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  1. johnsemlak

    E6 Red Hand of Doom (OOC)

    I'll be a wizard since that seems to be the role not filled so far. Do we know what region of SL this campaign will take place in? Work in progress at the moment: Name: Durn Vasher Race: Human, from Vesh Class (Level): Wizard (4) STR: 11 DEX: 13 CON: 13 INT: 18 (17+1 at 4th lvl) WIS: 15 CHA...
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    E6 Red Hand of Doom (OOC)

    I'm interested. I'm familiar with Scarred Lands and like the setting. I"m new to the Epic 6 rules, but is everything I need to know in the first post? Is there a space? If so, I'll take my lucky number, 11.
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    D&D 4E Merric's thoughts on 4e

    RE Gleemax, What can I get at Gleemax that I cannot get an EN World? All the important 4e info is posted here in an organised fashion (thanx EN World!). The community here is great and we discuss all the D&D/4e issues intelligently. Communicating directly with (or at any rate, reading) the...
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    Dragon #360 and Dungeon #151

    the adventure 'Lost Caverns' now contains chapters 1-2. Slightly confusingly, they did not post a separate download for chapter two. They just redid the chapter one download to include both chapter 1-2.
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    2007/10/25 Tabletop RPG Podcasts

    ditto, great service. Podcasting rules.
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    D&D haters???

    Is D&D any less of a social activity than going to a sports match and screaming obscenities at the ref for a couple of hours and then getting drunk (just to name one activity besides D&D)? Is D&D any more counter-productive to bettering yourself? Is it any more juvenile? I have a colleague at...
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    D&D haters???

    I wish more people thought like you :) Advice: -Try to find out what the parents' objections are. Religious, something else? -Talk to the parents. What you say depends a lot of what they object to, but it's a safe bet that you want to tell them that your D&D game will not contain any...
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    A Big List of EN World Quotes...

    Since someone above already mentioned quotes on other RPG boards, I'll bring of the all time best quote on an RPG board. 'My hate of d02 know no limit!' -- (I can't remember)
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    D&D haters???

    Hmm, I'm not sure I'd go as far as what you're saying. You're right, some D&D material offends a significant group of people. However, that same offensive material is highly valued by many of the core fan base of D&D players. Put simply, occult material/demons/devils or whatever is exactly...
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    D&D haters???

    Not to completely disagree, but the 'occult sources' issue is rather complex. Films such as 'The DaVinci Code' borrow similar stuff and are massively successful in the mainstream.
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    How many official settings have there been?

    Wasn't that pretty well incorporated in the Known World even in the early days of the setting?
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    Help me get some kids involved in D&D

    Situation I run an informal game club at the school I teach at. It's an international secondary school in Moscow, meaning that the kids are from all over the world. Many are from Korea and Japan, though there's some from Eastern Europe. I like to encourage games to get them to practise...
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    Who will win the World Series?

    The fact that foreign players play doesn't make it any more a 'World Series'. They're still American teams (besides Toronto). If we made a championship between the Japanese League champion (whose teams also have foreign players) and the MLB champion, that might deserve the 'World Title' label...
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    Necromancer's City of Brass

    I think Amazon technically labels many of the D&D mini products, including the DDM Icons, as 'Hardback books'. It's just which pigeonhole they put them into. Presumably, Amazon.com doesn't have a 'RPG boxed set' category :). The closest thing would be a boxed board game. All in all, I'm...
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    Necromancer's City of Brass

    This will hardly answer your question but this is what I remember about it. I don't have the product but as I, albeit vaguely, remember the Sir Robilars CIty of Brass was planned to be authored by Rob Kuntz but due to some issues it ended up being co-authored by Kuntz and another writer (the...
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    Gary Gygax: A Brief Gencon Xl Report

    Thanks. My photo skills aren't the best but taking photos was my 2nd main objective after meeting you. I'm (currently) a schoolteacher and I wanted to have a fun selection to show the kids when school begins soon. Funnily enough, with my height and also a poor memory for names myself, I...
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    Rate Gencon 2007!

    I enjoyed the Pulp Gamer podcaster (IIRC) who presented the Podcasting ENnie and gave a rather emotional speech on the value of podcasting for gaming now and in the future. I agree, if you're not listening to gaming related podcasts, you're missing out on a valuable resource.
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    Rate Gencon 2007!

    Buttercup, not meeting you, and not seeing your Tunnels under Moscow game was definitely a disappointment. I'd love to read a report on how that went.
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    Rate Gencon 2007!

    ...sorry to respond to some of these posts so late. Thanks PC. I'm just happy that in my brief stay I did meet people. Time seemed to whiz by during the con that I didn't see much of people, but I was certainly occupied the whole time. Next time I'll make a bigger attempt to sign up for...
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    Gary Gygax: A Brief Gencon Xl Report

    I'm sure others have said it before, but meeting you, and having my photo taken with you, and having some things signed was easily the highlight of my first Gen Con. I was honored that you remembered me from the forum. I regret that I didn't have a game book I consider truly seminal such as my...
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