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  1. rexartur

    I want to be the best DM...

    This!! I love games of all varieties. I have run an every Saturday game for almost the past 10 years, typically playing from 8 - 10 hours per session. Many of the players have changed, some are the same. For me, when we agree to play a session it is a social compact, and my responsibility is...
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    Serenity: Why am I GMing this?

    Sorry, no help on the system, but my wife and I regularly re-watch the series and movie. The theme song is especially haunting. Take my love, take my land Take me where I cannot stand I don't care, I'm still free You can't take the sky from me Take me out to the black Tell them I ain't...
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    This mentality needs to die

    Late to the party and there are several points that have come up on this thread, but to address just one; this was addressed in an update to the rules so I have to assume enough people had questions about it "Target Page 57: Replace the first paragraph with the following text. If a power...
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    Why was "knock back" never a combat maneuver in the game?

    Check out Hackmaster Basic (5e). Kenzer & Company HackMaster Basic I ran the system for several sessions and the knockback rules really work in the context of their combat rules.
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    Hello fellow GRONARDS!

    I've been playing since the pamphlets and have played every version. I've been DM'ing since 3rd edition and have DM'd every edition back-tracking to Basic D&D. I also run Hackmaster (4 and 5e), and have run WFRPG I am hoping to eventually get around to Aces & Eights, Mutants and Masterminds and...
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    Pathfinder 1E Pathfinder in SE MA looking for players

    Who we are: we are a group (of currently fluctuating size) looking to re-establish a core group of role-players who meet weekly (barring unforeseen circumstances) on Saturdays from noon to whenever-the-heck-we-want to play. What we play: We're starting a Pathfinder campaign Who we hope you...
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    South of Boston, MA, looking to play

    Hi Elosen, we play in Duxbury (also replied to your Pen and Paper post, but I'm casting a wide net) Who we are: we are a group (of currently fluctuating size) looking to re-establish a core group of role-players who meet weekly (barring unforeseen circumstances) on Saturdays from noon to...
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    Map of Dark Age England

    Have you tried looking for King Arthur Pendragon RPG resources?
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    Hackmaster Basic (5e) in SE MA

    We are starting a Hackmaster Campaign using the newly released Hackmaster Basic book. We will be playing on Saturdays on the South Shore of MA (Pembroke/ Duxbury line to be exact); please contact me at czahnzinger@comcast.net if you have any interest. We're hoping to strt character creation...
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    My Response to the Grognardia Essay "More Than a Feeling"

    late to the party "Howard Johnson is right" - Blazing Saddles Sorry, I know I'm not contributing to the topic but I felt this most sensible and post deserved to be requoted in full. Have fun and laugh at yourself at least a little. If you're not, someone else is. And always appreciate that...
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    4E - MA (South Shore) lookiing for player(s)

    Hello, Who we are We run a weekly D&D game at our place in Duxbury. We meet every Saturday (with some few exceptions) from noon to whenever enough people have left to call it a night. We have stopped as early as 6pm, and as late as 1am. The game has been running for several years although the...
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    Siseases and Mounts. Please Help

    1. I would say their healing surges are based on their level as per the Monster Manual 2. 680gp per recent errata 3. I would think yes. 4. I believe it would make the check using it’s own ability. 5. For a disease carried by a monster attack, make a saving throw at the end of the encounter to...
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    Can one player do an entire Skill Challenge?

    Making no statement either way as to whether skill challenges are broken or not (we find they work in our group but seem to play through better when mostly transparent) the above quote from the DMG was errata'd.
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    What 4e adventures have been released so far?

    "Indeed. Why-oh-why can I not sign-up to be a member of the RPGA on-line? I live in the middle of nowhere on a continent that does not have RPGA events. I cannot attend one to sign up " Are there any Magic the Gathering or other WotC Events? The RPGA and DCI databases merged and I believe DCI...
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    Bag of tricks bag of trick bag of tricks yesss.

    Not that I'm trying to convince you to play 4E (everyone has to make their own choices about what defines fun), and I may be missing part of your point, but doesn't it say the summoned creature lasts for an encounter or 5 minutes? I took it that the 5 minute duration definitely meant the option...
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    Bag of tricks bag of trick bag of tricks yesss.

    From reading some of the upcoming Living Forgotten Realms adventures, loss of healing surges can be used to represent getting bruised/ battered/ scratched. Perhaps a little flavor of "you reach in and pull out a cat, still scratching until it recognizes you as it's master?" Just lobbing rocks...
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    D&D 4E Flanking in 4E

    This was true in 3.5 as well, no?
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    D&D 4E 4E Tools and Prep and our games and other stuff (on no particular order - long)

    Thought I'd share what I'm doing for our KotS first run: A little background; I've been playing D&D (and tons of other games) since the original pamphlets came out (41 yrs. old here) and have DM'd every edition. I did buy almost every 3.5 book out there, and run a weekly session in...
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    Worst role-playing experience?

    I only run published modules, but I really try to get into monster-think when I DM. At one point the PC's were mopping up a goblin lair. Word got back to the goblin matron that "monsters" had come and were killing all the warriors. Unfortunately I slipped in too deep and didn't realize until...
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    is this a rule?

    It would appear to be a house rule. I use a hybrid system. Roll a natural 1 and you get a choice. Make a DEX check DC10 or lose your next standard action as you regain your balance OR make another attack roll. If you miss I use the Dragon Compendium's revision of Good Hits and Bad Misses...
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