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The problem with randomn miniatures is...well they're random. It really sucks getting another Tordek the Dwarf mini when you're really needing an ogre mini. I've heard people talking about the "secondary market", but has anyone actually looked into it!? I have no desire to spend a huge amount...

I have a 3e Players Handbook in Japanese.

I suppose that any corporation that dominates the market will inevitably be subject to some hatred from fans. However, their are a few things that really annoy me about WotC. It all comes down to 3.5 for me. I thought that 3.5 was too soon and completely unnecessary. Besides, being...

I played a few sessions in Birthright before and thought that it was a great setting. All the politics and realm management could concievably get boring, but my group simply chose to forgo any rulership and play straight up a adventuring campaign. What made the setting unique was the fact that...

My solution is simply to interview prospective players before letting them in the group. there are too many weirdos out there, and I don't need people coming to my apartment without meeting them first. Generally I set up a meeting at a neutral place (such as lunch at McDonalds) and just talk...

Personally, I like the idea of a killing meteor (ala Final Fantasy VII) rather than a rampaging monster. Final Fantasy VII did the meteor idea right. The entire planet can see the approaching meteor suspended in the sky several days like a huge star before it impacts. People fall into despair...

Well, really mana has come into the standard lexicon (of gamers at least) to refer to magical energy. As such, I don't really have a problem with it. However, if looking for a new word, may I suggest: qì (Chi): Chinese ki: Japanese (Japanese word for chi) glamour: English obviously, but...

Really? That's what the majority of people were saying when 3e came out, but less than three years later 3.5e came out. If you remember there was similar outcry against 3.5e on the message boards when it was announced. People were vehemently proclaiming that Wizards was an evil money...

Dark Sun: d20 I really loved the Dark Sun setting and want to see it in print again. (Honestly, it would almost be best to make it a seperate d20 game since it is so different from standard D&D.) Mass Combat I'm still waiting for the perfect mass combat system. I was a little dissapointed by...

Generally no...I find that alcohol and gaming don't really mix for me. I've played in a variety of groups that downright prohibited alcohol. The DM of the last group I played in had a 5 year old son, and didn't want a bunch of guys drinking while he was around. Right now, one of the players...

"Minor upgrade"? "Service pack"? Since when have rpgs been computer software? Am I the only one to think that 3.5 was anything but a "minor" upgrade? I tried converting some 3.5 material to 3.0 (because I haven't switched my game to 3.5 yet) and found it so difficult that I eventually gave...

Call me paranoid, but I wouldn't doubt that Wizards is currently planning a 4e. Let's face it, WotC is in the business of making money and new editions sell. The fact that most gamers I know went out and brought 3.5e as soon as it came out is testament to that fact. For that reason Wizards has...

Really, I'm rather fond of the system. Granted that it's rules intensive and combat is convoluted. However, I like the large variety of classes and races as well as the fact that all classes are essentially skill packages. My worst game systems are: Hunter: the Reckoning I really wanted to...

Anyone familiar with Ravenloft? There was a cool NPC - Rudolph von Aubrecker, the living brain -essentially a brain in a jar. He (it?) controlled a sizable portion of a city via psionic domination. It might be worthwhile checking out the old Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium II for plot hooks...

Man I would like to meet some powergamers...It seems like every group that I play with is all into this low powered "storytelling" style of game. I've seen too many masochistic, "woe is me" drama queens; I could use a good munchkin style game! :p (Not to the humor impared - the above was...

OK, I failed my save and decided to get into the discussion. Rules-lite RPGs are aimed at specific audiences, and thus have some advantages for certain groups. I see three main advantages to the rules-lite approach. 1. Character creation - In many role playing games, character creation can be...

In your games do the players play knights in shining armor, or are they essentially treasure-looting thugs? (Or the extreme end are the all-evil campaigns where players play depraved villains?) The D&D game has the reputation as being a game of heroic fantasy where players play larger than...

Although you might not necessarily be able to win at an RPG, you can definately lose! You "lose" when you have a TPK, the party is in some other way completely defeated, or the players no longer enjoy the campaign. (Interestingly, some games such as Call of Cthulhu are built around the premise...

What? I'm completely lost! All of this goes completely over my head! I guess that's because I'm a linguist and a liberal arts student. In my games magic is just magic.

Huh? Where was this picture? How did I miss it? Is Lidda a dope fiend? This also begs the question, have halflings in 3/3.5e given up pipeweed for Mary Jane? :eek: