Recent content by Wootz

I'm really hoping to get my players together for thanksgiving, that would be a blast. Dunno if it'll work out, but I'm holding out hope nonetheless.

Hello, long time inactive member, but recently things have cleared up with my gaming group, and we now have the time to start another campaign. We've played D&D (4e) exclusively in the past, and now I want to try something different. So I was wondering, how is Transhuman Space? From what I...

Ooh, neat characters! I wanna see how they play out >.>

If he tells jokes nobody laughs at, he shouldn't be a comedian. Hard on him, sure, but tell that to the people that feel they've wasted their $20 and 2 hours of their time.

You could use the "lost in the wilderness" skill challenge, making the PCs use their relevant skills to survive (nature, endurance, etc. etc.) or something close to that.

So-so I guess. I don't like doing it with people I can't get along with, but I am always eager to play with people I enjoy. So I guess it all comes down to circumstance :/

I can understand wanting some solace for your work, but the work has to be done with the premise that all that is being done is being done for the sake of the group in mind. If a DM thinks to himself "man, I would really like to see my group go through THIS" while writing these campaigns...

It really does depend on the DM. I've played a game run by a DM who just backed us into a corner and swarmed us with rats and goblins (that was real fun :/ ) the fight lasted almost 2 painful hours. But, another time we played with someone else in our group DMing it was really fun, there were...

You should consider just doing all of these, one at a time. They all seem equally useful, so I don't see why you should cast out all the other ideas just because one gets more votes.

Any game, when you look at it, is in its most basic form, a set of numbers. That's it. In my opinion, the charm comes from the people playing it. If you need the game to give a "charming" explanation as to why the numbers are what they are, by all means, find yourself a system that works for...

DESTROY THE WOMAN. Just kidding. I feel you. Friends have sports, mexican dentists call in a day late, etc. etc. Having your whole gaming group still in high school does NOT help (trust me) but maybe you should try finding a medium that everyone in your group can agree with, and act accordingly.

The published quests I've tried so far don't amuse me much, but those were mostly to get people understanding the game, so I guess I can't complain much. Still, it would've been cooler if they didn't all seem like "go here, kill this, then go to the next room, then kill those, rinse and repeat"...

But megagnomes are just people...

Something that interests those playing. In my case that would be fantastic settings, interesting NPCs and all that immersive junk.

Maybe for a few levels, but I wouldn't want to be a level 27 demigod running around in my hometown's sewers :P