The char-gen played a huge part in allowing me to sell FC to my group.  Class-based, and yet with seeming-less infinite possibilities is a great combination.

Bah: the English language has been butchered since its beginnings!  It's like Frankenstein's monster if he'd been built out of parts harvested from people who were still alive.

True enough.  But that's no reason to sew a hand onto the bottom of his leg.   If you're going to go to the trouble of stealing parts from other people, you may as well make sure you use the right parts when the time comes...

 

I find it's usually pretty obvious.  But if my players ask, I tell them.  It's too awkward not too, especially since they have abilities that only work on Standards.  Otherwise it ends up looking like this:

PC:  Is he a special or standard?
GM:  Not telling.
PC:  Alright, I use Contempt on him.
GM:  Uh...it doesn't work
PC:  Well, guess we answered that...

 

When I got mine (here in Canada as well), I just ended up ordering it from Amazon.com.  Shipping was cheap, and went through Customs without a hitch.  Fast, too.  Much easier than trying to get it through my local game shop, unfortunately.

You're the best!  Thanks so much.

Selfish of me to ask, but if you ever decide to stop hosting/abandon this, could you pass it off to Crafty?  Or release it as a standalone?  It really has become indispensable.

Thank you so much for taking the time to look into this.  I'm not sure what I'd do without your builder.  It makes my DMing life so much easier!

Character creation was a big hurdle for acceptance for my group.  The sheer wealth of options completely confused them (a talent, specialty, and a class?).  Ironically, once they grokked that, it became one of the biggest selling points for them.

Our biggest worry was that the different tactics, tricks, feats, etc would be too much to remember in combat.  But in play it's been manageable.  Granted, I did mandate that everyone have a sheet with all their abilities listed out for easy reference...heh.

I'm not one to normally gush on publisher's forums, but I just had to say how much fun my group has been having with Fantasy Craft.  Somehow, Crafty has hit on the exact right combination of crunch and options, without being so cumbersome to interfere with the fun.

My group is just hitting fifth level, and every session has been noteworthy.  Combat has been exciting, and the players are using skills and tactics they would never have tried in any other D20 iteration.  The damage save system lets me give them opponents who area capable threat, and yet still gives the pc's a chance to dramatically one-shot them in a fit of heroics .

Really, I could list all the rules I love about it, but somehow it's more than the sum of it's parts.  Something about it just clicks for me and my group...hits that exact sweet spot.  I thought we were done with D20, but this is D20 done right.

Anyway, I just wanted to say "Thanks!".  Our current campaign is one we're going to remember, and Fantasy Craft gets a lot of credit for making it work so well.

The familiar rules are especially good... 

Stop that!  I don't need to be craving this book anymore than I already do! 

Would this be a good point to check on Spellbound's status?

I believe the Magic 8-Ball was optimistic about before March...

I'll note this down and have a look as soon as I can.

Thanks, just thought you should know .

I tried cutting and pasting an Earth Elemental today (from Conjure Elemental p123) and the 'OK' button wouldn't accept the write-up.  I had to go in and build it manually.

The same thing happened with Elder Elemental from the bestiary, but it did accept other cut and pastes fine.  I couldn't figure out what was different about those ones specifically.

Regarding Attack Tricks:  when you apply a trick to an attack, the attack still functions normally unless the trick specifies otherwise, correct?  So, it still does it's normal damage?

So, for someone with Hurling Master, there would be no reason not to apply Staple to every throw (assuming they didn't have other tricks to use)?

Thanks!

I prefer my crunch to be quality!

I don't think anyone is saying otherwise.  But all things considered, I prefer my crunch to be quality and in my hands .