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I'm sorry to post a gut reaction, as I haven't yet read the whole thread, but if I played in a game where some of these weird "gamey" elements were included I would have to ask the DM just what the hell game I was playing. "Ok, I move my mini 6 squares, roll my dice, attack that orc. Now I...

Just to clarify my position, I don't have a problem with it. As a player I don't do it myself because I feel I am not as believable in my RP. I use alot of in character chatter and commentary when I play, so it's not something I just gloss over. I don't have a problem when another player does...

Well, whatever the source of the differences, they are still there. I think that's the big factor in how we generally decide what is good or bad RP with respect to gender, is all I was saying. ------- Nork, I think you are really onto something. I'll admit I do alot of self-projection...

@Dausuul, You know, that's a VERY good question. One I haven't even thought about. I guess I just measure on a phantom yard-stick - it's one of those things you base on gut, for me. I guess you'd have to have a group of cliches or tropes already in mind, to call it bad. We can use...

I think that personally I can't portray a female PC/NPC and (therefore try not to play them) the reason for this is simple; to me at least. I'm a male, and there are fundamental chemical differences happening in the female brain with respect to the male brain that alter how you view the world...

Our regimen goes something like this: 1. We roundtable what we want to play. Usually someone has a pet system or two they'll try and push, but we all enjoy just about everything if it has dice or a character sheet, so it's usually "what do we want to run first, then for the next campaign." We...

We have one guy in our group who rolls to see which gender most characters will be. Can't say it really makes a huge difference in-game, other than I occasionally have to correct myself: "So you're going across town with him... er, I mean her. Damn." I don't like to RP female characters as a...

I've played games where Character Gen is somewhat handsoff (Classic Traveller with it's random events) and where it's 100% character driven (M&M 2nd) and I have to say I LOVE building characters both ways. I find when character gen is simple I just end up making a boatload of "backups" that...

We are a little of both. In any town where we have some downtime we kick up the roleplay/discussion up a notch. Almost always over an ale in the tavern listening to the local gossip; on the road however we don't narrate or otherwise hold conversations of any meaning. Maybe a quick in character...

I recently took some initiative in our campaign and decided my character would start up his own free company, with eventual goals of harassing a nearby goblin settlement and providing protection for the local area… for some gold of course. Background info in case anyone’s curious: We are...

Thirding True Sorcery. Our group ran it in conjunction with the Iron Heroes classes and the mage had a blast coming up with custom spell effects. It is math heavy though, as has been mentioned, so prepping a few goto spells would probably be a good idea. I will say that it was the one time...

Interesting, as I plan on running an Iron Heroes campaign sometime early next year and was really wanting to use some ideas from 4th edition monsters. My problem though is coming up with level equivilent powers. Did you kind of make Brutes, Soldiers, etc. as a sort of villain class, like they...

Some of the trolls do, yes; then again some don't. Again, I like how Tolkien didn't have an exhaustive list of every quality of every beastie - gives a DM alot of wiggle room. Our DM usually decides what creatures/badguys we fight based on two things - firstly, in an established campaign...

Our DM was planning to use Eladrin for the Noldor; we didn't discuss the fey step specifically, although had a PC chosen that race I'm sure we would have tackled it. I can't see it being horribly out of place. Tolkien hints at alot of magic that the reader doesn't really see, it could just be...

Well, since Iron Heroes doesn't really use up alot of gold and if you go by the standard treasure rules, we always found something else to invest in. In fact we found an abandoned keep in contested territory and set up shop. We began paying for labor and upkeep, hired on some guards and...

Right you are, I will be sure to mention it to him. Maybe we can sort of "unlock" them once we're at the levels we would have gotten access to them. Not sure exactly how it works as we haven't progressed into paragon tier in any campaign yet. I just know they have requisite enhancement bonus...

I think I'll suggest the +1 per 5 levels idea. It's simple and easy to remember. Lets us focus more on the RP and less on trying to resolve mechanics. Thanks a load guys!

Well, after our group's first few months of playing 4th Edition, we all seem to enjoy it immensely. We began playing in Faerun, and all of us had fun characters. We decided recently to go back to our Middle-Earth campaign, set in the year 2800 Third Age, just after the War of the Dwarves and...

Our group is currently running a Middle-Earth campaign. Set in Third Age 2800, and using Iron Heroes rules. Our spellcasters are using True Sorcery with the arcanist variant from that book. Very action-oriented (thanks IH!), and our group (now approaching 8th level) is coming to terms with...

Our group is currently running a Lord of the Rings campaign, circa 200 years prior to the War of the Ring with Iron Heroes rules. It's been an absolute blast so far.