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Elemental. Somehow, in seven years of D20, I've only used two as a DM (An Elder Earth Elemental and a Belker) and never encountered one as a player in 8 campaigns and numerable one-shots. I attribute much of this to playing Arcana Evolved, where elemental summoning spells tend to be poor...

There are about a half dozen spells from the Grimoire II that didn't make the jump to either AE or ST. There is also at least one spell from Legacy of Dragons that didn't make it into ST, but my pet theory is that the spell (Call Oathstalker) was written by Mike Mearls, and including it in the...

I voted 50/50. I use Arcana Evolved as the core PHB for my D20 Fantasy, and supplement it with 3rd party products from Sword & Sorcery (Malhavoc Press, WoW:RPG, Creature Collections), and Necromancer Games (Tome of Horrors), and Dragon Magazine. However, I still use the 3.x DMG, the Monster...

The World of WarCraft Roleplaying Game (2nd ed.) does not use the magic system from Monte Cook's Arcana Evolved, nor does it's system really resemble AE's at all. Differences: WoW: Distinguishes between Arcane and Divine magic by having seperate spell lists, the two spellcasting classes both...

I second this sentiment. After reading the hype about this article coming up in Dragon, I went out and bought both Perdido Street Station and The Scar, and read both within the following two weeks. After completing my B.A. in English last year I had not read anything of substance for months...

It really depends on the edition. Personally, I prefer the stats for the Tauren from the first edition, where they are large size and have a +1 level adjustment. Being medium size with powerful build just doesn't work for me when they're as tall and physically imposing as they are in WoW (I...

I have to agree that the Nezumi win this contest for me because they have a culture that doesn't revolve around being a campaign villain, and even with their social drawbacks, they can still be part of an adventuring party in OA/Rokugan. I personally use a homebrew version of "Nezumi" for my...

1) 2005, I can't remember exactly when. March rings a bell? 2) The next chapter memo is from shortly after the release of Ptolus, I'm thinking November 2006? 3) The new printing has not been given a street date, and has not yet been released. Montecook.com will update such when it happens, I...

You are of course, entitled to your opinion, but I think it's unfair to call them lame based on a criteria they weren't trying to meet, IMHO. If you're looking at the Litorian and Sibeccai and expecting "Cat" and "Dog", then you're bound to be disappointed, because they weren't meant to...

Gunslinging Last I checked, the WarCraft RPG has at least two classes related to gunslinging. In the first edition (WarCraft: The RPG), there was an Alliance & Horde Compendium or somesuch title, which included a Marksman PrC. It was one of the few mediochre things in a truly awful book...

The only race in AE that I dislike are the Dracha, who strike me as 6HD dragons masquerading as an ECL 0 race with 6 racial/evolved levels, but that's more of an issue of personal taste than mechanics. The Loresong Faen, Giant, Mojh, Sibeccai and Verrik are all very attractive choices for me...

Since this is "D&D" and not "d20, my best guess is 21-40 since 1999, drawn from a rather short list of games: 1). Second Edition oneshot 2) Third Ed. Campaign #1 3) Third Ed. Oneshot: 4) Third Ed. Campaign #2 5) Third Ed. Campaign #3 6) 3.5 Convention One-Shot: 7) 3.5 World's Largest...

One Template. One Class. One Amusing Critter. Half-Fiend Ibixian Cleric, with the Death and Evil Domains. Give him a big mace,and a decent bluff/intimidate, and have him claim to be the Avatar of Orcus. A few undead minions would also help the ruse. (Ibixians are in the mini's handbook I...

While I've known my s/o's family for 15 years and have been good friends with two of her older brothers in that time, it wasn't until we started playing D&D together that our relationship started in earnest. I was a Sophomore in college, and I came back home occassionally to play D&D with my...

Steamtech in my setting I voted that I made my own setting which features it "strongly", but the truth probably falls somewhere between that and the "occassional curiosity" option. My setting's level of tech varies widely depending on the country, as each race has a different attitude about it...

Well, since the thread resurfaced, I may as well answer the comments directed at me. I'd originally intended to just vent some steam, and didn't think anyone would really take notice of what I was saying. In hindsight, I wish I had waited until I was less tired and more rational before...

A few I've seen in games: Mine: Mitchifer Boozehound - My first D&D character, a drunken cleric of the Church of Hard Liquor and Loose Women. Jackrow Bezling Stymquvf Ph.D. (Druid of Philosophy)- An illiterate Gnome Druid who signed his name with an X, the only letter not actually in his...

My wallet's voted no three times so far, and they still keep making them. Honestly, I like the new statblock format, the knowledge check DCs, heck, even the sample adventure ideas are good, but the monsters themselves have been mostly lackluster, and the paragraphs of flavor text full of...

Which Witch? Since I run Arcana Evolved, "Witch" is a gender-neutral class name. I tend to portray witches as "mutants" in the X-Men sense, in that they are born with their powers, which in some way reflect a fundamental aspect of their personality (usually) or environmental factors/triggers...

While I'm currently only DMing one game, and not playing, this is a bit unusual for me. My local college gaming club was filled with at least a half dozen DMs who were very proactive about running games. Back in 2003, when I started DMing my own campaign on Thursday nights, I was also in a...