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But, from what I've read, the surface are of mars is about the same as the exposed surface area of the earth (i.e. everything not covered by water).

I know what you are saying. The whole planet is supposed to be hot so I have the heat (I see that poses a problem too, but we'll get to that later). Water is obviously the primary issue with my land planet idea. My question is, does the water need to be oceanic in depth? Let's say my...

okay then... I was working on a planet with no true oceans. A planet that was mostly land. I was thinking of making it small, say about the size of mars, so it would have roughly the same land surface area as the Earth. My concern was that I didn't want it to be a desert world or an ice ball...

Cool question and great answers. I don't have much to add other than I wish I could have gotten some of you to reply to my "land planet" thread a while back. World design is so cool and I'd like to get more into the science of it, but haven't found much in the way of introductory material on the...

I voted Low Magic as that is likely how the setting feels initially to players, but it's really High But Rare Magic. There is only one, homebrew, spell casting class and the spell progression for it is very light (more akin to Bard but feeling more like Sorcerer) in favor of some more monk-like...

I don't use any charts or statistics really. I just use whatever levels tend to feel right. The age of adulthood differs from culture to culture. I use 20 years as an approximate age of maturity, where others see the person as mature enough to take care of their own business or give sound...

It's in Complete Adventurer.

The two weapon fighter in my campaign (on course to be FTR16/ROG4) admittedly had all of his feats based around two weapon fighting, but I have to say that his damage output was absolutely equal to that of the high damage dealers (at least at 10th level it was, we ended there). And he had a...

Not a reboot. Cool. I'm just happy to see the story live on. I was enthralled from the first episode, and crushed to hear that both it and John Doe were cancelled (I liked both and was hoping at least one would make the cut). Hopefully Sci Fi is looking to get the show if/when it is possible...

Weapon survivor. And I voted humans off. Humans are finally worth playing, but after years of neglect I am seeing dwarves being played for the first time ever in 3E. I like that a race that was so rarely played before is enjoying a period of popularity. My feelings may change in a few years...

The initiative cards from Game Machanics are probably the best initiative tracking system out there. It speeds combat up a great deal. I've even made cards up for other systems using theirs as a guideline. DM Genie is a great combat manager if you have access to a computer at the table and the...

It would have to have a minimum of one slot. Alternatively, now that I think about it, it may be better to leave the slots 'as is' and have the difference in cost for abilities able to be used by larger groups reflected in the XP costs instead. Or a cross between the two. Either way I'd prefer...

What has D&D done for me... Aside from being a huge money sink and luring me away from other tasks, even when those tasks should take priority? It's saved my life. I hung with that "wrong crowd" everyone always talks about. I came up with them. I pulled pranks and vandalized with them. I...

Couldn't hurt to build up the fanbase a bit, but I thought the movie was essentially a reboot. Either way I'll be watching both.

I don't title sessions and don't usually title adventures, unless it's a purchased adventure that came with a title, but I do title campaigns. The players get that title on day one, but they don't always understand it until a few sessions in.

Some of the thread titles that have been complained about actually aren't giving anything away. They are just a theory the poster has, and not actually supported by the movie in any way. Others are skirting the line, I agree.

The article was on "leveled items". I found part of it online a while back, but don't have it anymore (I really wish they would put up some sort of article repository for Dragon, where you pay for access and you get all of the articles except for the past 12 months worth). Feel free to use...

Jessica Alba is unquestionably hot, but she feels too teen/early-twenties to me. Sue Richards has always come off, to me (and I'm hardly a huge FF fan), as a late-twenties/early-thirties mature and intelligent woman who happens to be attractive. I just don't think Jessica Alba has the chops to...

Except the subject line isn't spoiling anything. It gives you a name. That's it. The connection to Anakin's birth isn't a spoiler in any way since it isn't true (or at least not obviously so) as far as the movies are concerned.

Interesting... A freind of mine, and the most fanatical Star Wars fan I know, came up with a theory after Episode I that the Emperor was somehow the father of Anakin. He thought that, that would radically change the climactic scenes at the end of Return of the Jedi ... with the Emperor, Vader...