independent stores and farmers, society is a meritocracy...etc. But if thats whats fun, then do it. If you want feudal...

We had a 20th level goblin wizard with a vorpal dagger (yeah, i know its technically illegal...). Considering he was a wizard (and that the fighter could kill a balor in 2 combat rounds without taking any damage), it was used sparingly, and only decapitated a single mind flayer who my wizard...

Well, play with it then, but I'd upgrade as soon as your financial status allows it.

Use Amazon, get both 4e rulebooks as a $50 dollar package, and back in the glory that is free amazon shipping (If its over $25, which it is). All the 4e books on amazon can be bought for $25 (give or take), and 4e is a significant improvement over 3e. Thats why they made it. Trust me on this...

The original GURPS Fantasy was a pre made world, rather then a guide to building one, so I don't recommend it (The 4e version is GURPS Banestorm). Magic Items is filled with...3rd ed magic items, so its not really worth much. Unless you want to play in China or Japan, don't get those, and GURPS...

Both. The prefix "Most Holy" or "All Powerful" is added before when required.

Ashram speaketh the truth. Fantasy you can pick up only if you need help making the setting itself.

We wing it. No one ever plays a wizard or cleric, and if they do, no-one ever takes buff spells. Monster/NPC hit points are sort of guessed at and written down on paper, but its unsure if the GM will remember which number is which. We used to be really detailed about HP, and I found it wasn't...

Actually, thats a problem with one of the players in my group (And, incidentally, the best GM). He plays characters that are...strange. Like the 60 year old paraplegic wizard. Luckily, we can normally talk him out of something bizarre, because said paraplegic gets pretty boring after maybe 10...

I'm pretty sure he's kidding

I'm pretty sure the fanbase would start killing small animals, babies, and Wizards employees if that happened. I, personally, would just never switch to the new edition.

Trying to play basketball without what?? ;)

Its a huge thick rulebook for character creation, but the actual rules are no more complicated then D20. The basic task mechanic is changed from D20+mods to beat DC to 3D6 to get lower then DC + mods, but that shouldn't make it more complicated. Combat is a but more detailed, but the advanced...

Fantasy is useful for creating plots, settings, races, and generally defining your fantasy world. Powers is much more "crunchy". Realistically, you could run a fantasy campaign without ever looking at GURPS Fantasy, especially if you're familiar with GMing fantasy with other systems, and have...

Thats a good idea, especially if they're not used to GURPS. It prevents people from taking the unkillable 2 advantage, or devoting all their skills to combat. Templated races should be done by the GM, unless you want a Stars Wars-esque SciFi or Fantasy setting that contains thousands of...

Wow, I have that Knight on my T-shirt. Did you make it for the PA Renaissance Fair? (Thats where I got it).

Check out GURPS lite at sjgames.com. It's a free 25-ish page download that has basic character creation rules and combat rules. While it doesn't have all the skills, advantages and disadvantages in the basic set, it gives you enough that you should be able to create a basic character or three...

I have a high school level of geography/geology, and try to make my worlds look like they could make sense (Rivers flow from high ground towards a large body of water, mountains aren't artfully placed to dramatically ring the Kingdom of Evil), but I'm not good enough at geology to have a...

There was a back Dragon (back, back, well before 3.5) that had an article about modern Forgotten Realms. As I recall, firearms were all magical in nature, but its been a year or so since I looked at it. I'll pick it up next time I hit my library.

I suppose just saying "its magic" isn't detailed enough? If so, you might have to create your own "wide scale permanent night" spell, as I'm fairly sure the PHB doesn't have one. Tunnels, well, slaves are cheaper then magic, eh? Personally, I like the "cursed with no sun" idea, but thats just me.