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I am actually inclined to say that high level PCs are very likely to become famous just by virtue of being very powerful, since that power can be so obvious that it will likely turn heads just as the PCs move around and go about regular things. For example, let's look at the example of a group...

A heroic level character is a famous hero in his home community and in the various towns and villages he has rescued. He may never be known beyond those places, but will talked about by the locals for a long time to come. He may become a local folk hero and cameo in some local legends. A...

I would like to see the Druid be a Defender actually, particularly if they do go the wildshape route for it. A spell-casting based defender would help break down the notion that all Defenders need to have some basis in the Fighter class.

D&D 2E (some late TSR Basic rules Box Set) D&D 3E and 3.5 D&D 4E (current favorite) D20 Modern Iron Heroes Alternity Champions (not sure on edition, 5th maybe?) I haven't been playing as long as some other people, so I don't have as big of a list.

I have actually seen a very interesting version of this in the Japanese novel/anime series The Twelve Kingdoms. In this series, the rulers of the titular kingdoms are chosen by the distant, intangable gods of the world. However, only a kirin, a kind of shapeshifting divine animal, can tell who...

I don't agree that there are races/monsters that simply don't fit in an Eastern flavored campaign. Indian, Chinese, and Japanese mythology are full of animal-like demons and beastmen, so orcs (vaguely pig-like beings) can easily be adapted to fit. Ditto for Elves, since the concept of Fey is...

I don't think Alan Moore is really justified in his hatred of Hollywood for one simple reason: he has never actually watched any of the movie adaptations of his comics. If that really is true, he doesn't have much to base his opinion on than sheer arrogance and blind hatred. Now then, if he had...

Well, the fact that 40% of ENWorlders wouldn't want to run 4E doesn't really tell us anything specific. It could just as likely mean that 40% of ENWorlders just don't like DMing. Also, I wouldn't take a poll on ENWorld to be a perfect snapshot of the hobby as a whole. In my experience, ENWorld...

I voted no, but one of the closest fought battles in any game I have played in was against a troupe of House Phiarlan elven assassins disguised as clowns in an Eberron campaign. Taught me to never trust an exclusive invitation to a once in a lifetime performance ever again.

A detail that a lot of people tend to overlook is that different power sources in 4E do have mechanical differences. While they are more subtle than in previous editions, they are there. For example, most Martial Attack powers do x[w]+y damage. On the other hand, most Arcane and Divine powers...

Okay, for the most part I completely avoid the horror genre at all costs. I have never really gotten into horror. And yet, this thread has made me tempted to find a game of Dread to play in. You can't buy advertising this good.

Back in my old college gaming club, one guy would buy a whole lot of Pizza and sell it to the other guys in the club at the same price he bought it. So I ended up eating a lot of cheap pizza while I gamed. I supplemented my pizza with soda, bottled lemonade, candy bars, and chips purchased from...

Okay, I am not an expert on the history of the Americas or Africa, but I have studied Eurasia a fair bit. Here is my take on things: Western European: Includes Britain, France, Germany, and the countries surrounding them. Roman Catholic Church. Familiar to most people. May include parts of...

While some people have suggested Nephilim as an alternative, I think Nephilim would be a terrible choice. The Nephilim of Hebrew legend were the descendants of fallen angels who had intercourse with wicked humans. They were also described as evil giants and cannibals. While not all references to...

Sorry to jump in here, but how is the spice technology? It is a naturally occurring substance with semi-mystical properties. Its main users are people with various degrees of psychic power. It has more in common with religious incense than anything else. It wouldn't be out of place in most...

I think Isaac Asimov was proud that his stories weren't well suited to be movies. One of his story collections included Waterclap, which was partially commissioned by a Hollywood studio to serve as the basis for a movie screenplay. When Asimov sat down with the studio executive to plan the story...

Hey now, I got into D&D primarily from my interest in console RPGs such as Final Fantasy. Saying that people who play videogames are unwilling/unable to learn how to play tabletop RPGs is rather misguided. Fantasy videogames at the very least introduce people to fantasy in general and to complex...

The reason I, Robot is on that list is that the movie falls into the mindset that Isaac Asimov intentionally avoided. In the preface to one of his books, Asimov explained that up until he wrote his Robot stories, robots in Science Fiction took only two roles: Robot as pathos (unusual sympathetic...

I don't see what makes a sequal impossible. The last stand of the 300 Spartans only marked the beginning of the war. Many of the war's biggest battles were still to follow. There is plenty of material left to make a movie from.

The Mountain Bandit A big, brawny, dirty-looking guy clad in furs who fights with large weapons such as Falchions and Axes. Likes looting and pillaging. Fighting Style: Crude and basic, relying entirely on the Bandit's brute strength. I see these guys all the time in anime and kung fu movies.