James Gillen

On RPG.net, this quote is my new sig. JG

Re: Re: Re: Jedi Powers And when you're decked out like Vader or Maul, the fact that you can't be detected as "Dark Side" is a bit irrelevant. JG

Re: Re: Daemon Pronunciation The ONE?!? I'll agree with that. A setting which allows medieval France to exist at the same time as the Roman senate and ancient Eg- uh, AEgypt would be really neat to use. JG

The new Hurry manuever in 5th Edition allows you to add 1d6 to your DEX for initiative rating at the cost of OCV/accuracy. I don't have the book in front of me, but it should be under Optional Combat Manuevers. JG

Re: Modern Fantasy The potential of such a setting means it should probably be developed as its own worldbook, like Terran Empire or D20's own Urban Arcana upcoming book. Nevertheless, this raises a good point. The last FH didn't focus on modern or urban fantasy, but it did at least list these as subgenres along with horror, epic fantasy, swords & sorcery, etc. Figuring out what works with a genre usually means defining a genre. But just as modern fantasy may be easily confused with supers or sci-fi, it may be easily confused with what is conventionally regarded as 'fantasy'. To wit, if modern media ranging from the White Wolf games to Buffy the Vampire Slayer present a modern setting with fantasy tropes like demons, magic, and nasty swords, then what distinguishes 'fantasy' as its own genre besides medieval costume drama?