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Depends on whom you ask. In Germany, Call of Cthulhu is a huge hit - and judging by the amount of shelf space it seems to get in gaming stores, not far behind D&D in sales...

Read my Cartography Workshop thread. That should give you some pointers on how to create such maps with Inkscape or GIMP, both of which are freely available Open Source programs.

GURPS Technomancer might work - it presents a world where magic returns after the first nuclear explosion. Sixty years later, magic has become a fully accepted science and transformed the world. You'd probably have to junk the Divine classes and expand the weapons and armor lists for modern...

Two Roman Coffins Unearthed In Newcastle Time to get out the wooden stakes, in my opinion...

As I've hinted at, I'm currently writing the Player's Guide to Urbis. And I'd like to hear your comments on the Introduction. I wanted to convey the basic idea of the setting without getting too pretentious or too wordy. What do you think?

Well, since I live on another continent, I can't really tell much about the event myself... ;)

Oh, yes. And not only that, but I'm also getting flashbacks to the year 2000...

Here is a list of Urbis-related blog posts: Urbis in D&D 4E Nexus Towers Inspirational Art The Races of Urbis The Impermanence of Death The Warlock's Pact Eladrin and Dark Elf Resources Faerie and Mythology Resources The Dragons of Urbis Creating Azers Magic Item - Atalan Monocle Bonfires of...

I'll be stuck at a place with only a modem connection for the next week... but if you have the time, feel free to add some of the tutorials to the Cartography Section of the Art Tutorials Wiki. That's what it is for. ;)

Portrait. PDFs are for printing. If I want a file to be readable on a screen, I might as well make it HTML.

I would advise against it, since if the players feel that you have "ripped off" the movies, they won't be feeling the atmosphere of horror you want them to feel. Instead, come up with a creature that evokes a similar feel of Body Horror without being too derivative.

Does anyone who has been there before want to expand its Arcana Wiki entry? :D

Then there is little yoinkable - the rules are just too different.

I am confident that we will think of something. That reminds me: Has anyone started spelling WotC with "$" signs inside the name yet? That's vital for "sticking it to the Man", you know.

Well, the setting can be used for the most part. I think it's actually easier to convert it to 4E than to 3.X, since spellcasters don't get as absurdly powerful at higher levels. And the spells in WFRP were already rather focused on combats (understandably, given the history of magic in that...

A map of the basic political boundaries is here. A detail map with most of the locations (though some of the most recent additions are missing) is here (warning: large!). I plan to re-do the map as a pure vector image in the style of actual 19th century maps.

The difference between role-playing games in general and those recent super-hero movies is that movies are something you can consume. You don't need to work to enjoy The Dark Knight - you just visit the cinema for a few hours. In contrast to that, to truly enjoy role-playing games you have to...

I like the way they distinguished the origins of demons and devils. While this loses some of the symmetry of the older cosmologies, it also helps avoid confusion between their actions and plans - the differences between them could be rather subtle in some cases, which is not as it should be.

This thread is for showcasing interesting news items that have been added to the Timeline of the Arcana Wiki. Today's entry is the Palisades Rathouse. Warning: Do not read if you plan to eat anything within the next few hours... or if you are in any way phobic of rats.

Some time ago, I started working on a Timeline for the Arcana Wiki. I deliberately didn't limit myself to major historical events, but also included all sorts of other strange news items that might inspire adventures. But this entry tops all others so far: Palisades Rathouse Warning: Do not...