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As I was updating Thundermaster, my intelligent Thunderstone randomizer, with the new expansion Doomgate Legion, it occurred to me that I hadn't posted about the program here. So now I've remedied that. :) Thundermaster is intelligent in that it guarantees you'll have all the tools you need to...

Doesn't appear to be using e-ink, which makes it a non-starter for me. Between the battery life and the ease on the eyes, no conventional display can hold a candle to an e-ink display with respect to reading. I'm not saying e-ink is better than conventional displays in general. In fact, just...

I did a similar reimagining of dwarves... Dwarves who didn't have a mountain, so they built one: the kamit live in a massive pyramid in the desert, 3 miles to a side. Encounter-a-Day » Archive » Races with Flavor: The Kamit

Harsh, but accurate. It used to be that mods were a good way to make a name for yourself. They still are, but with the bastardization of PC games as second-rate consolse games (why hello thar, Call of Duty!), there are fewer and fewer big-name games out there with active modding communities.

With the caveat that I only did it for about 3 months (they laid off 2/3 of the QA testers 3 days before Christmas without warning, and shut the local studio down a couple weeks later), I have to disagree there. Don't get any illusions that it's all fun all the time. It's a job, plain and...

I have no idea, it seems like a major oversight to me. I intend to sleeve the cards in different-colored backs. I haven't read the rules thoroughly, but I know of no situation where ambiguity between alpha mutations and omega tech would be desirable. You're missing the point. GMs and PCs use...

I ran a one-shot of that once. Was fun.

Indeed, that's why I think this would work well for D&D. It's not predicting the future, it's predicting a *possible* future. I'm not entirely sure I agree with that, but regardless this isn't so much about the character as the concept. For example, the PCs meet a barbarian with a couple of...

I'm currently reading the Night Angel trilogy (which I talk about over in the media forum), and one of the things that I really enjoy about the book is how it describes the workings of magic in the setting. In particular (very minor spoiler), there's a character named Dorian who can see the...

Just wondering if anyone is reading or has read The Night Angel trilogy, by Brent Weeks (The Way of Shadows, Shadow's Edge, Beyond the Shadows). Just finished the second book and I'm absolutely in love with the series. For the benefit of those who haven't heard of it, the main character is an...

Just finished up Shadow's Edge by Brent Weeks, second in the Night Angel trilogy. Currently reading the third. The first two books were fantastic, and I highly recommend them. Very dark and gritty, some extreme subject matter, and some really interesting concepts and descriptions with respect to...

All the World of Darkness games. Great reads, but the basic resolution mechanic is flawed. It particularly saddens me in the case of Exalted and Scion, which have a really neat initiative system for combat. :/

This is not obvious, and it makes me sad that you think it is. No sleight meant against Airbender, but that shouldn't be the first thing someone thinks of when they hear the four classical elements.

Thanks for the heads up. I just emailed customer service asking to have an extra month credited to my account.

They actually just came out with a product called the Deck Builder's Toolkit. It's directly aimed at people who are new to the game, who may have bought a couple theme decks or something, and are looking for a way to expand their collection fruitfully. The contents are semi-random, and are...

I don't know if I'm just dense and not getting the sarcasm, but Essentials is D&D, and the new builds in the player books are really not much different than new content in PHB N+1.

Unimpressed by his other offerings, but holy mother of Pelor, he's got some freaking amazing dice.

Too lazy to check whether I already mentioned this, but according to the customer support it was indeed a fluke. They said the person packing that day didn't usually do the packing. They also included some more tokens (patterns I hadn't bought) as a mea culpa.

Just wanted to follow up... The replacements arrived yesterday, packaged much better.

Maybe it's just me, but the first cover screams 'D&D 4th Edition' to me. It looks very derivative of the style used in 4th edition books, with the logo over a wide, creamy band along the top, the title along a narrower band at the bottom, and a large background image taking up most of the space...