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Wow, three pages and no one has mentioned Living Steel. It was actually a really cool game, but IMO the combat system tried so hard to emulate reality, it would cause real world injuries to those trying to figure it out.

Honestly, I've seen more than a few d20 systems even that pretty much dispense with the cleric and spread healing abilities out among several other classes. Arcana Evolved comes to mind, for one. It has actually worked very well. Healing magic was less powerful overall, but you don't have a...

I'm amazed too at the amount of love for Alternity. I still have it sitting on my shelf, but just never got around to running or running in a game. 'Tis a shame, it really looked to be a pretty neat system.

Some good ideas. Thanks folks! Its nice to know that I'm not the only one that finds it annoying and assumes they'll be a distraction when they're not into the game. Well, we'll see how it goes tonight.

I have a campaign that I run (one of two . . . what the heck was I thinking?) that seems to attract a continual stream of observers. And while I don't mind serious potential gamers watching on, all of these have been either significant others of players or . . . .just individuals that you know...

Yeah, I grab 4e when it comes out. If it looks good, I'll even play it. I mean, at the current rate of approximately one edition per decade (3.0 to 3.5 was hardly a new edition). Its not like its changing overnight. Now, if I play it will depend on whether I feel its well done or not. . ...

My nWoD-Fu may be rusty, but in response to large calibre guns taking heads off vamps, I believe head shots are considered lethal on them, and so a heavy calibre weapon shot has a pretty good chance of doing just that . . . if you hit their head. Of course, between celerity, obfuscate, and...

Halflings? I'd like them retroactively deleted from reality. Kender? I'd like them . . . . nevermind, its too horrible to print here. And yes, I'm sure it has something to do with my experiences. Its not like I can have somebody else's experiences. That would be weird . . .

I'm still waffling back and forth. My current campaign will be ending here in the next few months, and while I love the setting (Arcana Evolved) I've got soooooo many ideas bubbling up for different settings and systems that I'd hate to see those go to waste. Ultimately, I'll probably call on...

I agree with Billy, and have said pretty much that to my group before. They're well aware that if things = not fun, I can find something better to do. However, I feel your pain Emirikol. I've learned from past experiences that it can be especially difficult if the one causing problems is your...

Sorry, stopped with the body oil and underwear costume after college . . . and the lawsuits . . .and the police dogs . . . Yeah, nuthin quite so awkward as being stuck in jail, oiled up, in my undies, and packing a d20 . . .

Oft- time lurker. Now a community supporter. There's a few PDFs I may grab as well.

A house rule I use sometimes is the introduction of keyed magic items. Items that basically only work for one weilder, and no one else. Sometimes the owner can attune himself so intimately with an item, that this happens, or they can have an item made to specifically only work for them, or (as...

As a player, I'm strongly in the camp of "if my DM is cheating on dice rolls to save my bacon, I'll start to lose interest." As some others have said I see little value in the rewards I've gained if the risks really weren't all that risky. I would be bummed for sure if my favorite character...

Honestly, I'm really not too worried. I've been playing since 1st edition, and as with all things, change is inevitable, though I do find the sudden non renewal of licenses to be a bit annoying-- Just not enough to have a panic attack about it. I have my hands in enough other gaming systems...

The Complete Aardvark- Yeah, we ran out of ideas Diary of a Teenage Goblin The Complete Drunk: No, WE were drunk when we wrote this, and you should be drunk when you use it. The Book of Complications- Unabridged Tome of Bureacracy, vol I - X The Complete Cheat- nothing in this book is...

I've known (and still know) players who were "good people", but a pain in the backside to play with-- and others who made good gamers but never really were the type of people you'd (read as I) hang out with outside of work. Along with this are the myriad of playing styles and needs each person...

Depends on the campaign. I run a group that meets once or twice a month, for about 6-7 hour sessions, and I generally level them after each one. So about 1 per 2 sessions. My weekly group flew through levels 1-3, gaining 1 level per 5 hour session (fine by me, I'm not a big fan of super low...

I've used sundering now and then. I agree its a viable tactic, if not overused. I don't go out of my way to sunder some favored weapon focused fighters greatest toy from his hands, but its going to happen. The bad guys don't always care about your stuff. Sometimes they just want you dead, or...

IMO, yes, the PCs can lose. The world is active and ripe with enemies around them seeking to rob the unwary or unable, conquer the kingdom, or even sunder the world. I have multiple threads going on with various factions vying for mastery of the known lands. How they deal with it is up to...