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    I Want to Use a Laptop for Gaming... Any Recommendations?

    I can strongly recommend campaign sage - it has much of the d20 srd in it, and you can customise it thoroughly for your use. Plus tablesmith (by the same author) for randowm names etc. they can be found here. More importantly, you want to look at what you want to use your laptop for. Do you...
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    1000 non-RPG websites for RPG ideas

    323. http://whakaahua.maori.org.nz/ - Maori culture and heritage. Includes info on marae protocol, carvings, a maori history of Aotearoa, and more.
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    What happened to GDW?

    Loren Wiseman (who is with SJGames these days, doing their Gurps Traveller), has this link, which gives his 2 cents... Here
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    Swamp creature stops road construction in New Zealand

    actual depiction of taniwha varies wildly in art - an example is the carving used in the history of new zealand tv series (prof belich? - cant recall the name off the top of my head). This carving is very serpentine, but the neck is open - more wormlike than a classic sea serpent. certain no...
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    Funniest Thing you have heard at the gaming table

    for last sundays gurps traveller... (background - for some reason the conversation had come around to toilet paper) player 1: The great thing about being a Vargr (humanoid dog), is that you dont need toilet paper! player 2: thats because you can lick your A:eek: :eek: :eek:
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    Substandard parties

    it doesnt really matter, but in a small party its best if they multiclass. You might want to use the 0-level multiclassing rules in the DMG. I have 3 characters in the campaign I run: fighter/illusionist (started at 0/0) rogue/transmuter (ditto) ranger (monte ranger toned down) they survive...
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    [OT] RPG shops in London. GB

    Playin' Games 33, Museum St London WC1A 1LD reasonably good, not as much as orc nest. roleplaying stuff is downstairs.
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    Swamp creature stops road construction in New Zealand

    Loath as I am to comment on a Magic card, (I hope my Rolemaster players dont see this) that describtion is about right for the 'classic' view of a taniwha.
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    Swamp creature stops road construction in New Zealand

    isn't the waikato river supposed to have 'a taniwha at every bend'?
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    What game mechanics do you like?

    Ditto.. I must say if there's any way to adapt Rolemasters spell list system (using ISA) to D&D, I'd be there in a flash... (edit... too slow..... must stop typing with my nose..)
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    [BoVD] So... did the sky fall?

    I must admit I thought something similar - reading the text of the review I thought it was a 2 as well. However I think he covered off the reasons why (i.e. a high 1, not a low 2)
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    What game mechanics do you like?

    Sneak Attack! I love it that now you can use this regularly, rather than once in a blue moon. Search Now the human rogue can look for secret doors, just like the elf Humans being cool Gotta love those extra skill points/bonus feat etc. etc. What do I miss? I always used to get hosed by...
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    Kalamar Atlas Web Preview posted

    Oh. My. I Must Have It. It Will Be Mine. (starts looking down back of sofa for loose change) :D
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    Mercurial Weapons -- good idea or bad idea?

    pre-errata: bleagh, bleagh, bleagh. post errata: nah. use a greatsword if you really wanna moosh things.
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    When does CN become CE?

    it depends... I often define CN as "chaotic ###-hole". Generally speaking, they're unpleasant sob's to be around, becuase they dont really give much of a damn about other people. Where the line between CN and CE varies according to GM and situation, but generally CE people will commit...
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    [BoVD] So... did the sky fall?

    Mail order from Milsims (ectually melbourne I think - but I get over to sunny sydney a couple of times a year and go on a massive binge at games paradise... Back on topic..... Vile damage - I see what people are grumbling about - its a bit like Dark Stunning in Rolemaster :D I was...
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    What do your heroes do when they're not adventuring?

    i certainly encourage down time - in many of my games, the weather is simply too inclement to travel during winter - which can lead to cool time-pressures as in "we have to finish up clearing up this mine in two or three days, otherwise we wont be able to make it back through the pass in time.."...
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    Hitting to subdue and criticals

    While I believe that the GM has the right to make the calls that he does, speaking as someone who is addicted to playing rogues, this wouldnt make me very happy - in in this case, I am specifically referring to the 20 being good arguement. For example, say my rogue is stalking a wealthy...
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    3e & 1e Ad&d/od&d

    If the campaign idea was good enough, maybe - though I think I would prefer the D&D cyclopedia to 1e/2e. Why? A few years ago, I was playing in 2 games, a 1e (with allthe books) and a 2.8 (Players Opt.) game. The 2.8 game was interesting, but was, as someone said earlier, a power-gamers wet...
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    would this be evil?

    Well, the gm made the calls, and I think that this has all reached it's natural conclusion.... just one more thing: Lawful? Moi? Waaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhh! :( (throws toys out of pram)
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