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Gary, I was thinking of running a West meet East campaign, something akin to my Portuguese ancestors exploring the orient in the XV-XVI centuries. As such, I just ordered a replacement copy of Oriental Adventures. I know that you were more a supervisor than a designer to that project. Still, I...

All good choices, you cannot go wrong with any of them. However, I recommend you to read the books first and then the game supplement so that you will be more in tune with the setting.

Perhaps they cannot force you, but they can definitely charge you for errata.

Survival pools are basically about what you dislike less. I would say that the result was Sigil, Greyhawk, and Freeport were the more bearable cities among ENWorlders (Greyhawk and Sigil votes were technically a tie). The last vote is about favoritism, and thus there is no reason why its results...

I wonder if the power creep wasn't a design goal. Releasing supplements that allow more powerful characters, and thus with an incentive to purchase, is exactly the strategy developed by WotC to their collectable card games. Why they wouldn't apply it to their roleplaying line?

Sigil, as well as all other Planescape setting material, could be more popular if written in English, for a change. Additionally, as much as Planescape was interesting, Sigil was kind of boring. It allowed too much, restricted too little, and thus became somewhat bland for a multiplanar setting...

I found Fiendish Codex I to be good, better than any other product in the list (didn't read FC II, though). However, after the elimination of RHoD, there is no excellent book in the pool and, as such, I will decline to vote.

I haven't voted for Ptolus yet as there was little chance of taking it out. But I certainly think it's substandard compared to many of its competitors. Don't assume your taste, just because is yours, will be shared by others.

I read this one but, I am sorry, I found it pretty boring. The fact I read it about a year and a half after the release of D&D 3.0 probably took any sense of wonder that I guess impressed the early readers. I didn't liked any of the adventure path modules and just found Return to the Temple of...

It seems that Sharn is leaving which means that, from all cities owned by WotC, the ones current in print are out and only remains a dead, Sigil, and an undead one Greyhawk.

Still, it is the first good adventure released by WotC to D&D 3.X, it should be worth of something, especially considering that these sourcebooks, with the possible exception of the fiendish ones, are rather weak.

There is quite a lot of truth in your statement. Unfortunately, pools such as this are more a popularity contest than anything else.

Let me see, Greyhawk City is a cosmopolitan corrupt city developed by a mad wizard turned god, ruled by criminals full of prejudice against gypsies and still the shinning cultural center of its world. My definition of bland is definitely different than yours.

It appears that Glantri might survive another round, as more and more votes are being directed to Sharn, which I only know from other people commentaries.

In great part, I believe they are trying to enforce the rules as they were present to keep things unified in events such as tournaments. In the other hand, there is a lot of arrogance in saying that you cannot change a rule without screwing the game, especially when I never found anyone that...

Unfortunately, it is poorly known. It is, by far, the best wizard oriented city ever published for D&D. Much more original and better written than most of its more famous competitors.

I just wrapped a thirteen months WFRP2 campaign and it was a blast. I lost one player on the way, exactly the one who enjoy power playing -- although, curiously he dislikes D&D -- as he thought the characters were too weak to his taste. Warhammer is very different from D&D. Combat is fun but not...

I am not voting here because the options are too biased. You cannot lump AD&D with OD&D as they are far to different. Also, it's missing an option to BECM/RC fans, which is completely different from all your options.

I've experienced several retreats while a player or a GM. It's more common in gritty games, but I recall a few playing D&D, in special with the encounter with the bad ass dragon at the end of the third Against the Giant adventure. As many of the giants have retreated to his lair and not a few...

Now I understood you Stone Dog and I agree 100%.