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How different from d20 Modern is it going to be, you think? I'm trying to think of special future ehm things, that isn't covered by d20 Modern, but since I don't have a copy, I really can't tell. :D Emphasis on psionics, rules for androids, cyborgs, bionic implants? Mech combat? (I wish!)

No no, I read somewhere you have to say "[Player's name], get out of here. YOU'RE DEAD! You don't exist any more."

Perhaps you're right. But the defining characteristic of the picaro-rogue, in my mind, isn't his agility and dexterity, but his intelligence. He might climb or steal occassionally, but that is purely coincidental. He is, however, always scheming, reasoning and talking his way out of trouble and...

Oh no, the picaro (in my understanding) isn't a cutthroat. A picaro is usually the real hero of the story, even though the picaro seems humble and simple compared to his companions. The picaro is a rogue-hero. Most likely not a thief, but definitely a knave. Dishonest, or, like a jester...

Welcome to the boards, Pope! :) The question of archetypes is, IMHO, very important to D&D, as class-based (as opposed to skill-based) systems are founded on the idea that there are certain archetypes in fantasy story-telling and narrative. Here is my party of heroic archetypes: A knight in...

Is it just an oversight, or is there some reason you all keep referring to priestesses and not priests? Surely men would prostitute themselves (to women or men) in the same degree as women?

What a great game! Oakland was definitely robbed of two points, but in the end... what would it have mattered? Man, Raiders got the living crap beat out of them. They only got their act together once in the second half - the rest of the time the Buckaneers just walked all over them. Pity they...

If you are raised you lose a level. It's fair and not to steep a penalty. It's munchkin in the extreme to demand that there should be no penalty to the death of a PC. If that was the case, you might as well not play with HPs at all. And the idea that heroic deaths should give you a free get...

I think it would. Obviously, dungeon hacks wouldn't be as prevalent as more investigative adventures, but I don't see why they would be impossible? No, I didn't really make the comment to suggest it would be a good thing. It would just happen. I think I thought I was being witty, but I realize I...

Re: Re: OT They were as far as litterature, philosophy and natural sciences were concerned. Nobody has claimed otherwise. You misunderstand my point. Roman masonry and roadbuilding went out of use, medieval craftsmen came up with new solutions. A medieval craftsman wouldn't be able to recreate...

OT I agree that the Dark Ages is better than it's name implies. It shares fate with the Medieval (Middle) Age and the Gothic style of the medieval age in that it was named thus in the renaissance where the litterature, architechture, law and science of ancient Rome was rediscovered and...

It might be interesting to look at how it actually was in a medieval society. That is, post-viking Denmark. All in all, the laws of that time gives the impression of a very weak central (political) power, and a law that is concerned most of all with the protection of the citizens (the peasants)...

Nope. Sure enough isn't. But it could be Narnia d20, though. My thoughts exactly. Or rather - sorta like Drizzt.

Instead of PCs dying - they might just leave Narnia and return to the real world. That would go better with kids, I think. Especially if they are more or less roleplaying themselves in the story. I agree that Narnia D20 would be a very good way of debunking a lot D&D myths, and I think it would...

I think, it's a good thing D&D has tried a new look, and I suspect a lot of the "bring-back-the-1E-look"-is merely nostalgic. While I appreciate the humor that was lacking in most 2E artwork, the quality of the artwork was terrible, IMHO. I welcomed the change from what has seems to have...

Ha! What do you know - my reasoning was right! :)

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re I appreciate the point you are trying to make in your post, but I really could do without the above statement. It really provokes me. :( Isn't discussing RL religion a "no-no"?

Kamikaze Midget, That Paladins prerequisite is Lawful Good and not Chaotic Good, is flavor, I agree. But the way the Paladin is bound to this Alignment - whatever it is - is NOT flavor, IMHO. Alignment has a direct effect on the D&D World. It matters whether you're Chaotic or Lawful. Not just...

Our's is not to reason why. :) Seriously, I understand your position completely, but I think this heralds back to my point a couple of posts ago: That Alignment is cosmological forces as well as it is personal philosophies, and if you don't see that, it becomes a mess real quick. If you want a...

I don't have the books in front of me, and I can't remember... if an Assassin loses his powers if he strays from the path of Evil, I would suggest that those powers are independent from his skills and prowesses; that the Assassin's power is granted to him because he is Evil - or that the...