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Also late, but would also be interested in joining in, if you have the space. Can be reached at jim_quirk at yahoo dot com

Larped for many years (mostly NERO Ashbury). The standard was PVC (covered by closed cell foam with open cell foam tips) and we didn't have too much trouble with wobbling, or whipping as we called it. What diameter pipe were you using? 3/4 in. works out pretty well (except for some long...

The Midnight setting book (Fantasy Flight Games) also has rules for Covenant Items which increase in power as you increase in level (though it only matters what your current level is and not how long you have had the item). Yet another pieces of juicy goodness from an outstanding setting.

Wasn't sure exactly when I started, but then I remembered I got the Red Box set the same Christmas as the Dark Tower board game. A quick google search tells me Dark Tower was released in 1981, so its 24+ years.

Given that I have no assurance this stranger will play the character in good faith, there is no way I would let him actually play my favorite character, or really any character that I cared about. Instead, I would use my ranks in bluff to convince the stranger that this other character over...

I don't think that its a real problem, as long as the things are reasonably easy to swap. Just make sure you enforce time requirements if they swap armor, etc. And on rare occasions, let them get burned by having a wandering encounter show up. Swapping rings only takes seconds, so it is...

OOH.. I'd pay good money to see that. Thanks. My Christmas wish list is now complete.

I think a large portion of the problem is the scope required for a full SW or ST game, disagreements about what the games should include, and the difficulty of doing all of them right in an RPG vs. in a movie/show. Saying you are making a Star Trek or Star Wars game is great. However is the...

A while back you dropped a mini-hint about the HamaEstra plotline saying something to the effect of "take a look back at the times that HamaEstra has appeared in the past". Now that the main action from the arc is over, can you explain what you meant? Thanks.

Assuming you are in a boffer larp.. I have to agree with the people who have stated that weight is your biggest enemy. Most of the shields I have seen in LARPS were made out of plywood with the edges covered by pipe insulation and held on by duct tape. The shield could then either be painted...

My wife is pregnant with a girl and she has suggested on multiple occasions that we use the same name as one of my wife's long-standing LARP characters. She's not that attached to the character, but really liked the name, which is why she chose it in the first place. But somehow, I just can't...

I've been LARPing since 1990 and have had mostly positive experiences, though I'm pretty much retired these days. Most importantly, I met my wife and a large percentage of our friends through those games. Most of my experience was with either the MIT Assassin's Guild (1-10 day games in every...

You are correct to point out that the current system is quadratic (2*x^2, where x = weapon plus, to be precise). However, whether or not it is slower or faster than an exponential progression is going to depend a lot on what the exact equation is... 2000^x and 2000*(1^x) are both exponential...

Since no one has mentioned the obvious ones yet, I will: the revised versions of the Players Handbook, Dungeon Masters Guide, and Monster Manual. :D Also, wasn't Savage Species supposed to be pseudo-3.5?

There is one other balancing effects for DR and TWF that I don't think anyone has mentioned (or if they did, I missed it): Your two weapons can be of different materials/enchantments optimized to bypass different DR types. For example, an neutral NPC I statted up for a friend's run had a holy...

This was our first session in our first ever campaign of Vampire the Masquerade, where we were all still learning the rules. Player 1 is playing a Ventrue (smooth, charismatic types). Unfortunately, the player was anything but smooth in real life. After meeting an important female NPC for the...

In 7th grade English, we had to find a short poem from whereever we wanted and give a dramatic presentation. I used Keraptis' letter to the owners of Wave, Whelm, and Black Razor from the original White Plume Mountain Module.

Do.. its worth it. The real shame is that he doesn't run the store anymore, so the flow of stories has pretty much stopped. Will probably get the book though, when it comes out.

I have to add to the chorus of people saying that Tigana is a great book by a great author. The characterization is outstanding and there are so many moving moments that just rip your heart out. Unfortuantely, I actually haven't read the book in a few years (I stumbled upon this thread), so...

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