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If you ask what armies people are playing and are confused when they say they are playing a SINGLE character. Smoss

Definitely depends on the setting. I know when I created my own setting, it involved lopping off a lot of races, and most of what is left is dying off. Nothing like dealing with the last of a monster or such. A bit of conflict there at times. :) The failing races I tried to work on to make...

I largely agree with killing classes. It was the very first thing I did when I created my own fantasy RPG system. No more pigeon-holed PCs. Some may deel overwhelmed by the sheer amount of available options when there are no classes. To combat this a bit, I made some sample "archetype"...

Like some others here, I created my own setting. A world that has actually SIX separate settings. Each separated by a "world ending" apocalypse of sorts. :) But I am loving the Sixth Age of my world at the moment. Medieval technology with a few oddities (Golems are partially gearwork, part...

For me the book that really shined was the Star Wars Saga core book. The system wasn't perfect (What system ever is?) but it gave me a ton of inspiration for my own RPG system. I really liked the direction they took d20 (Less classes with more options). It made me see a lot of possibilities...

Considering I made my OWN medieval fantasy RPG, I follow those xp rules well. Especially since XP is more like "build points" in my system. :) So, I want the character to grow? Throw them an XP! But as far as systems one can buy from some company? No, I don't use their XP systems. They...

Oh yes. I've made several players bawl their eyes out. Creating emotional ties to the characters (PCs and NPCs) is the key. Best part is they come back for more. So it is all good. Though I had one gal accuse me of timing sad moments for when her cycle was giving her the most hormones. (As...

What can go wrong? It depends on who designed it and who is running it. I designed my own RPG system. A lot of the design ended up being happy accidents over time. HOWEVER, I only ran games when the system got a comfortable point for me. AKA a point where it was "safe" to run a group...

Well, at least he is a higher level than me now... :) Smoss Edit: Back to spread XP. If you dont get any from me in this thread, it is because I need to spread more for you too... :)

My first ever movie I saw as a kid was Star Wars at the Drive-in theatre. My imagination was always thinking of things, though more from a sci-fi angle for a long time. Especially with other such movies I loved, like Dune. In college, I was introduced to D&D. Since then I expanded my reading...

Another moldy oldy that loved Eric's site back in the day here. Thanks to Morrus for keeping the site alive and active (And evolving)... :) Smoss

I can easily think of a half dozen female GMs I know off the top of my head. The percentage compared to "player-only" females I know seems about the same as males, as one would expect. You just need to meet more female players. They are out there. I deal with more female players than male...

Reminds me of the the bit by the band "Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie" about Keeping your Parents off the Internet. The computer savvy sons panics when the father talks about needing to paint the living room and wonders about how well latex paint will stick - So he figures he will search for...

I frequently feel like a thread killer. But eventually people finally start posting after me. Maybe what I say makes them think for a long time... :P Or maybe I should compare this thread to Hitler, that automatically loses arguments so maybe it makes for a dead thread. Godwin's corollary...

To answer your question in the XP on spell point calculations - It depends. A "freeform" style sorcerer would do it themselves (Gets easy with a little practice) - That is for "advanced" players (Or players good with numbers too I guess) But most players would play wizards - Spellbooks that...

For fantasy I only enjoy my homebrew setting - Though I am sometimes tempted by Ravenloft, Dark Sun, the Witcher, R.E. Howard's Hyboria, and Middle Earth. They give me inspiration though... :) I use published settings for other types of games. I love the Star Wars universe and Shadowrun...

I ran into a similar "problem" for my world. For a while I used basic 3.x magic, limited in various ways. But the more I used it, the more I found that style of magic did not fit in my world. So I designed my own magic system from scratch. It is a point based system (A mage may cast lower...

Heh, you COULD go MY route for balancing classes in a homebrew... I killed them all off. No classes at all. Build your own unique character (Build point style - Like Shadowrun or Mutants & Masterminds, etc) Of course, I built my own RPG system - Not something most have the time to pull off...

I stole a few of my base ideas from the https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ But mostly I like to know: Who the people are (General descriptions of what they as a people are like - well tanned? usually yellow eyes? wear only togas? etc) Government! (Monarchy...

While this thread is mostly selfish (Ideas of what to write for my game world's setting that I may have missed), I thought it might be interesting for a lot of people. Basically - When reading about an RPG setting, what do you enjoy reading about? What do you want to see? What kind of juicy...