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Triple Threat: Gay, Black, Gamer :) On being a male gamer who also happens to share the gay gene: I came out of the closet when I was 16 and a freshman in college. It was approximately several months after I had joined the community college gaming group. I am now 36, and I've undergone...

The role of the GM and character conflict... Hearkening back to an earlier post regarding the BlackMoria situation: *if* the player of the elf *knew* about the culture of dwarves (unclear from BlackMoria's telling of the story), and *if* the player *knew*the personality quirks of the character...

The Price of Non-conformity Having gone through this experience myself, I can only say that it is the price of staying true to character vs. group harmony. This is probably worthy of its own thread, but there should always be a consensus of the degree of conformity to traditional assumptions...

Experienced GM of the Marvel Super Hero Role-Playing Game (Classic Version, Advanced Set) setting up a new open-ended campaign in the Metro Atlanta area. Looking for 3-5 players of collegiate age or older, with own transportation and ability to commit to regular schedule (alternate weeknights...

Since some of you were interested... First, I'd like to thank everyone for their suggestions so far. I'm planning to incorporate some of them in the next session. The character is purposefully fostering some of the stereotypes the humans in his party have regarding elves, though not to the...

Currently, I'm playing a 9th level elven cleric of Corellon Larethian with some pretty heroic stats (not one below 15, and yes, I rolled them legitimately!). At the beginning of campaign play, my intent in role-playing this character was to challenge several D&D gaming stereotypes (with the...

From the other side of the screen, left of center... I was invited by Kestrel to post my own comments here, especially since (or perhaps in spite of the fact that) two weeks prior to his post to our gaming troupe's board, I dropped out of his Temple campaign for my own reasons. I'm hoping that...

Re: Re: Re: here's an idea ... No, I don't mind at all. It's a compliment that people on the boards are still referring to it. :)

Marvel's "DRUID": Warren Ellis/Leonard Manco If you are intrigued by the potential characterizations of druids along the thematic lines of Alan Moore's "Swamp Thing", you may want to take a look at this limited series that was published by Marvel in the late '90s in their exploration of...

The roster consists of 3rd level PCs, each originating from a family branch of the Lion clan: Kitsu Shirogitsune, a shugenja of bone-white, almost oni-like appearance Akodo Kenji, a samurai/ranger/fighter whose unorthodox demeanor is as unsettling as his height (tall for a Rokugani) Matsu...