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Guardians of order company went down due to financial problems, the 3rd edition of BESM was published by WW. The said edition is very rare and thus expensive, as well as re-working the system heavily. IMO 2nd edition is the better of the two. strengths & weaknesses? Well, I find it to cover...

Here is something to get you stared: Dun 77 "Visiting Tylwyth lev. 1 A spurned witch and her kobold henchmen make life difficult for poor Uncle Tylwyth Dun 81) A Race Against Time (AD&D, lev 1-3) A mad bomber terrorizes the city of Red Fern. Can you unravel the string of clues and bring...

Potion Helmet Somebody already did. From Dragon 282 (PC Portraits) I think there was another April article detailing this consent in more detail in an older issue, but I cannot remember which one it was from the top of my head.

There is also the Paramander from "Plethora of Paladins" [Dragon 106] Prime requisite is INT, can cast up to 5 level arcane spells (including fireball and lighting bolt), detect both good and evil, and use some thief abilities (open locks, find/remove traps, move silently, hide in shadows, and...

I think the players should be encouraged to play true to stats as long as it does not affect their fun. There are many ways to do this as well as interpretations of what low stat is like. Some ideas are presented in Dragon, in particular "Wise as an ox, strong as an owl" in issue 284. Also from...

Two from the DM hold music a while back::p Do Italian vampires hate garlic? Where did that tiger keep those 20 sliver pieces? .... Is attacking the darkness a valid target for magic missiles, if you are against shadows/darkweavers/shadowdancers? Do mind flayer zombies crave brains? Can you...

Furthermore several different situations have to be considered. Or as some put it: "if the enemy can strike back you are doing something wrong." There are many factors to think about (otherwise it is like stating that a rogue is worthless since he cannot stand toe to toe to a fighter in a...

Two things: First, in 2E I interpreted the rules for memorization to make it possible to do so at any time (after the required rest of course). Thus mid level casters often left few of their spell slots open to fill as needed. The balancing factor was random encounters, you spend too long in one...

I too like to tie in the game aspects with the fluff. One thing to consider is that even though they are away from civilization it does not mean they are away from other people. Let me explain, literary tradition is filled with people who for one or another reason have gone into secluded areas...

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Hmm, clearly not done his homework. There has been several articles in (The) Dragon explaining magic in context. Take "The laws of Magic" in Drag 106 , which by the way was published in 1986 3 years before the article quoted by the OP. It introduces the consent of a 5th element: "In The...

There are many factors in those disagreements and it is often hard to put into words the reasoning for one's opinions. Here are a few as I see them: (many are Gm centric, but I see the GM as the driving force behind having a game) 1. If you are already having a good game you may not have a...

I like to allow the players to grow into their role. Have to mention that I am also more of a fluff guy (but not a fluffer :p). If a player tell me he wants his PC to get better at X I will research the PrC I have access to and offer him some possibilities complete with guilds, traveling NPC...

The way I see it edition wars are in part a competition over limited resources. There are only so many players out there. If more of those played in a way liked by one the more likely to be able to find a group/game to play with. Also while it is true that being out of print does not stop...

If it works for Wikipedia, it should work for pdfs. On the plus side you will get quite the exercise just lugging all those dead trees around.:D

I voted Other. Let see... Other games (such as gurps) while having a plethora of supplementary materials cannot come to fraction of the amount that D&D has throughout the editions. One of the drawing point that the game has for me is exactly this support. In previous editions thanks to the...

Going to epic does not have to be done at one go. In previous editions, once the PC reached "name" level they are given the option of shifting gears into more social intensive game (managing castles, guilds, monasteries). Once you fill that the players are starting to get stagnated in their...

My pick : 2nd edition. I like the others as well, this is just my favorite. Why? It matches most closely the type of fantasy feel I enjoy. Case 1: Oscillating challenge. Or as I like to call it run from the wolves defeat the bears. Later systems are more balanced and have more guidance of how...

From SRD: "... Ex-Druids A druid who ceases to revere nature, changes to a prohibited alignment, or teaches the Druidic language to a nondruid loses all spells and druid abilities (including her animal companion, but not including weapon, armor, and shield proficiencies). She cannot...