The guy is trying to reinvent the wheel because some cavemen are trying to move it side-over-side, while the rest of us are rotating it on an axle.

Forum templates are a bitch to do and time consuming. They not only require a decent technical knowledge of how the css crap works, but there's lots of design skill. Good luck finding someone

It's an awesome blog. I loved it. I have a ton more to say, but lets leave it at:

I have way more fun knowing I survived an actual deadly situation. It's boring to be like, yeah well I'll stack feat X with skill Y and ninja power Q to avoid dying in Lava.

Minstrel wrote:A house rules compilation, well categorized, would be awesome.

A Rules Cyclopedia, of sorts.

"Well, I hate the changes they're making in 4E, but I'm going to buy it anyway because I'd hate to see the FR die."

It died as a solid product line well over a decade ago.

I'd comment man, but at work when clicking the thumbnails it times out on displaying the full sized image. I'll try it at home.

But why? Is the ultimate goal an OSRIC thing where people can make releases for sale off of a regurgitated gaming system? Or is it to compile everything, add a few cool rules, and make a true blend, sort of like a mythical AD&D 1.5e? If it's the first reason, every reservation I had for OSRIC an...

I don't mind it once and a while. In particular, I like feeling I know my character from the beginning instead of having this cloud over him of obscurity until I picked him up. But our group got in a pattern of FINALLY getting somewhere and being able to take on more impressive things, then wham - l...

It seems that video rpg's (WoW, Everquest etc) have become the bar by which all rpg's are set against. Sad part is that while these games are by definition an rpg they have lost all th elements that made role playing so enjoyable. Sad, isn't it? If RPG's come up in casual conversation with random p...

Thanks for the guidelines. I just cut/pasted your already done monsters to use as a template.

If it makes 3.x look hardcore, it's got issues.

The 4e QuickStart Rules are out. Here is the ammo to blast 4e. Arm yourselves! All classes now have 'at-will' abilities, or abilities than can use any time (or 'at-will'). Sleep and Magic Missile are both in that category for magic-users now (though MM needs a successful 'to-hit' roll now). Clerics ...

I wanted "fuck no", but I took what I could get.

Ok, then we can disconnect it from UM and brand it more generically.

Or even make it multi-volume and include stuff in BIP Undermountain releases.

Oh, and if you think my direction is feasible I wanna try to work Minstrel in with me. I always bounce stuff off him and he's never afraid to one-up me on ideas or call my bullshit.

See my post in the development forum for a proposal.

Matan Thunder posted it, therefore can be disregarded.

I could see the materials being shelved. I am fine being a developer on it, but there's a ton of time required to actually drive the project. There are three major issues I have right now: 1) My time is in flux. I am clearing up, but real life does happen. I had a project that lasted from October to...

I'd love to find the electronic collection of Dragon mag, period.

It's just the small population pool in NH, I think. I think if you played with people in New England (I know, it sounds easier than it is to travel all over), then there's more of a pool. NH just sucks for tabletop gaming unless you succumb to the WizBro crap.

Yeah I really liked to be able to stack them in a binder. The pages get brittle and worn easier, but the format was nice.

I'm a developer (having written some spells and a kit, working on another kit and other stuff as I get time). I don't even know who is involved anymore.

Never had too much of an issue with the actual MC art. I was bitching more on the PHB, DMG, and ToM books.

The stupid old elf full art (surrounded my younger space-elves or something) picture is pretty vile. The images of objects in blue/white are all pretty bad. The sketches from Easley are fine, but they are made worst with the ink being turned to blue.