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I would have guessed something like "Anniversary Edition," except that would mean it doesn't get published until late 2013 or early 2014. EDIT - Which I suppose could be the correct time frame...

And I disagree completely as I want a character that can grow and change organically as he grows up. For instance, in my life so far (turning 33 in May), I have been a Naval Officer, a high school teacher, a published poet, and a college professor. My life is not defined by the decision I made...

There definitely were rules for environment in 3E. I have 4E but haven't played it as much so I'm not sure about its support. However, I am currently running an XCrawl adventure in 3.5E and things are moving into the "hot" area of a crawl. Between the environment rules and the Heat Metal spell...

A multi-national production/distribution company with 30+ years in the business is too dumb to realize that region-blocking cuts out potential money and customers? Or is it more likely that there are other reasons? Copyright laws which are not universal, licensing rights for music/voices/etc...

Uh...you haven't. I just checked through the quote history, so maybe you're confusing me with someone with a similar username? If you think balancing thousands of flexible ability options across 100 possible classes is easier than across 5 or 10 or 15, I've got a bridge to sell. First, I said 3...

You will never be able to make a focused class that does everything I want it to. I have more concepts for characters rolling around in my head than there are possible class combinations out there, and I think attempting to nail them all down is folly. Not to mention that focused-classes means...

Can't XP you, but that was the point I thought about making.

So why jump to the second conclusion? Why not assume the first? I am extremely annoyed that the BBC (and Doctor Who in particular) is region blocked, but I am left with two options--piracy or wait for it to come out here in the US. I think it's dumb for it to be region blocked, but my default...

Again, this is simply projection. Mickey Mouse is not Caucasian. Neither are the Looney Tunes (Bugs, Daffy, Porky) etc. Betty Boop is Caucasian, but her eyes and proportions are about as "white" as are Dumbo the Elephant's. Those are the models from which Tezuka worked, and he did so because it...

And specifically the exaggerated but expressive features of Mickey Mouse and Betty Boop, not Caucasian body types.

Pointy hat Identifying features for different classes include costumes, for lack of a better word. Pointy-hat = wizard. Magical effects could just be a sorcerer or warlock or just about any magic-user out there. But slap that pointy hat on his/her head, and ambiguity is pretty well negated. At...

I think that's nothing less than projection. If anything, anime fetishizes no features at all. Anime facial features, in general, are created solely to be as expressive as possible with the most minimal line strokes. Hence the big mouths when people yell, or the weird (to me) chibi features when...

Caveat - I'm not shidaku. That said, cheesecake is not central to fantasy, but neither is absurdly strict adherence to realism in all art. Personally, I think a mix is not completely out of order, and I think the insistence from the feminist viewpoint that attempts to eradicate any and all...

Bear with me, as I'm brainstorming extemporaneously. I'd be tempted to create 3 classes: Warrior, Magic User, Specialist. The necessary functions of hit stuff hard, cast spells, and use skills are rolled into those three. From those classes come the...

Wow, I've recently been playing Dungeon Hack using DOSBox and Legends of Grimrock looks to fill that same niche. I may have to pick that up.

Theaters are kind of forcing the issue, at least where I live. I noted it earlier in the thread, but the 2D showings of John Carter were either 5:45 PM or 11 PM, with only 3D showings in the interim. It sucks because the extra money was a waste, but my options were limited.

IANAL either, but when Pepsi commercials use Coca-Cola dress and trademarked items to put down Coke and sell Pepsi, I'm not entirely sure how that works. Take the Pepsi Max commercials on the US tv around now (I saw one last night). The Coke Zero guy buys Pepsi Max, and there are definite uses...

Fantasy - Old School Hack is rules light and plays pretty quickly. Post-Apocalypse - Apocalypse World is very rules light, and a lot of fun. Supers - ICONS is an ENnie award nominee. excellent, simple, and fast game. Those are my top three recommendations, and the games that I wish I was...

Well, I didn't say that the cartoons don't hold up well. I did say that they don't do it for me anymore, and that I think He-Man and She-Ra hold up better. I'm also a huge fan of the remade Thundercats. Thanks for the reminder. That's another show that should be looked at for clues to how to do...

To a large extent, that's what happens with every edition update. Dragonlance, in particular, was more more susceptible to this than FR, although I can see how the Time of Troubles and Spellplague stick out. Talk about feeling hemmed in by canon--Dragonlance did it for me back in the day. I...