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That's a good site. Another one I recomend is AFV Interiors (of course, now that I mention it its offline). http://afvinteriors.hobbyvista.com/ My main source of stats is from the computer game Combat Missions. http://www.battlefront.com/products/cmak/cmak.html The best thing about this...

Second World Sims has a book called Masters of Arms ... http://www.second-world-simulations.com/Masters%20of%20Arms.htm It has rules for what it calls "Combination Attacks". Basically, you perform a series of attack or actions and as you do you accumulate bonuses (assuming you keep succeeding)...

I agree variety is nice and that is one thing the old editions had. It would be nice to see an adventuring party acting like adventurers or pictures of monsters with an actual background. I can't get over how Eberron looks just like every other D&D book. At least I can regularly get stylish art...

The battle at Agincourt occured in 1415 which slightly predates the developement of full plate and probably did much to spur its developement. Anyway, the question isn't "can a bullet penetrate plate armor" but rather, is there any possiblilty that medieval plate armor can deflect a bullet that...

Despite their length, Halberds were held more like a staff. They were mainly close combat weapons. Here are some pictures from the 1400s to illustrate .... http://www.thehaca.com/arttalk/Montfort1.JPG http://www.thehaca.com/essays/polaxe1.JPG Compare those to the use of a spear where one hand...

Got it. Got it. Got it. Not impressed. Look at the stats for the Panzer III, they give it a 84 gallon tank and a 12,000 kW battery. But, does it tell you which crewmembers have hatches? Which have periscopes or vision slits or pistol ports? Does it tell you the operational range? Does it tell...

My understanding is that it supposedly violates the "The Hague Convention (IV) respecting the Laws and Customs of War on Land of 1907; Article 23 (e)" against weapons that cause "superfluous injury." ... Here is that article. Note that the original document is French. "Art. 23. In addition to...

Doesn't the Hackmaster GM screen have player stuff on the front side of it? I do this on the monster's turn (that's -my- turn). I describe the previous turns actions as if the monster was considering his next move (this pause also gives me time to consider the monster's next move ;) ) Aaron

My dog loves to sit by the fire on a cold day. He puts his feet within three inches of the flame. Aaron

Oi. That's not helping my case. What level was this guy? What were his Dex and Con? With a Con of 8, he should end up with about 1-2 hit points per level. This kinda reminds me of Buffy where, in the later episodes, Cordelia was going toe-to-toe with vampires. D20 Modern makes matters worse by...

I've never felt the need to make a character that was good but also not survivable (a super-mook). However, I don't play d20 Modern so a to-hit bonus of +4 is pretty scary without the Defense bonus (which I feel are waaaay too high). That being said, I can see why you would want to do so...

I have to say, I've never run a game with both skeletal hands and automatic weapons. I don't see the difference between burning hit points to keep going and burning action points to do the same. A typical NPC won't have the hit points to survive a 2d10 rifle round anyway. However, I do like...

Yeah, there is a groups of boardgamers that meet each week at a Borders in North Dallas. There are usually 15 to 20 players an any one game night. And this is just one of three groups in the greater Dallas area open to the public that I know of. I have, however, stopped buying my own games. It...

An RPG with good vehicle rules is pretty tough to find. But, yes, this is a hole that needs filling. The d20 Modern rules just don't have enough granularity to do the setting justice. I never had problem with hit points. If you start at first level [a -big- problem if you plan on using d20...

There was Wierd Wars 2 published by Pinnacle early in the d20 era. It wasn't too bad although some of the rules are shaky. It was originally Europe but there were a bunch of supplements dealing with air combat, Russian and the Pacific. The air combat rules were supposed to be pretty good but I...

How will this be different than the other d20 WW2 games? Do you plan on using d20 Modern or not? Aaron

I'm also considering getting rid of it. Mostly because I always forget to roll it. Besides, why put a spell failure chance on armor that gives you less than +4 since Mage Armor does that no problemo? I also have no problem with armored spell casters. Aaron

You making the assumption that all hits are bullets in the middle of the chest. That's a pretty big assumption. I could say something like "no one should be able to survive having a dagger stabbed through their eye into their brain. Therefore, daggers should do 4d12 points of damage." Aaron

I have the opposite view. My main complaint against the ELH is that it alters the rate of advancement. I'd prefer that level 21 gives a character the same proportional power increase that level 20 did. I'm all for 10th level spells and fighters with BAB of 30 or more. Aaron

With doppler shift detection, the radar knows instantly whether the round is approaching or receding from the antenna. It does not need to track changes in the target's position. Its the same principle used to catch speeders. The radar used by the police does not track the positions of the...