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For what its worth I give the players their full wealth per level, but restrict purchases in two ways: 1) No single item can be worth more than half of the starting wealth (this is mostly to save them from themselves, overspecializing can be a killer). 2) No more than 20% of the starting...

The World Health Organization has lifted the travel ban, and the number of new cases has been dropping for a few weeks. It has pretty much run its course in Toronto. I wouldn't go hanging out at the emergency room, but your chance of catching SARS in TO is actually pretty low right now. And...

I agree, the Urban Arcana/Shadow Chasers campaign premises are just slight variations on D&D with guns. d20 Modern isn't geared exclusively to "kick in the door" play, but it is designed to facilitate that style of gaming if that's your bag. Cheers

My houserule is that everyone is bilingual if they want to be (one player chose not to be). Unless store-clerks are the smartest demographic in the city, intelligence has nothing to do with acquiring additional languages. I keep the general rule for balance and simplicity but seeing as my game...

Disconnect between the need to stay in certain classes until level 20 (ish), and prestige classes which max out at 10 I'm not sure I take your point here. Considering that most prestige classes can only be entered at 6th-11th level (depending on your route to entry) having more than 10 levels...

If you start with a lower base DC you can make weaker incantations that are accessable to lower level PCs. Instead of DCs in the 30-35 range, make weaker effects and drop the DCs down to the 20-25 range and the same system will work. You might have to redefine the Seeds though. Another option...

Well, Stevens can have Bonk. The Sens have three lines that can score from anywhere on the ice and four lines that can play physically and positionally on the back-check. Jersey will be tough, and there are no guarantees. But if the Sens play with confidence, they can win. If they give...

I enjoyed that game more than most. I appreciate a tight, suspensful game as much as the next guy, but we needed a good blow-out to remind us who is the favorite and who is the underdog here. My Sens looked like they'd forgotten who they were in game 2. Hopefully they will still remember in...

Yep Anglo-Saxon poetry (Old English) such as Beowulf or Caedmon's Hymn didn't rhyme, it alliterated. It also used variations on 4 or 5 rythmic patterns that were based on the stressed/unstressed syllables not on the total number of syllables. The form was used, although infrequently, right...

Crippling your OGC by declaring spell and feat names as PI doesn't really serve much purpose unless you plan on licensing out, or reusing the material in other formats. And even then, if that long-shot pulls through, having the feat or spell name appearing elsewhere is probably not going to...

I think that you might need a separate agreement to indicate where your OGC came from. Section 7 of the OGL states: "You agree not to Use any Product Identity, including as an indication as to compatibility, except as expressly licensed in another, independent Agreement with the owner of each...

I'm not too interested but I'll check it out and if it has enough new crunchy bits and I've got the cash burning a hole in my pocket, I'll pick it up. I'm starting up my campaign next month and its a Cthuluesque/Holy Blood and the Holy Grail setting. Having goblins running around as gang...

I'm planning on using some Heroclix stuff as well. Thugs, repainted Shield and Hydra operatives and medics, maybe even Blade. Most of them are available second hand at my FLGS for $1 or less. Cheers

Medicine Hat, Alberta, I should have thought of that one. How about Moose Factory, Ontario. It's the only permanent settlement I've ever been to that is completely inaccessible by car. The nearest road is about 4 hours away by train. Cheers

I dunno, nothing like losing a real loved one or anything like that. But there was one event that called up emotions that were akin to finishing a great novel. After playing a 2e campaign for nearly 6 years there was a near total party kill. My character and one other (Lyra the thief)...

My heavens, how could anyone talk about odd place names in Alberta without mentioning Head Smashed-In Buffalo Jump, Alberta. It isn't actually a town, per se. But the name of the site can't be beat. (It's a UNESCO World Heritage Site, for what it's worth.) At the other end of the country...

I would actually bet against my Sens in game one on Friday. They've had a long layoff and without individual, game defining, superstars, timing becomes paramount. I'm sure they've been practicing and everything, but it isn't the same as real competition. I'm not too worried about that though...

Wacky year. Not to take too much away from Philly, but Toronto was showing their age and hubris. All year they've blown hot and cold so it doesn't surprise me that they crumpled in 1 out of 3 games that were must wins. They had no focus in the early part of the series, gained it back in the...

I'm no expert, but I think that this is where the "can't indicate compatibility" clause protects you to a certain degree. According to the rules of the OGL game they don't even need your permission to reprint any OGC you create as long as credit is given in Section 15. What they can't do is...

Yes, well, if you want to be unconventional there are risks. If the name of the serial changes or the numbering system, the ISSN remains with the publication, so a retailer/customer can be absolutely certain that this is the same magazine that they've come to trust and not a knock off. In...