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I never quite understood the rationale for cyberpsychosis. Do people routinely "go crazy" after getting a pacemaker implanted? Does granny turn into a sociopath after getting a hip replacement? Then why should cybernetics affect the sanity of a character? The whole point of cyberpsychosis is...

I have to say that I really hate the art direction in 3e and 3.5e. Sure D&D isn't truly "medieval" by any real stretch of the imagination, but I like art that evokes a half-way believable fantasy world. I really liked a lot of the classic second edition Elmore art. To me it defines adventure...

I might have to get Shadowrun 4e just to play that!

I never intended this to be a "goodbye" thread; I stated up front that I like 3e. The intention of this thread was to point out that, contrary to apparent popular belief, 2e had some really good material written for it. Secondly, much of this great material hasn't been converted to 3e, and is...

Ok...I have been thinking about this for some time now - I'm about ready to abandon 3e and go back to 2e. :eek: Ok...I've said the blasphemy, now let me explain my reasoning. I really like 3e, I think the rules are much better and more player friendly than 2e. However, 2e contained some of the...

I also have a copy of Imagine. To tell the truth, I kind of have a soft spot for the system. It's another generic fantasy RPG, yet it has dozens of races and classes and hundreds of spells. Of course, the skill point system needs quite a bit of tweaking as it dooms characters to pathetically...

Ok...I have to ask it. Is the seemingly inevitable rules bloat taking over? We have multiple magic systems (Vancian, arcanum, truenames, shadow-magic, psionics, etc.), each new book seems to introduce more classes and prestige classes, and the number of feats has reached ridiculous...

OK, I've heard a lot of good things about True 20. I'll definitely have to check it out. However, do the True 20 core rules support things such as cybernetics, bio-engineering, innate powers, and curses? To give you an example of what I'm talking about, I'll explain a little about some of the...

I have been working on a sci-fi campaign setting for a long time, now I am having a hard time finding the right system that will allow me to run my campaign the way I envisioned it. The basic theme of my setting is a sci-fi western with mystical undercurrents. It takes place on a dying, desert...

I really didn't have a huge problem with the ELH per se. Still there are sections that could have been refined and improved. Epic Progression - This was the most disappointing part of the rules. I felt that classes should have gotten new abilities beyond 20th level. Also, the epic level BAB...

Having studied Japanese for 4 years, I might as well give my translations. Japanese Trade = booeki Common = kyootsuu Tongue = shita (although this refers to the physical tongue in one's mouth, not a language). Speech = gengo (as in "language") Language = gengo "Common Tongue/Common...

Is it just me, or does most of the armor in 3.xe look like it is actually some sort of bondage gear?

Yes, that was from the 2e Ravenloft book Darklords. One of the more interesting Ravenloft darklords. Unfortunately, it never saw a 3e conversion because White Wolf was too busy with the core domains to worry about anything else.

I use a lot of the alternate domains from the various fan-made netbooks. (You can find them at www.fraternityofshadows.com). I have also toyed with the idea of creating an island of terror drawn from present day earth, having modern technology. To tell the truth, I like a lot of the fan...

Little by little the various supplements have introduced new base classes - the duskblade, the warlock, the dragon shaman to name a few. It now seems that these classes are considered core. Several WotC now reference them (e.g. splat books introducing "new warlock invocations" and new spells...

I have a little problem with the "if you don't like the options, don't use them" argument. The problem is that there are players that demand that they get to play a duskblade/warlock/battledancer or they quit the game. It seems that recently all the optional classes from the splatbooks have...

I've thought about it a little, and have come to the conclusion that I'm dissapointed at Abyssal Maw's news that 4th edition won't be coming out for some time. Why? Well to tell the truth, I've come to the conclusion, I'm getting really pretty tired with the way the current edition of D&D is...

I really agree with replicant. As, a shyer player, I often felt like I was being penalized when I wanted to play a diplomat or rogue type character. One of the worst games that I was ever in was a campaign where the DM forced every player to be in character all the time. If you (the player)...

Waaayyy to dark for me. I prefer games where I can have fun, not get depressed. That's one reason why I refuse to touch Kult with a 10' pole.

I suppose that some people play a campaign setting where common is more of a diplomatic trade language. However, in every D&D campaign setting that I've played in common acts as more of a universal default language that every sentient creature speaks. I've never played in a campaign where...