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Vancian magic and I broke up. We tried to make it work, but ShadowRun came along and even though ShadowRun was dysfunctional she was crazy great in the sack. I went back to Vancian with third edition, but ... I started seeing Iron Heroes behind Vancian's back. Vancian magic and I still put...

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The points have pretty much been made by KM, but here it goes... 1) Yes, from 1-20 the D&D system isn't granular enough for a CRPG. The D&D exp progression is based on 14 or so encounters which is quite simply easy to whip through and even single player CRPGs based on third edition have had...

Hussar, you really hit it with tactics. One thing I've noticed adventures not using too much of is "crowd control" monsters. Hold, sleep, fear. Those kinds of things. Zap the guys with the low WILL save and beat the snot out of the PC spellcasters. Target the cleric and the wizard...

Understandable. I love D&D but it's a lousy system for an MMORPG. We can talk about the lack of roleplay or emphasis on loot or boring missions or whatever. Personally, I play WoW using Ventrilo for voice chat and it's great to be able to log in and be able to find a few guild memebers (who I...

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Good. Some people don't work well on a team and make wonderful freelancers or terrific solo developers/writers. Remember, Thornir, not everyone has natural charm and washboard abs like you and I! Allowances must be made and precautions must be taken!

Try getting them to run a game where you all have defense bonus and everyone has a gestalt class of monk. They might buy into kung-fu mayhem.

To say nothing of the Apparatus of Kwalish, the magic vehicle that traveled faster backward than forward. Tragically, the older books made no mention of rear view mirrors.

Defense bonus And pretty much all of the character creation options. My guys don't read the books too carefully, so I don't have to worry about min-maxing very much.

There was an offhand bit in one of Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time books where a farmer had an incredibly powerful item that he basically handed over. The farmer had claimed to be the descendant from an ancient line of kings entrusted with safeguarding the relic. However, as the centuries passed...

Shadeydm captured the essence of Midnight. I'm sure others will chime in about Eberron. Here's my take on the two from a "enough about the reading, do the games play well?" perspective. Midnight - hard to create adventures for and run as the PCs advance in level. The designers have noted...

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Fineious could be uneven. I voted for it, but there were some duds. The growth of David Trampier's artwork was amazing. The first few Wormy's weren't that hot, but he kept growing and evolving. And that was all done by hand. No computers for him! And, sorry guys, but I think What's New...

PDF but I have a low threshold for homebrews. I have a few pet peeves that make me put something down fast. Disregard for game balance is one, gaps in the game history that span centuries (if not millennia!), and a few others. My impression is that I'm not alone with being fickle. I've...

How long do your campaigns tend to run? 1-20 is a LOT of Drow. I think you're better off with the mind flayers and incorporating the Drow invasion as an event that happens in the middle of the game. Maybe the Drow feel the good guys aren't up to the job and invade as a way of consolidating...

Thread winning post. :) Of course I'll pick it up and not care one whit what the reviews say. Of course, that means squat to his publisher since I get my fiction books from the library. But he's got a lot of ideas floating around in that brain of his and I'd like to see what he can do when...

The quote is from the play Cyrano de Bergerac and it concerns six methods of space travel. You probably got that. Taking your questions below.... The reason I thought it was appropriate is because it's a pre-industrial look at space travel. If a society has magic and they want to get to the...

This might help for inspiration

i suk Oh well, at least I have some nice reading to look forward to tonight!