Recent content by Hitokiri

In some cases you are definately correct. I have had gamers that prefer a simple hack and slash to a well designed narritive. Generally, if this is the case, I'll switch gears (or, more often, will run a die rolling marathon from the beginning if I knew about their preference beforehand)...

See, now this I don't have a problem with. You're taking notes and forget things "sometimes". Great, I can work with that. It's not players like yourself that bother me, it's the guy who managed to forget in the space of one week that they were even delivering a letter (much less to whom ;)...

You seem to be under the mistaken impression that I am sitting behind my GM screen just waiting for the players to forget some minute detail so that I can screw them over. Unfortunately, it has been my sad experience that without imparting some of the responsibility on to the players, that the...

Nope, I've never had a problem. GMing takes a lot of time to do right (time I often don't have, as my players will attest to since I've been known to be writing and running an adventure on the fly at the same time). Most of the groups I've GMed for have had a number of players with experience...

I have this character from another game.... Ok, I have let players bring in former PCs from other games, usually with some serious changes. If a player really liked a character concept and want to play it again, I have no real problems with it. But occasionally I get the player who wants their...

I think the only mistake here was not laying out the situation in black and white for all the players. I know if I had a DM tell me "no magic equipment for you" and I watched another PC ride in on a pegasus with her holy avenger, I'd be a tad upset and may not return for another session after...

Well, I'm definately guilty of a few of these over the years. "But you didn't ask about it" My biggest pet peeve is anytime a DM decides to "forget" to mention pertinent details when describing something, especially when they should be painfully obvious). Nothing like finding out the room...

Well, considering that Lewis said he put the christian refrences in the text, I don't think we are reading them into the text on accident. In fact, that was probably the largest point of contention between Tolkien and Lewis. Lewis berated tolkien for his lack of religious overtones in his...

Well, while I can see where the idea of not wanting the GM totally dictate the game, I do think it is the GM's prerogative to decide on a campaign style/world. why should I, as a GM, be required to run a game I don't like anymore than a player play in a game that doesn't suit them. Don't...

well, while I can agree to the spirit of most of those rules, if a Dm ever handed me a list that was worded even close to that I would get up and walk out then and there (and yes, I have done that to DMs before for similar things). The only rules I would take exception to are the ones about no...

no, it's an english verb. But it sure isn't one I've seen used before. Had to hit up merriam websters to see exactly wahat it meant (although context basically told me). Thanks for the new word. *yoink*

My groups tend to be a mix of experienced players and new players. Thankfully, most of the experienced players have experience on both sides of the screen and can GM when they want (and do fairly well with it). It seems we are on a rotating schedule, as one person gets burned out on running a...

Wow. I wasn't going to pick up the new edition because of the horrid game mechanics and bok layout from the past two editions, but now I just might. I've always loved the setting, but the game mechanics needed to be streamlined badly. One question, what have they done for decking? The...

OK, I've listened to all of two tracks and I will definately be downloading your music and putting it in my "RPG music" list :D There is some great stuff here, I can just close my eyes and see scenes and imagry that the music would be perfect for while playing. Great job.

I saw nothing wrong with the original scene honestly. The PC let his guard down and paid for it. Now if raise dead wasn't an option and the PC was down for the count, I might have a little more issue with it, but as it stands all this scene does is act as a big alarm for the whole party (and...