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... but what is "spreading around xp" and why does it matter? People mention this all the time and I have no idea what they are talking about.

It's been a few years since I read the Song of Ice and Fire books 1-4, but one thing I always thought was weird was that they kept alluding to the fact that summer lasted for a generation or longer, and when winter came it could go on for years. I found it odd that after 4 books they didn't...

I own a DVR, hence I don't watch commercials. If you set your DVR to record every show you want to watch, and start watching each hour long show 15 minutes in, you never have to watch commercials. I am very sure this was not the intention when marketing this device, but this is how I have been...

Something that pops up on these boards a lot seems to be the argument, "back in the day we could have 5 fights and plenty of roleplaying in a 4 hour session, now we have time for like a fight or two and we are done." This, to me, is getting very old. Recently we went back and played a session...

Charlie Sheen Level 33 Solo High Priest Vatican Assassin Warlock Psychotic coked-up humanoid (demon) XP 155,000,000 Tigerblood Racial Power You heal yourself with the power of your brain and your Adonis DNA. Your fists catch fire and begin to spout poetry, now nothing can stop you...

We were having a discussion the other day about shadowrun and how most of us felt that they totally screwed up by shoehorning in all the fantasy races. However, a friend of mine made a point that customers play fantasy games expect those races in an RPG, and leaving them out would have...

Last year at GenCon I visited a booth for an RPG that was just being released called Eoris Essence. The artwork and production values were amazing, but the system looked a little nutty. Anyone played this or have any word on what the system is like?

I just caught a few episodes of Deadliest Warrior this weekend, and while the show's format is a little repetitive and boring and repetitive I loved learning about the weapons. I never knew that the real weapons of history were so interesting. Maces that can crush through armor, clubs that...

Hey everyone, i know there is a thread on this, and i thought i bookmarked it, but i guess i didnt. So i need ur help, i have two sets of harrowing halls, and i love the 3d tiles. Im interested in the others sets, but i here athas isnt so hot, and the essentials sets only have the box as 3d. I...

Since Gamma World came out my group has played in on several occasions and loved it. It's a great pickup game to just mess around with, the character creation is wicked fun and that works so well for those nights when people don't show up prepared, and with a small amount of tweaking you can...

I'm a big fan of the Fox show Fringe, which I feel has gotten particularly good this year (and may I say walter/walternate is the best character on tv). My group likes to play adventures set in modern periods, but one of the problems with this is usually how to make the modern setting...

So my friend bought gamma world and we've played it a few times. Playing it is fun, but making characters is almost better. Here are some of the better one's we have rolled up and added detail to... - A steampunk era giant android that was a meter maid in an alternate universe. He is very...

So I just got an iPad, and while I can see the potential for it to totally change my experience at the game table, I'm not the most net savvy dude. I really got it just because it seems like such a natural way to surf the web (and give my carpal tunnel a break). I've never played an rpg online...

I'm working on my own system, just thought I would ask what everyone out there would look for in a new RPG. Any answer is good, from theme to genre to rules to settings. I prefer rules that are open, meaning classless and not specific to any era or genre, so you can play whatever your in the...

I'm going around some of the 4e rules and running a pirate campaign in a low magic world (meaning the quest for endless gold to buy more magic items isn't a primary goal in life) and I want to streamline the money system so it's not about tracking how many coins you have, but more about whether...

Running a pirate campaign in a low magic world (meaning the quest for endless gold to buy more magic items isn't a primary goal in life) and I want to streamline the money system so it's not about tracking how many coins you have, but more about whether your flush or broke and have access to the...

So I've been out of 4e for awhile. Between GenCon and Amazon I keep hearing about the new Essentials product line... and I honestly have no idea what it is from the info I can gather. Is it a new game? Is it a branch off a alternate rules like unearthed arcana? Is it just a rip off...

I love the maps from the WotC 4e adventures... I just don't like the adventures. Until recently I had a friend who owned a comic shop and he let me have the maps (which I laminated) from the store copies of those adventures as long as I agreed to share them with other DM's at the store...

Hey everyone, working on a book here. I have recently converted from word (which thought I fought with a lot I was very familiar with) to open office, which is much nicer to use but when it comes to tables I am perplexed. It seems that if I create a table in word and import it over everything...

I just read a rather intelligent post... following by an amazingly unintelligent signature. I see this a lot, people that are obviously very smart and well spoken, yet they choose to tac a sentence or two at the end of every post that try's to disprove thier intelligence. I'm not trying to...