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  1. Jd Smith1

    VTT/online-play Etiquette and Horror Stories

    We don't use video because I feel its a waste of bandwidth, and plus several of us don't have cameras, so the clothing policy isn't a issue for me, but I would see how it could be. We roll VTT dice only. My very first online session, I was a player, and one of the group proceeded to eat his...
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    Show your game prep notes

    Three Word docs: Encounters & Sidebars, 9 pages Campaign Notes, currently 13 pages, but only half the campaign has been fleshed out. Seeds, which is the grand overview of the campaign, and also ideas and twists that haven't been plugged in yet. currently 7 pages. On Roll 20 maps: Information...
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    Aging and Gaming

    I just post written descriptions. Not because of age, but because inevitable one player missed something, and has to be brought up to speed, or we get two different interpretations/recollections of what I said. So I just put a decription of the room or area (when needed) into a info dot on the...
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    WotC 3% Of Hasbro's Workforce Laid Off

    I've been hearing gloom & doom since I was a kid and we had drills in grade school where we trooped down into the basement to practice for when the nukes flew. 'When', not 'if'. There was an impending ice age predicted back then, and oil was due to run out in the distant date of 2000. Oh, and...
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    Free RPG Day 2025 Offerings

    Good to hear that there are still FLGS. Last I checked, I'm 3+ hours from the nearest here.
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    Tomb Raider RPG Cancelled For Creative Differences

    I think they lack a comprehensive cleavage rule system.
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    WotC 3% Of Hasbro's Workforce Laid Off

    Odds are, they never will. The core reasons their situation was bad in, say, 1970, are still true, and often worse, today. At least during the Cold War they could get aid based on their strategic positioning, but that's long gone.
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    Ivan Van Norman Leaves Darrington Press

    Not officially, but it is inevitable in the years to come.
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    WotC 3% Of Hasbro's Workforce Laid Off

    Yeah. Even if the trade war persists, I don't think American children are going to lack entertainment hardware anytime soon.
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    WotC 3% Of Hasbro's Workforce Laid Off

    The shelves are overflowing where I'm at.
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    WotC 3% Of Hasbro's Workforce Laid Off

    Not really. Their warehouse staff are not well-paid.
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    WotC 3% Of Hasbro's Workforce Laid Off

    They certainly plan to replace warehousing jobs with robots. Wal Mart just expanded drone deliver to three additional states, and is openly challenging Amazon in that regard.
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    Best RPG to run a Firefly game

    What wrong with the Firefly RPG?
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    Something to vent out ,the story of how a vampire romance broke a west march server.

    As a GM, I come down on the side of any fellow GM hoping to get some romance.
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    How do you handle jewelry and valuable art as a GM?

    A reminder than in RL, 10% of actual value is a good price for stolen goods. Certain goods, such as gold jewelry, guns, and high-end golf clubs, will get more, and sell easily. Electronics are usually not worth lugging, with the exception of top-end game platforms. If you are selling jewelry...
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    How do you handle jewelry and valuable art as a GM?

    I also do not have Scots or Irish in my settings. A gem is a gem, mounted or not. I think you are confusing semi-precious stone with gems. In a medieval setting, jewelry is going to be small-cast, or wire. Very light. Again, what monarchs and high nobility wears won't be what shows up in lairs.
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    How do you handle jewelry and valuable art as a GM?

    True. But I don't put crowns in loot. They get rings, bracelets, necklaces. Post My fantasy system & settings use a silver-based economy, so the loot values are about 10% of a D&D campaign. And the tech level is later than the Viking era.
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    How do you handle jewelry and valuable art as a GM?

    Jewelry, unless it is something really of unusual size, won't weigh more than a few grams, so weight is not an issue. As to value, I list a value in the notes, but require a 'Appraise' roll, and if the roll is failed, I give the group a reduced price for its value. Artwork is similar, but its...
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