Recent content by xortam

I think that crouching is deemed to be the same thing as prone. Don't know where I read it but I seem to remember that prone does not necessarily mean lying on the ground - it could mean being on one knee or squating. Therefore with crouching = prone you would get the same penalties. Hope...

I ended up making a Phalagar as at the time I didn't have anything similar. I used a piece of black plastic from a fruit tray and threaded some black cable ties through it for the tentacles. Looked ok and as it was for just one encounter it didn't matter to much. The Bahoneth, Gibbering...

Have to put that on the Christmas list for sure - sounds awesome! Good job on Starblazer Adventures too - I'd definately recommend it to anyone interested in a FATE based game.

Hot War: Hot War GURPS Prime Directive is an RPG based on Star Trek which we are just using for a guide to races, setting etc but using the Starblazer / SotC rules to play in the Star Trek universe. FATE is pretty adaptable to any setting - what I think makes it work with Trek is that the...

The group I play with are now on the third varient of a FATE system and enjoying it immensely. We started off with Starblazer Adventures which was a lot of fun although we did tweak it slightly so that the characters were less specialised and had a good spectrum of abilities. The next FATE...

Over a year ago I had a go at running a PC through the first room of Kobold Hall to see what the character I'd made was like and to see if solo play would be possible. It was quite a headache but that could be because I was new to the rule system. Might have to give it a go again and see what...

I did see this blog post the other day; http://blog.microlite20.net/2009/09/05/sudoku-dungeons/ which seemed like quite a novel way of using a sudoku grid to generate random dungeons. You can also get dice that generate crossroads, rooms etc. I've never found a perfect on or offline CRPG...

Nice one! Congratulations to you both and all the best!

I currently run a game that meets once a month but sometimes more if we can make it. We start at midday and meet at the supermarket to get all the food and drink in for the whole session and start off with lunch so that gets all the chit-chat out of the way. We then play for a few hours and...

You could make it into a skill challenge using Bluff, Diplomacy and Intimidate for social skills. There could also be a Stealth element into getting the Wizard into the cave - even Athletics (i.e. moving rocks for the Wizard to hide behind). Terrain would really be dependant on what type of...

Don't know if anyone has suggested it but what if a dungeon door slams creating a gust that blows the flour back at the PC and blinds them. Even worse bag of floor splits open in PCs hand - close burst three and blinds the whole party. Might make them think twice about it in the future...

I've got Vista - just rebooted - was patient like Rafe said and it is up and running. Looks very nice! Just created a character in about 15 minutes - gives you recommended equipment, ability scores, feats - perfect for those TPK situations! Seems to be working fine - only thing not too keen...

I seem to be stuck on installing Net framework... Edit - cheers for letting us know Rafe- will be patient!

I think of the Warlord healing other party members like the PT instructor pushing you beyond the boundaries of what you were physically capable of - hence pumping up your HP.

Warlock of Firetop mountain was definately the best IMO - maybe the others never quite gave that "brand new" experience that the others did. Citadel of Chaos was pretty good too. Sometimes our D&D group used to just use the FF Skill Stamina stats and have a really simple off the cuff game...