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I've only recently begun reading Story Hours in earnest, and I'm hooked on Piratecat's Defenders (great synthesis of action and roleplaying) and (contact)'s* Liberators (ditto, and damn funny too). But I also have to give high praise to ForceUser for the richly detailed writing in his...

Vietnamese music links Though I'm certainly no expert, here a few CDs of traditional Vietnamese music I can recommend. Follow links for more information, and sometimes sound clips. Unless, you and your group really enjoy Far Eastern music, these may be more suited to lending specific in-game...

Evocative and inventive, Jester! Some thoughts: Incorporeal creatures have no Strength score, and have a deflection bonus equal to their Cha bonus instead of natural armor. I believe the Will save should be +12, unless you intended the Sreamer to have Iron Will instead of one of the Skill...

132. http://www.mjt.org/ The Museum of Jurassic Technology 133. http://www.winchestermysteryhouse.com/ Sprawling mansion built through consultation of channeled spirits.

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in response to: and: Nostalgia plays only a small part in my affection for Otus. As mentioned in my earlier post, I detested him when I was young. I still think that many of his interior illustrations are clumsy and unattractive. I've grown to really love the distinctive style of his...

Another Erol Otus fan here, though I actually hated his stuff when I was playing 1e. Now I really treasure the distinctiveness of his style. A better example than the one attached above is here. No offense to Khan, but I think the Deities & Demigods cover is a bit of a straw dog, as it's not...

I concur with the general consensus: inspirational perhaps, but difficult to use the crunchy bits. As has been mentioned in other threads, the spell-seed method for building epic spells could have potential as a tool for researching new spells (or even as a groundwork for an entirely...

I must add my voice to the chorus praising your Story Hour, ForceUser. The writing is is rich in detail, and the characterizations are excellent. Even in some of my favorite story threads I can often hear the faint echo of dice rolling in the background and never quite lose the sense of the...

have you considered using some of the text from Monte's Ptolus Campaign logs? maybe this would be useful.

Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory Willy Wonka: Clearly an arcanist of considerable power, with a passion for crafting experimental Wondrous items and a storied career as a candymaker. His spellcasting and magical devices suggest Reduce, Fly, Arcane Eye, Dimension Door, Scrying, Polymorph...

Undecided. The Defenders aren't iconic in that they don't embody the core class or PrClass types, but they are certainly emblematic of the incredible possibilites that great roleplaying and great campaigns can provide. On the other hand, I'd hate to slight the Liberators of Tenh or any of...

i have T&B and S&F, and will eventually get the others. Sword & Fist is alright, with some interesting feats and interesting PrClasses (i'm partial to the Devoted Defender, Duellist and the Clint Eastwood/spaghetti western PrC -- Ghostwalker?), though some of the weapons were a bit silly...

No, that was Dave Trampier. Otus did alot of illustrations for modules. Reveiwing some of his cover paintings, I realize I shortchanged him a bit in my earlier comment. It isn't that the people in his drawings were drawn poorly, but that they tend to be highly stylized; his fighters...

I like Hennet's look if not his outfit. I just can't understand how he got so buff. I mean, he's pretty ripped for a guy with 8 Str. I have to disagree here. Love the ring of slaughtered Vrocks, but i don't get the sense of motion the artist (Wayne Reynolds, was it?) is trying for. It'd...

Come all you rolling minstrels And together we will try To rouse the spirit of the earth And move the rolling sky Faiport Convention, "Come All Ye" __________________________________________________ Okay, so I'm not much of a metalhead (anymore). Still, I always thought the above was a great...

Fun thread! Here are some of my earliest gaming memories (copied from an earlier thread, so bear with me if you've read this before). this is my story, pathetic but true, or, "those are some expensive coloring books, son" So, a bookish and somewhat introverted grade schooler falls in love...

put me squarely in the both gnomes and halflings camp. in particular i enjoy the playfulness of both races, the love of laughter and jokes. i think of gnomes as being more lighthearted, full of puns and wordplay--i played a gnome fighter/illusionist in 1e days who was fond of asking...

i've always thought he looked sort of like Sting, which i find mildly irritating. ole Sting hasn't inspired greatness in me since leaving the Police.

excellent site. even so, the pop-ups kind of take the sting out of it a bit. aren't they just noise of an intellectual kind?