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Really? You mean the threat of no more new D&D products, or significantly-higher-priced D&D products, isn't enough incentive to pay that extra $6? Or do you mean something else by "love of D&D"? But then, i guess i've never been a comparison shopper. And, no, it's not because i'm rolling in the...

Part of why you can't afford a house is due to depressed wages. Part of why wages are depressed is due to a consumer mentality of "as cheap as is possible, regardless of the consequences", which forces production and service costs down. The union ideal of banding together to help everyone...

They already do. It's call distributors. Problem is, while you can pool the buying power to get something from the manufacturer, you still have the duplicated costs of physically getting it to the 1000 FLGSs, and staffing the 1000 FLGSs, and paying the heating and electricity for 1000 FLGSs, and...

What sorts of discounts are you finding? IME, i can reliably save ~10%, maybe 15%, by buying online. That's when i want to buy what i want to buy, and when i want to buy it. If i'm willing to just buy whatever they feel like offering on clearance special and the like, or only what shows up on...

How about self-interest? Is that sufficiently ignoble of a cause to apply to everyday luxury purchases? By buying at the cheapest price possible, you're sending the message that the goods are only worth whatever that price is. IOW, you're driving the market price of the goods down, in the long...

And if we had a true free market, that'd probably be true. We don't. Too many of the large players in the market are involved in controlling the information that everyone has about the market. As a result, big companies and little businesses don't play by the same rules--much moreso than just...

Three anecdotal data points: Everyone i know, personally, who is a coffee drinker thinks that Starbucks is the worst coffeeshop coffee in town. (Though they disagree mightily on what is the best.) I had some friends who were from Seattle, right around the time that Starbucks was really making a...

not a good comparison: D&D3E and C&C are going for roughly the same end result in style of gameplay, so, of necessity, C&C is likely to require somewhat more GM adjudication (though, whether that would make up for the less rules to begin with, i don't know). *If* you were going to do something...

First, a nit-pick: wouldn't it be a one-way mirror? I keep seeing references to "two-way mirrors" in various places, but how are you going to secretly observe someone through a mirror that is reflective on both sides? Surely they (and Ryan in this case) are referring to a mirror that is...

So, is this the place to pimp the games we're running (which are on the official schedule)?

Interesting comment. Is it just the fact that it's full-color? Because, mechanically, AE is just a very slight incremental improvement over AU. The only changes are extending classes to 25th level (mechanical), adding 10th-level spells (mechanical), a handful of new feats and spell templates...

We'll, i'll be there, but this is my schedule, more-or-less. Plus a meeting with one of our artists, and hopefully a couple other people. A little shopping and, if i'm lucky, i get to go to a seminar or two, maybe even play in a game. 'Fraid no pleasant get-togethers for me, i suspect. But i'd...

I'd say they get the recognition they deserve for their tri-stat products--i see a lot of recognition, just not aronud here. But if you mean specifically D20 System, yeah, GoO and Atlas seem to be noticably under-appreciated. Anyway, if it weren't GoO, i probably wouldn't even give it a second...

Material components: that's easy. Catalysts. Some objects/materials somehow resonate with another layer of reality, and thus serve as catalysts for drawing in that sort of reality.

Yeah--i almost rewrote that to clarify that tectonics is the proximate, not ultimate, cause. But are we sure how much of an impact tidal forces have on keeping the mantle hot? Obviously it contributes, but would we really have significantly less volcanism without the Moon?

Cool. I wonder why WWGS is interested in publishing some, but not all? I mean, i sort of understand (they do Storyteller and D20 System), but sort of don't (they're publishing Pendragon and Zir'an--why not Tri-Stat?). Or maybe it's why is GoO interested in splitting the profits on some of them...

Of course, i'm not entirely certain what i just voted for--i have no idea what the healer or scout classes' abilities actually are, frex. Also, i'm assuming you mean the classes should be roughly like they are currently. If i'm allowed to re-write the classes, there might be a place for ranger...

Sure, if it were $40 vs. $50. Problem with the existing solution: fans of the book who want Tri-Stat *have* to buy the $100 book. Fans who want the fancy book but are only interested in D20 System get 80pp of stuff they don't want. And casual gamers who aren't interested in D20 System get to...

Well, in the context of the original thread, i was countering the claim that it never occurred. It only takes one counter-case to disprove an absolute statement. I wasn't claiming proof that moderation is bad, only that it is possible for a heated thread to turn around and become productive...

That's a good point, that i hadn't thought of in that direction. I agree: behavior in a particular thread spills over, and affects the general tone. My basic premise is that if the expected behavior is self-moderation and behaving oneself, that is the overall result. And that the feel i get from...