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I think you only need four core classes, and everything else should be offshoots on those four. Fighter Rogue Cleric Wizard A character could stick with one of these four core classes throughout his entire career. However, most characters would "dual-class". When dual-classing, one of those...

That's an excellent way to use those supplements. In the same vein, I could make the ruins of Myth Drannor be genuinely haunted, with ghosts that eternally act out and replay those flashbacks. Hmm... True. But I could make it so that any changes in Myth Drannor's timeline, brought about by...

I've always found this a little disturbing about D&D, and in d20 Modern (or Spycraft) I'd find it even more so. I guess it's up for you, as the gamemaster, to decide what kind of campaign you're running. If it's to be like an anime film, or like a "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" movie or any...

The really funny part of that is, her character was named "Black Leaf". Ha! Now, do you suppose they're trying to insinuate that her player character was really into drinking (and thus named after) Earl Gray tea? I don't think so!

When I first read that line, I thought, "What's 'pr0n'? Is that a new term from 'Net speak that I'm unaware of?" Then I realized that is was simply a typo. Doh! :D

For that the FBI is getting involved... ?! This is a joke, right?

Yeah, but they'll rebel anyway. Teenagers will always rebel - it's part of growing up. A teenager is, truly, a rebel without a cause. (Or, as an older girlfriend from my past used to call me, a "rebel without a clue".) Back on subject, though... I was saddened to hear of John Ritter's sudden...

As a veteran DM, I encourage you, as a player, to be imaginative and think of ways to bring your neglected familiar into the limelight more often. :) As someone mentioned earlier, a bat is more useful as a scout in dungeons and caves than an owl would be, particularly if those dungeons and...

Anyone here ever DM (or play in) a campaign using the 2nd Edition D&D Forgotten Realms "Arcane Age" supplements, The Fall of Myth Drannor and Cormanthyr: Empire of Elves? I bought these supplements at half-price from a used bookstore, thinking that it would be great to run a campaign where the...

Perhaps. But so? Oftentimes, a person's virtues and vices (merits and flaws, strengths and weaknesses, or whatever you want to call them) go hand-in-hand. Still, it's possible for a person to be, say, sociable without being carousing. (Respectable politicians and religious leaders come to...

An excellent observation. I am implementing measures to prevent this sort of thing. For one, there is a fixed number of noteworthy traits (i.e. virtues and vices) that a single character has. Specifically, only 12 of the 36 virtues and corresponding vices are worth making note of, for any given...

BTW: I had Pendragon in mind when I first began formulating my "Virtues & Vices" system. Say, does anyone here know what the new LotR RPG uses to define/determine character morals and ethics? I'd be interested to know.

Right. A person's aura (which is the overall rating of his combined virtues & vices) is either gray, light gray, dark gray, black, or white. (Actually, there could be subtle shades in between these, but for game purposes, we'll just use these five auras.) About 50% of a world's population rates...

Since I am unsatisfied with the shortcomings of the alignment system; yet since I don't want to dispense with it altogether without a bigger and better alternative in its stead; then, of course, whatever I replace the alignment system with is going to be more complex. Does this bigger and...

I do disagree. Myself, I don't want to have players roleplaying in a vacuuum. That is, I don't want a game that is totally devoid of rules, regulations, or even guidelines for the roleplaying of characters, leaving things totally up to whims and interpretations of the players. That kind of...

Agreed. Which is one of the reasons why I want to replace alignments with something else; something that is less two-dimensional and more quantifying. Besides, the whole "what side you're on" part (which is pretty much what alignments boil down to, in just about every D&D campaign I've ever...

Well, gee! You have to start with some sort of pre-defined standards. And I believe it's pretty much the consensus - regardless of whichever culture you're from, in this world - that traits such as alcoholism, greed, and prejudice are overall bad for society; bad, even, for the world as a whole...

After playing D&D for many years, I'm beginning to see that the concept and the game rules for alignments hinders more than it does facilitate three-dimensional roleplaying and true-to-life game worlds. Simply put, alignments are too stereotypical and two-dimensional to portray the realities...

I, too, highly recommened Bridge of Birds and its sequel, The Story of the Stone, by Barry Hughart. These books are set in a mythical, medieval China; and contain epic quests, magic, and martial arts. They are also wickedly witty!

I've played Titan since the late '80s. I've also played the card game, Titan: The Arena, but the original board game is much better. Titan is one of those games that, for years, I've wished someone had turned into a computer game, one that could be played on-line against other players. And then...