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This story could go either into the stupidest DMing or stupidest player threads, but I'll post it here. Because I was the DM. :) Back in High School, I GM'd a few sessions of the old West End Games Star Wars (the re-releases had just come out, and my friends and I were all psyched about Star...

I don't know about the last 30 years. But I think it has happened since 3e, but not for the reasons pointed to. I don't think luck has been reduced so that experienced players can do well. I think that the reduction of luck as a factor was a natural consequence of increasing the options...

My party got TPK'd by the Hellcat, but I still had a blast. When we fought the wizard and the lava monster, the wizard escaped, and we healed up before going after him. Unfortunately, he got a web ready, and many of us got stuck in the web while the hellcat made mincemeat of us. My ranger...

Before 3.0 came out, I never used minis. Today, I sometimes I use minis, and sometimes I don't. Sometimes I do both in the same session! I find that I use minis more often in D&D, though. When I ran C&C, I never used minis and it was fine. The decision to use minis usally has more to do...

Isn't the goal of many parties: "We should kill things and take their stuff." So are most D&D parties actually the same party? :) But you were saying that just *one* of the things that defined a party was its goals. Another defining characteristic would have to include individuals. But then...

My parents' old kitchen table had one leg. Although that leg had a wide base, so it stayed up. I think it ceases to be a table when you can't eat off of it because it doesn't stay up. I mean, some day they might have hovering boards with no legs that you eat off of- that would still be a...

Yep, you're a philosophy professor. :) I miss undergrad (I was a philosophy major). Although law has lots of interesting hypotheticals, as well. None that involve teleportation, unfortunately.

Can a party be transitive? I don't see why not. For example: Party at time 1- Has characters 1 2 Then character 1 dies. Party at time 2- Has characters 2 3 (3 replaced character 1). At time 2, the party is pretty much the same, right? You wouldn't call it a different party. Only one...

I usually just say "You can use the core books + [other books I allow], anything else needs to go through me." Beyond some whiny players (who were whiny before 3e), I've never had a problem. But that's just my experience. I can see how the focus on "player choice" in the new rules can cramp a...

Variants: A rulebook for modifying D&D 3.X for various magic levels. Contains modifications of spells/monsters/etc. with low to mid level magic in mind.

Woot! That was hilarious! Way better than the last one. Encylopedia Belkaarica... hehehe.

Personally, I think this is going to be a really cool book. However, I'm not going to buy it right now because A: I really don't have the money for a $120 book I'm not going to use for awhile (I'm a law student, I barely have time to play games let alone DM them). B: I'd rather play in the...

I voted No. I try to use the 3e rules as written, but I generally just play with the most basic forms. I don't look up DCs in the book for skills, I just wing it, I don't figure out who is surprised & who isn't during combat, etc. There are a lot of rules I simply don't use. I go with what I...

Wow. Just, wow. Awesome prices. Thanks for pointing me there!

While Gary wasn't involved with making the rules, he *is* involved with making a big campaign for it. The "Castle Zagyg" series will be made under C&C rules. From what I understand, Castle Zagyg is essentially Castle Greyhawk, it's just they can't call it that because of copyright issues. It...

As I was reading the first post I was thinking "man, that guy sure is a jerk." But I thought about it more, and I'm not as convinced. That being said, I think his saying "you must work around my schedule, and if it changes, you must work around my schedule" is a little ridiculous. To play...

Back in the 80's Gary Gygax wrote a book called Roleplaying Mastery that discussed how to be a better player. It's pretty good, and you can find it on ebay (that's where I got my copy). His followup, Mastery of the Game (which focused on how to be a better gamemaster) was also full of good...

Maybe so. Just doing my part to correct misinformation where I can.

If you are thinking of evolution in a biological sense, evolution does *not* imply progress. There is no endpoint creatures are evolving towards, they are simply adapting to a changing environment (and not always for the "better" in terms of surival due to factors like sexual selection)...

I'd have to look at how they implemented it first, but *if* this rumor is true, especially if said cards are collectible... well, let's just say I'm glad that there's an OGL- and that I have enough d20 material to last me forever (or can get it on ebay in the *rumored* dark times of 4e). :)