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    D&D 5E (2014) Lighthearted urban adventure ideas (4th-5th level)

    ooh. That reminds me of the old All System Catalyst series All-System Catalyst Series The Citybooks are full of plot hooks
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    What do space empires fight over?

    There are aliens in the book First Contract that hate Limited liability corporations. As good as any reason to go to war. Other reasons in no particular order 1. To Unite a single race (2nd Empire of Man - Pournelle and Niven CoDominium - Wikipedia) 2. To Unite all sentient beings (Star Wars...
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    Where Does Inspiration Come From?

    Where the nuts come from?
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    D&D 5E (2014) Lighthearted urban adventure ideas (4th-5th level)

    Pick your favorite Noir film and insert the players in on it. List of film noir titles - Wikipedia Maltese Falcon - the players get the McGuffin by mistake and have 3 or more sides trying to negotiate for it. The Racket - The players are asked to guard someone who is testifying against an...
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    Hacking in Cyberpunk (Opinion Poll)

    I don't know if this has been tried but if the hacker brought the whole party into cyberspace (everyone had a cyberspace version of their character) then the hacking part of the plan involves everyone.
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    Religion in Call of Cthulhu: Boon or Bane?

    Most games wouldn't see traditional religions have any power to help against the Lovecraft horrors. I could see some games allowing for priests that have learned the forbidden knowledge in order to contain threats. That would be within the realms of possibility but something I would require a...
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    Worlds of Design: What the Future Holds for RPGs - Part 1

    Playing a lot of strategy games like Stellaris, Crusader Kings 3 and CIV (5&6) and a few mobile games. And a lot of virtual tabletop games (Acquire, Root, Here I Stand, and Pax Pamir and more) Enjoying my RPG games but I like a nice mix.
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    Playing Traveller Online (Help Me!)

    We've been playing GURPS Traveller (just after 3rd Interstellar War online) GURPS has its own character generation challenges we did it with a session 0, we all went off to make characters and then edited them a bit after feedback from the GM.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Overpowered Items and GM Expectations

    The way magic items work in most D&D games is that they work at the same level no matter how powerful the wielder is. The One Ring is powerful in the hands of a powerful being not as much when worn by a hobbit burglar The idea of magic items that scale isn't new, but if more of them worked like...
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    IRON DM 2020 Tournament Thread

    You Can Lead a Horse to Water Measured Step Foreign Coin Dream Surf Silver Star Heavy Metal Disguise Kit Adventure for low level heroes in a fantasy setting. Local merchant, Wulfwin Jordan, approaches the heroes to escort his prized racehorse, Silver Star, from Redhorn, their current...
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    Scheduling Thread for the IRON DM 2020 Tournament!

    I can work with that. 24 hour deadline 750 word count for round 1
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    Scheduling Thread for the IRON DM 2020 Tournament!

    I am available anytime. There are days like this Saturday when I'm running a virtual board game meeting but I can work around my schedule.
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    GM Authority (Edited For Clarity, Post #148)

    So much of this is context dependent. In a situation where the gaming group is a group of friends and the code is that no one can be excluded then the GM and the players need to compromise on their visions to find common ground. The example doesn't show this happening. I prefer to put a...
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    Scheduling Thread for the IRON DM 2020 Tournament!

    I would like to participate.
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    Cyberpunk RED & A Stroll Down A Dusty Memory Lane

    Could you adapt it using In Nomine? I've never found a group that was the right mix to play in the setting but I like the idea.
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    Patterns in gender of AIs that "must be destroyed"

    The Last Angel series (spacebattles.com) has 2 female AI in warships (started with one and then there were 2 and more are trying to be made) I'd have to look at the 2nd book (Last Angel: Ascension) but there were some ship AIs that might have been male and were unstable.
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    D&D 5E (2014) What is up with the popularity of watching other D&D groups play the game?

    In some ways you could argue why watch sports other than to watch people doing something you could be doing as well. I think watching other people roleplay can help your own RPG skills or at least look for other options. I usually don't find it interesting enough but then I wouldn't have...
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    Worlds of Design: Baseline Assumptions of Fantasy RPGs

    I've always liked the idea of the Banestorm setting from GURPS Fantasy GURPS Banestorm It's a mash up because it's a magical storm pulling villages and people from all over. Yet it tries to ground the society in religion from history and not gods that take an active interest in human affairs...
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    D&D General Poll: Combat or Roleplay?

    It depends on the group you are playing with. Or if you are playing in AL. I may be unlucky but the AL games I've been in have rarely allowed the kind of RP that I enjoy. I prefer RP but I've seen a lot of groups just focus on the combat and leveling up treadmill and I generally don't...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Tasha's Group Patrons Preview

    The nature of the character's relationship to the world around them has always been an area where DM had to make things work. Does it cheapen the nature now there are mechanical reasons to do a thing. In some ways yes because it stops making sense as a part of the social aspect of the game and...
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