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Generally speaking, I've come to love Golarion and it's very close to breaking out into "All-Time-Favorite-Setting" status. There are very, very few things the Paizo team has done with it that I don't like. Initially, I was hopeful but taking a wait-n-see approach. As Paizo's vision of what...

Sorry to be contrary, but this is one thing I definitely DO NOT want. Once it's codified & on paper, it's only a matter of time before the Game Mechanics Wonks & Min-Maxers come out of the woodwork to beat it. I detest the mindset of the PC power-curve that must culminate in PC-godhood. If...

My votes for best "All-in-One" RPG book: Conan - Atlantean or 2nd Edition Arcana Evolved FantasyCraft Spycraft 2.0

THANK YOU!! Fantastic news.

Good summer flick and good swords-n-sorcery. Scratched my itch for both. Gemma was nice eye candy and I liked JG as the Prince more than I thought I would. It told it's own story while giving enough nods to the series to be faithful to the concept but avoided the pitfall of trying to script...

While the above statement is true, unless spending hours working up a single vessel via a spreadsheet is your cup of tea, I'd avoid this one. And I'm a GURPS fan...

Naval adventuring, naval combat, & shipbuilding: Admanat's Corsair Green Ronin's Skull-n-Bones Mongoose's Book of the Sea FF's: _____ - Legends & Lairs series but the name escapes me. Buying/selling/trading - Expeditious Retreat's Silk Road & Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe

Agreed! Two of the best lines in the entire series. Great, great stuff!

If the sheet & dice is all they're bringing, I rarely see a problem. However, if the player has their own rulebook, plays in multiple campaigns, or takes a turn at GMing himself, one folder looks much like another. I've done this myself as a GM. Different folders for different things for...

My players keep their own sheets. First of all, it's theirs. Secondly, I find that if they have it to look at, they're more apt to think about the character, goals, and the game in general in their spare time than if they don't. That said, I keep a hardcopy and also an electronic copy. It...

In the lost 4e developer's blog, mules were ID'd as un-fun. Too much care, feeding, watering & way too stubborn. Those traits are reserved for player characters. Also, the presence of a mule was considered grounds for grognard identification in much the same way as a 10' pole. Bottom...

But are they Brutes or Strikers?

Many games, but little time: XBOX 360 Dragon Age: Origins Mass Effect 2 Assassin's Creed 2 PS3: Modern Warfare (disappointed with single-player story, MP rapidly losing it's luster) Killzone 2 Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (everything that MW should have been...)

Nope, can't really argue with those points.

I didn't say they had no place in the game, I said they were too low level for the benefit/advantage they produced. As for Teleport & Raise Dead specifically: Teleport - while you can deal with it, you can only do so to a limited degree. Once you've invaded the BBEG fortress, say for recon...

Ditto this whole post. I also think Haste, Teleport, and Raise Dead were too low level for the results they produce.

As a GM, my biggest gripe with fly has nothing to do with flying creatures and everything to do with "Hey, I've got a Fly spell/item and now I can fly as well as Superman" (hovering, diving, etc.). Things like Flying takes tremendous effort for races/species that don't fly naturally...

While your point is valid, I think far more people hew towards swords-n-sorcery than the fantasy sub-genres depicted in some of your examples. As for the one's I'm familiar with: Peter Pan - Classic fly & hover. However, I have yet to participate in a game where the PCs wanted to emulate...

(emphasis mine) Like any good remake, the spirit of the original has to be captured and that's where I feel most remakes fail. The 3e remake of Ravenloft, in its quest to warrant a harback size volume, is still a solid remake adventure. However, it was also amped up "to 11" in terms of...

In games like Dragon Age & Mass Effect, while the overall story is preserved, many of the decisions DO matter. As an example, your endgame success may vary from loss to victory but at great cost to victory with everyone surviving - all depending on how you treated allies & enemies along the...