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This is exactly what I was discussing with one of my players after our Pathfinder Greyhawk game this evening. We both think that there are tons of people who are waiting for this thing to come out on DVD/Bluray/Netflix that won't go see it in the theatre--DVD sales are how that godawful D&D...

I'd consider myself a moderate-to-light TV viewer. I turn the TV on when I'm going to bed at night--the white noise helps me drift off. I set the sleep timer and catch around twenty minutes of whatever is on before I'm out. I'm not terribly picky about exactly what it is, it usually ends up...

I don't know. If it was well-written and gave individual groups of PCs a chance to be heroes without tying them to existing NPCs or events, sure. But then again... That sort of defeats the purpose. If you're going to do something new in a classic setting and ignore (or largely ignore) what has...

Glad I saw it in the theatre, although I still think the 1982 version was better. I really liked the production design--it looked like and felt like the Hyborian age. I got the sense that civilization exists in pockets and that wilderness (and the "rule of nature, red in tooth and claw") rules...

No. Not just no, but hell no. I'm a huge Greyhawk fan myself. I'm currently running a Pathfinder game set in Greyhawk, circa 594. After seeing what happened with Forgotten Realms, I don't want to see how Greyhawk would be updated. There's already plenty of division amongst Greyhawkers about...

I've been discussing an idea with some of my gamer friends about how to sell and distribute setting content. Here's the gist. The idea is to post a website with the setting material on it, free of charge. You can view and download the setting material, and perhaps even go so far as to have a...

Pathfinder is "based on ten years of system development," and it "brings the all-time best-selling set of fantasy rules into the new millennium." And the cover art features adventurers fighting a big ol' dragon in the depths of a dungeon. In the most technical sense, I'd say no. Pathfinder is...

Subscription services are great for certain things, but not for others. To me, the entire purpose of renting content is so that I can check it out less expensively than purchasing it outright. I have a Netflix account so that I can watch something that I'm only going to watch once, or perhaps...

Although it's for very early 3E, you might want to check out the ninja of the crescent moon prestige class from Sword and Fist. Their capstone ability was the ability to become ethereal (as ethereal jaunt), but the reason everyone wanted to play one is because they have an ability that keeps...

Count me as one of the people that believes that the rogue does a fine job of covering the ninja. I seem to remember boatloads of people playing 4E's rogue as a ninja when 4E first came out, and a multiclass rogue/monk as a ninja in 3E's early days. I don't think that a game (any edition or...

Yeah, my own copies of the 1E Player's Handbook are starting to look a bit long in the tooth, and I know that I can get some of my Pathfinder guys (and even a few 4E people) to give 1E a shot. For whatever reason, "official" recognition/support from the parent company seems to matter to some...

I also love a good dungeon crawl, although for somewhat different reasons. I like the factor of exploration more than killing things and taking their stuff. A cavern complex of orcs? Meh. The ancient barrow-tombs of a sorcerer from a vanished civilization? Hand me my ten-foot pole and iron...

Interesting. I'll certainly buy some of these. The price point doesn't really bother me--what I care about is the quality. If they are as good or better than D&D Miniatures from between, say, Aberrations and Desert of Desolation, I'm all on-board. Four bucks a pop? Sure. That's still cheaper...

First of all, let's keep in mind that everyone is going to have their own idea about what "epic" means. Some people think it means high-powered or high-level characters. Some believe that it must include legendary elements like artifacts, battles with the deities, and so forth. For me...

A few weeks back, I actually came up with some supplemental sheets for my screen. I don't have movement rates--the big thing that I wanted was the action types and whether or not they provoked. I also tend to need the stuff for dungeon exploration too (like doors, illumination, and so forth)...

Well... If you want to get in his face about his meta-gaming, I'd suggest that you point him to the Spellcraft skill. It specifically says in the description of the skill that one of its major functions is to identify spells as they are being cast. Furthermore, it's trained only. No ranks in...

At the risk of sounding grandma-unfriendly... It means that I'm a system slut. The new girl (4E) is always interesting--a change of pace, a new direction, a fresh routine, it's great. Feels pretty good for the first few weeks. But once you start looking past her pretty face (art and layout...

I have my players roll initiative as soon as the session starts--not because I start every session with an encounter, but because I prefer to have it ready to go as soon as I want to jump into turns. I simply decide when we "go into turns," or "go in initiative order," based on what's happening...

I don't "support publishers." I buy products. My role as a consumer is to buy products. I vote with my wallet. If a company buys products that I want, I buy them, simple as that. I play Pathfinder, so I mostly buy from Paizo. I'll still buy dungeon tiles from WotC though, and I'll pick up...

If it's something that appears in a core resource like Monster Vault, I'd prefer to just have a page number. Sure, I'd have to have an extra book at the table, but I'd rather do that and get the extra quarter-page of content in the adventure (even more when you consider that the delve format has...