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Got back an E-mail from the guy, who is still keen on the game. His beef seems to be with the fact he regards the game as not fun, and 'treat his character like nothing', whatever that means. I've asked him to clarify and I'll talk to him tonight. From the other side, it seems three of the...

1. Flashbacks. Cue a pause in the fighting. Trust me, these will happen - mooks will get less and less likely to attack when the corpses are waist high. Have a flashback to something the character did - a romance that went wrong, ending with PC killing lover (or bad guy doing the same thing)...

Heh, one of my most classic games was a WoT game. For one thing, don't think that there are too few weaves. I only had core rulebook and the campaign book, and our game was so in-setting it was almost scary. It's all in the description. My issue with WoT lies in the fact the way the books...

This thread makes it clear why I feel amazed at the fact most sentences link together. Occasionally, useful information is even imparted! Mostly it's all about whinging about your joints and "The state of RPGs today!" though. Geezers. ODD (1974) Geezers, whinging about how in your day the Keep...

Generally, most combat in modernish games I play takes range at between fifty and ten meters. You should be able to charge in and do nasty stuff. Improved initiative. Unsure how firearms work in D20 modern, but you might ask if using them while right next to you provokes an AoO. (Ever see...

Again, thanks for the replies! Upon my username: More an odd happening than anything else. As my scrawl is practically unreadable, it doesn't make much sense that I hand out notes all the time. Any note from anyone in my group cues a few moments of puzzled silence as we make our Decipher Script...

In an Anime game.. A two foot tall psychotic pokemon named ComBear (Combat Bear X64301) wielding dual bazookas would speak in a scottish accent and could only say two things. The first being "COMBEAR!" and the second being "YEH POOFTEH". His flaws were Rage (When anyone didn't refer to him...

One of sophistication and class.

Doublepost.

Well, I sent him a long e-mail, prior to Shilsens advice. Mainly because the only way I can contact him is on the phone. It basically said 'The character isn't condusive to good gaming. Change it.' I offered a lot of advice on how to do so and so on. Basically what gets me is that he isn't...

Thanks for the replies! As a rule, I try not to limit PC actions; I assume the players will limit their own actions to their characters possibilities. Dumping him is hard, as he's a friend of many years that acts like this only occasionally. He's just done it for two sessions in a row now and...

No idea. People assume I'm strong, but there is a difference between natural ability and learned skill thats a completely different thing. This is an issue for me because it's hard to tell which is natural ability and learned, me being a swordsman of some years now. Strength: 14-15. According...

Well, like many people it seems there comes a time when there's a player issue. Let me explain. After finishing a successful WoT campaign (!?) which was our first successful complete campaign in about two years, due to another GM entering the picture and he being a beer-and-pretzels type of...

I voted 3 - a dedicated and important part of my life. Whenever I'm not doing real-life stuff or feel like my other hobbies (You know, Fiance, swordsmanship, all that sort of non-important stuff) I'm thinking about RPGs, buying RPGs (Eh. hundreds of hard-earned cashola) or whatever. I might be...

I would suggest you say no. My players try this occasionally. I say no because these classes are not balanced against D+D stuff. 1. Courtier. No. If you have an urban game it'll blow it right out of the water. (+ 4 on all charisma-related checks?) If it's anything else it'll be more useless...

I always assumed I was the only one to not be particularly impressed with the dungeonpunk art I'm seeing nowadays. My players lap it up, more with cries of 'Whoa!' or 'Cool!' when another completely nonsensical weapon is shown on some death-knight of some description. And I'm a newish gamer...

This Thieves World really reminds me of Lankmar. (Sp?) Is this a fairly accurate idea? If so, I would be keen on some Grey Mouserish action now and again.

When I run dungeons flat out I also roll openly. When I have no personal stake in the plot (I.e. I didn't create it) I let the cards fall as they will. It's a rare chance to be simulationist. I'm one of those guys that can't roll dice without fails or criticals. My players have four years of...

I've got parts 1, 2 and 3 now. 3 doesn't seem quite so bad; the majority of baddies haven't a hope in hell against a 5th level party being vaguely tactical. I'm looking forward to buying four - my PC's may never get to those levels, but I do like the dungeons and things. Had my players not...

I think your DM did a bit of quick house-ruling a control panel or something in there. I can't seem to remember one, though I haven't read it since I played it some weeks ago. Nonetheless, it's a hugely difficult dungeon. Interesting to see that both of these adventure paths seem to have PC's...