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    Suggestions for a black magic / white magic concept

    It involves buying things, but you might have a look at Blue Rose (Or it's rule-system, which I hear is being released.) It's got black and white magics, and the black often being more powerful. But check it out, it might be your style.
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    Splish-splash, it's a guy thing

    I always make noises. The gf doesn't. Me: You hear a massive "Reaarrgh!" as the great, metal clad monster... Her: You hear an incredible roar emanating from a vicious, metal clad monster... It's one of those things. Women are pretty much forced into being mature. I realised maturity...
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    Can you really use a two-handed melee weapon in mounted combat?

    I haven't any knowledge of mounted combat, though I have some in unmounted. I wouldn't expect it would be impossible. The greatsword is a big feller, but it's not impossible to cut with one hand on the blade only. A skilled horseman might not even need to use one hand to hold the reins. A...
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    AARRRGGH!! (Random gaming observation)

    Yeah. My group had that problem, until the guy stopped showing up. Best thing that ever happened to my group. We enjoy the game so much more.
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    Reputation (B*stard DM) + 2?

    My group has a number of GM's in it, me being the main GM and two others occasionally. Anyway, each of us has managed to pick up a reputation. One guy is a pot-head stoner who loses the plot despite a good beginning, one guy has a reputation for his games just being hilarious no matter what...
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    Too many ingredients make the soup flavorless?

    I definately side with the more options = less flavour. My players think the opposite. And then they wonder why when they all play Australians (But not those Tasmanians, can't stand them) in a Godlike game, their characters are different and interesting. They actually care about their...
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    Guns as the weapons of the Elite

    Rashleigh Osbaldistone. 15th level Llaelish gunmage. *Immediately applies vampire template to 10th level Gunmage.* Insta-villain, and damn. He's cool. And tough. He unlives in the upper echelons of Llael, a politically minded schemer with a penchant for cruelly minded business deals. Hosts...
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    DMG II, it isn't all new stuff, and that's just fine!

    I don't know. I mean, sure, it might be good. But I assume it'll contain a bunch of stuff I'll never need and flavourless text like the other main three. If I think like this, when I buy it I'll be pleasantly suprised. If I think it'll rule, I'll only be dissapointed. :D
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    Do you run monsters straight from the MM?

    Yes and no. Grunts, yes. Challenges, yes. But I try not to have it in a blank area with a nice untrippable surface. They run up and down hills; they leap gaps, they climb hills, they find themselves balancing precariously over raging rivers. A goblin is a problem when you have a fifty...
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    What would be very cool to buy?

    Well, I bought a bunch of excellent things. I bought a cowboy bebop DVD, a very cool graphic novel for CoC inspiration (30 days of Night) and.. a Penumbra thingy in the second hand rack I picked up for twenty dollars australian. It's high fantasy, called Shattered Peace. It's all about a...
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    What would be very cool to buy?

    Ahh yes, the IK World guide. I've the character guide already. Thats high on the list, but any cthulhu goodness is fine with me :D. What annoys me is when I buy a book. Example... oh, Traveller. And it mentions a cool setting. But it doesn't tell me anything much about it at all. Now, I like...
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    How do you scare your PCs?

    The call on comedy is interesting. Some of the best Call of Cthulu sessions I've ever run started as a barrel of laughs where everyone was preparing to go "Argh! Giant elder god from the skies! WUBBLE!" or some such. After we laughed ourselves silly, it was out of the system. Funny things...
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    What would be very cool to buy?

    Next week I finish my last assignment for the semester. As usual, I plan to buy myself a present for managing to live through the horrors of education for so long. What I'd like is some suggestions for RPG Books. What is very cool, very flavourful? I'm one of these people that can seriously...
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    Humbling defeats

    I don't know about kittens, but I've been killed by both a pool of water *and* and animated rug. Not to mention my first character I ever played was criticaled and killed by a goblin. Unarmed Goblin. Unsuspecting. A party of four adventurers was slaughtered by two rats once. I still don't...
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    Interesting fighter builds

    An interesting concept? Hows about a fighter and devout follower of some god who always dreamed of being a paladin, but his weakness (lust) keeps defeating his every try? Be interesting. My latest paladin had ranks in Perform (Sing) and was basically a pilgrim. People always expect the...
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    Qualities of a Hero

    I must admit that I haven't seen the movies in years, but I do read the occasional comic. I didn't know that superman had lost his powers for an eight year span and continued to be as good. Because SM had his inability to risk and sacrifice taken away, he therefore began to risk and sacrifice...
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    I need help with politics!

    When I worked at subway the boss used to have these pointless meetings so we could say our piece and nothing would happen. One of the sayings was "Every customer that leaves unhappy makes seven other people not want to come." Put this in fantasy terms. You have a decent storyline here. But the...
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    Qualities of a Hero

    What makes those men heroic is not the fact they do a good action, or have a good intention. You mistake being "Good" as being a hero. I do not deny superman is "Good". I deny that he is a hero. Being a hero requires sacrifice. If there isn't sacrifice, it is simply being good. It's not...
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    World History Roleplaying Game

    Hey Pogre, explain to me how you'll go about using this, whatever system you use. Anyway, you wanted an easy-to-learn system that gets people through a quick survery of western civilisation? I'm wondering how you'll give them challenges to overcome. Anyway, you seriously might try giving them...
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    Qualities of a Hero

    Sorry, but the J-dude was the first guy to mind. I shall now change it to "King Arthur." As for the call about friends, I don't quite understand your reasoning. I'm not saying he isn't likable; I'm saying he isn't a hero. The call about Superman being heroic because of his use of power is...
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