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I think the idea of a "Magic Wal-Mart" came about when lazy DMs looked at the list of magic items in the DMG, saw the prices next to them, and decided that they would be available on demand, off-the-rack, in any community that could support the cost. What no one seems to take into consideration...

Usually, the only planning-ahead that I do for my characters is making sure I qualify for whatever PrC I have my eye on. Even then, I may deviate from the plan based on events in-game. It's just too hard to predict what will happen to a character. I can't justify maxing out my swim skill if...

Yeah, but that's science fiction. What the OP seems to be looking for is examples of D&D-style healing magic in fantasy fiction. More than part of the inspiration, I would say. The cleric seems wholly based on the knightly orders of the Crusades. As for my own contribution to examples, in...

I, for one, welcome our boxcar-hopping overlords.

One of my local game stores has a room set aside for gaming. It's away from the rest of the store, but you can still hear the gaming going on (there's no door and the wall doesn't reach the ceiling) and you can wander back there and watch if you want. It's free during the day, but after a...

My best friend in high school was a real patron of obscure and/or indie RPGs. He had a copy of Cadillacs and Dinosaurs (based on the comic of the same name). Mutant Chronicles was another one of his favorites.

From a thread in the d20 Modern, etc. forum: Force Unleashed Campaign Guide:11/2007 The Emperor has swept away the last vestiges of the Old Republic. Darth Vader and his dark apprentice hunt down the surviving Jedi one by one, but a few escape capture and find refuge on backwater worlds. Fewer...

I don't see Redcloak replacing Roy, but I do see him as a future "bad-guy-gone-good," or at least allying with the OotS against a common foe. Sooner or later Xykon's mistreatment of him, and especially his people, is going to push him over the edge.

No no, he said he took an LDS in the '60s. Was she hot?

Yay! A lifetime supply of cat pictures with funny captions and "what kind of vegetable are you?" quizzes!

Maybe Paizo will do monster decks, like the critical hit deck and the equipment deck. I would buy that in a heartbeat. Beats spending hours transcribing the stats to index cards by hand, or wasting ink printing them off your computer.

Funny you should mention vampires and bloody apple trees.... I came up with a story once in which an ancient vampire had been staked and buried in the ground, but not destroyed. Over the years, the stake bloomed into an apple tree, only this tree was tainted with evil from feeding on the...

Well, unless the golem was intelligent and therefore capable of being willing, I'd have to say no. Could it be ordered to lower its magic resistance? I suppose so, although some GMs might rule otherwise.

HERO is a very flexible system, and the newest incarnation of it (FUZION) is compatible with Mekton Zeta, which has, IMO, the best vehicle/mecha/android construction system out there. Savage Worlds comes a close second. It emulates the pulp action you're looking for, but it's a little light on...

Hear hear! I like my dragons to be physically powerful, but no smarter than the velociraptors in Jurassic Park. No talking, no shapechanging, no spells...just tooth and claw and thick scaley hide.

I've only had to deal with this once or twice, and as long as the watchers are quiet and don't disrupt the game, I'm fine with them being there. Sometimes they even decide to take up playing later on. OTOH, if I was running something at a con or a game store and had lookie-loos, that would...

Sounds like married life to me! *rimshot*

Agreed. My guess is that Miko walked into the room, saw whats-his-name just about to smash the gem, figured that it must be the Right Thing to Do, and did it. I also have a terrible feeling that Miko is actually a PC. I had a player like that in the last campaign I ran. Most of the players...

Actually, I think that was Tortuga. That's where Scarlett and her blonde friend lived, and the dock looked like the one that Jack met Elizabeth in disguise in DMC.