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Very funny history! I hear you. I simply cannot get into asian fantasy roleplaying. The characters seem too two-dimensional to me. A samurai is pretty much a samurai, you know what I mean? Chinese fantasy is a little better, I guess the characterization is just so foriegn or subtle to me...

Kelly J. Davis Dextolen I too, didn't record my number and then blew out the email so the wife wouldn't know I donated to a D&D community site. Doh!

We use large 1" graph pads and colored markers. Black for walls, brown for objects (I started doing this after the first time the group encountered animated furniture), blue for water, etc. Everyone uses a mini. I use a mix of minis and counters for the bad guys. We have a few templates for...

Omega World pretty much supplies all the mutant, after the bomb action that I require. I read somewhere how to survive running an extended campaign of GW without growing tired of it - drop the 'players pretending not to know what mundane artifacts are' schtick. Spending two hours having the...

My players run their own cohorts, I have too much other stuff to worry about! If I got a sense that the cohort was being abused I'd step in, but that hasn't happened yet. I'm not entirely sold on the way exp is delivered, I think they should get a cut of the group's exp.

I had the best possible situation. My work's power dropped out at 4, so we left early once we realized the NATION was w/o power. ;) I somehow beat the rush home (20 min commute) to find that we never lost power at home. Friday morning, I get a personal call from my boss saying not to come in...

I've seen merits/flaws overused - GURPS, where every character is a one-legged blind alcoholic with a photgraphic memory. But when used in moderation I like them. Swashbuckling adventures has them. They take a feat slot and most can only be purchased at first level. There are virtues (for...

The Griffins from Family Guy.

I keep laughing at that but I totally understand. I used to game practically daily "back in the day" but as job, and more importantly home, wife and child responsibilities grew I new game about 2 times a month. I have recently convinced my wife (accepting non-gamer), to allow me to run a...

Wow, I completely disagree about the world of Theah. I think it's a great setting and part of its fun is the pseudo-European nature of it. No Africa or New World? If you are not happy with the lack of these places in any of the existing supplements, why not simply write it in?

At GC one of our DM's for a Swashbuckling Adventures game would fall asleep in mid sentence. I don't know if he was actually falling asleep but he would pause ....his eyes would slowly close....his head would fall down slowly to his chest and he would sit there for like 30 seconds or more...

I played 3 SA adventures at Gencon and had a blast - and we never set foot on a ship! I've since picked up the SA book and several expansion books and have been looking for resources on the web, as I am selling my players on the idea of putting our D&D campaign on hold and going with SA for a...

I pre-registered so had none of the line issues that some of you did (although one of my friends did, he waited 4 hours on Thurs). My problem is with the early closing times of booths and food vendors. I had a D&D Game (Dragons, Dragons everywhere) scheduled for 9:30pm and the DM didn't show...

Will they finally admit that the storyteller system sucks for combat?

The whole party. He's a part of the group and his survival/death effects the rest of the group. We keep it simple, unless a character is not participating in an adventure (i.e. stays home), group shares all exp.

Awww..my hopes dashed. I'll keep thinking Ema is a girl. ;)

Most of the non-RPGA D&D events sold out the first day or two of registration. :( I only got one and then received a notice last week that it has been cancelled. :mad: I will be looking for pick up games but have NOTHING prepared as a DM. I just want to be a leech...er I mean player.

It sounds less like annoying character than annoying player to me. 1) The actions of his character - Roleplaying aside, if the group dynamic doesn't jive with his tactics, THE PLAYERS need to confront him about it, not the DM. Running out ahead will eventually get him killed, but I have the...

Worst game I've ever DMed... I was stuck for an idea for our weekly game so I had the characters enter a portal which 1) put them in my bedroom 2) made them 4 inches tall They had to move from my bed to a shelf above my desk and fight various stuffed animals, action figures, our cat and...

Have them try to capture a princess for ransom. There would be several stages, involving different types of play 1) Planning - How are they going to nab her? Give them a limited amount of time to plan. The Princess is attending a special event or something that ends soon. Perhaps a joust? -...