Recent content by ade625

I've played a fair amount of 4th edition, and am fairly familiar with 3rd edition rules. One thing that certainly stands out, as pointed out by Dr.Dorkness, is that combat is done much better. If you are a fighter for example, you will not just be rolling to hit each time, and nothing else. It's...

So I finished the very rough first draft of my first novel a fair few months ago (though it was in no way my first attempt at writing a novel) and now that I have oodles of spare time in the summer, am trying to redraft it into something more cohesive and smooth. I've been having a few...

Hello, and welcome. I'm quite a bit of a Jasper Fforde fan as well. He often seems to get overlooked when it comes to fantasy, probably because his books are always in the 'fiction' section of bookstores, rather than the 'sci-fi and fantasy' section. It'll be nice to get the input of someone...

I wouldn't have pictured Stephen Fry in that role, but then again, he's done some excellent serious acting in the past. I imagine he'll do well. I love Blackadder, but A Bit of Fry and Laurie has to be my personal favourite of his comedy stuff.

Workable if the supporting characters are well rounded (and possibly likeable) which should hopefully be the case anyway. Although you may want to give the main character something to do, even if it's not contributing to the main climax. I wouldn't expect everyone to be happy with the idea, mind.

I'm pretty sure there's a market for anything if you look hard enough, and I know I've seen a couple of fantasy parody novels in bookstores before. My advice would be to look for that sort of book in the bookstore yourself, and make a note of all the publishers who have a hand in them. Off the...

I loved the show Journeyman! It was a little slow at times, especially with the wife sub-plot, but it had great potential. It was a shame it got cancelled. Anyway, to the none sci-fi tv show inspired journeyman, welcome to the site. I wouldn't worry about being targeted by Black Dragon or...

Same for me.

The article was painful to read for me due to the author's use of hyperbole throughout the entire thing. For example: "Soiling the building blocks and well-known tropes of our treasured modern myths is no different than other artists taking a crucifix and dipping it in urine, covering it in...

I would never say that I'd consciously made a decision about a book based on an author's name, but the subconscious can be an influence towards seemingly arbitrary decisions.

I dunno, I think fantasy authors tend to use initials when their names don't sound sufficiently fantastic enough to put on a book cover. No matter what people say, the majority of people do judge a book by its cover. That's what it's there for :P. Some people have it lucky in the name...

Sounds interesting. I have a DnD group currently on hiatus, but I was the only one in my group who bothered to come up with a backstory, so that one's really just dungeon crawling. Some meaty RPing would certainly be nice. As long as I don't have to do anything before the 17th, count me in. One...

Unless you can come up with a convincingly sharp swear word that works lyrically in the setting ('frak' is the only example I can think of that somewhat works) I'd say swear as much as you think necessary. My characters only generally swear when they're in extreme peril, which come to think of...

Instead of giving my own examples (which I admit, I'm still tempted to do) I'll try and answer your questions outright, since there's already quite a lot of examples floating round. First off, as it's been said, you need to decide how much influence the gods have on the denziens of your world...

I completely agree. It's just a shame there is a small minority in this world with a disproportionate amount of money (and thus power) who's opinion is generally that they should have more money, and/or power. Or am I just cynical? On a more topical note, I hope that all of you guys in...