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When I am able to talk any person on the planet using only English; when English becomes everyone's first language; when the last translator is put out of business - then I will see English as the "common" language. I think that a lot of people in this thread think that because English is very...

As I stated earlier, in spite of the prevalence of English, it's still not quite the common tongue found in most D&D campaigns. Every D&D campaign that I've played in assumed that common was the tongue that every sentient creature spoke by default. I have never played in a campaign where PCs...

I failed my saving throw, now as a linguist I have to chime in... In the real world we don't have anything quite like the common tongue found in most D&D fantasy settings. English has become, in many ways, the international language, but it is far from the universal default language that is...

I seriously thought about running Michael Morris' Dusk setting at one time. Dusk had a lot of what I looked for in a campaign world - low magic, mystery, an interesting magic system. Alas, somehow the setting died in the transition to third edition.

Actually in many ways, 2e was a step up from 1e. All the combat matrices were unified into a a simple Thac0 score (yes, Thac0 was a lot simpler than the the system that came before it.) And many of the rules were unified. The problem came later in the form of the hundreds of kits introduced...

Most of the boxed text from the 3.5e monster manuals is pretty bad IMHO.

I must admit, I've never liked the cleric class. Whereas the other classes have at least some representation in fantasy and mythical archetypes, the cleric class seems like a true D&D-ism. Sure there are myths and legends of priests and servants of gods, but I can find no examples of...

Does anyone find it ironic that 3.5e was supposed to "fix" all these loopholes? It seems like all these 3.5 splatbooks are just creating more "broken" and unbalanced options.

You ought to write your pronunciation guide using the IPA (International Phonetics Alphabet) for us linguists out there. ;)

Wasn't their a d20 book that dealt with fairy tales and adventuring as children? I think it was called Grimm. You might want to check that out.

I've been looking at Iron Heroes for a while. I'm drawn to the idea of a focus on character abilities rather than a proliferation of magic items. It seems like the perfect system to run a low fantasy game in. However, I've heard a lot of people talking about problems inherent in the system...

I really don't use the planes when I DM. I want the focus to be on heroism in the current campaign world. I don't want to get into complex cosmology if I don't have to. With that said, my DM is currently running a Planescape game, and I've warmed up a little to the idea of planar adventuring.

In theory I like the idea of a metaplot, but metaplots are annoying in practice. I like the idea that something is happening in the world, rather than a setting simply being a static collection of NPCs and locations. However, to often the metaplot requires a DM to keep up with supplements, and...

I've been in many different groups througout the years. However, it seems that no matter what group I was in, there was at least one really rude, inconsiderate player. I've finally found a group that doesn't have the aforementioned annoying player. But looking back through the years I can...

Actually I wouldn't doubt it! I'm willing to bet that Wizards will announce 4e at GenCon next year, and release it late 2008. That way it will make it 5 years since 3.5e. I'm not saying "the sky is falling" I'm just trying to be realistic - 3.5e will have run its course after 5 years and...

Rejected White Wolf games: Succubus: the Lust - To risque for even White Wolf standards. Terrorist: the Jihad - Players were to play angst ridden terrorists who struggled with personal issues while trying to overthrow "the Great Satan". This game was canned for obvious reasons. Ogopogo: the...

I've gamed with a variety of groups over the years with a variety of playing styles. I've noticed that overall gamers seem to be a sarcastic bunch. A while back in a previous gaming group there were several players who had a very sarcastic insulting sense of humor. They would banter back...

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Although I like the 3.5e ranger better than the 3e ranger, I still think that the class has a lot of problems as written. The main problem IMHO is that the class is too focused on combat and killing things rather than woodscraft and wilderness lore. I never understood the combat styles...

I've quit a gaming group once because of (among many other reasons) religion. One of the players in the group had had a really bad experience with some church; now as a commited atheist/agnostic he felt religion was the source of all evil in society. I'm pretty committed in my religion, but I...