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Once, maybe. 3.x, IMO, pushed the boundaries out as far as they could make them go, then solidified them as hard as possible.

Which is absurd, because d20 CoC was actually quite good, and had some brilliant essays on running the genre in it. d20 L5R, however...no. Sorry, L5R doesn't work if Hida make better duelists because they've got enough hit points to eat a Crane first strike and keep on hacking.

You'd have gotten a lot more mileage invoking video games or Tolkien or something.

Perhaps there are some plots your DM never used/you never considered using? Ones that involve armies, wars, temporal politics, stuff like that? Just a thought. Considering the general hue and cry about any elements in the presumed D&D setting that don't line up with Europe of the early second...

There's not one complaint made here about the idea of an 'aggro' mechanic that couldn't be just as easily applied to morale, a rule they actually used in the much-beloved 1e/2e systems. Yet somehow we all managed to get through that without it becoming a video game. Maybe less crying and...

I stand by my suggestion of 'Artifice', rolling Eberron artificers and FR gnometech and warforged and alchemy and eldritch machines all together in a nice little package. That's what they'll do if they're smart. Then cake will be served. Far Realms would be absolutely splendid...save that I...

2 months after the second-to-last post, you mean?

Well, looks like another book coming my way via Amazon. I'm sorry for the B&M folks and all, but until the publishing industry gets its act together on exchange rates for books I'll buy online. And yes, on reflection, I think these would be interesting to own. Still kicking myself for not...

My own vote is going to have to be for setting neutral. Much as I like the bulk of 4e news I'm hearing there's always room for it to crash and burn for me, but a 3.5 campaign setting always involves Prestige Classes, which are pretty much always wasted space for me & my group (never seen a...

Right here is where I laughed so hard I hurt myself.

I always roll my own.

While the rest is fashioned from win as well, I'd like to cast my specific support for this thought right here.

I think the real problem is this: Think about the last time your gaming table cheered another player's critical/max damage roll/save-or-lose spell the BBEG fails his save on. Now think about the last time your gaming table cheered the cleric's maxed out cure roll. The cleric isn't unfun. He's...

"Complete Cruft: 4e's Guide to Legacy Issues" (Hear me, o lord!) "Complete Races That Aren't Elves"

I'm flattered, and I understand you're a little insecure and feel you can get some kudos, or even just a warm fuzzy feeling inside, by running through the thread chiding everyone for their awful mean words. See how fun that was? Shall we keep going, or shall we not make this personal? No...

When I first heard about breaking the spells over 20 levels - one of the 3.5 designers did so in his home game, as I recall, and it was mentioned in a Wizards site article - I'd have sold a kidney and a neighborhood child to get my hands on one. These days, not unless a design decision about...

Incorrect. The whole point of humor threads is to be funny, then have people so appreciate the funny they play along. If you think I was 'questioning' your motives, you misread me. I am outright impugning them.

Hey, another negative ad for Basic Action Games. Damn shame, that. Your relentless and contentless negativity is duly noted.

To be fair, cyberpunk is a pretty 80's phenomenon. I'd group THS and CP203X (*spits*) as post-cyberpunk games, to be technical about it.

As far as a cyberpunk game to pick up and play, my dog-eared & duct-tape-bound edition of CP2020 is always going to be my go-to. The drug issue is best solved (if you want a more realistic approach) with this alternate system, courtesy of the Blackhammer Cyberpunk Project (which I believe became...