Search results

I bought Swashbuckler last week, haven't had time to really read it yet. I'll have to look at the mass-combat section tonight. I've really taken a liking to Mongoose's "Cinematic Battle System" from Crusades of Valour. It's EXTREMELY simplified (basically, one opposed roll), but that works...

In case ya missed it: ---------- DRAGON #293 "Countrycraft: Building a Better World Through Dugeoncraft" by Ray Winninger. A 10-page article presenting 'realm-running' rules based on the realm-rules from Birthright. Pretty decent, and even includes a 'character sheet' for countries...

In my games: Madness - Haven't dealt with it to any great extent. One PC went mad after watching a villain slaughter his family, but it wasn't explored into any further depth because the character became an NPC immediately thereafter (it happened in the last game session before the character's...

Re: Re: Re: [PR] Virgin Territory - A Kickstart Campaign I can see where you're coming from, and it's probably a sound marketing strategy--except when you run into a bull-headed freak like me, who despises PDFs. :-) Oh, you will. I have no interest in the monk or paladin books (I don't...

Heh. Remember...you asked. [MILD RANT MODE] What _I'd_ like to see in 'Virgin Territory,' and in future Kickstart Campaigns, is a bound, paper-and-ink product. I love mini-campaign settings. This product is one I'd buy in a heartbeat if it were a paper product, but I won't be buying it for...

DEFINITELY: Monster Manual II Book of Vile Darkness any (non-humor-based) Slayer's Guides that Mongoose cares to put out (I don't care how funny it may or may not be...I ain't shellin' out my cash for the 'Rules Lawyers' or 'Female Gamers' stuff--or anything similar) Fiend Folio (when it...

It very well might, at that. :-) Do you have any kind of hints at what you're thinking of, or is it so far on the back-burner that you'd rather not say anything? Regards, Darrell King

Erik-- PLEASE tell me this is a broad hint toward something you have planned; either for a future Polyhedron or as a WotC (or 3rd party) release. That would just make my frickin' YEAR. ('Course, even if it were, you probably hadda sign somethin' saying ya wouldn't be able to talk about it...

I fully agree with Nemmerle about "Unhallowed Ground." It's one of the best-written and most easily run adventures ever to appear in Dungeon (or any where else). It's also _extremely_ easy to convert to 3e (since there's really only one "critter" to worry about). I've run it for five...

I have to agree here. I'm not overjoyed to see 'collective' ratings weighted to favor the opinions of a select few--even though the 'select few' may have an 'official' relationship with the site posting the reviews/ratings. In Alan's case, for example, I trust his judgement on most (probably...

BZZZZZZZZT!!! Wrong. The image that was pulled out of the Carnal Knowledge thing was of a fully-clothed character. One of the ideas they were using was depicting the Carnal Knowledge 'iconic' characers both clothed and nude (note that those are 'Carnal Knowledge' iconics, _not_ the WotC...

1. Kingdoms of Kalamar (The most realistic and internally consistent setting I've ever seen.) 2. Birthright (when used strictly as a game-world setting, without the 'player-character nations' aspect--I'd love to see it re-released as a regular setting) 3. Mystara/Known World (Disjointed...

OK, I find this one VERY interesting. See, one of the things I'm really interested in is finding a way to play out large-scale battles while using the occasional 'zoom-in' to check out what the PCs are doing during all the hubbub. From what you've said so far, it sounds as if the Cinematic...

"Cinematic Battle Systems?" Matthew-- Would it be possible to get a bit more of a hint about the 'Cinematic Battle Systems' from Crusades of Valour? In what way(s) is it different from/similar to the OMCS? Is it a 'streamlined' version of OMCS (as in the ship combat stuff in Seas of Blood)...

I'd love to see something like that. A detailed 'base' town with a fair number of similarly-detailed adventuring sites of various types (ruins, mines, nearby villages, etc.)--similar, now that I think of it, to Book One of the 'Night Below' mega-adventure. Y'know, I got one helluva lot of use...

One of the first things I did to create a low-magic campaign was to simply re-designate the 'spells-per-day' charts into 'spells-per-week' charts, dropping the 0-level section of the chart, and turning 0-level spells into feats. I then eliminated spell-casting rom the ranger, paladin, etc. (and...

:-) Didn't mean to sound accusatory, Angelsboi. The lack of graveyards/cemeteries in RPG towns and cities is just one 'o' those things that sets me off. :-) Especially when it's concerning a supposed "metropolis" of 50,000+ people, and there's only a couple of half-assed 'crypt' buildings...

Angelsboi: A pet peeve of mine--Unless total cremation is a universal practice in your world, you need a cemetery. Most game designers seem to forget about cemeteries when they're chartin' up a village/town/city. People die. The people who are left need something to _do_ with the earthly...

Just as a personal opinion, I'd rather see the various races (elves, half-orcs, kobolds, dwarves, three-toed spitting toadstools, frumious bandersnatches, or whatever) done as "Slayer's Guides" instead of "quintessential" books. I just like the "Slayer's Guide" series--just enough basic detail...

Hmmmmmmm.....looks like I gotta speak up for the grognards. :-) Personally, I just don't like pdfs (or any other 'non-pre-printed' format, for that matter). I simply prefer purchasing--and using--a physical product. In fact, _purchasing_ isn't even the issue--since (as a general rule) I also...