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I made this set of conversion documents for Pathfinder (and others) to 5E. They're a little outdated now, but hopefully they can help (along with the other advice above).

Thanks, we'll take a look at them!

Are there any Pathfinder adventures (Paizo or otherwise) that are centered around an event like a party or other festival? One of the GMs in our group is looking for something like that for a future session.

Pathfinder Open Reference - Masterwork Tools, for Android, has been invaluable at my Pathfinder Society games. Saves me a lot of trouble when I need to find a rule quickly, plus you can set up blocks of bookmarks (I have all my character's key stuff under one heading).

Also, the upcoming "Codename: Morningstar" sounds pretty promising. It's going to be for D&D 5E, but there are some hints it may be rules-customizable, so Pathfinder use might be possible.

I only play Pathfinder, not interested in running it.

But I will definitely buy and run 5E. Participated in the Next playtest, and liked what I saw. 5E is more my style than Pathfinder, honestly.

Likely to continue buying Pathfinder products, though.

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/Article.aspx?x=dnd/news/adventurersleague

Basically, they ripped off Pathfinder Society and combined it with their Encounters program.

As someone who plays Society now and is looking forward to 5E, this sounds cool. But I wouldn't blame Paizo if this made them cranky...

I dunno if this is something you'd want to consult or avoid, but three good RPG sourcebooks with modern monsters:
- Xenoforms (for Alternity)
- d20 Menace Manual (for d20 Modern)
- Damnation Decade (for d20 Modern and True20), though it's 1970s-styled

FYI to all - among the PDFs released today were 1E's Oriental Adventures and 2E's Arabian Adventures. However, instead of being at the $9.99 price point like most books their size, they're $4.99 instead. This is a good development, and I encourage people to support it...

Update on the Birthright Campaign Setting - they updated it with scans of the cards, so now it's complete! (Complaining works, apparently.) Not sure if Planes of Chaos has also been fixed, yet.

Just FYI for anyone buying a PDF of a boxed set from dndclassics.com - they've demonstrated a habit of treating them poorly.

So far:
- D&D Basic Set (BECMI): Split into two purchases, one for each booklet.
- Dungeon Master's Kit (4E): Only booklets included, maps and counters and such left out. (Wizards did at least warn people this was the case.)
- Birthright Campaign Setting (2E): Combat cards left out. (Wizards did NOT warn people this was the case.)
- Planes of Chaos (2E): Maps included, but one has been (accidentally, I assume) swapped out for a Mystara map.

So, buyer beware. I hope they clean up their act, but it's not encouraging so far.

The Doctor Sourcebooks are worth it for non-game reading as well, yes. They go into great detail about not only the era's stories, but also their style (to assist in running campaigns along those lines). Plus, they're beautifully designed. I definitely recommend them for fans.

Note, while the First and Second sourcebooks are in PDF and print, the Third is only in PDF at this time. (We're supposed to get sourcebooks for the first eleven eventually, but it could be a while before they finish.)

My earliest clear Doctor Who memory is stumbling across "The Five Doctors" on PBS in (I'm 99% sure) 1987... and asking my parents why Moe was on Doctor Who! (It was actually Patrick Troughton, and not one of the Three Stooges, of course.) I don't remember if I continued watching it at that time, but I do know "The Five Doctors" was a favorite to rewatch by late 1987...

Logically, I must have been aware of the show before that, but not likely much earlier. Presumably my actual first Doctor was Tom Baker, though I can't actually recall that. But it pretty much had to be him, or maybe Jon Pertwee.

Sylvester McCoy also holds a special place in my heart, as I got to watch his serials when they were "new" (on PBS in the States, that is).

I like the idea of a M&M SRD (though, like DM_aka_Dudemeister above, I only play under 2E rules), but I feel obliged to point out that while Green Ronin appears to recognize that people can make a M&M SRD, they would really appreciate it if people wouldn't do that.

There's also a store that sells minis in Arundel Mills Mall, which is 30 minutes or so away up 295; I think it's a Games Workshop store IIRC.

The Games Workshop in Arundel Mills closed down, unfortunately...

I'm afraid there aren't too many game stores in the Laurel area (north of Greenbelt, along Route 1); just Hobby Works in the Laurel Shopping Center (http://www.hobbyworks.com), which didn't have much RPG stuff the last time I was there, and the Family Game Store in Savage Mill (http://www.familygamestore.net). I like the FGS, but I will admit it might be a bit troublesome to visit from Greenbelt...

Way back in the 1990s, TSR's web presence was TSR Online, available through AOL. And they had areas where you could download game material created by fans. However, when TSR moved to the web, they didn't keep any of that material. So, I was curious... is there any sort of central repository of that material out there? I can't seem to find one through Google, just a few individual files re-posted by their creators...

I can name a few third-party M&M 1E products (because I own them):
- Omlevex (Z-Man Games)
- The Algernon Files (BlackWyrm Games)
- San Angelo: City of Heroes 1.5 (Gold Rush Games)
- The Dragon's Gate: San Angelo's Chinatown (Gold Rush Games)

Those are all printed books. Might be more out there, including in PDF.

I agree, though, seems like most of the third-party stuff was for 2E.