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Thanks for the invite Mark. I am going to be out of town most of the day for work (journalism job fair in Franklin) but maybe I could stop by when I get back in town.

I also had a good time. Wish I could have gotten there earlier. On the good side, the world-famous polar bear diorama is now complete.

Well, I woulda preferred superheroes, but I still hold out hope that I can lure the group to playing on the comic book side for a bit this year. Except for those who are complete comic book haters. And to you, I say you don't know what you are missing. I probably can't start until 2 p.m. or so...

I am pretty jazzed too. It has been a crazy week at work and I'm looking forward to playing. How much? Enough to TURN DOWN a ticket to see the Red Hot Chili Peppers in Louisville Saturday, just so I can play. And I LOVE the Chili Peppers.

I still don't understand your reluctance on the fate point issue, 'cause it is a lot like saying, "I refuse to add any bonuses to my dice rolls. So, even if the +4 Attack Bonus I have would have allowed me to hit the bad guy, I choose not to apply it and miss." But you should be in good shape...

And just to be clear, I am in no way saying that D&D's class-based system is in any way superior to what I am seeing in RuneQuest. Only that RQ at this beginning level seems to be a very low-powered in terms of abilities and competency for the characters. With no healing magic, very low money...

Well, that's a shame. I was assuming I could use divine spells to simulate monk-like abilities down the road. Just looking through the sorcery spells, I could see some that could work for a monk, effect-wise. Such as Damage Resistance or Haste. But I don't see a monk carrying around a spell...

I haven't really looked through Savage Worlds. Is it any good?

The rules for divine spellcasting in the Companion SRD...

Nice color there Chris. You may have missed your calling...

Am I reading it wrong to conclude that characters in RQ don't acquire any sort of special abilities until pretty late in their adventuring career and that spells are prohibitively expensive in time and silver to actually be any sort of factor in the game? It certainly doesn't appear that there...

OK Cool. I was having a moment of thinking "well, of COURSE there aren't monks in Inzeladun." And that I had stepped over some setting/genre rule that I knew nothing about. I'm not sure I like the idea of being the only survivor. But having the monastery/temple be destroyed and then the monks...

OK. I wrote an earlier version of this that showed a certain frustration that I am having a hard time articulating. It came across worse than I meant it to and if anyone saw it in the 30 seconds or so that it was up, please pretend I never said anything. I am getting the distinct impression...

On a quick scan, it certainly seems like an order of Athenian monks would be a logical possibility. Studying books to honor the wisdom aspect and studying martial arts to honor the war aspect.

Not really. By any definition I think Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism and Shintoism are religions of peace and tranquility, yet those cultures gave us most of our martial arts. I mean, Buddhist monks are the stereotypical practitioners and students of martial arts. Hell, Christianity is a...

Jason, Dave and I made characters this evening. Sworn to secrecy on theirs, but my guy: Nutshell description: Big farm boy sent to live with a religious order who now walks the lands with meager belongings and a simple staff, spreading the word of his peaceful warrior god. Kind of a combo...

I'm pretty tapped until next month, I'm afraid. Too much Christmas.

I doubt that even in a classless system that we will ever get away from some of these descriptors. Because, well a thief, a warrior and a priest are basically job descriptions, as well as class descriptions. I mean, I'm an "editor" and Dave is a "librarian" and Vince is a "teacher." And life...

I really have no idea what I want to play. I've done the charismatic thief bit for a long while now with Yuri. So I will probably want to do something different. Maybe someone noble and altruistic. ooh. And charismatic. A paladin! naaaawwwww

I don't know WHO you mean.