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Sorry, that obviously wasn't clear. The stats that would be rolled for the PC giant are the same as the stats that would be rolled for an NPC giant; the skills would differ as a result of different careers and backgrounds and a certain amount of personal customisation. They will differ because...

As a long time Traveller lover I'd say that the differences between Classic and Mongoose Traveller are pretty slight, although that assumes that you're using Classic Traveller as it was towards the end rather than straight from the LBB. Most of the later additions to CT make it a better game, or...

Pretty much anything. Some of the terminology is different in confusing ways, but it's usually fairly clear from context that what one system refers to as spirit magic is referred to in the other as battle magic. Characters including NPCs can be built in the same way with the same stats and...

What's funny is that you can say that. What's sad is that you believe it. I mean, MMOs covers things as varied as Secret World, World of Tanks, and, yes, World of Warcraft. And the idea that they've got things in common other than being MMOs is laughable. A Shielding Swordmage is probably the...

That's what horse- and chariot- archers train for, or at least the ones fighting in the traditional steppe and maryannu styles. Small groups riding forward and across the face of a target at close range, and releasing as many arrows into that target as they can while doing it. It would be even...

Two Hour Wargames have several fairly closely related rules sets that both provide a fairly decent wargame and could handle anything from small skirmishes with a few dozen men up to full armies. You'd want the historical supplement for their Rally Round the King rules, or possibly their Captains...

I'm sure you can provide many examples of groups where a Fighter was the main healer, or specialised in buffing or de-buffing. Though it's something I've rarely seen. And you certainly wouldn't be going on solely about how flexible and broad classes were if you were referring to some classes and...

I think it's worth noting that the amount those saves improve is generally lower in 3e than it is in earlier editions as well. For the warrior types, it's universally a smaller increase - the worst AD&D save improves by 11 points from 1st to 17th level, compared to the best 3e one improving...

They don't sell anything that isn't good, though you need to be interested in the particular type of setting their game does well. Yggdrasil is excellent too, though of course it (like Qin) is a translation. Rocket Age is another favourite of mine, well worth a try if you'd like Buck Rogers or...

Roles were intended to limit the versatility of classes so no one class was able to manage something like 90% of the game from it's own resources, and therefore classes were going to depend on each other in a way they hadn't since some rather early in the history of D&D. 5e has discarded those...

Fate manages to combine an absence of hit points and narrative malleability and potentially a death spiral too. While I agree, that is what Gygax describes, this does of course run into an entirely separate problem, which is that then the spells that restore hit points are curing smaller and...

The only time I ever hear people describing hit point loss as physical injury (at least when we play D&D) is when they're doing it to parody someone who's insisted hit point loss always means physical injuries. At which point they're still merrily swinging two-handed swords after having both...

Arrows of Indra is a retroclone, not strictly a supplement, but D&D based. Against the Dark Yogi isn't based on D&D, but I think it 'feels' more suitable. Somebody has done a Gurps India sourcebook which you can download, and they're usually quality products. I think there's an Indian-inspired...

Book of the Manor is the newest edition's version, though it's more about a single estate and how it's economy works rather than individual lives within that. It's meant to supplement the rather simple rules for running a single manor that do exist in the core book. There's also one for larger...

As long as the people who don't have any interest in the Forgotten Realms don't end up subsidising the FR products that do come out. If your continuous support comes at their expense, then expect a lot of people to be thoroughly unhappy that the FR tail is wagging the D&D dog.

Are people really thinking an OGL will lead to a plethora of great adventures for 5e? I assume the ones who do are forgetting what the original OGL produced in terms of dross:diamond ratio - or even dross:"might be worth a try" ratio. Edit: Note to self, don't have two tabs open when you're...

When the armour that people equip themselves with becomes thicker and heavier as guns replace bows/X-bows, I think you've got a pretty good indication that people think one has better penetration than the other. They're probably right, based on the battlefield evidence, too.

There's a lot of evidence that you're wrong in many parts of this, particularly when it comes to armour penetration, but I'll particularly point out some errors in your statements about accuracy. If it's made to do that, then a properly constructed long firearm can hit targets at ranges where a...

A small free trader vessel gets shot down by pirates while delivering supplies to an isolated outpost. The crew has to trek across part of the planet to survive, making friends or fighting with the native species who aren't human or technologically advanced, and then deal with the fact that when...

Already here in the UK. Typically excellent, like the rest of the line. Worth having even if you are only interested in playing in the area round Mirkwood, at least for a GM and the players will probably like the Songs section.