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  1. Ashrum the Black

    Booting a player from your group

    Petrosian ..... I only wish I had had you as my DM, things could have worked out so much better. Very good advice.
  2. Ashrum the Black

    Booting a player from your group

    I also will chime in on the side of somebody that has been asked to leave. It was a personality conflict between myself and the DM. Basically he couldn't set aside out of game issues he had and asked me to leave, But here's where my caution comes in. Before you ask somebody to leave discuss...
  3. Ashrum the Black

    the piratecat story: madness and failure(OT) (warning, lots of images)

    Please stop! I'm at work and the lady across the isle is wondering why I have mountian dew shooting out of my nose....:D
  4. Ashrum the Black

    How often do you restart/change campaigns?

    I've been running my latest campaign for the last year with small breaks to have somebody else run some one shots. The group has changed a bit, but at stable core always seems to be there and wants to play. My last campign before that ran 6 months before we stopped, and that was because of an...
  5. Ashrum the Black

    Your favourite D20 publisher and why

    1) Privateer Press They may not be prolific, but their books are the best layed out and tightest I've seen. 2) Malhavoc Press Outside of Pravteer Press Monte's company produces the products that I use the most. They're rules tight (go figure) and have topics that make you...
  6. Ashrum the Black

    DM request: Big Evil Things

    How about an evil intelligent magical item that has possed an otherwise good person (perhaps somebody they know and trust?) into performing it's nefarious deeds. A good hook for this one is that by 18th level these folks have aquired a number of magical items that they've managed to find and...
  7. Ashrum the Black

    Favorite Female NPC

    Alexia from the Iron Kingdoms modules by Privateer Press. Admittidly part of the fun was the role playing we did with her. But there's just something to be said for a high level sorceress with six souls trapped in her body, one of which was her own mother. :cool: Of course when she stood up to...
  8. Ashrum the Black

    Problems at the gaming table.

    Begin rambling dailog: SurgicalSteel: Now I do agree that the ring is a fictional ring in a game and thus has no real value, but I simply fail to see how the rest of the group is being petty by not giving the mage the ring. The wizard, or his player, or both, is acting in a petty and juvenil...
  9. Ashrum the Black

    The term "Crunchy" and Dragon - where do we go from here?

    My thoughts? Okay,, since you asked. I think you're exactly right. I've been wracking my brain trying to come up with what the difference between now, and the golden days of yore and you've just put into words what I failed to. Dragon right now seems to be stuck in a rut of giving us the same...
  10. Ashrum the Black

    [OT] What sport do you Play?

    Soccer, or football to the rest of the world. Love that sport, but sadly other than joing in to practice with the US Latzio (sp) team a couple of years ago I haven't gotten to play much. Ashrum
  11. Ashrum the Black

    Coolest weapon from literature?

    Thanks, appreciate the information! Ashrum
  12. Ashrum the Black

    When was the Dragon Magazine at it's best?

    Pre 100's all the way for me as well. The issues when the 9 planes of hell with their devil lords all stated out comes to mind almost instantly. The issue on the assassin's, how a guild would run, and the wonderful "Assassin's Run" that could be found there. Back then the articles were new. If...
  13. Ashrum the Black

    Coolest weapon from literature?

    Okay, I gotta ask since I've never hear of it before. What is the sword Need and what auther penned it into existence? Thanks!
  14. Ashrum the Black

    A problem of alignment

    Yes, I know. I guess maybe I'm at fault here. As a DM myself I try to keep things neet and tidy. Party controversy is all fine and dandy, but out and out party hatred of other PC's is something I frown upon. In D&D at least, I'm perfectly fine with it if I'm running say, vampire. :D I guess...
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    A problem of alignment

    All right folks, I have a problem. I generally DM for my group, but currently we're taking a break and doing a beer and pretzels dungeon run. We're playing Rappan Athuk and we're run into a snag. The DM has run this as a play whatever you'd like style. we've run the gambit of half dragons...
  16. Ashrum the Black

    Why don't you buy non-WoTC stuff?

    Okay my two cents. I own most of the WOTC books. I own several of the non-WOTC books, I tend to buy from companies and authors I know and trust. I've found that quality within those independent titles tends to vary wildly. So are very very good. Others tend to very very bad. So I'm more cautious...
  17. Ashrum the Black

    The Quintessential D&D Artist.

    Okay, maybe I'm showing my age here, but it has to be Elmore all the way. His artwork was one of the magor sources of fuel for my imagination during my "formative DnD years" shall we say. Of course maybe I just love the way he paints woman as well! :D Seriously though. To me, no other artist...
  18. Ashrum the Black

    Curious about your present Party Composition

    Well for the group I DM we have: Liela: Monk/Wizard/Blade Dancer 7/2/2 Pharamond: Psionicist/Psi Warrior 8/1 Vithrimir: Wizard/cleric 5/5 Cade: Paladin 10 Faye: Fighter 10 We've...
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    [OT] How many of you never went to college?

    I'm sort of a career college student. :rolleyes: But hey, I'm finishing off my last two classes for my computer engineering degree. I should be done by the end of the year. Yee-haw! Anyone out there hiring? ;) Ashrum
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    More fun to plan or play?

    Hmmm. Interesting question. I've been DMing on and off for the last .....counts on fingers and toes..... something like 15 years. I've had sessions that went the way you're talking about. Lots of really "cool" little bits and pieces all over andf then the PC's treat my wonderful bit of story...
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