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I find the 3E skill system just as crude sometimes. I have a character with +27 to Spot who can reasonably see an invisible creature. She has +25 to Survival, so she can follow week-old tracks across tundra. In a recent game I try to track down the source of an attack in a busy area, and because...

I thought Ruby's unwrapping was the best part of the video. :)

Tony Moseley retired from comics after the Zogonia book, in order to take care of something personal. That was years ago. The Zogonia website, which once hosted all the comics (and one that was too hot for Dungeon) has been a blank page ever since. It doesn't seem very likely we'll see a return...

Those are more rare than many of the items in this thread. They seem to go for a couple hundred dollars. ;)

Is it the specific WotC sculpt you want in metal? Because Reaper has a remorhaz now, and it's quite good: Reaper Miniatures :: OnlineStore

I think it's a tie between Mystara and Planescape, but since a lot of my love for Mystara comes down to nostalgia, I'm going to say Planescape. I love that factions are organizations with compelling reasons to exist, whose beliefs can speak to players, and which can add new dimensions to a...

Reaper uses greens that get molded directly. Other metal-based companies seem to operate the same way. I don't believe there are any virtual sculpts involved nor any way to really use them, but I could be wrong.

Ah, I have a lot of stuff. But I don't think I could possibly value any product over the friends that I've made and the fun that we've had playing RPGs. And yes, they are part of my collection. My cellar is outfitted with manacles.

If you're coming into 4E from 3E, this page is a great summary of some of the stickier changes that can throw people off: 3E to 4E: Stumbling Blocks « Claw/Claw/Peck If you're coming into 4E from Baldur's Gate, I don't think you will have much confusion. The language is very different and most...

After a few years I lose track of errata, I forget that rule X was revised in book Y, and then I only have the print book to fall back on. Already the 3.5 errata is a jumbled cloud of house rules, Sage Advice and customer service replies in my mind. I could not tell you what the differences were...

I think we readily identify recognizable cues from our own experiences and expectations at the gaming table, and that naturally takes precedent over analyzing what makes sense in the D&D world. The game is populated by our preconceptions until someone specifically says otherwise, right? It's...

That's a good observation, but doesn't the game take place during the rule of Nerath? Since Nerath is 100 years extinct as a necessity of Points of Light, the map might not be good for much more than rough geography.

I'm sorry if I offended, it was really never my intention to call anybody stupid. You're asking me for broad generalizations, but that was really not what I was talking about either. I was talking about differences on an individual level. That's why it's impossible to make a list of traits that...

I'm a little concerned that some folks don't seem to really understand what makes male and female characters different. One justification for "needing" to play a female character is shamanism and traditions related to the menstrual cycle. Okay- but what about wanting to roleplay the clearly...

I felt relieved by the slow pace of 4E books up to this point, and the bargain of DDI, because I have always spent a lot of money on D&D and other RPGs. Now, of course, those other RPGs are either dead or only able to publish a book every 6 months, which is great for my budget! Hobbies are just...

I don't think the way you've phrased it is especially accurate but you're on the right track there. There's a fear that coming into a man's game as a woman you will be playing the role of the woman, and many women would rather shrug off those expectations, that social pressure, and play a...

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Sometimes I have a clear idea of what kind of person my character would be attracted to, just as a complementary idea kicking around the back of my head, but I think normally I work by flash of inspiration, so of course it helps to have a large and changing pool of NPCs. Back when 3.0 was...

I hate in Mystara how the major city of Darokin is Darokin City and Glantri has Glantri City. But then in the real world Kansas has Kansas City, Oklahoma has Oklahoma City, then there's New York City, and I don't really think anything of them.

I'm putting you and Ken Hite on the list just to be safe.