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regarding computer books Even those computer books aren't very profitable for the writer. You get about a $10,000 advance to write a 500 page book (I'm speaking from first hand experience). If you're any good at your day job at all (and good enough to write a worthy technical manual), you'll...

pricing I don't get it, the numbers that I've been getting from those in the know (thanks for posting) has been that there aren't many who drop away with price increases. That's been the point of this thread. Besides, it seems to me that there are plenty of ways to get product if money is an...

template? Where's the template?

recent purchases CoC d20 - excellent. Especially since someone else in the group is offering to GM for the first time. Counter Collection 2 - I'm too cheap to buy minis.

I want my demi-humans! A game without a Dwarf just isn't the same. Of course, with a login like Thorin Stoutfoot, what do you expect me to say?

bring it on! My goodness, if this was available 6 months ago, my conversions would have been unncessary!

Ok, I'm this far from finishing the conversion of my ToEE project, so now I'm starting a new group to discuss the Masks of Nyarlathotep d20 conversion. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/masks-d20/ Join in. I haven't started work on it yet, but getting in and making your opinions known before I...

not interesting A Dancer class?! Do I really need one? Not really. And I definitely am not pleased to see new skills on the contents. New uses for existing skills yes. New skills, no. Characters already don't have sufficient skill points for existing skills, we don't need skill point dilution...

low magic settings/adventures Do any of you remember Harn? Back when it came out, the creators said something like: "We make it a low magic setting, because it's easier to put in magic than to take it out." After reading about people's campaigns and beefs and wants, I've come to the conclusion...

Money for luxury items R.X. Diem, if you're truly worried about your wife and kids, then you shouldn't be spending money on gaming. I save about 40% of my gross income, and I don't buy what I don't need. But I applaud there being good products that will deliver what I need, and am willing to...

buying from Amazon.com Yep. And that's who I want to hurt. They add NO value to me. None. Zip. I know which products I want, (I didn't need to look through the PH, DMG, or MM or d20 CoC to know that's what I wanted --- though I did borrow one or two books from the local library to play a few...

A quick look through some of the classic CoC adventures I have show that they can't possibly be first, since the very first cultist they run into will just waste 'em. So what's the consensus? I'd say the typical classic CoC character is about 3rd level in d20 terms.

how about a classic conversion? If you have the original Temple of Elemental Evil, why not try my 3E conversion?

softcovers for me! I better stick my nose in before all the publishers think only hardcovers will sell. Thin hardcovers are a PAIN! The Psionics Handbook is a skinny hardcover, and that makes it less portable, and if I didn't get it as a gift I wouldn't have bought it. I bought the Living...

Thieves and Kings! I can't believe nobody's mentioned thieves and kings yet! The best fantasy comic out there, bar none.

just got my copy as well I have to say, I love the illustrations --- they are almost all of monsters beating up or munching on hapless adventurers. I haven't had much of a chance to thoroughly read the module yet, but on my initial glance-through I have to admit that the Mouse is right --- it's...

hm... a subscription model for D&D Ryan, What about subscriptions to Dungeon and Dragon? Those people pay $35 a year to WoTC. Or are the circulation figures for Dungeon and Dragon negligible compared to the user base?

one mechanic? Not true, of course. Spycraft introduced action dice. CoC d20 introduces Sanity. And this is just the tip of the iceberg. As more people realize what they can do with the system, we'll see new mechanics introduced into d20. It would not be inconceivable that if someone thought...

great ideas I don't see why. D20 at this point has many more designers and gamers working on it than any other system. All of these folks can contribute to it, thanks to the OGL. All of the other systems only have the publisher contributing to them, and at most one or two licensees. You're...

buying from Amazon.com Well, you could buy .pdfs directly from the publisher, so the money goes directly to them, and they don't have to bother printing, advertising, etc. That's a great way to go. I haven't done so yet because it's not cheap for me to print my own stuff. (Inkjets are...