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From the fora at Steve Jackson Games, I understand that (at long last) there's going to be movement on GURPS Vorkosigan. But that's not really why I'm squee-ing over here; I can squee over that at SJG. Nope, this is what I'm talking about here: Confirmation of a new Miles book! This is not...

Not to thread-jack, but avoid World of Synnibarr like the plague! I can't really say that I got into GURPS Traveller that much, and I haven't really looked at any of the other versions, but one thing I've always heard about Traveller is that the biggest reward in that game is finding out just...

Sometimes, it's not that they're doing something good for other people, but that they're looking out for themselves. If they think that they are commanded to do these things, and they stand to lose something if they fail to comply (e.g., paradise), then they aren't going to pay much attention...

Wow. Thanks a lot, guys! That's a big help. My Google Fu let me down when I tried to find websites on my own, so this is wonderful. Thanks again! TWK

OK, so I've recently had my economy stimulated with a government check. I'd been looking at upgrading my computer's RAM, because both slots were full of 512 MB. I bought one stick of 1024, so now I've got 1536 MB in the computer and a spare 512 trying hard not to get a static charge. Are there...

Okay, the question about making the updates has been answered. Thanks for the info, freyar. I didn't know about that site. As far as "Is the MM2 worth it to pick up?" I didn't have my books with me earlier, but now I'm home from my workage and I can give you a short rundown of monsters in MM2...

I'm not sure anyone was anything like Indiana Jones. The person I have always heard of as being "the real-life Indiana Jones" was Roy Chapman Andrews, who went dinosaur-hunting in Mongolia in the 20's. Although he was indubitably armed, being as he was a consummate showman heading into Outer...

It depends how much time you have to devote to the game. The MM2 has a lot of classic monsters from D&D, and plenty of new ones, but it was written before 3.5 came out, so I know some people (myself included) who would feel the need to update the stats, which could take up to an hour, never mind...

Whoops, sorry. I must have misunderstood. I'm afraid I have nothing else to contribute. Good day, then. TWK

As far as I know, there aren't any 3E stats for a wild hunt. The Wild Hunt comes from folklore -- a powerful fey lord (sometimes a demon) who rides through the sky and hunts people with his hounds. Linky: The Wild Hunt on Wikipedia. You'd probably do best statting it out for your own party...

Well, the cliche elven city looks a bit like one of the big set pieces in the Dragonlance novels, or a more advanced version of the Ewok village in RotJ. All the houses are up in trees, reached by climbing rope ladders or traversing suspension bridges. The houses themselves are bulbous, with...

Well, the Classic Series shot many things on location around Britain. The BBC quarry was only featured as a quarry on Earth once, as I recall, in The Hand of Evil. Many heavy industrial plants were featured, including the exterior shots of at least one nuclear plant. So I'm not surprised or...

I must admit, when I first read the title, I thought it would be about an Internet flame war. But it sounds fun. It sounds kind of like something I'd come up with, a creepy plot with everyday objects and things becoming a threat. I let my Dragon subscription lapse a long time ago, when it...

I'll keep that in mind, Donovan. Right now we don't have a Jedi in the party. We're trying to see how the Galaxy plays without 'em in the spotlight. Which is not to say they don't show up for an adventure here and there. We just don't have one in the party. I think that's a good thing, myself...

In retrospect, it was, and I even started carrying less-irritating weapons so the technomancer didn't exact his vengeance too often. :D Reading over this thread again, I probably did misunderstand your point. I'm sorry that we had a misunderstanding. I guess I just jumped to the defense of my...

There's also the Spacehound feat, which means your Scoundrel is considered proficient with all vehicular weapons. This doesn't let him use an E-Web unless it's mounted on a vehicle (don't think too hard about this), so someone could benefit from having both Spacehound and WP (heavy weapons)...

Okay, I suppose that first point was a little unclear. The PCs in question are both 5th level, and they have three NPCs in support of them, one 4th level and the other two 3rd level. But the heroes' levels weren't really coming into it. The Headhunters could barely damage their Ghtroc with...

Two Z-95 Headhunters are no problem for a group in a Ghtroc 720, if I don't let the Headhunters have any concussion missiles. However, the Gthroc's stock blasters are fixed to fire forward, so there's more blind spot than fire zone with the ship. So the pilot of the Ghtroc has to beat the...

I find that allowing the cool over the irritatingly-detail-wonky enhances my enjoyment of almost any system. Even GURPS. And I'll tell you that this RIFTS GM of mine was one who helped me realize that over the whole time we were playing together and all the campaigns we enjoyed. Remind me to...

Yeah. Dare I say, he's acting a bit ... guilt-ridden? Also, s/he doesn't look at all well. Looks like Rich took a zombie head with a palette shift and added V's facial features, and plopped that on V's body. The mage needs him some rest. TWK