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The (entirely possibly wrong) impression I got was that CCP bought White Wolf primarily for their IP. The pessimist in me insists that they'll strip mine it for use in various online games, and we'll never see a new game from them again. But I'm probably overly pessimistic. Brad

As an aside, I used to use 2 d6s for life counters in Magic. Nothing says that you have to display your life in Base 10, though it's not recommended that you do that with people you don't know. But the d6s were much less likely to roll over inconveniently than a d20, and I did enjoy the...

One of my friends manages to get himself into some bizarre situations in games. Like, getting himself entered into the FBI criminal database as a notorious terrorist, "Carloss the Jackal." That's not a typo; this was initially meant to be a cover for a run that involved blowing up someone's...

One of my friends, who DMs on alternate weekends, looooooved his big golf-ball size dice. He also couldn't roll well to save his life. Or ours, for that matter. Finally, in our 3.0 Birthright game, after he missed one too many times, I finally had enough of this. I gave him about eight of my...

I suspect it has something to do with his/her/its divorce and/or his/her/its going nuclear on the black dragons. Brad

Not in the Revised version, which is what we played. It clearly states you die at -10 WP (p. 159, SWd20R). I was rather hoping that my DM was just being an illiterate ass, but alas, no. Then again, my pilot died on that damn web adventure where "oh, on this world blasters don't work and...

I don't have Cartoon Network. :( Brad

Add me to the crowd that found VP/WP in SWd20 to be way too lethal. We had way too many deaths due to big crits taking PCs down to -10 WP. WAY too many. Brad

I suspect that Pace of the Virtuous Charger at lvl 4 and Spirit of the Virtuous Charger at 8 have something to do with it. I'll be very surprised to see if they do have an actual mount-type companion, simply due to the inconvenience of the large-size horses in tunnels and other dungeons. Brad

Let's see, we can claim the Chaos Marines' armor is degraded by the warp, so they don't stand up to modern bolt rounds as well. Or something. Maybe they're adamantium-tipped or something. Also, the movie wouldn't be as much fun if a squad wasn't able to mow down its enemies like wheat. Brad

In a Rebellion-era Star Wars game, our group was a couple of surviving Jedi pretending to be bounty hunters, with a few non-Jedi like my soldier/sniper type, who enjoyed using slugthrowers, after my previous pilot had died on a downloaded adventure on a planet where blasters didn't work or some...

Just started on the Crosstime Engineer books I borrowed from a friend, pretty good so far. Just finished Monster Hunter: Vendetta, which is really making me want to shoot monsters in a Shadowrun game. I mean, hell, I was figuring out how to build the shotgun and everything, and I've been...

Generally, it's flavor, then heavily seasoned by mechanics. Often, I'll try and make things work for a race that I like even if it's spending way too much effort, like the goliath vestige warlock with a staff implement. So far: Minotaur Battle Cleric (Ferdinand del Toro): This was for our...

Yeah, the Thief is an awesome striker. You surrender a bit of utility and condition-application for pretty huge damage, assuming it can get Combat Advantage...and honestly it should be able to just about all the time, assuming a good defender. I'd happily play one. Brad

We use convenient bouts of dysentery to explain absences. The late dwarven fighter runs up holding her pants up with one hand and swinging an axe with another, and we complain about the stench of cinnamon from the eladrin wizard. Brad

Since it has a rather impressive amount of wording, I'd say that it does exactly as it says. You inhabit the image, but you're not targetable, only the image is. If the image is popped (i.e. by auto-damage or an actual attack) then you can switch to another image or you pop out in the last...

The rogue does really depend on the partymates to set up flanking opportunities. OTOH, a good rogue knows he's not always going to have a flanker, and so should have some ways of generating CA when needed. I played a Strength rogue from 1-10, and never had any real issues. Brad

I never really had that issue with the rogue; they have a higher AC and Reflex than the typical TWF ranger. A halfling Cha rogue can provoke OAs all the damn time and enjoy the gentle breeze of whiffs, which in turn can lead to punishment from the defender. Our dwarf TWF ranger wound up in...

I would go with a lot of pre-calculated stuff, but part of the fun of the game is rolling lots of dice. An Essentials Thief, which can get its sneak attack generally all the time, is great. A storm sorcerer or bow ranger would be handy as well. Brad

Yup. Even the best tactics or encounter weight can't save you if you can't roll above a 5 the entire evening. Brad