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    Barsoom Tales II: Romance, Revolution and BLOODY REVENGE!!! -- COMPLETE

    I forgot to note that the second campaign-altering Swashbuckling Card was played a few episodes ago. Episode 9, actually. The card? "Ah, Love: An NPC falls in love with one of the PCs. The love may be just a physical attraction or something deeper." My choices were limited and I went with what...
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    Barsoom Tales II: Romance, Revolution and BLOODY REVENGE!!! -- COMPLETE

    Another Fine Mess: 13 "Not again." Isaac raised his head wearily. None of his friends were anywhere in sight. This he expected. What he had not expected was the towering ruin that surrounded him. Half-crumbled walls and leaning spires, scoured by the sand-thick wind, emerged from the dunes as...
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    Canada portrayed negatively in games?

    I'm sure if you moved the South-East's rep would improve.
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    What Makes a Convention Game Great?

    Sorry, just fixing up that little typo there. And I'm in agreement with PC on the player-created characters -- there's no way a player would have TIME to absorb all the critical details on the sheet if it were just handed to them at the start of the session. Even assuming that the "buy-in"...
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    Canada portrayed negatively in games?

    Neither. Canada's not even a contender.
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    What Makes a Convention Game Great?

    One other thing that I've found helps: LOVE your game. Be incredibly happy to be running it, and say so. Enthusiasm is infectious. Have huge amounts of fun and the chances of your players doing likewise skyrocket. I've never seen a successful game yet where the DM isn't clearly having at least...
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    Canada portrayed negatively in games?

    So it appears that the answer to the question "Is Canada regularly (or indeed, ever) portrayed negatively in game products?" is "Nope, hardly at all." Good to know!
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    What Makes a Convention Game Great?

    Well, there's abusive amounts of alcohol. That's something.
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    How do you prefer to earn/award XPs?

    I award XP based on how much grovelling my players do.
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    Barsoom Tales II: Romance, Revolution and BLOODY REVENGE!!! -- COMPLETE

    Another Fine Mess: 12 Isaac had already once experienced the dangers of letting go while travelling the terrifying reaches of the Shadow Realm. He determined to hang on tightly to his partners, Arrafin and Kani, as they rocketed through the howling shadowscape under the sorceress' guidance. He...
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    On taking power away from the DM

    Of all the hilarious untruths posted in this thread, this is both the most hilarious and the most verifiably untrue.
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    Help! White guy needs Japanese translation

    Who's saying what? Is the son speaking to the ninja or is the ninja speaking to the son? Which is the PC and which is the NPC? It wasn't clear from your post. You would finish RW's statement with "Hajimemashita", which basically means, "Nice to meet you." If I understood the context a little...
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    How Many People Attend GenCon?

    30,000 / 2 = 15,000 then. Good to have that cleared up.
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    Barsoom Tales II: Romance, Revolution and BLOODY REVENGE!!! -- COMPLETE

    Another Fine Mess: 11 Only Etienne and Arrafin had not yet asked their questions. Arrafin was still reeling from Madame Yuek's sinister grin, so the half-Kishak stepped forward. "Madame Yuek. My question is not very clever, I'm afraid, but I'm not much for strategy or grand schemes. Why are...
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    True20 Ship Combat Rules FREE! (Download NOW)

    It is our opinion that flying ships are best handled like champagne: a treat that is all the more savoured for its rarity.
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    Barsoom Tales II: Romance, Revolution and BLOODY REVENGE!!! -- COMPLETE

    Exactly. If Natalie Portman was a six-foot-tall Chinese sex bomb made out of alabaster.
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    True20 Ship Combat Rules FREE! (Download NOW)

    It's called "Dark Crystal" -- available free online.
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    systems with Armor as DR: thoughts on Defense penalty?

    I adjusted all Max Dex penalties downwards. So an armour that normally has a Mex Dex of +2 now has a Max Dex of +1, etc. That impacts Defense straight up without requiring any rules changes.
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    True20 Ship Combat Rules FREE! (Download NOW)

    Update: You can now download the file. Please enjoy!
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    Bored with knowing what will happen next

    Then allow yourself to be surprised. You're the one restricting possibilities and rejecting suggestions. Be open to your own imagination and you will surprise yourself. Nothing we say can do that for you.
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