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To me, this is a semantical pirouette: Punishing someone for someone else's future crime versus punishing someone for someone else's past crime. 8th Ammendment: Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted. "Making an example...

Interesting idea, but I'm not sure how it could be effectively implemented without creating a problem regarding right to privacy even more serious than current problems with copyright law.

Unfortunately, that's not how our legal system is supposed to work. I shouldn't pay the penalty for crimes that other people have committed, nor for the crimes that other people speculate that I may, on average, have committed. I pay the penalty for the crimes that I have been proven to have...

I think you've got enough stuff to run a darned fine swashbuckling campaign already. Stop buying stuff and start playing! I would go with swashbuckling adventures for all of the classes, feats, PRCs, and equipment, Broadsides! for the ship rules, and the SwashAdv monster book for opponents. I...

Kalamar is set for all kinds of conflict and intrigue. Nations are on the brink of action, but what they do is left open for the DM to decide. It's easy to decide who will ally with who (there are lots of reasons built in) and then imagine all the interesting ways in which the world could...

Vemuz nods to Tonguez. "Yes, the captain is late. It does not seem like him." *Strong arm indeed...* "You can count me in. Is there any word of trouble up the river, or at the plantations? When do we leave?"

Not I. As a player, I can get by with the SRD if I need to. As a DM, I'd probably run something else or just use 3.0 since 3.5, while different, looks only marginally better.

I'm sorry for your loss Wayne. Take care.

In general: Lord of the Rings Prydain Robert Howard's Conan Clark Ashton Smith H.P. Lovecraft Le Morte D'Arthur Frankenstein Iliad/Oddessey Beowulf Current Homebrew: Robert Howard's Conan Clark Ashton Smith Iliad/Oddessey Kingdoms of Kalamar Don Quixote

It's cheaper at buy.com. I believe 18.66 per book with free shipping. If you are going to buy from a bulk distributor you might as well do buy.com instead of Walmart.

Re: Re: Re: Pirates and d20 Man, it happened in my theatre too. My wife likes him but I had no idea he was such a phenomenon. :) By the way, Bob's game is great - by saying that the D&D rules aren't a great fit I was thinking more of traditional swashbuckling stories rather than fantasy...

Re: Re: [3.5] WotC motivation revealed! WotC does not release the SRD as an alternative to purchasing the books. In fact, I'm fairly certain that WotC only released the SRD based on the wager that almost everyone would buy the books instead. Otherwise they wouldn't have released it. It just...

Well, it depends on whether or not they hit the right sweet spot. As they raise the ongoing costs, they lose some customers who no longer like the price point. Personally, I don't have much disposable income at the moment, so WotC has lost me as a customer. However, I think they will make far...

Oh, and for the record I think that 3e worked just fine and didn't need a revision of this magnitude yet. The changes in 3.5e are all little fiddly bits that don't have enough impact on the game to be worth spending that much money. I think they should have waited (much) longer and done more.

If the predictions of the proliferation of house rules come to pass, I am not looking forward with having to learn new rules every time I play with different people. That could be an even bigger blow to Monte's concept of mastery than the way the changes were made between 3 and 3.5. Anyways, I...

I think the biggest problem with standard D&D rules for swashbuckling pirate tales is that the classes are too magic heavy. Really the only classes that are all that appropriate without modification are rogue and fighter. For this reason, I think that Swashbuckling Adventures is an invaluable...

This a difference in perspective. I respect people by default and require that they earn my disrespect, rather than disrespecting people by default. I believe that most people are good, decent people deserving of respect and dignity. Furthermore, there is a difference between disagreeing with...

Vemuz is above deck gazing out beyond the aft of the ship.

Hasn't this always been the strength of D&D though? You could also say that they are re-focusing on the core competencies of the game system. It's not just an issue of adventure design, but goes down even to the system. Sure, you can run any type of game in D&D, but I think that other game...

Why does another person not buying something because it is personally offensive to them cause you so much consternation? Nobody is telling you what you should or shouldn't buy, so why do you feel the need to tell other people what they should or shouldn't buy? I don't think you've clarified...