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I wonder how they will implement the magic system. Both D&D and Pathfinder have a lot of spells that are hard to import. Even hard core adaptions (like Bioware's Baldur's Gate) had to add and delete some spells to make the whole thing work.

True. Comparing Titans and Dragon in the 1E AD&D Monster Manual definitely made dragons look relatively weak on the absolute power scale. So some degree of improvement on this point likely made sense. AD&D 1E suffered from the organic evolution over time -- the whole level structure wasn't...

True, but this is definitely a mixed blessing. You are trading system evolution for complexity and harmonization issues between people who own different sub-sets of the rules.

Hey, if you really want to see inflation, compare a 1E Dragon to a 2E Dragon. The strongest possible 1E evil Dragon (in core at least) was an ancient red dragon (80 HP, 72 if a bit small, 88 if large). A totally different scale of challenge. So I suspect that the 1E/2E Balor were intended to...

See, that is so easy to handle "in game". Amnesia means that a) the DM gets to set the background as a "fun" surprise and b) they have a whole host of obligations they don't remember. Maybe they owe debts that they are inadvertently defaulting on? Or perhaps they are a wanted being in some...

Yeah, if you are going to have different tiers then you should be doing different things!

There is the haze of more than a decade of recollection, but what I seem to recall was that the theory of the front lin worked well in dungeon corridors and badly in open places (think random encounter at night). Heck, we still see this with 3E which si why 4E introduced the marking mechanic to...

In 1980 you also get Rolemaster, which had a combination of spell lists and spell points. It was, like Runequest, one of the two alternatives to Vancian casting back in my early gaming career.

I see Conan as having the typical morality of a steppe culture warrior. War is just one of those things that is part of life == even if it is not pretty.

What happens if Orcus wins?

Kind of like Secondary Skills in 1E AD&D. Simple and elegant.

I have the Rules Cyclopedia, 1E AD&D, 2E AD&D, 3.5E D&D, 4E and 4E Essentials. At one point I owned other rulesets (like the Red Box and the 3.0 D&D rules). I own a few variants as well (Pathfinder, Castles and Crusades, True20). I actively play 4E and GM Pathfinder, but think I prefer...

How do you know that the maps aren't missing this feature due to a cartographical error? What might be in the Atlas mountains that would prevent explorers from reporting this error?

In 3E, I DM'ed a campaign to 17th level. That was very, very fun, In AD&D I never recall getting beyond 8th as a player and I was much less likely to DM. I did more BECMI than AD&D, not always by choice. In 4th edition I have never broken seventh level as a player and I have never DMed...

Yeah, I saw that feat @ level 19 as well. It was an interesting idea to "pre-select" the fighter feats. It leads to a class that doesn't power up or down as more feats become available. But it leads to the risk of picking a sub-optimal choice. That particular feat is a tough one for a sword...

I have been discussing this new d20 adaption with one of my friends: 8-Bit Funding The author has been posting stuff on the system and it seems to be an interesting blend of d20 and OD&D. Anybody have any thoughts or insights?

No, I definitely analyze the games . . . WAY TOO MUCH!

I think there is a reasonable difference between a trip to the library to try and apply for employment (or a visit to a center that helps such people out) and the ability to use public computers reliably for ordering from Amazing or use of the DDI. Heck, it is possible to have surprising issues...

I tend to agree. One issue with the NWP system was the tendency for players to pick a skill set that was advantageous for adventuring. This resulted in characters much more likely to know how to blind fight than to cook or dance. Fisher or scribe, on the other hand, make it pretty clear...

I like the capping the maximum bonus hit points from constitution to +2 for non-fighters as well as capping the number of hit dice. Makes it much harder for clerics and wizards to be competing with Fighters for hit points. I also found the implementation of polymorph much easier to use and...