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@RobbyPants: Exactly that.

I'm on the same page with Ancient and Schwarzkopf. Both games have mechanics tailored to their world, and it won't work so well with conversions to other rulesets. As for Earthdawn, RedBrick has cut all ties with Mongoose, but their contract is valid till June or July (I don't remember which), so th...

He's all over Seattle 2072, and I haven't seen him on JackPoint before even once. I can at least guess who-is-who on JP, but that character seems a little misplaced, by providing most of the info in the comments.

And there's another perk - you can also try this on magical beasts, like griffins or thundra beasts. It's more difficult, but can happen if you play your cards right. And when you hit Journeyman status, you'll be the guy who has his own griffon mount. :) You can also count on Blood Share to keep you...

A few clarifications: +2 Deflection bonus from helmet, +1 from a crystal buckler. Dodge Boost adds it's bonus to the result, as all bonuses/penalties do in a non-retro flavored ED3 (the old way of modifying steps is an optional rule, IIRC). The dice are not fixed. Or they were fixed as a feature dur...

Your math might be right, but I still had at least 5-6 cases where a 2d6 roll saved my skin. My character has Physical Defense 9 (elf, not windling), with Armor Defeating hits starting at 21. But I use Q-Workshop promotional d6's, and they explode like crazy. I think I had Dodge Boost on once, but I...

a) Oh, right. Sorry about that... b) You risk 1 damage to avoid more damage. It's worth the risk most of the time. Armor defeating hits, and hard-hitting enemies can bring you down in 2-3 hits on any Circle, especially if you're a spellcaster with a puny 4/3 Durability score. And sometimes even a st...

Earthdawn isn't DnD. Don't compare them. Don't treat races as stat blocks. That's pretty much all you need to know. You can get more info in a less 'this and that sucks' on the official RedBrick forums. P.S. Some of what Frank wrote is 1-st edition based - for example using Avoid Blow in ED3 you no ...

@64: Yes. Guess who provides it... @65: Yes. IIRC for subscribers mostly (they have to put them somewhere after they get them off the street), and it's pretty expensive, but you get what you pay for. DocWagon always had that 'we're too good to be true' image in the material I read... @66: Humanis is...

I started reading Seattle 2072, and there's one question I have: Who the hell is 'Khan-A-Saur'?

57.) Great dragons are simply Older Dragons. Well, a bit more refined and advanced, but essentially. A bit more, actually. There's a power requirement, and a special ritual, AFAIR, and elevation to Great status doesn't happen if the not-yet-great dragon doesn't have a patron, because he can't get t...

I might be mistaken. I don't know the statistics well enough. To be honest, I don't think I want to... But I live here. And I know my country's history. The end of WWII just made it possible for the soviets to do what they want. Hell, my own grandfather 'disappeared' just before my father was born, ...

Yeah. Casrsten Damm left RB, along with Kathy Shad apparently. So they had to find a new line editor and they can't use Kathy's artwork in the 'revised 3rd edition' they want to release... In july, because they've dropped Mongoose as publisher, before their contract expired, and they have to wait ti...

@Blade: That depends. For some people that's old squabbles, and most intelligent Poles know that Germans suffered more than they ever should in the aftermath of WWII. With Russians it's more complicated, but again, most intelligent people don't despise Russians, but Russia as a country (or even as a...

The article on Step System probabilities is up: http://www.loremerchant.com/?page_id=51 And they've just announced a lot of stuff. Including a 'revised edition', and the recent breakup of the team... So I'm revising my opinion, and deciding to stay the hell away from RB. I have enough books from bot...

@ 53 "Stay alive." Definitely.

Or just buy a few of them, and have them handy in all configurations.

@45: Depends on character build. Remember that guns come in different classes - pistols, automatics (SMG's, assault rifles), longarms(shotguns, rifles) and heavy(L/HMG's, launchers, etc.). I'd say there probably is one 'bestest' weapon for each class, but if you mod them well enough, you can overcom...

Every single one. :P Seriously. They're all full of useful things, overflowing with fluff, and such. But if you need the bare minimum, it's these two: The Player's Guide is basic mechanics and some fluff associated with it mostly. You need this to play at all. The Gamemaster's Guide is the same for ...

Yeah, but they lost their line developer for ED lately, and admitted that they don't have the slightest idea what to do with the system at all. They already announced a port to DnD 4ed way back, and off course, never did anything with it. So I don't really think they will. Especially because porting...

@25 : I agree with Frank on this one - the HMHVV is a virus. Making it re-animate dead bodies is cool - the classical zombie approach. But making it an explanation to all 'monsters' is just silly. I think most of these monsters are okay, Drop Bears including, but they can be explained the same way ...

@26: As far as I remember, they still are 'the Holy City' and have enough autonomy. The church has approved magic per se, as a 'gift from god', but I bet things like 'death magic' (for now the only blood magic besides self-sacrifice), toxic and insect traditions are considered unholy. 'Holy' magic i...

This... Being able to say "yeah, I win this combat encounter" means that as a player I can get back to the roleplaying that I'm actually interested in. ... means you forgot about the rest of your group, and the GM. There's a team, and you've just spoiled their fun. The GM put some effort i...

Well, that was all according to his character concept, so I allowed it, even if I usually don't do that (to leave some room for improvement). And with the kind of story we're playing, he's bound to regret it a bit, since he can't be a Free Council mage without being the cabal outcast (they're mostly...

Hmmm... That's not WoD, Frank. It's an entirely different game. Looks nice, coherent, and all, but it's not the same. And in a good way. @Koumei: That's why I've given up on doing anything but basic re-writing of my projects. Maybe some day I'll find people who will be interested in doing something ...