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  1. Ashrum the Black

    A Campaign With a Silly (But Interesting) Twist

    I think I'd have an issue simply because I wouldn't like the idea that my character could go if the DM and I don't agree on the definition of power gamer. I played a rogue\fighter that whooped much butt. I actually had one of the other players tell me he had never seen a rogue played that way...
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    Guns, D&D, and DDM

    I'm all about the Iron Kingdoms love, and the loud cannon shots ringing through the night. Had a mage running around with a brace of pistols for my last campaign. Just the imagry of him leveling the pistol at my villians with one hand and a fireball prepped in the other rocked. -Ashrum
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    DM's: How many PC's do you kill per campaign?

    5 to 7 is about average, but my campaigns tend to go a couple of years so thats not to out of this world. -Ashrum
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    Gen Con So Cal Cancelled

    Don't know if this has been reproted here or not. But since I couldn't find it here and I heard about it on another forum I thought I'd post a link to the Press Release and an open letter from Mr. Adkinson. Link to Letters -Ashrum
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    What's your Bad Guy race like?

    Hmm, lets see 1) Human Pirates 2) Cultists worshipping a diety of entropy 3) dragonmen that were once human that seek to reclaim the power they once had in ancient times 4) dark elves worshipping the diety of entropy that were once dragonmen that were once human 5) power hungry men and...
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    A good wizard/fighter build?

    Another option is the Jade Pheonix Mage from the Tome of Battle. I'm currently playing one and having a ton of fun in the AoW path. Gives you some of the nifty manuevers to play with, and full BAB for ten levels. You can get to it without taking anything but wiz/sorc levels as well. It just...
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    Extinct: Customer Service- rant

    You too Xyanthon? I worked at 402 for 4 years as their tech bench lead. I danced for joy on the day I left. As for the issue with the card, I would start by talking to the customer service department on the phone, we they read you the lines form their playbook, ask to speak with their manager...
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    Does your gaming take a hit because of the holidays?

    Yes indeed. I've put the current campaign on hold form about Dec 8th until the 29th. To much holiday stuff to do, not enough time and all that. Of course with my one year old flying around the house I've found that everything seems to take longer than it used to. :D -Ashrum
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    The Elfish Gene - Another attack on gamers

    Constant target? Wow, I don't think I've been a constant target of anything in a long time. Except for maybe my wifes annoyance at all of my hobbies. ;) Seriously though, the book appears to a coming of age story with the backdrop of humor that would appeal to folks such as other gamers...
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    iTroubleshooting iTunes

    I second the above comment as well. If you haven't done a full system reinstall within the last year I'd look at that as an option as well. Now if only I could get my corporate clients to understand that as well. :\ -Ashrum
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    iTroubleshooting iTunes

    Have you made sure that you have admin rights on your machine? Try using a restore point to restore your machine back to a date before you did the install. Then if you haven't run a check disk and defrag recently I'd do that, then retry the install. Try another profile with the machine as...
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    D&D 4E The Soonest You Would Purchase 4e

    It would really depend on how good it was. I waited three months before buying 3rd edition. I looked it over several times before I truely became interested in it. I'd prpbably do the same for the new edition. If it is, in my opinion an improvement of the game, then I'd buy. At this point I'd...
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    Help my adventure!

    Well, I'd use the surrounding area to spice things up. If ogres know that they're going to be chased, or even just assume it they're going to make life difficault for the chasers. They're use every trick they csan come up with to through off the pursuit such as moving over rocky terrain, through...
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    How Many Groups Do You Play In?

    One at the moment. I have been in two before though. It wasn't really a problem though. The second group met once a month and both myself and my wife were both players so it wasn't as though there was tons of prep time involved. I'd have to say that the if you can fit the time into your lives...
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    A Dozen Crossbows Aimed at You ..

    I'd have to concur with what has already been posted. A 15th level character is a master swordsman, high priest, whatever. We're dealing with a level of magic wielded by each player that could buy a small kingdom or barony as well. The simple gaurdsmen shouldn't stand any chance. At this point...
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    Is this fair?

    Umm, wow. Nope, the character belongs to the player in my campaigns, not the DM's. Keep in mind I'm the DM. If a sacrifice was required, the players present at that time, would have had to make it with thier own character. I as the DM would have stepped in and over ruled it if they had tried...
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    D&D 4E 4E - more rules or less?

    I like the current rules system, and that it covers many of the situations that come up in play often. So I voted for the same amount of rules. But what I would like to see is the rules less complex. Things such as turning and grappling seem to be needlessly complex, and I loved to see such...
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    Player Vacations: How Long is Too Long

    Umm, wow. Sounds like you've picked up one of the players I used to have. She was great in a role play session, but you had to remind her how to calculate her tohit every time she swung the sword and liked to play things for "drama" instead of for party coherancy. She also pulled the...
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    XP progression: too fast, too slow, or just right?

    I'd have to say to fast. I long for the days of being able to run the PC's through three modules and them being able to level up maybe twice. My current AE game is in its second year and because I've had my foot on the XP break they're just now hitting the 15's with tons of back story and...
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    D&D Character Quiz

    Lawful Good Human Wizard. Hmm, the tire around my stomach agrees. :D -Ashrum
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