Re: D&D 3rd ed.
Yeah, I thought Planescape was another one of those truly original and innovative campaign settings. To save Mrs BGG and I squabbling over what each should specialise in when we DM'ed, she chose Planescape and Al Qadim and I Forgotten Realms and Ravenloft. Kept the peace quite nicely.
I loved Birthright too, the political side and the economics (financial and diplomatic) of running your own kingdom were superb. Alas, Birthright, and the formerly mentioned AQ are also gone the way of the dodo.
Torment ? One hell of a novel computer game and the story won dozens of awards. Loved it.
Alignment is still there in 3rd Edition, though it's not a important as it used to be. It's less of a rigid tool to straightjacket behaviour, as opposed to a game mechanic that indicates your general personal inclinations. Eberron places even less emphasis on it, perhaps to the extent that there are more shades of grey between the alignments and rigid absolutes are not necessary.
Places to pick up old material...I'd suggest Ebay being a good place to start...picked up some old fillers there many a time. Also, some of the good RPG shops tend to have battered old cardboard box with some second hand goods in them. Games Fairs are another good place, depending on which part of the country you are based ?
Good luck, happy hunting...got a game this weekend to write up. Axes High !
Yeah, I thought Planescape was another one of those truly original and innovative campaign settings. To save Mrs BGG and I squabbling over what each should specialise in when we DM'ed, she chose Planescape and Al Qadim and I Forgotten Realms and Ravenloft. Kept the peace quite nicely.
I loved Birthright too, the political side and the economics (financial and diplomatic) of running your own kingdom were superb. Alas, Birthright, and the formerly mentioned AQ are also gone the way of the dodo.
Torment ? One hell of a novel computer game and the story won dozens of awards. Loved it.
Alignment is still there in 3rd Edition, though it's not a important as it used to be. It's less of a rigid tool to straightjacket behaviour, as opposed to a game mechanic that indicates your general personal inclinations. Eberron places even less emphasis on it, perhaps to the extent that there are more shades of grey between the alignments and rigid absolutes are not necessary.
Places to pick up old material...I'd suggest Ebay being a good place to start...picked up some old fillers there many a time. Also, some of the good RPG shops tend to have battered old cardboard box with some second hand goods in them. Games Fairs are another good place, depending on which part of the country you are based ?
Good luck, happy hunting...got a game this weekend to write up. Axes High !
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