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Just because I'm always interested in the correlation between pricing and online piracy, I went looking on a file sharing program a couple of nights ago to see if a search would get any hits for RAR. Yup, it's already out there. That's a lot faster turn-around than the average WotC product...

If this was written with a similar feel and tone as the Known World, It would make great fodder for dropping things into Davinia and Skothar (or wholesale replacing those continents). No reason a part of the Northlands couldn't be the Hinterlands of Mystara and the rest of it be the DCC. I...

Well, so much for my excuse for not writing up reviews for the books I finish :(

As kind of an aside, I REALLY like Bardic Knack as introduced in the PHB2. It might seem like a big hit to loose Bardic Knowledge, but Bardic Knack + Jack of All Trades greatly makes up for the Bard sacrificing one skill point a level to perform. By the time you hit 10th level, you have a...

Yeah, Basic D&D as everyone but Dialgo knows it ( ;) ) has elves as fighter/mage hybrids that can cast in any armor. That makes them very powerful at low levels, but if the party mage makes it through low levels he's going to be tossing around high-level spells while the elf hit his cap (around...

Ideally, I have no problem with both prestige classes and base classes existing alongside each other in D&D. What I think happened was a lack of focus in defining what a base class "is" and what a prestige class "is". IMHO, a good base class fills a broad (note I said BROAD, not GENERIC)...

I've considered going through and making a "master document" SRD style for certain elements (but haven't had the time yet). That way all the important rule text for the feats and classes used would be in one place. As for spells, making your own spell index with highlighted points and a...

From the D20 Modern perspective, I'd probably give him allegiances to USA, Kim Bauer, Law, and CTU in that order. Law has to be in there somewhere. He's willing to disregard it "for the greater good" when necessary, but (without spoiling this season to people not watching or not caught up)...

So in the homebrew I've been working on, I'm using the following races: Human Elf Dwarf Lupin (humanoid dog creature) Diabolus (fiendish creature) Luminoth (angelic creature) Kindred (think Disney's Gargoyles) Giant (from Arcana Unearthed) Goblin Warforged As you can see, I can't really answer...

What about a gnome bard with the Bardic Knack ability from PHB2 subbed in for Bardic Knowledge. You end up with a silly little man that can do a little bit of everything, considers rats the greatest of informants, and can pull out a variety of magical spells in a pinch. Yeah, he doesn't "know"...

I think if you want to replace prestige classes, you can't do it with just feats alone. Feats should remain rather generic, non-class specific special bonuses or rule bending abilities you gain as you go up in level. A better idea would be to borrow "Talent Trees" from D20 modern. Make a...

Good idea. *Retrieves his lost reviews* Well that just saved me a couple hours.

I just have to re-write a couple of reviews... Computers + Constant Use = The Occasional Hiccup Along the Way. Thank goodness the shop was in a different database. That would have made a real nightmare if that got all boogered up.

A few other WotC products have included SS-style monster progressions (typically the monster books like Libris Mortis and Lords of Madness as well as the Races of X books), but I don't think any d20 company has bought into the idea wholesale. The closest thing to it out there is the idea of the...

And then there were those of us who graduated from OD&D and wondered why they had to slap "Tenser's" in front of the Foating Disk spell. Made no sense, I tell you. Personally, I'm in favor of lopping off the spurious wizard names and calling the spell by just what it is. I like to think, for...

It's a great book to be sure. A complete collection of Basic through Master OD&D rules with additional secondary skill and weapon mastery rules from the GAZ series included to boot. Plus optional rules for demihumans without level limits and conversion rules to go to AD&D (which, with a handy...

This one goes deep back into 2nd Edition days. We were so burnt out with AD&D at that time that we were going fast and loose with the rules, and this kind of a scene was the result. Quick background - this was a very altered take on the future of the Known World. The group was still in...

IMHO, I think it has to do with 3e's mantra: "Choices, not restrictions." The idea is to make a prestige class something independent from the base classes, focusing on the talents and abilities you need to enter it without zeroing in on the nuances of character level. As a player, you can...

I might just be blowing smoke here, but I don't think Aranea were a part of the FR until 3e included them in the MM. Before that they were pretty much exclusive to the Known World and the Savage Coast. I know there's a blurb about them somewhere in the world overview chapter of the FR Campaign...

I'll admit it, I'm a vicious min/maxer. Usually I come up with a concept I want to play, then I pour over all the sources I have in front of me to come up with something that exploits my strengths and downplays my weaknesses. The last concept I wanted to play was a paladin and I ended up...