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Blech! What a blatant piece of propaganda on WotC's part! "Story" is right, 'cause it sure ain't history! :rolleyes:

Wow. I've read a few other "history of D&D" articles, including the rather lengthy and informative ones in The Role-Playing Games Bible and in Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. But the one Dark Jezter provided a link to was the most informative I've read thus far about...

Yes, well, I hate it how players can use that grid to plot the ideal impact point and burst radius of their fireballs, thereby catching as many opponents and as few allies as possible. For one thing, there really is no visable, overlaying grid on the battlefield to assist a caster in doing...

My favorites, in order 1. Mage: The Sorcerers Crusade 2. Vampire: The Dark Ages 3. Changeling: The Dreaming I like to read some of the sourcebooks for Wraith: The Oblivion, but generally I find that stuff way too grim and nihilistic. (Goes great with Nine Inch Nails as a soundtrack, though.)...

Our house rules incorporate a table that gives a fumble DC for each weapon. (The fumble DC for unarmed attacks and the natural weapons of creatures is simply 15.) Examples of fumble DCs... Dager: 16 Shortsword: 17 Longsword: 18 Bastardsword: 19 Greatsword: 20 Battleaxe: 19 Dwarven axe: 20...

It seems glaringly illogical in the movie, but I think the simple answer is, Neo hung around because was curious about the recreation and multiple copies of Agent Smith, and because Neo wanted to show off his fighting prowess. Once Neo realized he was getting in over his head (or, at least, that...

I found myself thinking along those same lines, during the exchange between Neo and the Architect. And when I saw Neo, in the supposed real world, zap those machines chasing them... ! Well, that really got me to thinking. Indeed, if the inhabitants of Zion are simply those humans forced to live...

Well, only time will truly tell. The "general public" tends to be fickle and superficial, and just because a movie is popular and a big money-maker, doesn't mean it will become a classic, or even worthy of a permanent position on your video shelf. Remember, movies like "Grease" and "Porkey's"...

Sorry, guys, but I agree with some of the negative issues brought up in the reviews of "Matrix Reloaded", available through Rotten Tomatoes. As I said in another post, "Matrix Reloaded" simply lacks the heart and soul of the original movie. Most of the dialog/acting in the second movie is...

Dang it! I didn't know about that. :( My wife badly needed to go to the bathroom, so we made a bee-line out of there, just as soon as the words "To Be Continued... !" flashed on the screen.

I'd heard nary a word about this movie, before seeing its preview at yesterday's premier of "Matrix Reloaded". At first, I thought it was going to be a condensed remake of James Clavell's Shogun, which was a TV miniseries back in the early '80s. (Or was that the late '70s? Whatever.) "The Last...

"Matrix Reloaded" lacks the heart and soul of the original movie. Most of the dialog/acting in the second movie is wooden or forced, and the story is not nearly as intriguing and engaging. And this is NOT because the secret of the Matrix is already known to us. Myself, I was watching the DVD of...

Ah. Sorry. I had not noticed "Industry Forums: Open Calls & Job Vacancies". (Generally, I use the following link, which does not display all the forums: http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=1.) Hmm... The list of forums and sub-forums keeps growing and growing! There's...

The original topic was about a gazillion monkies with a gazillion typewriters being able to hammer out a work of Shakespeare within the timespan of a gazillion years. With such a harebrained premise, from such a ludicrous standpoint, what can be considered "downhill"? ;) It sure is.

I have a D&D-compatable e-book (".pdf" format) I'm wanting to publish. It will be titled Ages of Arms & Armor. It is a comprehensive, play-tested, and balanced set of alternative combat rules for use with 3rd Edition D&D. (I will update it for 3.5, once those rulebooks come out.) Damage...

oldest theory disproved Oldest theory disproved? There are theories much more older than that. For example: "The world is flat." And that one was disproved many, many years ago. Anyway... IMHO, if you put a billion monkies with a billion typewriters in a room for a billion years (or whatever...

According to your alternate armor stats, studded leather is indeed better than chain shirt... but that should not be so. Chain shirt should provide a better AC bonus and cost a good deal more than studded leather. Chain shirt should also be heavier and more cumbersome than studded leather...

Consider this: James Bond is an assassin. Sure, James Bond oftentimes plays other roles in spying and espionage. But he is first and foremost an assassin for Her Majesty's Secret Service.

How do we know he wasn't doing it in front of anyone? The webpage says something about a video cassette being left in the recorder, but for all we know, that line might be just part of the joke. Besides, this guy's amateurish "make-believe" was professionally transformed by the Internet...

I remember trying out Twilight 2000, after having played 1st Edition D&D for years. 1st Edition player characters were quick and easy to create, whereas Twilight 2000 characters took quite some time, and the process was rather complex. So, imagine our shock and dismay as those...