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Wouldn't have thought so... Just examples off the top of my head (mostly because I'd seen them recently). No Dune? Hate when that happens. It's not exactly limited to feminist themes either... The over-emphasis on environmental issues in Dances with Wolves really made that movie difficult to...

Well, pardon me for not giving more detail about why these classes don't fit. However, short of re-typing entire paragraphs from OA, the fact is simple: They don't fit and adding them is an option. If you would like to retype them, feel free.

Yeah... I didn't get too flamy, did I? Ranty, yes... But I've been better since I learned how to Ignore people (i.e., using the feature rather than trying to skip-over posts that would catch my eye anyways). Hate to think I lost all that work over this. I feel like a recovered addict that...

Yes... Although we'll likely steal a boat and play enroute to the Carribean. (Hey, I finally found an upside to living in Florida!)

Yeah, you're right... My apologies, KM... I'm not going to edit the post, since I wouldn't want to loose any of my points and it would take too long (others might be replying to me and I wouldn't want to screw them up). Respond civily, though, and I'll do so as well. Peace.

Can't remove what never was there. Don't know what book you've got. All I've got is 3 books of suggestions and ideas. Because the books aren't dogma. They're suggestions based on a single setting. One setting out of limitless possibilities. Gee... I'm glad I don't see the game through such a...

Agreed. I don't think this is so silly, being that many of the rules are balanced/countered by other rules now more than in previous editions. Can it be changed? Yes. But it only becomes easy via experience. Issue being: Players not accepting houserules make it difficult for GMs to gain that...

If I ever get a contract in New Hampshire, I'm joining your group.

My father never got past 9th grade, but his personal reading library puts mine to shame. He routinely reads encyclopedias, National Geographic, and is as addicted to the History Channel as I am. This is called "Independant Scholarship". He was also a truck driver; If I told him I was going to...

Alright, between my clarifying the "interview process" in my last post and Gothmog's reply (who doesn't speak for me but did a great job anyways :D ), I will add the following... 1. I only need 1 player. Ever. 3-5 is nice. 6 is too many (although I'm kewl with running multiple groups, being...

Actually, it just evolved naturally... The first being the "phone interview", meaning that the player is responding to a note left by me at the FLGS of choice and I'm "feeling out" the person's interests, preferences, and habits to see if there are any obvious points of potential conflict in...

Ehr... That's not really the question. For instance, while "exploring", one would be making Survival, Knowledge (Geography, Local, etc.), Gather Information, Diplomacy (getting directions), Climb (getting through Mountain Ranges and other obstacles) and so forth. During "social-RP", there is...

Odd... Did the Sci-Fi class have a distinction between Sci-Fi such as The Net (science-based Fiction) and Science-Fantasy like Star Wars and The Core? Or did it seem the two overlapped.

Joining my group requires a three-step interview: First with me, which often involves the question "Tell me about your last three characters" as well as asking about playing style and so forth. The second is with my players. The third is during Character Creation. At any point during these...

Actually, dictating to the GM what archtypes must be available is heavy-handed. While rules prevent the "bang, you're dead" syndrom that Firelance described, what I've found to have increased with gamers is the "play my way or I'm going home to play with myself" syndrom. To which I'd be glad...

In the thread The top 2 reasons why gaming groups break up, our fellow poster Emirikol (aka, the dude that wants to be The Dude) brought up a few points. While the primary focus of the thread is as the name says, there is a topic that I'd like to look at a little closer without side-tracking...

You mean that you haven't heard a reason that's good enough for you to put aside childish wants in favor of just "going with it" to have fun. "Too bad, so sad," as the saying goes. Thinks all you want... Fact is, once you remove flavor, all you have left is books full of numbers. Heck...

True, but I was only asking about the one. Water under the bridge at this point, though. No, you kid indeed... CFHB was TSR. ;) Don't blame you. That is odd, although it's my favorite by him, so I'm biased.

The GMs pretty much was able to just swing with things. It's mostly from the "they turned left instead of right" factor; Planning more often leads to winging it anyways because the PCs went in another direction (either adventure or RP wise), so it's better to just have a few basics thought up...

Only that my experience, as player and GM, has been the complete opposite of your own and the conclusions you have derived from it. Indeed, the worst games I've experienced have always included a pre-written module. Indeed, if your sales figures above are accurate, then I have a message for...