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Field's version of the three-act structure isn't just railroady when it comes to RPG's--It even railroads screenplays. Specifics like the order and timing of "inciting incidents" and "plot points" are designed for a two-hour screenplay and shouldn't be transcribed so accurately to an rpg...

On a more serious note: Like Ixitxachitl, pronunciation is different depending on whether you're trying to pronounce it as you would in the language it resembles or the pronunciation some random TSR employee came up with after Dragon Magazine got a ton and a half of mail on the subject. A...

No, you're both wrong. It rhymes with sow.

Blackguard? Avengers weren't anti-paladins in the evil sense, they were anti-paladins in the chaotic sense. The 4e avenger is very much a non-evil opposite of the paladin, if not quite the same way as the BD&D version.

In the spirit of form follows function, I feel like these guys should be statted as appropriate to where we might see them used in a game. WotC's choice of Level 35 Solo for Tiamat and Vecna are aimed at making these gods suitable for the last encounter of a campaign, which seems like a...

Fluxx and TransAmerica are both simple games with good crossover appeal. Settlers of Catan is easy enough to learn and Iconic of it's genre (plus, I kinda suck at it, so the new players aren't at a huge disadvantage when they play against me).

Just checked out the free preview of Monte Cook's new Dungeonaday.com, and there's some pretty cool stuff there. But... Rather than including the monster's stats on his webpages, he provides links to the appropriate monster entry from d20srd.org. Being that DaD is a pay site while d20srd is...

Piratecat, you jerk! How dare you have your battle box already, Mine's still a week Check this thread. From what I can tell, it seems like their store isn't set up for non us/can customers, but that they might be able to ship to you anyway, or at least point you towards a distributor in your...

Yay more weapon mastery stuff! I love these. I especially love the poisoner, and that Warlock PP--my dark-pact drowlock will be very happy to get all those toys.

This. A personal code isn't evidence of lawful alignment unless it derives from an external authority. I'd peg Rorshach as Chaotic Neutral, if not Chaotic Evil.

The new SRD seems to imply that the Dreugar is detailed in the back of the MM2

Original quote removed by admin, so I'm removing this response to it as well.

What about the first letter of your world's most prominent alphabet? It keeps the writing-is-knowledge theme that the quill had, but doesn't look like a big feather.

D'oh! Yeah, I was misremembering. That's an LFR specific rule.

This actually sounds pretty lame, for a Monte Cook product. I feel that megadungeons are boring, both for player and GM. And I'd definitely not spend $7/month to subscribe to one.

Well, I'm glad that they decided to put the demons and devils back in and some stuff from the new books, but I'm disappointed that they didn't create a way for direct copy/pasting monster statblocks into an adventure, or find a way to make a few more bits of 'product identity' available--I still...

People seem to be missing this one. That rust monster that you face at 6th level eats your nifty level nine sword, you don't get your sword back. Instead, you just gain the option to make five level 4 swords. And by RAW, you can't buy an item higher than your level--which presumably extends...

What about having the powers actually work differenty depending on a character's role? After all, you already have class powers that work differently depending on a character's build, and that's something that extends outward pretty easily. It's an idea I explored in my abandoned 4e superhero...

I prefer the quick-reference sheets for play. Worksheet style is obviously better for character creation (absent something like the character builder), and I think that 'official' character sheets ought to be workbook style. I'm actually a big fan of the sheets that WotC uses for its delve...

and don't forget--there are non-sword blades. You could play a glaive-mage, or a spiked shield mage. Even a spiked chain mage with the right feats.