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  1. Calico_Jack73

    D&D Metal

    Gotta love Dream Evil... they originally wanted to name their band Dragonslayer but ended up using that name for an album (their first I believe). Specifically check out "Chosen Ones" which has been used for a lot of WH40K Space Marine tributes over at Youtube. Amazon.com: Dragon Slayer: Dream...
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    Jan '09: What Are You Playing?

    Finally got sucked into World of Warcrack so... PC: World of Warcraft, Company of Heroes, Bioshock Wii: Metroid Prime 3 - Corruption DS: Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga I'm REALLY wanting to pick up a copy of Red Alert 3 but I'm still ticked about their DRM restrictions. 2K was smart...
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    Any games to get excited about in 2009?

    Um.... let me think. YES!!!! 1) Dawn of War 2 2) Diablo 3 3) Starcraft 2 (it just might be out in 2009 according to XPlay on G4)
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    Which of the following 3PP v.3.5 products should I buy?

    To the OP: If you can still find it I'd pick up Midnight 2E. Probably the best campaign setting ever produced for 3.XE.
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    Changeover Poll

    I tried 4E with KotSF but didn't care for it. Then again I wasn't a huge fan of 3E either so I am stuck with either 1E, 2E, or some other non-D&D fantasy RPG.
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    Mac or PC?

    PC With VMWare Server (which is free by the way) I can use it to run any OS I want without having to rebuild the dang thing every time. I'm a Windows System Engineer by trade so it kinda makes sense for me to stick with what I know. I'm running Vista Ultimate at home and haven't had any...
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    Music for Cyberpunk 2020/Shadowrun

    Give me some ideas for a compilation album of music suited to playing in a Cyberpunk 2020 or Shadowrun game. You don't have to mention Billy Idol's Cyberpunk album... that is kind of a no brainer. :)
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    2e: What do I need?

    If you can get your hands on Core Rules 2.0 and the Expansion then you are all set to go. It still works fine on Vista. Core Rules 2.0 Core Rules 2.0 Expansion
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    Music to emulate a harpy's captivating song?

    Personally I like "Blood Milk and Sky" from White Zombie's Astro Creep album. I think it sets the mood extremely well. It has a sinister edge and grabs you with the rhythm and chanting. It isn't a capella and Rob Zombie certainly isn't female (though the chanting could be) but I think the...
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    Forked Thread: Band/Adventurer group names

    My group in Oklahoma City called our D&D adventuring party "The Foo Fighters". Everywhere we went we told of how fearsome the legendary Foo was and how the very survival of the world depended on our fighting it. If the NPCs asked what it looked like we'd make something up like "It'd burn your...
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    Laser or Inkjet Printer?

    I just got my Samsung CLP-315W Color Laser Wireless printer a couple weeks ago and I LOVE IT!!! Setup was a little involved but now I can place the printer anywhere in my house and print to it from any of my computers. Quality is great for what I use it for and given how quickly I'd go through...
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    Suggest a system for adjudicating space combat

    I'm going way back but I always liked Aerotech. Don't know how you'd adapt it to d20 though. It was better at modeling the Newtonian physics of space than most. You had a set amount of fuel that had to see you through the battle and you'd drift in a direction until you used your engines to turn...
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    Making your own power cards

    Can someone post a link to Ander00's files? I keep getting an error that the RAR files are corrupt.
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    What motivated you to purchase splatbooks for 3e?

    I bought them so that as a DM I'd know what my players were talking about when they would tell me that they wanted to take a particular prestige class. Having the books allowed me to analyze the class so I could determine if it belonged in my game. I also could understand the background of the...
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    Advice needed - buying a new PC

    HP does NOT include an OS CD with your new machine. If you want to rebuild your system then you've got to burn your own recovery DVD (and to go with a single DVD you have to use a Dual Layer DVD). That's right... I said DVD because the recovery includes all of the Trialware that HP installed...
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    December '08: What are you playing?

    See I am really tempted to buy RA3 but I hate the fact that they include software that only allows you to install it a set number of times before you can no longer use it. Bioshock initially did the same thing but there was such an outcry from the fans that they removed that limitation. If RA3...
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    DM Obligations and Player Dynamics

    I know what you mean... typically when I try to get a group to try a new game I make sure that everyone is aware that they aren't required to purchase a new book. In general my favorite games are rules-lite anyway so once the characters are created there really is no need for a book for the...
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    Should Monsters use sneaky tactics in combat??

    Depends on the monster... Is the monster intelligent enough to use tactics? For something like a group of Hobgoblins I would pull out all the stops. The descriptive text of the Hobgoblin states that they are a very militaristic society. By all means they should use high ground, formations to...
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    Are you a "problem player"?

    1) I get bored/excited easily. Just watching a movie, tv show, or just browsing in a bookstore can inspire me to play something to the point that I want to ditch whatever the group is currently playing and to play something new. 2) In helping a player develop their character's background and...
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    December '08: What Are You Reading?

    In Fiction I am about half way through the Warhammer 40K Horus Heresy novel "Fulgrim" by Graham McNeill. Amazon.com: Fulgrim (The Horus Heresy): Graham McNeill: Books In RPGs I am reading Hunter the Vigil.
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