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Amen. Archosaurs weren't worse than mammals. Mammals aren't better. Archosaurs just had a really, really bad day, and the mammals capitalized on that.

Okay, we played last night, and I took some of your advice with me. For the tl;dr crowd: I prepped nothing for the game other than a general idea ("escape" from those chasing them and a sudden violent storm into a haunted crypt) and let the game run it's course. It went great, actually! For...

There's a lot of good info in this thread! I think my problem has been trying to play it too tight, and not relying on improvisation. Perhaps I should also drink less at the table. Is there a way to subtly encourage my players to sandbox it up? Mine seem a little leery of striking out on...

So far, my experience has been positive, but pretty overwhelming. Especially considering that one of the players is a complete n00b (but of course he pulls out some pretty fresh ideas and surprising moves). My main issue, I suppose, is that I have a wide, main story arc fleshed out, with...

Goodness...I never thought (stupid of me, I know) that setting up, fleshing out, and running a homebrew campaign would be this much work. We play weekly, and it just about kills me to set up a good, solid three-hour game that is not only exciting as a single game but also furthers the plot of...

Thanks for the answers! I guess all that note-taking while watching "Survivorman" is going to go to waste...:p

Hey DMs, how do you deal with the mundane necessities of adventuring like food, shelter, and sleep in your campaign? Do you keep close tabs on it all, and mandate that at least a crude shelter be made each night? If so, how do you do that? Do you ensure that the PCs keep tabs on food, and nock...

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I get: -bash: export: `4eTurnTracker.app/Contents/MacOS/4eTurnTracker': not a valid identifier

Hey! It's always nice to see how incredible the support is from homebrewers and indie innovators! All the Terminal is telling me is: -bash: setenv: command not found Dunno. :erm: It may indeed be a problem with 10.4. Or me. Likely me.

I seriously appreciate the ideas; the problem seems to be that Mac OS X 10.4 does NOT support anything newer than Java 1.5 (Java 5) - all these snazzy programs run off of Java 6. So...long story painfully short is that I will need to upgrade my OS. Which isn't too bad, seeing as it is two...

That looks great, but it won't even open on my MacBook. Dunno why; just says that it has quit unexpectedly as soon as I open it. Makes turnip a sad bunny. :(

Does anyone know of a Mac-friendly 4e Combat Tracker? I know RPGTools runs off Java, but I have an older version of OSX (10.4.11) that doesn't support Java 6, which is what RPGTools needs. :rant: Anyone have any luck elsewhere, or should I just pen and paper it? :confused:

At least the artist has its wrist orientation right...

I absolutely love reading this campaign commentary. Pcat really runs a very....in-depth and connected story.