Post originally by Wyvern at 2004-09-11 02:32:04
Converted from Phorums BB System
<i>Am I going crazy or is 224 pages like nothing compared to the 384 pages of d20 modern!</i>
What's your point? d20 Future is a supplement for d20 Modern. Supplements are generally expected to be shorter than the core rulebooks.
<i>Also, it was said that one of the book's "strengths" was that it covered a lot of topics, what about futuristic internet systems, a la the matrix! There was absolutely no discussion of new internet rules of environments or new internet cultures.</i>
This same question was raised in the WotC forums. You can read the thread in its entirety <a href=http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=288060>here</a>, but the most relevant responses, IMO, were this comment by "hiryuu":
<i>In all the time I've been gaming, I've found cyberspace rules do only one thing well: slow the game to a screeching halt.</i>
and these comments by "Daavid Muhameed"
<i>if a system ran a sort of cyberspace system it would only be there for good people who wouldnt want to break it. like a MMORPG
no one would ever really log into the matrix and kungfu battle.
everybody would know that it is just a simulation running ontop of an underlying system.
no cyberspace program would allow its avatars to use their virtual actions to damage or even effect the underlying system in any kind of meaningful way.
but that would make a bad movie.
RPG's and books are different tho, they dont need kungfu battles that can turn off security systems for the other characters.</i>
Also, check out <a href=http://www.criticalmiss.com/issue3/lostcyber1.html>this article</a>, which explains why the way "the matrix" is usually portrayed is a load of bull.
<i>not only that but even for basic internet hacking rules I have to go all the way back to d20 modern rules. How stupid.</i>
Once again, this is a <i>supplement</i> for d20 Modern. You're <i>supposed</i> to refer back to the d20 Modern rules.
Wyvern
"There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
- William Shakespeare, "Hamlet"