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So what do people think of R&PL? Since it seemed to place well in the Ennies list, I thought that I'd give a few quick thoughts from my reading of it. SPOILERS!!!!!!!!!!!!! The GOOD The customs and culture of the world. It is amazing and captures the feeling of fairy tale...

Interested in starting up a Seattle WA game? I play a variety of systems, including most versions of D&D/Pathfinder. I have long wanted to try out Savage Worlds and would be open to other possibilities as well. I enjoy DMing, but would be interested in other options as well.

I have been discussing this new d20 adaption with one of my friends: 8-Bit Funding The author has been posting stuff on the system and it seems to be an interesting blend of d20 and OD&D. Anybody have any thoughts or insights?

Some of the classic AD&D monsters are absent from Castles and Crusades due to copyright issues (Mind Flayers and Beholders, for example). But one classic type of monster seems absent: demons and devils. There seems to be a couple of very minor examples in Monsters and Treasures (e.g. the Imp)...

I saw one of my players use it last week and it was a really impressive class. The healing judgment was extremely effective against goblins (they were playing Rise of the Runelords and they were fighting a large group of goblins). In a lot of ways the Inquisitor made a really useful ground for...

A Paladin in Citadel has an interesting post on how experience points were awarded in the pre-D&D proto-RPG of Arneson. In particular: "In the fantasy game originally played by Arneson, it was primarily through the recovery, and appropriate expenditure, of long-lost treasure hoards, that...

I just decided to start the PF adventure path "Rise of the Runelords" with a new group. My hope for a gentle introduction was not met. There were 3 characters (elite array, book gold): a human rogue, a gnome sorcerer and a dwarf monk. I found the goblins simply murderous. The characters...

I am new to the Gainesville area (just moved here in the past couple of months) and would be interested in forming or joining a group. I play a lot of things. I will do 4E D&D. I slightly prefer older editions (I have 1E, 2E, 3.5E, Pathfinder and Castles&Crusades). Haven't done Traveller in...

This adventure has been listed as being for levels 10 to 22. Any idea how they will manage that? I've never seen such a large level range for a module before. I'd wondered if it might be length but the price ($29.95) seems to suggest it is a standard module, even if the 160 page length looks...

I was at the Emerald City Comic Convention and they had a test run for 4E D&D. So I signed up for it. It was a well run event and the organizers managed to find DMs for everyone (despite a very long line of interested players). I ended up trying out a Dwarf Fighter. I must admit, it was a...

This is an issue of design philosophy. If the DM is increasing AC dramatically above what is in the monster manual to increase the challenge of encounters then that can adversely effect the rogue. However, this type of adaption of the game system (i.e. increasing AC of monster above that seen...

I just acquired a copy of Castles and Crusades (it has been a challenge). I was looking forward to reading it in detail and seeing how it would approximate the old school games of my youth. There are a lot of good ideas in C&C so I was very surprised to see the saving throw rules for spells...

I was surprised to see very few science fiction (in the sense of spaceships not cyberpunks) games on the local gaming store and book store shelves (I was looking at a few of each kind). The only science fiction RPGs that I saw more than once were Serenity and Star Wars. I tried looking up...

I understand why the basic spider animal companion doesn't have poison (to balance it with the other critters). But I was suprised to see a feat to make Boar animal companions tougher but nothing to add poison to spiders. Or did I miss something??

Is anybody still playing it? Is there any feedback on what are good starter adventures for this system? I remember when Iron Crown Enterprises released their middle earth stuff and really enjoyed it. Sadly, this appears to be out of print (although the ICE website has other classic items for...

Are there any alternative to using paypal for paying for a Community Supporter membership? Or am I merely confused about the process of ordering?

I am just playing around, in my head, with how one might do a more classical swords and sorcery campaign using D&D 3.X; think King Arthur, Lord of the Rings or Conan. If one restricted oneself to the PHB, DMG and MM (maybe complete warriror???) then the creep in spellpower would be mitigated...

If you were DMing a 3.5 core game, what spells and items would you look out for? I already know about the issues with Polymorph. What about spells like teleport and planar binding? Have people had issues with them? What is the best solution? Should they be banned? Restricted? What have...

I was thinking about what would be my favorite improvement between 3rd edition and 4th edition D&D. The more that I think about it, the answer is magic items. Now I do not object to magic items that are part of the ability set of a character. If a wizard's staff is part of his power than...

"Should Prestige Classes Advance Spellcasting?" This is something that I have been thinking about for a while. Consider: Wizards and Sorcerers are weak at low levels and strong at high levels. Prestige classes typically involve trading weakness at low levels (investing in suboptimal...