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  1. baradtgnome

    What ever happened to just "playing" the game and telling a great story?

    To me the game encompasses story and combat. So in the combat, there are rules, and scrutinizing rules, trying to get an edge, etc. Outside combat there is the story, and more role playing. That is not to say there is not role playing in combat. Good players will take their characters...
  2. baradtgnome

    A Thread For Those Somewhere In The Middle

    Agree. I don't understand why folks get so violent over flavor items. If flavor items masquerade as key crunchy items that are required for game balance, then that becomes a problem. Or if there are so many flavor items that are just not to your taste and get time consuming and tedious to...
  3. baradtgnome

    A Thread For Those Somewhere In The Middle

    I am thinking the same thing. Are there many of you thinking the same? (sorry if this is a threadjack) I see things I like, I could be convinced to move to 4e. But if it breaks my homebrew, then it is just a source to raid and create house rules. Interesting thing happened with all this...
  4. baradtgnome

    A Thread For Those Somewhere In The Middle

    That is an excellent observation. (Am I allowed to compliment someone in a 4e thread? :lol: ) I had some of the same concerns going to 3.x from AD&D. Overall, moving to 3.x improved our game, but somehow lost some of the starting from scratch qualities of the earlier games. Sorry if this...
  5. baradtgnome

    Penalties besides PC death

    I think folks have covered it pretty well. My favorites are: - take their stuff - mess with their reputation - mess with their NPC friends - create a recurring villian, and have that villian one up them I know you said you don't kill characters, but I think you are missing an opportunity. I...
  6. baradtgnome

    What would Gary do?

    I bet no few of you are wondering if that calls for a save or die effect. :lol:
  7. baradtgnome

    The Mortal God

    IMC gods will stay beyond the reach of mortals. I don't need stats. I agree that it is easier to just not use them if added. I can see why others would want them, and have no issue with that. In certain campaign types eventually acending to godhood via deicide makes perfect sense. Put the...
  8. baradtgnome

    D&D 4E 4e - Too much change?

    D&D is a 'big' game. What I mean by that is it includes so much material. Even if you play RAW with only core books, you probably leave out some things. For example, if you have a homebrew with your own cosmology, losing the wheel may mean little to you. Even though we say we all play D&D...
  9. baradtgnome

    Will you laugh or cry at the gnomes' good-bye party?

    Well said! My homebrew world is over 20 years old. There are gnomes in it. They play a small part in the world, but still play a part. I have no worries that 4e somehow missed gnomes. It is just typical you know, they are often overlooked. My world will continue to have gnomes whether 4e...
  10. baradtgnome

    "Ballots & Bullets" (TSR Module BH3) Concluded!

    I don't usually comment on what the character was 'thinking/feeling' during the story, but this is an interesting exception. SM gave us an elegant method of locating Job Kane with the candles & magic finding those 'infected' by the vampires. However Jake was so angry at this point with Tony...
  11. baradtgnome

    New Hampshire Gameday - November 3rd

    Thanks for a great day Let me add to the chorus (in an off tune and gravelly voice) Thanks to SM & KK for sharing their home and providing most excellent sustenance Thanks to Piratecat & SM for DMing the games in which I played. Especially for putting up with my 'liberal' attempts at humor, I...
  12. baradtgnome

    New Hampshire Gameday - November 3rd

    I don't see what is so funny about Flee. ;) Some of us take our abilities very seriously, thank you very much. How many ranks in coward do I need to get a synergy bonus? :eek:
  13. baradtgnome

    New Hampshire Gameday - November 3rd

    Very cool. Looking forward to it. I doesn't sound so bad, with six other Field agents there must be someone I can outrun. ;)
  14. baradtgnome

    "...you all meet at an inn.."

    My regular game is D&D homebrew, in a world that has migrated from 1E to 3E then 3.5E with only a couple of campaign 'starts' in over 20 years. So not many times have I had to bring an entire group in, usually just one or two at a time to an existing group. Not too difficult. I started an...
  15. baradtgnome

    "...you all meet at an inn.."

    I like it. Variations of that have great potential.
  16. baradtgnome

    New Hampshire Gameday - November 3rd

    I suffer from OCD (obsessive character development). My character for the Roaring Twenties has been developed for weeks. ;)
  17. baradtgnome

    "Ballots & Bullets" (TSR Module BH3) Concluded!

    As an interesting side note, I was in Skagway Alaska this summer and Soapy Smith is still the most loved/hated man in Skagway history. Apparently he moved to Alaska following the gold rush like many others, especially since his welcome in Colorado was long worn out. Finally having enough of...
  18. baradtgnome

    New Hampshire Gameday - November 3rd

    My gaming group has neither Pirates nor Cats involved, but my next door neighbor's first name is Kevin. Coincidence? I am suspicious. :uhoh:
  19. baradtgnome

    New Hampshire Gameday - November 3rd

    If a slot becomes open in Pirate Cat's morning game, I'll take it.
  20. baradtgnome

    New Hampshire Gameday - November 3rd

    It would be a crime to miss the game Count me in SM. As much as I should expand my horizons and play in someone else's game, add me to the Roaring Twenties game. :D Besides, laddie, what kind o' game could it be wit out Kevin "45" Hoolihan making the streets civil like for the O'Connor...
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