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  1. derelictjay

    I had them in the palm of my hand...

    Plenty of times. I used to do this on a regular basis. Then one of my players called me on the carpet for it. So I quit doing it, for a while. The body count for the PCs was pushing ten by 5th level, so I again dialed it back :D , but made sure the players didn't really notice, and as far as i...
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    Dragons - how often do you use them?

    I usually use 3 to 4 dragons in a campain. Though I've runs some campaigns where I've used much more, and some where I've used none. Of the dragons I introduce into the game only half are for killing, the rest are as NPCs.
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    What do you do before a gaming session ?

    NIGHT BEFORE THE GAME: Hey I've been lazy, this is where I set up the adventure. And if it weren't for Magic Items I'd be done in thirty minutes. STATUS: Letting my creative juices flow. 2 TO 3 HOURS BEFORE THE GAME: Correct the problems I've come up with during the day that could be wrong with...
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    Should I add Action Points to my game?

    I've ran one Eberron campaign using them. They don't overbalance the campain as they are an expendable resource. And in a lot of ways they actually help the game along. They can also very well create a kind of heroic effect, when the chips are down. In one particular epic encounter, all the PCs...
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    "Kill a PC' Week! (was weekend)

    Well, pulled it off last night, one dead shifter barbarian, and nearly TPKed the the rest of the party, of course taking out the cleric for 4 rounds with a stinking cloud helped the senario along. The barbarian met his end at the end of a falchion wielding psychic warrior minotaur, whom the...
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    "Kill a PC' Week! (was weekend)

    Tonights my game, I'll give it a go, but my players tend are very good at surviving encounters. But I have a nice ambush planned, So maybe it'll happen tonight, Its been awhile since I killed me some PCs.
  7. derelictjay

    "Baby got Back" or "Fat-Bottomed Girls?"

    It was close, but of the two Fat Bottomed Girls gets more play time in my mp3 playlist than Baby Got Back. of course, I still remember going and picking up the cassette single of Baby Got Back, and all the dances in school, so I got some fond memories of that song. But Sir Mixalot's got nothing...
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    Just checking... how many times have your players died?

    Classically I've had a history of killing characters, one campaign, almost every player had had to change characters at least once, and that was a large group of 7 players. But in my latest campaign, I'm having trouble doing the characters in, the campaign started out good, with killing two...
  9. derelictjay

    What do you like best about being a GM?

    For me its the whole package. Sure I've had to deal with bad players, once even killed the game because of said players. But the world building, I love it, I have several unplayed campaigns created and waiting to see the day their played. Coming up with the backgrounds for NPCs, but its fun...
  10. derelictjay

    Fireball or Lightning Bolt?

    I always pick the lit-ning bolt over fireball. Seem rooms are always to small to lob fireballs around.
  11. derelictjay

    Your report card...

    I was a bit of a loner and an underachiever. I once had a teacher send me to counciling because she thought I was slow. I was to take a test, instead of doing that I just sat there doing nothing. Then the lady, administering the test, told me I wouldn't leave until I did something on the test...
  12. derelictjay

    Quite possibly the most important poll you'll ever take...

    Ya'll know, ya'll ain't beat'n no cowboy, 'cause they're just fix'in to have a rowdy time ::spit::
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    How much sleep do you need?

    I need about six to be fully rested, get more than 8 hours and I'm useless the next day. Two hours of rest and I'm functional (barely).
  14. derelictjay

    When Do You (GM) Kill PCs?

    I let the dice roll. If the PCs die, its because of of bad rolls (by DM or PC) or stupid actions. I once upon a time used to fudge rolls, but my players have become excellent tacticians and now rarely do stupid things now.
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    Which comes first? D&D or Geekiness

    I had to pick the 4th option. Why, I play D&D, and I did beat up on geeks. I did this back in middle school. But when I got to high school, I found that it was more enjoyable to hang out with the geeks than the cool people. I was introduced to D&D in middle school, and I'm not a very good geek...
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    Do you have a nickname? Not online, I mean?

    Will start with my full real name: Jason Emil Schrader From my name many nicknames have come out. My first shortened to J or Jase, these are still the most common, particularly J. My last name, because of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, I got called Shredder, and a few jokesters always tried...
  17. derelictjay

    Hurricane preparedness info

    Well, the part of Corpus I live in is 55 ft above see level, the highest area of Corpus if your wondering, so no problem with flooding. But yeah, I'll evacuate to some land my parents have southwest of San Antonio, in LaCoste. ...And D&D night is Friday, Looks like we gotta cancel. And we can't...
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    Hurricane preparedness info

    Yeah, I know the feeling. The worst part for me, if it heads to Palacio like they are saying now, its safer for me to stay in Corpus Christi, but if it decides to continue heading west and not take that north turn, we leave, gah.
  19. derelictjay

    What keeps you moving forward?

    Because I can. Its simple, no matter how far I've been knocked down, I believe I can always pick myself up. No matter how high I've reached there is even more to see. Plus its always fun when someone sees you get knocked down (or knocks you down), and then is shocked when you get up brush off...
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    What settings have you played or run?

    ->DM Dark Sun Ravenloft Planescape Rokugan Forgotten Realms Eberron ->Player Forgotten Realms Planescape (kinda) For both a whole bunch of homebrews. Though I usually am the DM
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