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  1. TheAuldGrump

    Kitchen Sink or Limits, Which for You?

    Themes. Not every race, class, feat, spell, or other option fits in every world. If the setting is the Reformation Germanies then a Samurai is not going to be an option. For material from books I reserve the right to use a line item veto, and I do not much me care if it is an official book or...
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    Pathfinder 1E This is why pathfinder has been successful.

    Dude, you started your thesis with a straw man. Do not complain when people label it as such. Seriously, do not compare unlike portions of the book, then get annoyed when folks point that out. Do not put words in peoples' mouths unless you want them to bite your fingers. No where do I say...
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    Pathfinder 1E This is why pathfinder has been successful.

    Yes it does, because they do. You quoted from a preface about the evolution of the rules. So, use a similar quote from those other games, rather than comparing a preface to the supporting fiction. Shall we quote from the section on dice rolling conventions for Vampire? (The other two games I am...
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    Need some DM help.

    1.) Lies. 2.) Damn lies, and 3.) Statistics. :p The Auld Grump
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    Pathfinder 1E This is why pathfinder has been successful.

    The first example is the best writing of any of your quotes - it explains why, without having the over wrought prose of Vampire, or the pseudo noir of Dread and Engine Heart. Not the reaction you want, I am certain, but I will take they 'why' over the prosey fanfic, every time. Mind, the...
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    Should a GM be a Captain or Navigator?

    Heh - Cartographer! He's the one that makes the maps! The Auld Grump - Here Be Dragons....
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    Should a GM be a Captain or Navigator?

    He is the director for an improvisational theater troupe. :p He sets a situation, once the 'actors' know what the situation is then they deal with it in character. The Auld Grump, Nelson and Harlequin in a mummers troupe, once upon a time....
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    Undead Armys

    Hmmm, you may want to look at Encyclopaedia Arcane: Necromancy - available on the Grand OGL Wiki A few very high level spells might be worth looking into. :) The Auld Grump
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    Pathfinder 1E Plastickrack - Pathfinder Miniatures Edition

    Well, I have my PB minis now... I agree that the troll is on the small side - I will be using him as an adolescent troll, he actually looks younger and less craggy when placed next to the Reaper Pathfinder troll as well as smaller. I got three ettins for some reason, but only one Large spider...
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    Pathfinder 1E This is why pathfinder has been successful.

    Mr. Gygax was not above digs at other games, or at things that he considered challenges - I remember a quote where he said something along the lines of 'Skill based systems are the bane of role playing games' - most likely a jab at Rune Quest, and of course saying that J.R.R. Tolkien was a bad...
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    Are you already integrating elements of 5E into your game?

    I am pretty much taking a 'wait and see' approach with 5e, without all that much by way of hope, I am sorry to say. Frankly, I am not liking a good deal of what I see so far. :( That 'automatic success' is pretty much interchangeable with 'taking 10' - it is already in the game, has been since...
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    More new old stuff?

    They have been saying that in regards to electronically available products since they got rid of PDFs... How long ago now? I really hope that you aren't going to hold your breath.... The Auld Grump
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    Pathfinder 1E This is why pathfinder has been successful.

    I still don't understand their thinking in regards to 'revising' the Forgotten Realms.... I know that some folks complained that the major NPCs were more important than the PCs, but the direction that they took... I do not understand. And I say that in spite of not even liking the Forgotten...
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    Pathfinder 1E Plastickrack - Pathfinder Miniatures Edition

    That is just plain ridiculous. :( Not the only time I have heard it, either - Games Workshop in particular is actively blocking online retailers from the States and Europe from selling to the folks in Oz, so they can gouge even more. A saner approach would be to allow Australia to get some...
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    Pathfinder 1E This is why pathfinder has been successful.

    Exactly - dungeon crawls were only one form of adventuring, not the sole focus. Heck, take a look at some of the earliest published material for the game - City State of the Invincible Overlord, Wilderlands, even the Village of Hommlet dedicated much of its space to places that weren't the...
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    Pathfinder 1E Plastickrack - Pathfinder Miniatures Edition

    Oz prices, by everything I have seen, are kind of insane. A friend was looking for foam core board and was horrified at the price per sheet. :( And it seems to have little to do with the value of the AU dollar. I can understand it a bit for shipping, but given that a lot of those same things...
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    Pathfinder 1E This is why pathfinder has been successful.

    I will admit to a certain amount of leniency in regard to 'failure offscreen' (though I will never make that admission in front to my players) - if the party is doing their best. They don't need to succeed all the time for that, mind. But they can't be phoning it in either. If they get chewed...
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    Pathfinder 1E New to Pathfinder - what to get?

    So, I, umm, take it that I'm not alone in recommending the APG? :angel: The Auld Grump
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    Pathfinder 1E This is why pathfinder has been successful.

    But where are they on the days that it matters? It is the possibility that any particular day may matter that keeps them moving, and the certainty that if they waste enough time then they will fail. So my PCs don't risk the consequences of a 15 MAD - they know that I will allow them to fail...
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    Pathfinder 1E This is why pathfinder has been successful.

    They were also hampered by trying to change any terms and rules that they could so that they would not be covered by the OGL - preventing an OGL 'clone' of 4e. Then the game started facing serious competition from a game using those same discarded terms from the OGL.... What happened was both...
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