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optimus_mush
in Creation Myths July 2013

I actually tend to agree with your conundrum, SkidAce. In our campaign world we actually created three different histories, compiled by three different societies. One is the creation of a secular university, one the official history of a growing t…
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in Where are the OP servers located? November 2012

Well, if the high priest of Ishtar was skulking about Virginia when he decided to call down the gods it could knock the servers out for a day or two. At least until the continent stopped heaving. Also, if Ao were to bind the gods to the material…
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in Adventure Brainstorm: Sold Into Slavery July 2012

Have you considered pre-genning the other slave characters complete with a list of secret traits, loyalties, etc. and allowing the other PCs to play them? I've done this before with adventuring groups when fleshing out their back stories. The gr…
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in Hook, Line and Sinker June 2012

Start with a body. So many good mysteries and adventures start with a body. A group of travellers (including the PCs) cresting a mountain pass find the body of a middle aged man, crushed and mutilated, in the ditch. He is dressed in the garbs…
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in Zombies June 2012

Have you heard about the other gruesome story making the rounds here in Canada? A guy videoed himself murdering and dismembering another man. He then mailed the body parts to two federal political parties and others to two elementary schools here …
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in I hate my players. May 2012

It seems to me that you and your player's want very different things out of gaming. You want to create a story and they want to wreck some crap without involving themselves in world building. I hate to say it, but someone is going to have to bend,…
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in New ways to die April 2012

As we wrapped up a high school campaign in preparation for all of us leaving in our own directions, one of my characters had a different sort of ending. Not really a death, but I think that it meets the spirit of this thread. After betraying (an…
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in two person campaign tips March 2012

I think that it can be possible to run a game with one PC, so long as you keep it combat low (or single combat oriented) and focus more on skill or problem solving-based encounters. You would probably also need a group of dedicated NPCs to provide …
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in Sex at the RPG Table February 2012

I think we all assume that the inhabitants of our campaigns use the toilet without getting into details. Sex can be treated the same. If it furthers the story or rounds out a character (as in the aforementioned example of the seductress or woman…
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in Damage behind or across the screen July 2011

While I personally really like the suggested rule change I think that you yourself hit it on the head floridafayboy when you said, "Typicaly game sessions go by without combat. Sometimes two nights in a row, the dice rolling is all skills and conver…
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in Is it wrong to want to TPK your group? June 2011

I agree that TPKs are a necessary danger to help keep any RPG honest. I also agree strongly with Poutine Paladin that you can't expect players to tow the line and play out a script. In fact, the only thing that you can expect is that they will do …
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in Exotic Weapons and proficiencies in D&D April 2011

Personally I've never been picky about weapon proficiency in 3 or 3.5. D&D really moved away from keeping track of who was proficient with what after 2nd edition and I've gone along with that notion. I don't particularly care if the mage wants…
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in Multiple Groups in One Campaign March 2011

super_rats, I don't personally think that you need to worry yourself too much about keeping the groups' pages separate or making sure that all of the updates are sent to individuals in one group or another. personally I would just update everyone (…
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in How Do I Run a Mind Flayer Interrogation? March 2011

Gnunn, my wife and I just watched the movie "Unthinkable" last night and your creepy demon/child thing reminds me of the end of that. Sam Jackson is a CIA sponsored professional torturer given a homegrown terrorist who has hidden three nuclear bomb…
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in My players are overpowered February 2011

My suggestion is steer them into new ground. If the party are used to just butchering everything is sight and then collecting the loot, change the field on them by lessening the importance of combat and raising the importance of good roleplaying. …
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in Explosive Runes (D&D 3.5 spell) January 2011

unless the "runes" were in fact some sort of pictograph-like cave paintings or something
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in I am so freaking bummed. January 2011

Sorry, Poutine. Hopefully we'll be starting our game up again soon. I know Duskreign's pain. Our game has been derailed due to my new job. I already live 45 minutes from the rest of my gaming group and my new job is about an hour beyond that. …
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in Flashback Adventures January 2011

Instead of flashbacks you may even want to draw out NPCs who knew the players in the past and are able to piece together those previous experiences in the present. One idea (which I literally just wrote about on another thread) is to split the part…
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in Memorable Encounters January 2011

Yes, I do remember the "Fill the pit with thorns" episode, Poutine, how could I forget. The best part was the laughter from our GM while the part discussed using a magic idol that could resurrect one time only on the baddy that we had just defeated…
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in Congrats Duskreign! January 2011

Congrats, Dusk Well deserved.
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in If you could make your favorite show/movie/video game into a campaign setting what would it be?? January 2011

After a bit of an absence (mostly from sanity) I was just catching up on this thread and saw Idless' comment from Dec 16 on the Deadwood-inspired game using playing cards and I have to say that that is one of the coolest and most creative gaming ide…
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in howdy fellow gamers November 2010

First off, Rase, your Planescape page is awesome. I won't mention how it makes me as wet as a high school cheerleader on prom night... again. Arsheesh, thanks for the links. I've already put them to use in another campaign that I'm developing. …
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in howdy fellow gamers November 2010

Thank you kindly, Arsheesh. I'll check those out tonight and give it a try!
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in howdy fellow gamers November 2010

thanks guys. i've been away for the last two days (BB King concert in Vancouver!). as i said, i'm not really computer savvy. how would i go about adding a very simple side bar to my home page? i really like what i've seen on some of the pages of…
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in what's your take?(another writing game) August 2010

that is awesome. I've never played Shadowrun, but I did play Cyber Punk and it seems relevant to that as well. If you are looking for good cyber-punk-esque novels, don't miss out on William Gibson. Neuromancer was the only book that I ever read…
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in Link: 7 reasons why a zombie outbreak would fail August 2010

I once planned a gaming session where the players would play themselves (albeit outrageously enhanced) and we would begin the campaign sitting where we were doing exactly what we were doing: gaming in an apartment building. Screams in the hallway w…

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