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    Good place to order miniatures online?

    Fantization carries the beloved Confrontation line of miniatures from Rackham. They're not cheap, mostly because they're imported from France, but the detail is incredible. Fantization also carries Freebooter minis, which are exceptionally sculpted by Werner Klocke, and they also carry Vallejo...
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    So, how do you guys manage mapping when exploring cave systems?

    Sticks and hoops. If I'm a player, I only need the important info, and that means taking a blank sheet of paper, and drawing sticks and hoops. Room A: hoop. Passageways left, forward left, and back right: sticks. Knowing the compass directions is tricky, but usually not that important once...
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    Help on setting up a Gameday - Business Plan needed!

    I'm surprised not to see somebody else from the Chicago gamedays here yet. The first Chicago gameday was really more of an EN World members gathering. It wasn't advertised. It was really a social opportunity for members first, and a gameday second. I hang out in the chatroom sometimes if...
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    Game Talk Radio Anyone?

    Sounds to me like you are doing the same thing as mortaility radio. Any plans to do something different?
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    Are mages wearing armor, now that it is not verboten

    I have a Rogue 3/Wizard 5/Arcane Trickster 1 that wears a mithril chain shirt. It gives a 10% spell failure chance. For a while I kept forgetting my arcane failure, but if combat was still going on I would quickly insert my roll to check. Almost always it did not cause me to miscast my spell...
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    D&D 4E 4e-when?

    It will come out about a year before it should. It will present all sorts of changes and balance issues which they will "fix" 2 years later with 4.5e. :heh:
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    I Need a Good Gaming Table

    On this page you can find a more reasonable, "ultimate gaming table" complete with materials list and instructions. Naturally, there are many ways one can simplify this, but if you talk to a local carpenter he might be able to help make sure you get the best bang for your buck. I had a...
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    [Article] - How to Blow Up a Castle

    This article describes underground seige warfare of castles using miners, and counterminers. It's good reading. The site has many other good archaeology articles as well.
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    Are your gaming friends exclusivley "gaming friends"?

    I don't really make any extra effort to mingle people between my gaming friends and non-gaming friends. It's not exclusive. But each group has their own interests, and I just happen to be interested in all of those different things. I wouldn't expect a gamer friend to watch a lacrosse game...
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    Starting New Campaign (Need Ideas)

    Well, apparently you haven't seen this. It's an oldy, but a goodie. *edit* Did somebody say medusa? I used a medusa that turned things into solid gold. Anyway, when you hit a party member with it, it makes the really greedy PCs very confused about whether they really need their party...
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    Ideas for Burial Offerings for important NPC

    I must presume that each of the races share some common tradition that goes back far enough that they value it more than any current conflicts. For the purposes of answering the post, I'll presume that there is some common desire for peace/goodwill which can overcome small conflicts. Tokens...
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    Little Changes with Big Flavor

    Of all the threads on EN World, this one deserves to be bumped each time a DM begins a new campaign. So... *BUMP* :D
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    Monster Manual III "In the Works"

    I guess the real question is what will be the ratio of creative/inspiring monsters to filler/uninspired monsters?
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    Monster Manual III "In the Works"

    Hmmm? Eberron monsters perhaps?
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    Chicago/Mount Prospect (Games Plus Store)

    I'll join you if there's room. Are characters being created at the first session?
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    Stargate SG-9 Game: Cursed!?

    Hope this works. I used MS Excel. If you print it out it should work perfectly to one page. If anybody cannot read an Excel spreadsheet let me know. I'm not available Wednesday nights, but I'm open on all other weeknights. I'd prefer to keep my weekends open so I can enjoy the Spring/Summer...
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    SG-9: Cursed!?

    I take it this will soon be transformed into a storyhour once things get started?
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    How much work for a new campaign?

    A person can put as much, or as little work as they want into campaign preparations. Personally, I like to keep a folder full of idea "rough drafts" at my disposal. I'm just as likely to borrow maps as I am to make my own. I'm more interested in putting good ideas together, "just in time" for...
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    Disappointed with Minis

    Love them or hate them, WotC is just doing what every business demands: making a profit. I love my glass counters. They are much easier to pick-up than paper tokens, and the many bright colors make it easy to tell the archers from the swordsmen, or ghouls from skeletons. Not to mention...
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    a question of balance

    Because I've been a DM, I always seem to have an eye towards balance when it comes to classes and class abilities within the party. As a player, for instance, I want to make sure there is an arcane caster and a divine caster in the party, and am willing to, "fill the gap" with an appropriate...
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