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Alright, I know Pathfinder is the big hype, but Fantasy Craft is another fantasy alternative out there, and the PDF is out now. The hardcopy MAY be out by GenCon, but the pdf is here: http://enworld.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=63884&filters=0_0_0_0&manufacturers_id=341 This is...

Yes... you are running traveller. I'll bring my books. ;)

Grrr... running something then. :(

There are some things that could use some shoring up (haste and rangers have already been mentioned), but it's absolutely playable. One of the greatest campaigns I ran (from 1st-21st) was under 3.0.

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If that's the way you roll, that's fine. As long as you are willing to have the players re-roll characters. As for me, I don't consider DMing philosophy automatically correct just because Gary uttered it. I think you've mistaken me for someone else. I'm not so much of an old school viking-hat...

Good on you. My post wasn't a commentary on 4e (per se) so much as the expressed philosophy upthread that combat should always be an option. I believe I've already stated nothing stops you from doing this in 4e. But I do believe expectations can be an obstacle if you have players who carry...

There's both an HTML and PDF version of SotC stripped of all setting info & fluff on the same site.

I consider that a very contrived example or a very naive one, and illustrates that you missed my point about combat not being the only option. You simply assume that the players stumble into the trolls and get into a combat. That's really back to my take on an undesirable situation or poor...

Anyone else notice the assumption here I'm noticing? It's not that you didn't have options before, just that combat wasn't always an option. But now, combat is automatically an option, where it might not have been before. I personally find enjoyment in having the players think their way around...

While I think Joe hit upon an important distinction which has consequences, I don't think it captures the totality and conflict over same. I think you'd be remiss to overlook some of the other posts on the prior page, which I for one am finding very insightful. :cool:

There is a psionic book for MongT, but alas, I don't own it. I don't feel a great urge to use psionics. (Remember, I'm the one who thinks psionics is magic and therefore fantasy, not SF. ;) ) Still talking Mongoose Traveller here? Depends on what you want. I was sort of disappointed by...

The adventure I just ran Friday had a combat (with looters), but no real villain. It was all about the players dealing with the consequences of a shuttle crash on a moon base. It was the adventure published in S&P 55: Mongoose Publishing : For All Your Gaming Needs ...

Well, it's a matter of perspective. For some DMs (and some moods for some DMs that do it different ways at other times ;) ), "playing by the same rules the players do" is something to be aspired to and enjoyed.

As I've said before, the glory of 1e was its adventures. Little wonder that the most successful third party adventure writers have been those who have tried to channel or recapture the 1e era in this way. I think the G/D/Q sequence informs my DMing philosophy to this day.

I think this is worth noting for anyone in the audience who is having a fundamental bit of trouble understanding why some folks (especially those with broad experience with pre-3e D&D) are experiencing a bit of a style clash with 4e. For us (I'll be bold enough to presume speak for the group...

Well, MegaTraveller kept the advanced systems (which could produce extremely competent characters) and tried to bolster the basic system a little to compensate. Mongoose Traveller (which Ariosto is calling "Riki Tiki Traveller", a fun name someone gave it) goes for a unified middle ground. It...

Just to be perfectly clear, I don't use Ron Edwards or the Forge as the source of my lexicon. Particularly where "simulationism" is concerned, which seemed to be a dumping ground for "badwrongfun" gaming on the forge. You'll notice I almost never use the term narratavism; that term was coined...

Again, this would be reasons I don't like 4e. 4e seems to me to be the most minis centric edition since OD&D (if that), and has taken pains to shift the balance question entirely to combat. That's more like a wargame to me. I think you are bashing strawmen here. Most people don't like "uber...

The OP said they were trying to get away from D20, but it is a decent system that has some strengths. In particular, I think they did a bang-up job on making starship combat in a way that involves as many PCs as possible. I also like the skill/proficiency relationship for describing ability with...