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I wouldn't use the term "feat of strength" since "feat" already has a meaning. You might want to simply refer to them as "charges". Also, what about carrying capacity, can a player use this to increase the amount he can carry (or reduce his encumbrance) for 24 hours. Actually, now that I think...

PC to NPCs: "Hello. What are you guys doing in the middle of the woods?" NPCS: "We are on our way to attack an orc village." PCs: "Why?"* There is a big difference between ... NPCs: "We were bored and thought a little rape and pillage would be fun." -and- NPCs: "Those vile creatures have...

Since the PCs probably don't have threat-dar, they'll have to assume the NPCs are bad asses. In this case, I'd probably try to talk (or intimidate) the NPC out of their actions and, if unsuccessful, report them to the local authorities (who may be wondering about the cause of the recent orc...

I don't think you'll ever get just one answer for this question. For me the question revolves around how you know that said monster is evil. If the monster has done bad things in the past and will probably do so in the future, it would be best to stop it now. Is Detect Evil good enough? I...

I'd say that this is the most important things. If the "evil humans" are a bunch of wimps that can be slapped around for two rounds and be forced to stop, that's one thing. If its a large heavily armed group that could school the party, then the party can't be expected to do anything except give...

If he gives one away, can he make another or is he forced to wait until the person he gave it too uses it? Either way, there is a problem. Either you can steal a wizards potions and prevent him from ever making another or the wizard will just give all of this spells away to the rest of the...

My problem with this book is that it only discusses weapons where there is a surviving example. Not that this is a bad road to take but it doesn't really inform the reader that this is the case. In any event, this book is well worth the $10 I paid for it. I use it mostly for its straight forward...

Where do you draw the line? With D&D having full plate armor, it puts the tech in the fifteenth century at the earliest. To limit crossbows to medieval types would be, well, unfair. Aaron

People don't seem to have trouble aiming a 8-9 lb. rifle at moving targets. The rules are close to my own (at least with respect to crossbows, although I only increase the die size for each +2 Str Mod). I doubt the need to distinguish between bows made for Str 10 and those made for Str 11...

How do you figure? Aaron

I prefer to handle this situation on the back end, by adjusting the XP awards. I see nothing inherently wrong with the PC needing to be 7th level to fight a Troll. I even prefer it since it extends the range that the classic monsters (ogres, trolls, manticores, chimeras, etc) are viable threats...

I have my own 0th level rules. Each character starts with (4+Int) * 3 skill points chosen from a skill lists based on their background (Farmer, Townsman, Noble, Outcast, or Wildman) and roll 1d8 for starting hit points. When they gain 500 xp, they get their first class level sans the x4 skill...

I was actually disappointed to see non-d20 reviews mixed in. I have nothing against Hero and own most of the stuff reviewed. However, there are plenty of other places to find reviews for non-d20 stuff (rpg.net for example). If the d20 and non-d20 stuff isn't seperated somehow, the d20 stuff will...

The bolt was hardly snug. It was often just sitting in a slot. When firing a crossbow, your sighted directly along the shaft of the bolt. With a bow, the shaft is to the side of your eye, so you have to do more than just point the arrow at the target. Plus the crossbow had a flatter trajectory...

This looks awesome. I can't wait for the Team America RPG. I just hope they managed to work Bill OReilly into the plot. Aaron

Monte must really hate d20 Modern where even the nastiest bad guy has some sort of "XXX Hero" class. Aaron

Those planets didn't seem that bad. They all looked a little like California to me. Aaron

When Buffy started, it had four main character. Angel had three. Firefly was written as if it were the fourth season of a show rather than the first. When I was watching the first episode I kept thinking that I had missed something. Same with the second. I only saw a few episodes after that...

:) I felt that I was starting to sound bitter. I'd rather be positive ("I like d20") than bitchy ("I hate d20M"). I'll bring the topic back up when I have a work-around or alternate rule to fix what I don't like. Overall, I'm glad that any sort of historical d20 book is coming out at all. On...

Never mind.