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Aha! I was wondering why someone from Wizards would have leaked this to me.

Ugh. That so reminds me of why I hate '80s metal. It's got everything: obligatory screaming, midget abuse, blatant stereotyping, uninspired guitar work, and of course the half naked white haired king with the perfect body who wakes up just long enough to throw a cup and then fall back asleep...

Where's the "Support or ridicule their decision, depending upon which edition they've chosen to quit" option? Seriously, none of my players have quit a game on me, so I mostly don't care. At least they're playing, which is better than defecting to MMOs.

OK, second question. If someone (me) were to write some stuff up for it and release it for free (or close to it) under the Mutant Future trademark license, how interested would you be in that material? I'm not committing to anything right now, but this seems like it might be a fun game to work...

No, please don't delete. It should be kept as evidence when it finally comes out that the D&D brand manager likes torturing the players.

Well, it does have some interesting visuals, and the lead is flamboyantly.... heterosexual. It also bears a bit of resemblance to The Princess Bride. I think Courtney Solomon should get the full version made as the next D&D movie. As others have mentioned, it couldn't possibly be worse than the...

So nature abhors a vacuum. Personally, I suspect that game stores will always be there. In the middle of this massive recession, there's a new one opening up in Couer d'Alene, ID, and apparently it's doing quite well.

I'm just curious how many people have checked out this game. If so, do you like it, and would you consider using it? Mutant future is available as a free download at the following URL: Mutant Future and it is also available in dead tree format through Lulu.com.

I'll have to find it again. That column is several years old.

I bought one splat for every broad type of chracter class. Once fighter, rogue, wizard, and cleric were covered, I bought other things, like monsters, settings, climate, etc. I didn't go for the second round of splats they released.

It should be noted that Monte Cook posted a blog where he said that he came up with the idea so that DMs could introduce unique groups into their world and they could be mechanically different. He goes on to say that he thought prestige classes ended up being way overdone and he wasn't sure that...

Fluff matters and the intent of it should be taken into consideration whenever deciding how mechanics should function (or not). 3.5 is a simulationist system. Forcing two things that are contradictory to go together defeats the purpose of simulationism.

Forget the mechanics for a second and think about this logically. VoP says you can have no magic weapons. Kensai says that your body parts become magic weapons. Tell me that there isn't a conflict of interest here.

I mostly agree with Psion, although I have to say that the more prestige classes I looked at, the more I became concerned about whether I would allow them in the game. The classic example of broken and wrong is the Kensai + Vow of Poverty because it's an end-run-around the restrictions of the...

Lots of good stuff in there. I'd like to add a few. Lore of the Gods (Bastion) Airships (Bastion) Dawning Star (Blue Devil Games) Babylon 5 (Mongoose)

One of the best campaigns I've ever run was actually very tightly scripted. However, despite the fact that the campaign was planned out with a very definite beginning, middle, and end, each adventure in the series was an adventure, not a railroad. OK, I take that back. There was a three month...

I think its vastly underrated, but that's starting to change. If my predictions for the next couple years pan out, the 3PPs are where the future of the hobby lies.

Too many good options there to pick just one, so here's my picks: ToH III Ptolus Arms and Armor 3.5 Chaositech Eternal Rome Trojan War Wilderlands of High Fantasy All are among the best of the best.

RPG Objects is still supporting Darwin's World, in addition to other lines. Reality Deviant Publications is going to continue supporting their True20 lines: Bloodthrone, Reign of Discordia, Interface Zero, and Cthulhu.