Recent content by sabrinathecat

Not even close. Personally, I preferred "The Nightlife" by Stellar Games. Way less angsty. Alliances weren't based on family ties or who bit whom--a group could consist of a Vampyre, Daemon, Wyght, Inuit, and Were just as easily as a single variety of Kin. The defining characteristic was their...

I learned the hard way when I was 12 that anything submitted to a contest becomes property of the company running the contest. Fortunately for me, that was over a toy. Someone else was trying to sell an invention to a company and gave away just enough information during the interview stage that...

Even when 4th was going strong, WotC nuked part of their boards "in an effort to stream-line them" without giving advanced notice. Later, they Nuked the whole PbP board, before shutting down the entire section. Not just "access denied," but Frickin' "GONE." Why? was server space too expensive...

4th Ed suffered greatly from negative publicity. I think people were wanting something else from the vamp class--that it not be a class at all, among other things. But if you wanted a Vamp race, there were the Vryloka. One of the best ways to improve the Vampire's survival was to take the...

I still like 4th. I would still run or play 4th. Didn't get nearly enough time or chance to play most of the character types I was interested in. There are only two RPGs I feel comfortable running without a lot of prep time (not that I wouldn't be willing to try to run others, but it would be a...

I found the RAW vampire to be perfectly functional. Mind you, I only got it to 14th level. But in a stealth party, the variety of skills was wonderful. Especially once he had bat-form and could scout the area, report on the next encounter, fly back, and then fly in and start from whatever spot...

I was in three different groups when 4E came out. In each group, one person would be a paying member, and s/he shared the login info so that everyone could download the character builder program. When they switched from the downloaded version to the online-only builder, they used silverlight...

1st Edition: lvl 10 in 2 years 2nd Edition: lvl 8 as player. As DM the party got to lvl 12. Time isn't really measurable as we were bouncing between games constantly. 3rd Edition: lvl 6 or 7 within a year. 3.5: missed it due to an ill-advised matrimonial misadventure. 4th: got 2 different...

So, as has been said, it caused imbalance because while the PCs got all these advantages, the monsters didn't. And again, pre internet days, so we didn't have smeg-tons of materials to work from. The other option was to build your own monster versions or upgrade the monsters. Frankly, it was a...

The original "Revenge of the Kobolds" is about a raiding party returning to their caves to find a party of "Heroes" once again slaughtering the tribe. (How are you supposed to make progress when you've had 6 chieftains in the last 9 months.) The rules also specify that there are traps in the...

So, that says it all. Start with the comedy "one-shot" module "Revenge of the Kobolds," then refluff classic stories and modules to be about defending the tribe. The original story was about clearing the goblins that had invaded the dwarven outpost? Now it's about kicking those stinking beardy...

I notice on Meetup that there are now a number of groups who want to get together to talk about games and "discuss GMing strategies," but not actually play. Is this a recruiting system that is there to allow a safe way to vet out people they don't want to invite? Seems... unhelpful.

I have and use all the old minis I painted in the 80s and 90s. Sadly, most of my 70s minis were destroyed or washed away in a flood (long, bitter story). Heck, I have a bunch of metal minis I haven't had a chance to use. Hoping to either get into or start a new gaming group next year.

Looks like a lizard man or Saurian (like Dragonbait from Curse of the Azure Bonds) of some kind.

Two Years ago, the PH 1 was going for as little as $5 on Amazon, and most of the other books were in the $5-15 range. Now someone actually wants $1000 for a "collectors item" condition book, and most of the rest, even just the PH1, are going for full price or more. YIKES! I think some people are...