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The dragons in Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern books had several colors. Green and Gold were female. Other colors were male. Also some size and status differences. Books came out starting late 60's. She also had pet sized fire lizards which we found out in later books were where the...

Not just fantasy games. A Traveller ship costs several million credits. Any group with a ship, even one with a large mortgage, will rarely lack for funds for basic stuff. The basic limitation is does the planet you are currently on have the gizmo(s) that you want. I have played several games...

Really depends on the game and setting. A typical Traveller character is just another slob in a galaxy wide empire that is one of several galaxy wide empires. D&D type games tend to be a bit smaller in scale. The above average character might be known as someone of note to the locals but is...

Almost by definition, a 'clone' should be a close copy. But it can change some things otherwise just play the original. For example, grafting in for initiative the modern 'everyone rolls a d20 and goes in descending order' vs whatever 1st Ed called for but was often house ruled. Nothing...

Rut Monster. Rouge Halfling. Short Bat. Continual Flash. Saving Toss. Run for Initiative.

One term that could be used to define a skilled player is Munchkin. Skilled at designing a character to get maximum benefit from the resources available. I doubt that is what is being discussed here. Skill could be recognizing that a combat isn't winnable. Something a lot of newer players...

Wasn't sure but the 80's was when I first played it.

Funny how players and GMs readily accept the many rolls for combat but only one for everything else. Almost like anything but combat is an obstacle to the next combat. I see nothing wrong with needing multiple rolls to fully succeed at a complex negotiation. But a bad roll shouldn't kill the...

Played a lot of Car Wars over the years. Not so much the last few. I have backed the Kickstarters on the game proper and a couple of later expansions and mini collections. Star Fleet Battles was a popular game with my group. Recently found my SFB stuff and bought the updated rule book...

Don't remember it being bad. It was just another book of D&D stuff. Much like Wilderness Survival Guide and Dungeoneer's Survival Guide. Or for that matter, Dragon or other similar magazines. Pre Internet so alternative sources were very limited. Up to the GM as to what got used in which...

The questions as phrased are more about granularity. The task of blackmailing the NPC is broken down into 3 sub tasks: 1 Get over the wall. 2 Get into the office. 3 Find the documents. And the ever important but unmentioned - 4 - Get out of the compound with the documents. And it can...

As Jedi mind tricks go, was Rey's use of same to escape the Chair of Interrogation moral? The faceless storm trooper wasn't really harmed. Probably would have had some explaining to do later about the missing weapon. Except the whole base blew up. Which is more evil, a mind trick that leaves...

If the GM didn't give a brief description of the adventure before character selection, then bad GM. Sounds like OP was playing Sherlock Holmes in an adventure designed for Conan. Isn't going to work well for Sherlock. From my experience, most scenarios seem to assume that the players are all...

And a mention for a Fantasy Trip solo adventure: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjgames/the-fantasy-trip-path-of-mastery-solo-rpg-adventure/description Ends Sept 4th. If you are not in the US, I suggest a digital only pledge. Some of those physical shipping estimates are YIKES!

As a reminder, Adventure Paths used to be 6 books long where each softcover book was $19.95. And this was $120 in pre-covid money. An $80 AP in current money is a bargain by comparison. Not sure when they went from 6 to 4 per AP but it was well after I had burned through the 3 years of...

I have long thought that many encounters with intelligent critters are often played as though those critters were mindless automatons that always fight to the bitter end. I have seen zombies fight with more brains then a lot of other encounters depending on how well the creator programmed them...

Glad the two companies have talked. What had me worried was Traveller for a space based RPG and Traveler for a spaced base RPG are close enough to be a concern. As I said earlier, that last thing we need is these two companies spending money on lawsuits that could be better spent on making...

Traveller's Vargr. Not D&D but might be useful as inspiration: Vargr - Traveller

Oh, its a trap alright. But it might be a fun trap. 1/2 elves come from somewhere.... Over the years, my characters have been attacked in one form or another more often by humans then 'Monsters'. Most encounters with monsters have happened when the characters were doing what in modern terms...

People keep saying that but cases have been filed over far less. Often settled or dismissed, but filed anyway. Common use traveler may be why Marc Miller used traveller. But it might come down would the average person be confused between Traveller and Traveler when both are used on a space...