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Weren't Elves Chaotic? That is, I do believe that the 0E/Basic+ Alignments were more derived from the Elric books than anything else.

More on books than miniatures... Of course, I only buy books with Open Content in them and I never buy miniatures, so it's safe to say WotC barely gets any money from me.

Gothmog's got a kewl angle there... Another thing to consider is that Lovecraft went with the idea that these beings were known in the most ancient of times and by the most ancient of people. To our current knowledge, that is Mesopotamia, Babylonia, Egypt, and China. However, RE Howard also...

Skills & Powers... It was part of a 4-book option set (S&P, Combat & Tactics, Spells & Magic, High Level Campaigns). Essentially, some of S&P (Skills) and a bit of C&T (Miniature Rules) came into 3E (changed, most assuredly, but the origins of some things are undeniable), some of S&M came into...

My own campaign features what was essentially "the Dark". At the time of Gods' Fall (approx. 20K ago), the divine beings of Aedon invoked a great working of magic known as The Rendering. This was intended to destroy the cosmos, but failed. It did suck the gods into the Dark, and while they...

I'll add my voice to the "some of it's good, some of it sucks" camp. The Feats book is good, although I find myself editing some Feats for balance (either toning down the effect or adding prereqs). Classes is alright, although few of the class themes really grabbed me. Monsters seems mostly...

All this and... 4. The rules content is easily copy/pasted and then edited for re-use. Yeah, but Nymphology sucked... I'll probably not get this until I've read a review or three.

Y'know, every time I read that, it makes me wonder. I mean, obviously the OGL alone doesn't promote PHB sales. Considering things like Arcana Unearthed, M&M, Conan, Slain, Engel, and other OGL-only products provide alternates to PHB-style characters and character advancement, I'd say the...

This... This... This is just beautiful, man. Thank you. >sniff< Y'know, I do have some stuff on my "to use" list that's got your name attached. I'll gladly contact you on release if that's what you'd really like. However, I wouldn't consider anything ported into Aedon as "grown up"...

Yes, I would like a bit more info on that. And I agree; your assessment, based on my own observations of both companies, is likely correct.

I write reviews... You'll find them in my Section 15.;)

This is about as relevant as the time he ripped on a poster for refering to her character as a Sorceress (D&D doesn't use gender-titles) and refering to her magic as "sorcery" (it's all arcane). I stopped paying attention to his rants long ago.

Edit: Alright, the first time I opened this thread, there was no poll. I'm voting now.

Our group uses an minute-glass (60 seconds, snagged from a Boggle game) to discuss/clarify the situation at the beginning of a round. Once the round starts, each person has about 5 seconds to state their actions once it's their turn. No one is allowed to "correct" anybody during this time...

The players usually "win" the adventures, however, there are several shades of gray to look at... "Wins" that aren't total wins... Ex: The evil outpost is cleared out, but the high priest's acolyte escaped with the big book of vile ickiness. "Wins" that are only misdirection... Ex: The evil...

How compatible is M&M? How about T20? Judge Dread? You have a narrow view of the license's proven potential. Actually, what's flawed is the lack of fore-sight to build in a mandatory OGL depository. Of course, the issue at-hand isn't the reproduction of OGC in SRD format (or better) on the...

A few things. First, modules tend to be written with presumed world conditions (i.e., "default") which may or may not be true (and, for me, usually aren't). Second, I've found that the "usual suspects" party (tank, spells, healer, stealth) have never made an appearance at my table in the past...

Only on Romper Room and Mister Roger's Neighborhood. I do understand it. However, bringing up the fact that you choose to do so lends no weight what-so-ever to the topic, so I gotta ask: Are you bringing it up to look morally superior or just as an FYI? Cause we've already trumped the morality...

Which would be another creature I've never used.;)

I'm sure you do wish it would go away because it's the point that shows that you don't have a friggin' clue. Exactly! Several points... 1. No one is saying that we should use the material. However, we are allowed to choose to use the material. What you are suggesting is to relinquish our right...