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Let's see, BD Merced is a great font to use for gaming handouts. Blackadder ITC works good too for a fancier handwritten looking font. Chaucer is also a good handwriting font. Cloister Black for that Old English writing look. KellyAnnGothic can be a bit much, but can work for some forms of fairy...

While that is not necessarily true (much of book paper these days is made from recycled material) what's wrong with just calling them books? They are, after all, books. If you have to distinguish between physical and electronic, then use those words. I am not trying to be a pain in the neck, but...

First off, let me say that I find the term "dead tree" to be pejorative, so I object to its use. Why not use "spent electrons" while you are at it? Now, to answer your question, I prefer books. Something I can hold in my hand wherever I go, even during a power outage. If I happen to get a pdf I...

I know that I am one who will buy a physical book (I am not fond of the term "dead tree version") over a pdf just about every time. Judging from what I have seen when this topic crops up, I am not the only one. I prefer to curl up on the couch and read my gaming books, or take them with me and...

I do not really "build" a character. More often then not, the character evolves during creation. Here's what I do for a D&D game, as it is different for each game system. First and foremost, I roll my attributes. This is important for me, as assigning values in D&D just doesn't feel right...

Yes, I still use 3.0 when running my game, along with some 3.0 third party material. I think there are one or two small things that come from 3.5, but those are more exceptions then anything else. We never saw the reason to get 3.5, as the changes did not seem enough to warrant it.

I not only would play, I am playing. I play in a group that is running OD&D and has been for over 20 years. I joined about 5 years ago, and have had a ball. The players in the group fluctuate and change over the years, but the campaign world has stayed the same all that time. It's fun, silly...

Most of the things that people are baffled by seem to be explained, but I will look through and see if there are any I can elaborate on. Since I do not have an answer, I will supply a question. Can someone explain to me the appeal, which often borders on the fanatical, of using a point buying...

Oh, I know what a dire creature is. I currently run a D&D 3e game (when not running playtests of a new game I am working on), and use dire creatures in it. I just figured if you are going to show a "tiger" it should look like a tiger, not a dire tiger. I am mainly complaining about poor...

I have a silly question. Why does the creature labeled as a Tiger have shoulder spikes, a line a spikes down its spine, and saber tooth like canine teeth?

You can find the SRD, or at least the last files available, here. Not sure if it has been updated since last year. This can be found under the name Four Color System and is free from RPG Now and other places. The others I do not know much about, to be honest.

Actually, for 5+ it would be 83%, not 87%.

Currently I am playing in: a Basic D&D game that has been going on for decades; a 3.x D&D game that I am running; a Traveller game (LBB) that I am playing in off and on; a DragonQuest game that we hope to start in the coming weeks; and a game I could not classify, because I am playtesting a game...

Here's an interesting dice question. Well, it is interesting to me. Does anyone make a precision edged d6 with pips instead of numbers that is not a casino castoff? I sort of have this thing about my d6 needing pips instead of numbers, but all the sharp edged, precision dice I see have numbers...

Well, whoever guessed it was a game based on the Dragon Age video game was correct. I am underwhelmed. I was rather hoping for a license of something I actually cared about. I am not a big fan of computer rpgs, even less games based off of computer rpgs. I am sure there is an audience for it...

Someone mentioned that a couple of the ecologies have 4e stat info in them. Are those the only ones? If they are, then the rest might be worth having someone get it for me. Would hate to have someone spend money for me on things I can't use.

Woo hoo! One of my all time favorite fantasy RPGs. These days people know so little about it. A shame really, it was a lot of fun, easy to run, and easy to add things to it.

The error is at Fat Dragon's site, since they have it listed in their free stuff section with the same bad link.

The funny thing is, they are actually patented. The name idea was taken from those old patent medicine shows. We just tend to call them Elevation Indicators.

Being good friends with the inventor, I use Doctor Wizard's Patented Elevation Indicators which are a great way of showing either elevation or depth. I also use the Large and Huge Extenders for my bigger figs, or sometimes as a flying carpet. They work great, are easy to use, and quick to see...