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    Other Variant Player's Handbooks

    Well, first off, it could be argued that there are several others already out there. I'd say Blue Rose pretty much fits into that vein. Ditto Everquest D20 and Grim Tales. IMHO, all are basically taking the idea of D&D and retooling it with a whole new set of widgets. Yes, both have a new...
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    Round robin gaming group -- almost a reality!

    I just saw this thread because of the update. If you're looking for/interested in another GM, this's exactly my preferred set-up for an RPG group. Get a chance to try out lots of different characters/genres/games. Used to have such a group, but then we went and decided to publish some stuff, so...
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    Were-PCs and multiple PC's

    Ideally, i'd find more players rather than have the players run multiple NPCs. Second choice would be to simply retool the game to accommodate only 2 PCs--if it's simply breadth of abilities that is the issue, use something like the gestalt classes option from Unearthed Arcana. More PCs than...
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    Dragon Magazine Collections

    oldest: somewhere in the 50s, or maybe even 40s (i don't feel like going to check right now). Contiguous from #88 to something like #276, and one more issue since then. Yep, i use older issues all the time. Roughly, from about #86 to about #150 see regular use. I rarely use the more-recent...
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    D&D Community Different Than the D20 Community?

    I look at everything, regardless of publisher. I buy what i think is good. Sometimes that means big-name publishers, sometimes it means somebody's first PDF product. Sometimes it means D20 System, more often it means something else. But, and i think this was the real point of the question, the...
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    D&D possible cause in Murder case again.

    USians seem to be particularly good at being afraid, and at blaming others--whether those "others" are other people, other influences, or other causes. If you want to see an excelent exploration of this, watch Farenheit 9/11. Ignore the stuff about Charlton Heston and KMart, and stick to the...
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    Dragon Magazine Collections

    Filing cabinet. Get a large 4-drawer filing cabinet, 29" deep, letter-size. Buy a couple boxes of manilla envelopes. Based on my collection, you should be able to just fit the entire run of Dragon into one of those...for now. Buy another filing cabinet, and you'll be good for a long time. (Or...
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    D&D possible cause in Murder case again.

    And when my parents were in college, people regularly flunked out by playing bridge. I know two guys who sort missed most of their classes for two semesters running due to online computer games of one sort or another (lessee--woulda been more roguelike than MMORPG, at that time). It's the...
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    Weapons as special effects

    I've been using the system, in the version i last uploaded, in my game for the last few months. Unfortunately, we're only around 6th level, so the system hasn't been really given a workout yet. But, so far, so good. My only concern is that it looks like the warriors may actually be gradually...
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    Decipher Star Trek RPG news wanted

    Um...there've been a couple, haven't there? I mean, maybe they're no good--i wouldn't know--but at least they exist. I'm talking about a topic that thasn't been covered at all (in the RPG world). <does some searches> Huh, i guess you're right. Still, at least you've got *one* supplement--i've...
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    Combat rounds -- one minute

    I said "defined as", not "described as in dialogue". Point is, start with the game mechanics, and a lot of timing issues never even occur. And, when you *do* need a real-world duration, extrapolate it from the mechanics, rather than the other way 'round. It doesn't solve all the issues, by any...
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    Decipher Star Trek RPG news wanted

    woohoo! i might finally get my Mirror Universe book! [Not that i'm holding my breath.]
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    Combat rounds -- one minute

    Unless, of course, you say "There's a bomb in the room that's set to detonate in 50 rounds. ..." Or 5 rounds. Or whatever. For things of arbitrary duration, simply defining them in terms of rounds solves the problem. You only run into SoD problems when you try to compare game reality and...
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    Why Can't People Just STOP...

    Just about impossible, without the collusion of the original producers of the OGC. Almost every user of the WotC OGL declares their product names and company names as PI. You can't use PI without permission. Therefore, it's generally impossible to identify the source of reused OGC when reusing...
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    Decipher Star Trek RPG news wanted

    As i understand it, Decipher officially killed the LotR RPG line, has fired all their RPG staff, but has not officially announced the death of Star Trek RPG--they've just failed to produce any products for well over a year, including several that're well over a year late, not solicited any new...
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    Combat rounds -- one minute

    We still have the same problem. That particular problem has nothing to do with the length of the combat round, and everything to do with the abstractions of AC, HP, and "hitting". In D&D3E, damage from a round of melee fighting might represent one big hit, lots of little hits, or even wearing...
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    D&D possible cause in Murder case again.

    Yeah, especially given how common knives are on the streets. Now, if he'd killed them with a crossbow or ball-and-chain--you know, something that (1) isn't generally found in the hands of people who have no fantasy interests and (2) is downright archaic--well, then maybe we'd have some sort of...
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    Dragon Magazine Collections

    Blasphemer! There is no gamer comic better than Wormy! --not even Order of the Stick, Knights of the Dinner Table, or Dork Tower.
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    A Magical Society: Beast Builder

    A large part of what i liked so much about the first two Magical Society books was how little of their content was tied to D20 System mechanics. They're roughly equally useful for any appropriate setting, no matter what system you're using. How does Beast Builder stack up in this regard?
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    Combat rounds -- one minute

    Yes, sort of. That is, we accepted the 1-minute length, and played with that being the rule. But i don't think it even once came up that someone tried to do something other than a game-defined action during combat, so any discontinuity between how long it took to fight or move and real-world...
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