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Under Trek physics (i.e., magic), Starfleet wins. Otherwise, it'd be the B5 fleet of your choice. The two settings are so dissimilar in terms of what's allowed technologically that you can't really make a meaningful comparison of capabilities (not that that'll stop folks from trying ;) ).

My interpretation, which I believe is faithful to the rules: 1st round: is there evil in the spell's area of effect? Yes/no answer, based on alignment. Anyone or thing who's of evil alignment gets detected. 2nd round: number of sources of evil that were in the spell's area of effect in round 1...

Nah. Rupert and Christa are pretty much lock votes for Sandra should she make the final. Darrah would win - she's a likely win against any of the other three at this point - but it wouldn't be unanimous. Most of the possible final two combos look like mismatches, unfortunately. If you're...

If you want a more flavourful Mystic Theurge and you've got Malhavoc's Book of Hallowed Might, the Hallowed Mage is a pretty neat replacement (for good characters, at least).

One of the fun hockey stories of the season so far: University of British Columbia backup goalie Chris Levesque suited up for the Vancouver Canucks last night. http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam031209/nhl_van-cp.html Canucks goalie Dan Cloutier was injured that morning and there wasn't time before the...

The reason the PC despises the race is important. If the PC despises the race because he knows they collectively sold their souls to some evil deity for all time and work evil in the world as a result, that obviously impacts on the answer. Again, need to know more about these armed men, and...

The Flyers have had a monster lineup for a few years now. I think they might be getting a bit frustrated - they've done a lot of things right, but still can't get out of the conference. Similar to Ottawa in that respect. I dunno how their farm system looks, but none of those guys are getting...

I was just looking through some archived email, and found one to my D&D group that explained 3E's BAB and AC to them in terms of THAC0 since that's what we were all used to. "See guys, it's not that different from what we're used to..." :D

Before I bought the game. 1977, I was 10 and had just finished reading LOTR for the first time. My dad had seen how much I loved the books, and he read an article in the newspaper about this new game sweeping the universities. He showed it to me, I was hooked by the example of play.

I don't play any more, but I've got one of the editions on my shelf. I still use the minis. My group liked Talisman better. GW let the North American trademark lapse, I believe, and so today HeroQuest is a roleplaying game set in Glorantha. Pretty decent, too.

Well, there's very little historical correlation between the top teams at Christmas/New Years and the teams that go far in the playoffs, so I'll stick to my guns. One reason for this is that a lot of good teams are still working out lineup issues, getting playing time for young players...

1ed DMG for me, too - we preferred it to the to-hit charts. To this day, I have trouble taking anyone who describes THAC0 as "complicated" seriously. Compared to all those to-hit tables, or monsters who had AC by location with no system for hitting a particular location, or the original psionics...

Well, that's the schtick of the show. Apparently, the producers asked the girls to pack a bunch of designer clothes, wear the same amount of makeup they normally would while working on a farm, and generally play up the cluelessness. I mean really, it's unlikely to be a coincidence they brought...

At this point, I kinda doubt it'd be just the US going to the moon - NASA is now very dependent on various other nations, so I expect it'd be an international effort. Plus it'd be a lot simpler logistically to launch a mission from the space station. But I really don't think there'll be a truly...

Well, the games don't really start to matter until about March, so it's early days yet. But my team's doing surprising well at the moment... that team being the Toronto Maple Leafs. The team's still in dire need of a stud defenceman if they plan to go anywhere in the playoffs, but right now...

Generally, if creativity is demonstrated by rules manipulation, I as DM am likely to approach it a bit skeptically. If creativity is action or plot based, it's a lot more likely to make the game better for everybody at the table.

Up until now, there hasn't been a pressing need - the numbers were always present to dump one of them at need, Jon is never a threat to win immunity, Burton's the best fisher since Rupert got bounced, and neither guy is likely to be particularly strong with the jury. But I think they're close...

I've got a few notes on this sort of campaign, all from the first game. Some lists that might be helpful: XCOM craft - Skyranger (transport, no weapons), Interceptor (fighter, two weapons), Firestorm (advanced fighter, two weapons), Lightning (advanced transport, one weapon), Avenger...

I use earth maps all the time - my AU campaign is set on the eastern coast of North America (no player has yet seen a sufficiently large-scale map for them to figure it out). Smaller scale maps are great for getting detailed terrain in a given area - nobody needs to know that trackless jungle...

I saw this show last night while waiting for the West Wing - ye gods. Forget the internet video, the Hiltons should've been suing to keep this show off the air. Don't think I'll make a habit of watching it, it was just painful seeing how far out of touch those girls are with reality.