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Heh. Just thought I'd check. :D One other thing, though - you might want to check out this thread, which RangerWickett recently revived. It has people's first reactions to the concept. I'll be adding some comments to it before too long, but more importantly you can check it out and see...

You shouldn't need any additional material to review the book, although I should say - fair warning - that Fantastic Science deliberately ignores real-world science in exchange for (what I think is) better flavor for fantasy games and fewer arguments about whether or not such-and-such device...

Yes, after reading some of the Wanderer's Guild website I think I have a much better idea of where you're coming from. And for what it's worth, Errol (one of the editors) gave me a "well, yeah, I thought you knew" look when I told him I was surprised you had found the orgavulsion crystal a...

That would be the Lich from the Monster Manual. Same guy. I thought that was a nice touch myself, using the "iconic" lich. I too like the more dynamic art styles, although the only ones I can recognize offhand are the Waynes (Reynolds and England).

Hello, this is the author speaking. I just wanted to thank you for the review and make some comments that might help explain why I handled some things in the way that I did. Actually, that's the standard price, as far as I know. The red-slash-through-the-price bit was some kind of database...

Thanks! Although, I have to admit... That summary of the book is better than any of the summary blurbs I've attempted. :o EDIT: By the way, DMH; the more I think about your points regarding the classification of abnormalities in Fantastic Science, the more I wish I had added a sidebar or...

To anyone that's still here: The Print-on-Demand option at RPGNow is now available!

You're free to interpret it that way, but the core rules seem to indicate otherwise. The definition of an elemental is "a being composed of one of the four classical elements" and the type's immunity to critical hits and flanking strongly indicates that it consists of one undifferentiated mass...

Oh, I hadn't heard about that. What happened? Even though you might only be asking for that one because Marius mentioned it was an Acrobat 5 file, my tiny, fragile writer's ego means that I'm going to be taking that as a compliment, if you don't mind. ;) On a more serious note, I can send...

Well, you have to remember that the book is written assuming the core rules, which means a sort of vaguely-defined Great Wheel - all the stuff I mentioned about outsiders being made of alignment-stuff, etc. is right out of the core rules. And a being made out of pure fire is at least as magic...

That construct is simply both a knife spider and a technologist's familiar, and can be activated as either using the usual activation time and costs for each version. I just added the weight of one to the weight of the other and called them the same construct. Call it a very minor house rule...

Everyone's been doing "stuff that works in a novel, not in a game" - how much of the reverse (stuff that works in-game, but not in a novel) can we think of? As someone noted, dungeon-crawling's a tough sell in a novel. Anything else? Well, it's not impossible to get away with these things...

Yes. I've been trying to get Hellhound (M. Jason Parent, the guy in charge of ENP) to upload it for several days now, with no success so far. Hopefully he'll see our posts and do so. ;) Did you find the material in the first chapter helpful in designing this campaign? And don't forget not...

Actually, I've gotten the impression that most people think Williams Street needs to stop making in-house comedy shows. On that count I particularly agree with Demiurge. In fact, anyone who could possibly find Tom Goes to the Mayor funny clearly has tastes so different than mine that I'm not...

I just don't see how that's even possible. Do you stop and read every line of the thing? Even then, that doesn't take more than a minute or two, and I'm sure we can all keep the thread of an adventure in mind for more than 30 seconds. Besides, the lengthy and detailed stat blocks give me an...

Re the Balance of Synchronicity: Yeah, Ryan had the same comment. I just liked the idea of an artifact that exploited some kind of crazy, super-mathematical, non-linear causation, and that was what I came up with. Still, one miss out of more than 230 is good odds. :) Not many, only 2 or 3...

Thanks again! And yeah, if they were OGL I'd've been tempted to include ethergaunts in the technologist demographics charts... Never really liked them as wizards, especially since their much-vaunted technology was pathetic next to their innate spellcasting abilities. I'm trying to keep the...

Hmm... So what, I ask, is the appropriate baby:dingo ratio? This is of utmost importance!

Wait... The conjunction of dingos and babies can sell books?! Quick, someone give me three dingos and a baby! :uhoh: Erm. Well, more on-topic, I was wondering how you handled epic feats. My problems with the ELH's feats (well, my superficial problems, anyway) were two-fold. First, it...

Wow, now that's a complement! Especially since I thought the book was mostly crunch... Do you mind if I quote you on that? Since a proper review won't be forthcoming for a while, I might consider putting it in my ever-evolving Sig of Advertising. Bah, you'll scare away the customers! For...