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Here's the first Jim Wallis interview at OgreCave: http://www.ogrecave.com/interviews/jameswallis.shtml You'll have to wait for the later one posted today.

And you're misunderstanding. Nobody claims that doing stuff that's different is pretentious. People are claiming that James Wallis's attitude that "Nobilis" isn't for the likes of d20 players is pretentious. (And quite possibly obnoxious and offensive to potential customers, which might not be...

Are you reading the same thread I am? Nobody's saying "good riddance" about the company. There are comments here and there about James Wallis, his attitude towards potential customers, and so on. But nobody's said "good riddance" to Hogshead leaving the business. I'm afraid any intolerance...

Was I questioning the worth of Nobilis in that thread? Go back and read it. I wasn't. I wasn't questioning the worth of a mindlessly fanboy review that was the result of a 2 hour reading of a book and no testing. The fact was, James Wallis could not distinguish between someone bashing a lousy...

Nicely taken out of context, whoever you are. Check out my reply at the bottom: http://trio.rpg.net/rf08/read.php?f=461&i=36&t=1 And then check out James Wallis's response. Unlike you, I won't take him out of context. I'll let readers read the exchange and form their opnions by following the...

Having been on the receiving end of one of his tirades on RPG.net, I have to say that if he was one the nicest men in the industry, his on-line persona (and the persona of his hirelings) did not reflect it. By contrast, my interactions with Lynn Willis, Monte Cook, Andy Collins, and other d20...

When you've got a new game (such as Mutants & Masterminds), it would be silly to not have GM support in the form of pre-written adventures. While it's easy for a D&D DM to pick up adventures in the form of Dungeon magazine or other such, it's not that easy for non D&D games. My suspicion is...

CoC d20 is plenty lethal. Played in the normal character level ranges (levels 4-8), CoC d20 emulates Chaosium CoC faithfully. Below 4th, CoC d20 is more lethal (and more like commoners vs. Al Qaida than Chaosium CoC was). Higher than that, and you've got Indiana Jones & the Temple of Cthulhu...

Amazon.com, then buy.com. If I lived outside California, it'd be buy.com. 37% off. You can't beat that.

Further thoughts on publishing adventure I've been giving the matter more thought. It seems like the big problem with publishing adventures is that by their nature, modules are low volume products. In a group with 6 players, only one will buy an adventure. Fortunately for adventure publisher...

Be prepared to say "no" If asked on a ruling on a feat, PrC, or spell, always say, "Let me think about it for next week." Never say "yes" right away. Always give yourself time to think through the implications of feats, PrC, or spells from supplements. On the other hand, during a game, be...

Hm... I haven't found that to be true. When running the Temple of Elemental Evil, my players have done a few sidetrips, especially when the entire party wasn't there. What has happened is that the next few encounters become really easy for them, but they breeze through those and soon start...

DC Heroes! That's the one to go for. You can find gobs of stats for existing heroes online for that system. If not, try Mutants & Masterminds.

Those are REALLY not profitable. They don't make money, considering the cost. That's why I suggest a subscription to Dungeon for short adventures. Check it out. I've used practically every issue of Dungeon since I've subscribed. It's probably the best value in gaming today. There's a point of...

Hear hear! I buy adventures (and Monte, I just ordered "The Banewarrens"), I run them, I use them. And I have a subscription to Dungeon, when no other game magazine gets my money. Well done adventures are hard to find, and good adventures form the basis of any campaign. I believe that there's a...

I'm a player 25% of the time. A wizard player, no less. And being single classed so far haven't hurt me, but it's definitely been hurting the single class rogue. I don't object to my players buying PrC packed books. They can buy 'em, and I can ban 'em. :) At this point, they've learnt not to buy...

I agree. Spoiler Alert! The Demon God's Fane has an Embermage NPC that the PCs get to fight. We'll see how powerful he is. I'm pretty sure he'll get taken down pretty quickly by my power-gaming group, but I'd like to see how much damage he does.

Do you have the same BOEM II that I have? There are 4 PrCs in there. The Diplomancer: +1 spellcaster every other level. This one is suitable for Sorcerors and Wizards. The Eldritch Warrier: No spellcasting progression. The Knight of the Chord: +1 spell level on every other level. The song...

It's a bad thing in the same way having an unbalanced class, an unbalanced spell, or unbalanced weapon is a bad thing. It makes other choices in game play untenable. What that means is that you won't have any Wizards in the game, or Sorcerors in the game, just PrCs. I've noticed, for instance...

Nobody said that they have no power. The point is that they should be power-balanced with a straight single-classed character. This makes them a little more powerful than multi-classed characters as it is. One thing that I'm seeing is escalating power levels for PrCs. As PrCs get more and more...