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When I've seen him mentioned it's always with respect. When I listened to the NPR story on the topic, they guy they interviewed went on and on about Green. He was clearly a scholar in the truest sense of the word. I am sorry his loss hurt you in a personal manner. -BG PS That said, you...

This is sound advice. I always lie. -BG PS This was also covered on NPR and a few other news agencies. Neayh!

1) Mongoose could not have bought the rights if they were not for sale. If JMS really felt this srongly about it, he could have purchased what rights he could have to make sure he stayed in the loop. I do not know how much money the license went for, I will grant you that. But numbers I hear...

I agree with some of this. In my case we have families so we can't meet often. I recently had to tell one guy that he was welcome to show up "whenever". 6pm. 8pm. 10pm. If he's willing to make it he's welcome to play. Four hours late is not a concern. This would obviously not be...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312874561/103-8802073-4059017?v=glance&n=283155 http://www.strangewords.com/archive/dyingearth.html .... it's really spectacular. Early D&D drew a lot of inspiration from these books including the magic system. If you read this series, you will never look...

These books are awesome.

Absolutely not. It's like saying "does a mega-rules lite game inhibit combat?" The only thing that I've noticed that influences roleplay in a given player is: 1) options available to the PC 2) rate of character death, too much and they treat their players like video game quarters(*) -BG *...

I actually encourage this behavior at my table. My group doesn't have a lot of big D&D book purchasers so I permit powergaming in an effort to get them interested into the greater world of D&D. It's been mildly successful. The Japan-ophile became more interested in the game when I told him he...

This rant should have been a poll. We could have answered the question by selecting one of the following radio buttons * Because I ate dumb flakes for breakfast * Because I am a being of pure energy and I keep forgeting you fleshbound mortals can't read minds * Because I didn't put much time...

This is the best I can do for you. Sorry http://melkot.com/locations/cogh/dt-cogh.gif

I *love* that series! A reward for a quest is "as much gold as you can carry in a single barrel", however the barrel in question turns out to be two inches tall.

Imagine if he had been from New Jersey.... "Yo Docta! Hey youse!"

A mystery! http://msnbc.msn.com/id/4981210/ ... it's a couple of years old. But can you solve it or at least reach the same conclusion the police did?

I like some of this. My thoughts: 1) Vader ended the Sith. Period. I don't give a crap about the EU, the whole point of Vader's sacrifice was to end the Sith. Dark Jedi? Fine. But no Sith. Maybe some Dark Jedi who call themselves Sith, but it should be clear that Vader won. 2) I like...

If you don't like Star Wars, that's fine. It's your personal preference after all. But really, I thought III rocked in the last 45 minutes and the lightsaber duel was pretty cool. I liked Star Wars III more than I liked Star Wars 6. just my two cents

GURPS does this with skills. So you have to have a skill of X in minor spell thingie before you can gain any skill points in average spell thingie (these are technical terms). Another thing you could do is open up Arcana Unearthed and see how many of those exotic spell feats casters can get...

We have our lists written up so if we ever challenge each other we have to pony up some proof (not that it ever has happened). Magic items and spells are kept secret. Location of special troops, like those goblins with the huge morningstars bombs, are kept secret. Hero identities are open...

Yeah! ... hey! Anyway, I don't see why people just nerf experience rewards. Let the PCs get up to level 3 normally and then hand out gimpy exp. The only book you should be a slave to is Kama Sutra.

That is the best story I have heard all week. Congratulations, man!