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The differences between the two perspectives basically comes down to this... You and I each decide that we're going to pretend to be a pirate. I cup my left hand like a hook, hold a construction paper sword in my right hand, while squinting one eye, and saying "Aaaaaargh!" You go spend $100 on...

I prefer to play/run characters who begin as ordinary in every respect except for their extraordinary desire and determination to do something or become something extraordinary.

This is such a weird question. How about instead... If the fight is going against you and it looks like your character has a pretty good chance of biting it, do you ever just stay and fight anyway? Or... If killing the enemy isn't going to bring you any closer to your goal and engaging in...

I understand where you're coming from, but it's character building systems like that which bore me to tears. You might like having infinitesimal differentiations between characters to put into mechanical play those things I've always felt can be just as easily expressed through role playing...

Actually, that's precisely the type of thing I was talking about. And like others have said, it's a creepy player problem, not a problem with people playing cross-gendered characters. If I don't allow the lesbian stripper ninja, he's just going to play a barbarian rapist with Turret's...

No. It's simply not what interests me about p&p rpgs. The actual play with other players at the table is what interests me. I want to put together my character in about 10 minutes and get on to the fun stuff. 3.5e character creation was about as fun to me as doing my taxes.

Basically the same. A number of women have played male characters in my games and it's never been a problem. Most men who have played female characters have done so without a problem. But when there is a problem, it's the guy playing the female character. It doesn't happen enough for me to...

The "Black Box Basic" rules (and the re-prints in 1994 and 1996) used pretty much the same rules as the 1983 Mentzer Basic and Expert sets. There were some major editing issues involved with their efforts to simplify some of the language. For example, there is a section in which the word...

I've said a number of times on these boards that I'd rather be in a game with great players and a mediocre DM than a game with a great DM and mediocre players. The DM can only do so much. It's really up to the players to make the game take flight. With inspired, proactive, creative players...

You must spread some Experience Points around before giving it to Echohawk again.

At the risk of coming off as pompous by quoting myself, here's what I wrote (edited, because sometimes me no uze werds good) in the "What's Mystara's hook?" thread: I'm not a 4e fan, but if WotC put out a relatively crunch-lite/fluff-heavy Known World gazetteer, giving a nice gloss over the...

Back before rpgs, there were war games. The two big war game companies were SPI and Avalon Hill. When the rpg thing began taking off, both companies tried to come up with their own rpgs. Dragonquest was SPI's attempt at a frpg. I've never played it, but it still has a decent fan base out...

No, 1 in every 6 rounds where the opponent is using a melee weapon. So, it completely depends on who the adversaries are. In a Keep on the Borderlands type adventure, it might be something close to once ever six rounds. In something where there are few or no humanoid adversaries (S3 or S4) or...

"Challenger Series" correction: It's a common misconception and indicative of how confusing TSR's marketing of D&D was in the early '90s, but the "Challenger Series" was NOT the Black Box Basic set, the various other boxed sets, and the Thunder Rift series of adventures. Rather that was the...

No, but I've said before the players' goal should be the opposite: Get the dice out of the DM's hands. If the DM never rolls, nothing bad can ever happen to your character.

Maybe. Probably not. I'll be honest. When 4e first came out, I went to the game store, picked up the PHB and held it in my hand for about 2 seconds until the crashing realization hit me: I just didn't care. More than anything, it was the format. I plain and simple did not have any interest...

I'm going to limit myself to 10-ish items, otherwise, I'd be here all day: 1981 Moldvay/Cook w/ Marsh edited Basic and Expert sets. To me these are the most concise and perfect expressions of the D&D rules. 1e DMG. A treasure trove of everything one might need to run a campaign. City State...

I read dozens of D&D related novels in the mid-80's and into the early 90's. I think I hated myself just a little more with every one I finished. I don't know why I kept reading them. I'd put one down and swear, "That's it! No more," and then one of my gaming buddies would come running up...

The closest to me is about a 50-60 minute drive away. The distances listed on my results seem to be straight line "as the crow flies" distances, rather than driving distances. Might not be a big difference for those in urban areas, but in rural areas where, "Ain't no roads go there," the...

I can't speak to Sony. I'm a Nintendo guy. The Wii can play Game Cube games. You can download hundreds of NES, SNES, N64, Genesis, and even C64 games to your Wii, starting for as little as $5. There are also new games in the 8-bit style being made and available for download, Megaman 9 and 10...