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That was actually a poor word choice/usage on my part. When I said "spectacular" I meant "to a great degree" or "dramatic", not necessarily "positive".

Well, here's the thing about 5e and D&D in general... It's all well and good to make the very, very finest RPG in the world. It could be rules light, but with complex options. It could be fast to play and detailed enough for combats to be tactical. It could be perfectly balanced and allow for...

Good question, but she's not enough of a gamer to really even know the answer to this. I suspect modern might be easier for her, but she'd have fun with whatever.

EXCELLENT PONT (the whole post, but this in particular). Hell, if I were naive enough to claim it, I'd be tempted to say "this is the reasoning behind the edition wars! Now we've solved them!" Of course it's more complicated than that (there's no single reason for edition wars), but I mean...

And wait a second... Bigger ISN'T always better. I mean, in some cases it is, as with bigger weapons of the same type in rpgs (e.g. dagger to short sword to long sword) or making a weapon a larger size (e.g. making a dagger for a giant) did follow that pattern in 3e. Weapons :: d20srd.org...

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Paradox (and others), do you recommend basically buying books as their genre appeals to non-players of GURPS? (That's not a trick question, by the way. I'm just trying to find out the extent of what is easily ported over in terms of either worlds/sourcebooks/historical genres or locations/etc.)...

Thanks for the reply, and I've heard good things overall. I just don't think it's right for my current group. I really, REALLY don't mean to disparage the system. I'm looking for the excellent offerings that it likely (and I've heard) has provided, offerings that might be usable in other game...

This is an excellent point, but also, there are some things that I, personally cannot justify in 4e. I've tried (maybe not hard enough, I'll grant you...my 4e DM is better at it than I am) but I've failed. How would you (or anyone who understands 4e better than I) explain Daily powers within...

I'm told from a few sources that GURPS has some tasty materials that might just be enjoyable for just about anyone. I've also read enough that I don't think (and my group of D&D folk are unlikely to believe) that switching systems is doable. But, I'm always open to other games, especially...

L.O.L. I'll agree with you, they can be a pain, and often result in heated threads. However, I find it funny that you posted that there's no way it could happen, people disagreed with you, and now you want discussion of it banned. But, as with many contentious topics, if people play nice...

My wife is a doctor and has worked in the ER, but she's not home at the moment. She has shared stories in which people have been hit with dozens of bullets and survived. Looking at this with common sense, I think it's fairly obvious that certain parts of the body are more critical than...

You nailed it. Of course if someone felt that they wanted to support WotC or if WotC needed it, that'd be fine to include. But, yeah, I mainly am asking about publishers (4e, 3e, prior editions, Pathfiner) that are a bit smaller or perhaps more in need of support.

1. Who do I support? Open Design. I check their website on a regular basis for new product offerings. I also buy 4e DM material even though I only play 4e, and don't DM it. It's good stuff and I can convert it. 2. Who SHOULD I support? Rite Publishing and ENworld. Rite Publishing seems...

It's simple. Without customers, publishers and their great products go away. Of course, we buy the products that we become aware of easily or that are, to us, freshly canned "awesomesauce". But many of us might go beyond that. I'm asking about which companies you do, or feel you should, go...

Migard is supposed to be a pretty good German game (not to be confused with the American setting Midgard by Open Design, which is also likely to be pretty darn good). I really like Agone, which is French.

"Call it hubris, but I am my OWN god. If you would like, I can be yours as well." Another take is that necromancers can reject the divine. They are arcanists who dally with the purview of clerics, developing some means to heal themselves (e.g. vampiric touch) and with negative energy they can...

Maybe human fighters also posess a gluptorid?

In 5 hours and 58 minutes, the sphinter on the causatis has not yet released, so the source of the acid is still holding it while the propellor of acid remains completely empty. In two more minutes, the sphincter opens and the gluptorid is flooded with acid, ready for action.

It's gluptorid (an internal organ which collects, but does not excrete the acid, similar to the human gall bladder) must be completely full to have any substantial range. Imagine a water gun that's nearly empty; how it sort of dribbles until it has a minimum amount of fluid. In addition the...