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Wow. Editors would have ruined Tolkien's books. They tried hard to mess it up in little ways, but it was not allowed (Dwarfs and Elfs, anyone?). If Tolkien chose a way of saying something, you can be assured it was a conscious choice for which he understood the ramifications. I'd have to...

It's a variation on an WWII cipher. Basically, it's a simple letter replacement (with space added, for 27 characters). The codeword gives you a replacement matrix by writing the codeword out on one line then the rest of the alphabet in order below it (skipping those letters already used in the...

Oh, you're right, forgot about that one. Subtracting 5 would be easy enough, sure. It's an additional step, but usually only taken during character creation or upon finding a new weapon. It's not something that is usually calculated during battle. Same for Con, as someone mentioned.

You misunderstand, I'm comparing it to standard D&D ability scores where there ARE odd ability scores. Take the absolute average human. They are going to have 11, 11, 11, 10, 10, 10 (total mod of +0). Over 20 levels they get 5 boosts. They put three of the boosts into the 11s, and two more...

I don't know, I think it's something that you would get used to. When you hear someone is five feet tall, you think, "That's pretty short." Players would get used to thinking of 5 as average, just like World of Darkness players get used to thinking of 3 as average (well for humans at least).

Well, if you are trying to emulate standard rules, this makes sense. Oftentimes a character has an odd abilitiy score that they want to pop up one at 4th level. Retaining this option is probably a good idea. In my opinion, you could progress to an 8 level bonus as well. Give them a bonus at...

I'd personally go further start them at 0 (instead of -5). Increase DCs by 5, increase base AC to 15 and everything falls into place. And it makes more sense in the long run, especially to a new player.

Heroes in my campaigns are individuals who are like everyone else in skill and ability, but apply those skills and abilities to helping others at the risk of their own lives.

I agree and have agreed for many years. But what are you gonna do? People like leveling their characters.

If you are willing to accept that the players may never actually read, much less add to, the wiki, it's fantastic.

Also, why does no one ever use even simple encryption for this sort of thing. It makes things much more interesting: uiyjtglgrhdnirxliulweuzltmyg (codeword is reanj for those who want to take a shot).

In case anyone does not know: I imagine the mistakes are just cut and paste errors that I don't want to look for, but you get the picture...

Depending on your router (and your knowledge) you could open up chat programs while disabling web. Or you could use a local chat program that didnt use the internet (thus blocking them from chatting with those outside of the game). You could also open up only specific sites, such as an SRD...

That may be true for people who aren't used to using a computer for everything, but I assure you, paper, pencils, and dice are way more distracting for someone who uses computers 10 hours a day for work than a laptop is. When you don't need to reference your character, you close the screen...

Those aren't laptops, they're desktop replacement notebooks. Quite a difference actually. I'm not sure how a laptop takes up more room than character sheets, dice, pencils, and books, but... Me and two other laptops users share the same outlet. When someone's power starts getting low, he...

Use them all the time. I DM and don't ever bring the books to gaming. I just use the SRD available at d20srd.org. I also keep a couple tabs open in a text editor (I use Notepad++ for several reason, among them a tabbed interface and sensible cursor management with a fixed width font) for...

I used to have a pretty nice Middle Earth map out of an old hardcover edition of Fellowship of the Ring. I do not remember if it covered the lands to the east and south, though. There are several products out that are collections of maps or an atlas of Middle Earth. Just look around on...

I used to have a pretty nice Middle Earth map out of an old hardcover edition of Fellowship of the Ring. I do not remember if it covered the lands to the east and south, though. There are several products out that are collections of maps or an atlas of Middle Earth. Just look around on Amazon.

I personally blame lazy people for thinking Amazon is the only place to buy a book: http://secure1.white-wolf.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=686

I have to agree Wii is going to outsell both competitors this holiday season, probably staying near sold-out throughout the season. That will also give it alot of mindshare during Q1 2k7, and continue to boost its sales. They will probably be able to maintain fairly steady sales throughout 2k7...