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Hi again! I think you're right. Clean forgot about the infamous FATAL, and figured from the name that it was some sort of G3/Millenium's End type system that strove for techno-thriller realism even more so than GURPS. Ah well, some you miss... Entirely true. It's just that in White Wolf's...

Hello! Wow, the Fortran post mentioned in the beginning of "The Story of Mel, a Real Programmer" is actually still archived somewhere online. I probably really shouldn't be surprised by that, but somehow I still am. Your adaptation is nice, hong, and I can sympathize with much of the...

Hi again! Paladins have divine spells and "holy" abilities. And while it's true in D&D that this doesn't necessarily mean formal association with an organized faith, the very definition of the "lawful" component of a paladin's alignment would tend mightily to encourage such association...

Hello again! Hm, interesting question. The essence of knighthood was the promise of military service in return for the right to administer an area of a noble's land. The very work "knight" comes from the Old English knecht or cniht, meaning servant. This service was formalized in the oath...

Hello! To me, the Knights of the Round Table are the archetype of the "knight in shining armor", especially Galahad, Lancelot, and Percival. The original Paladins were the Knights of the Palace, or Knights Paladin for short, the twelve Peers of Charlemagne. Roland and Ogier the Dane are the...

Hello! Actually, to me it seems a pretty shrewd thing to take a pile of the more controversial items that some have been clamoring for (demon-lords, etc.), add perhaps a few all-new controversial items appropriate to the fantasy genre (sacrifices, magical drugs, etc.), stuff it all into a...

Hi again! Well, Thyatis got a pretty good pasting too, but yes, I'm sure the fighter-types weren't shedding too many tears over the colossal damage done to the two haughty magocracies of the Known World... :) And potential for at least a couple of the really major events was hinted at in some...

Hello again! You're welcome. Always glad when people show an interest in Mystara - it raises my hopes of one day seeing a 3e version of the setting, preferably one done with all the care and detail lavished on the wonderful 3e Realms hardcover. I've called Glantri City cosmopolitan, and...

Hello! Always glad to see a thread that brings out my fellow Mystara/Known World fans. :). Here's another one for you: The Acaeum, a most excellent D&D resource site. They have extensive lists and usually cover pictures of most out-of-print D&D items. Both the store links above are among...

Hi again... OK, just for reference (having picked up my 5th Edition rulebook yesterday...ENVY ME! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!...uh, yeah...): "Polymorph Other": Body Major Transform 12d6 (any living non-plant non-construct target into any living creature), Healing Method - all-or-nothing true...

Hi again! On the topic of combat supposedly taking longer in Hero, I'll point out that much of this perception may have to do with the power level of Champions. Run a combat between two small parties (4-8 characters each) of epic or near-epic level characters, all with their full complement of...

Hello! Black Omega, I'm both heartily thankful for the review, and horribly envious that you have your copy already ;). This is one product I've been looking forward to for quite some time now. Glyfair has done a nice job of summing up the common perceptions about GURPS and Champions. Here...

This might help... Hello! This link will take you to the website for the ARMA, the Association for Renaissance Martial Arts (formerly the HACA, the Historical Armed Combat Association). They are students, teachers, and researchers of European weapons and combat techniques. The "Practice...

Hi again! This all looks pretty straightforward to me. Munchkinism as a play style tends to be associated, in the minds of experienced RPG players, with young, novice RPG players. This links it inextricably with D&D, the game so many of us started out with when WE were young, novice RPG...

Hello! Given the number of posters around here who say they never play GURPS but buy many sourcebooks anyway, I'd say they were already accessible to a huge market. It's a fringe benefit of having a system with a fair emphasis on realism; materials can be quite easy to convert to other systems...

Hello! Love the Birthright setting; it's one of my two favorites. And while I love the concept of the blood and domain rules, I think the execution could have used a bit of tuning up. This has always been my major gripe with the domain rules. It makes no sense that unblooded usurpers and...

Hello! Actually, the Hit Point debate is mostly a seperate subject from the Class/Level debate, though the two are tied together by the fact that hit points are something every D&D class gains with every level, however appropriate that may be to the character. I don't remember explicitly...

Hello! Here are a few superhero games I've played, and some general impressions of them: Champions - Chalk up another vote for Champions as the best of the lot, for sheer flexibility and ability to capture the "feel" of the superhero genre with a minimum of fuss. I've never had any problems...

Hello! Yes, thanks, Scarab. I was very happy to see the recently-posted news on the computer Harpoon4 at that site, issued by no less than Larry Bond himself. Here's another one for you, Azure Trance: the Web Grognards. They concentrate more on tabletop, rather than computer, wargames...

Hello! It's all about the illusions. There's no end to the fun that can be had with the likes of Major Image, Programmed Image, or Permanent Image, and a bit of imagination. Some simple examples include: a sealed clay bottle with the Programmed Image of a giant Efreet lord, activating when...