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    What kind of Map Symbols evoke Gothic Horror?

    I'm wondering about the usefulness of going into such detail on some of these icons. I really like the crystal coffin above, but the aristocrat's desk just makes me scratch my head. Are any of these details going to show up at all on a map? Or are you really meaning these are for future...
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    Stands for paper minis

    Well, if it gets too much in the way you can remove the one metal arm in front.
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    Stands for paper minis

    As an alternative to those slotted base stands, try checking out any office supply store: in the paper-clip section look for "mini binder clips" (1/4" size) which appear to be a lot cheaper per piece. The binder clips' angular structure make them a perfect stand-up tool for paper figs (yes I...
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    Running Multiple Characters

    Our group has played both styles before, and I prefer one character per player; very likely that the rest of our group now feels the same. We had a D&D campaign where the original DM required we make up two separate characters, probably because he assumed it would be a tough campaign and he...
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    Invisible Castle Down: Are There Any Other Similar Virtual Dice Rollers?

    Bad news, Lord Sessadore, none of your three links here actually lead anywhere. The Irony.com link just leads to a page that says "Buy Irony-dot-com as your new web site!" And the other links are likewise dead to the virtual world.
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    What's your favorite trap?

    While in the deep bowels of a cavern , the party met and overcame a vampire giant. Upon reaching zero hit points, it turned to gaseous form and fled at its most impressive 20' per round. The party decided to follow the gaseous cloud, naturally back to its coffin where they could destroy it...
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    Earth that used to be

    You've got your Whedon in my Straczynski! Sounds like you're colliding Babylon 5 with Serenity, more than anything else. But in an incomplete manner, unfortunately: "2072: First Wave: Dozens of robotic terraforming ships are launched via the jump gate that has been placed on the edge of...
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    I need ideas for a Fire Giant plot point encounter...

    Without our asking you to re-conceptualize all of your ongoing plot ideas that you may already have in place, I think the real hook for you is these hell-hounds. What was the earlier encounter with the other (captured) hellhound all about? Did they slay it or release it? Or just observe it? I...
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    STAR WARS campaign - story ideas for a Padawan party

    A) thank you for noticing this key fact, and B) this is correct, the New Republic can be as much on a downward spiral as the Old Republic had been, as will suit the purposes of the campaign. Afraid I'm not up on Smith's Lensman series; though I did watch the early-90's anime film, I suspect...
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    STAR WARS campaign - story ideas for a Padawan party

    One campaign idea I have been developing is where all the PCs are jedi padawans. They start in finding a Jedi Master who will take them as an apprentice; then over the course of several adventures they will gain the experience necessary to undergo the Trials and graduate to full Jedi knight...
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    What to do when your PC's have just lost the plot

    This is a good tactic for you to use. Derren in post #2 suggested my own first reaction, that if the party doesnt go looking for the Bippy that they know the BBEG wants, then the BBEG finds his Bippy and wins that stage of the adventure. At that point, a village blows up and peasants die, and...
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    How Can David Mamet Help My Game?

    My biggest stumble over this concept in this article, is that it keeps sounding like an instruction to the effect of, "You must make the characters fail" in order to keep them coming back. Well hey, lemme tell ya, that's not going to happen. If my GM keeps thwarting my victory, my catharsis...
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    Post character death

    I like this approach. Creative. Shortymonster, did I interpret your OP correctly, that there are only one or two sessions left to go? Is that the end of the campaign for you? How long have these characters been adventuring together, is it an old campaign finally winding down, or a one-off...
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    Steal This Rule: Trust

    Sorry, but I think you missed the point of my question. Can this trust system be incorporated (that is to say, become incorporated) into an already running campaign, where the PCs are already mid-level and have a number of other goals and objectives in their PC lives already in mind. Or is...
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    Steal This Rule: Trust

    This sounds like it is meant to be an integral part of the campaign, the driving force behind the series of adventures the PCs are being sent on. How might it be used (or is it meant to be used) in a campaign that is already underway, for instance, or where you as GM might already have an idea...
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    A lament for the lost Irony Games site.

    I agree! Villages, cities, even a galaxy to plot sectors with.
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    Help explain a civil war

    This was actually the main thrust of an earlier SW campaign I used to run years back, quite effectively. So, (thanks but) I will likely be shying away from the same kinds of story setups that I used to do. It actually feels like what Mishihari Lord has provided will be the likely route I will...
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    Help explain a civil war

    Am running a Star Wars campaign. At some point soon, the party will be traveling off to retrieve a starship that had been hidden secretly away on some mid-region world. While they are there, I'd like to have them find themselves embroiled in a local war. They might choose to get involved in...
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    Help me fill in this backstory..

    A chaos god punking the god of justice.
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    Stuff D&D players never say (except when they do)

    "I am so NOT in charge." Said by my rogue. A number of times. No one believed me.
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