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  1. JamesDJarvis

    Frostburn v. Sandstorm

    I didn't want to like frostburn, but i did. Now the megadungeon i'm working on is gonna have to have some frosty levels.
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    When do baby goblins become evil?

    diaglo had the right take in this. Evil doesn't think it is good it thinks it is Evil. Only the mad commit acts of evil thinkinng they are good.
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    Books pricing themselves out of reach?

    Look at what people do by and then consider how much an RPG hardcover costs and if that really is an impedence to early sales. How much are video games? I don't see that market drying up because of the price of entry. Again back in the good old days, soft cover rpg books under a hundred...
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    Books pricing themselves out of reach?

    When i was a youngster a D&D hardcover cost be the equivalnet of 30 to 60 comics. Theses days a hardcover costs the equivalent of 10 to 30 comics.
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    Girls (Females) in D&D/Roleplaying

    1. My present campaign currently has no female players in it currently, they have all moved away generally because of careers or school. Thye were almost 50% of the players for a while. 2. throughout my gaming histoiry only about 10% of polayers have been female. 3. Female players allow a...
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    GURPS vs. Harp

    not really a complaint but a note of caution to inexperienced GURPS GMS. combat heavy games with players with combat skills over 14 = a whole lotta dead npcs. I once got a t pc up to a skill of 18 in fencing and bwaa haaa haaa, dead heavies left and right. combat penalties of -6 to -10...
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    Trying to recreate the Tanctanese from the movie/series Alien Nation...

    i'd tack on a -2 charisma because of thier history of domination at the hands of others. thier egos are frailer or less dominant then a humans ego and that is goverend by CHA. I'd tack on a +2 CHA for Overseers becasue of thier history of dominating others.
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    What color are yer gobins?

    My goblins (and other humanoids) are all different colors in game and on miniature. Humans come in a whole bunch of different colors, why not humanoids? Humanoids just come in a wider range of colors, many of which aren't typically see on humans and when it is a human like shade it is more...
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    Any Second Generation Gamers? Third Generation?

    I was the first one in my family to discover RPGS but i wasn't the only one ever to enjoy them. My ftaher has been a frequent player at my table for over 25 years now, before rpgs he was a fan of Avalon Hill boardgames. My unlce used to make a monthly trip to our house to play D&D way back in...
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    Generation Gap in Gaming?

    My gaming group has about a 40 year spread in ages typically and I've often gamed with a 20 year spread since my father has been a regular in my weekly games for years. I really haven't seen much impact on gaming style based on age, it would seem to be much more of an issue of gaming...
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    Let's Talk Blue Rose

    Hmmm... Angry feminism? I think i misssed something in tribe 8, granted i only got the first book when it first came out. I myself am D20 crowd that like Blue Rose (so far) and Tribe 8. Of course I'm probably pretty darned strange, several of my friends are lesbians and or vegetarians. I...
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    How Many Actual Sessions Has Your Current Long-Term Campaign Had?

    My current campaign has been going almost weekly from about a month after the 3e PHB came out so that would be over 200 sessions.
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    Gamma World Feedback

    gammaworld in polyhedron great idea I would really like to see it. what would i consider the five most important: 1. Complete rules for mutant animal character. Base stocks and humnaoid or nonhumanoid features. 2. Random mutation generation. The random mutation generation keeps the "mutant"...
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