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  1. Mark Hope

    Are there beholders in Dark Sun?

    Faiths and Avatars, page 13 and Forgotten Realms Adventures, page 34.
  2. Mark Hope

    My campaign primer

    Cool background. Love the idea of a sort of reptilian prehistory, with humans still little more than primitive tribesmen. Cool take on lizard-men and troglodytes too - got something similar in my own homebrew. As for the restrictions, I'm all for this kind of thing. My current homebrew was...
  3. Mark Hope

    Are there beholders in Dark Sun?

    Dude, have you seen the hat in question?! It's amazing!!! If one of my players came to me asking to have a character who wore that kind of hat, I wouldn't hesitate a moment.
  4. Mark Hope

    Are there beholders in Dark Sun?

    I do . There weren't :D. Not me. My scholarship ran out with 4e, heh. Whatever else, this remains true. Dark Sun is worthless without a decent hat.
  5. Mark Hope

    Are there beholders in Dark Sun?

    The DM should be honour-bound to allow it, simply because it would mean your PC got to wear an awesome hat. Take a look at any of the pictures of Dark Sun NPCs (City State of Tyr is a great example, as are any pictures by Baxa) - 90% of them are wearing totally outrageous hats. The...
  6. Mark Hope

    Are there beholders in Dark Sun?

    No. The sunlight hurts their eyes. But you can always introduce them. Would make a cool Pristine Tower mutant, imho.
  7. Mark Hope

    Campaign Duration

    I had to vote in every category. I've had short campaigns that ran for half a dozen sessions, some that ran for a few months to a couple of years, and a couple that ran for years. Longest were a huge D&D campaign that ran for 18 years and a decade-long Vampire: the Dark Ages game. The current...
  8. Mark Hope

    I am truly heartbroken

    Wow, that sucks Bullgrit. Really got a kick out of your other photo - this is just the worst. Terrible way for such a great supplement to go. I lost a whole box full of stuff in a flood a few years back - all boxed sets. Nothing of Greyhawk's vintage, but some cool Ravenloft boxed sets and...
  9. Mark Hope

    How much $ per month do you spend on Gaming?

    At the moment, nothing at all. Being one of the Colossal Collection folks, I've got pretty much everything I need. I am interested in picking up a couple of the Paizo books (APG, Bestiary II) but am waiting until after Xmas. I also have a subscription to Slumbering Tsar from Frog God Games...
  10. Mark Hope

    Monster Quiz at Wizards

    20/20. Such a geek. EDIT: And again! EDIT: And again again! OK, need to stop this now.
  11. Mark Hope

    Why do you have a colossal...

    Like the OP, it's a combination of things, but mainly it's because I've been playing for almost 30 years and I've never sold or thrown out any gaming stuff. It adds up :). My purchasing habits are pretty much nonexistent now, though. Doubt it will double in another 30 years, lol. God, I hope...
  12. Mark Hope

    How big is your RPG collection?

    Colossal. Ouch. Somewhere in the 900s of gaming books and adventures, around 350 magazines (mainly Dragon, Dungeon and White Dwarf) and then a bunch of peripherals like battlemats, minis, decks of cards etc. Managed to have it all out on shelves once a few years back. Usually it's in a...
  13. Mark Hope

    Ten D&D Books to Survive the Apocalypse

    1. Wilderlands of High Fantasy 2. Ptolus 3. Rappan Athuk 4. Beyond Countless Doorways 5. Pathfinder Core 6. Pathfinder Bestiary 7. Tome of Horrors 8. Ultimate Toolbox 9. Tome of Artifacts 10. Unearthed Arcana 3e
  14. Mark Hope

    Best Published Setting for "Sandbox" Campaign?

    Best wilderness setting: Wilderlands of High Fantasy Best City: Ptolus (although City-State of the Invincible Overlord is almost as good, and maybe a bit more sandboxy than Ptolus) Best Dungeon: Rappan Athuk
  15. Mark Hope

    Blackmoor Collector's Guide

    Cool list :). Great to see how much stuff there was for this setting. One small correction - the DA series were for BECMI D&D, not 1st Edition :).
  16. Mark Hope

    Ryan Dancey - D&D in a Death Spiral

    They made the announcement at the Grand Masquerade convention a couple of weeks ago. There are the usual multipage threads over at rpg.net and the WW forums if you fancy wading through them for details. I'd love to play but my PC is seriously bottom-of-the-line, lol.
  17. Mark Hope

    Ryan Dancey - D&D in a Death Spiral

    The WoD MMO is going to be based on Vampire: the Masquerade, an OWoD property. It will be interesting to see how that plays out. While the NWoD is continuing, I think it's a smart move on the part of CCP/WW to support the OWoD in this way (along with offering the OWoD line through POD.) Good...
  18. Mark Hope

    Best character name?

    If they are, then Cowboy Bebop stole them from my game. The game in question took place in 1986. The player who played both of these characters claimed that he chose the names at random from a medical dictionary without knowing what the words actually meant. We had fun explaining what a vulva...
  19. Mark Hope

    Best character name?

    I have been blessed with several players over the years who insisted on ridiculous names for their characters. Amongst these names have been such diverse elements as: Acid Popper Caligula Caesar Ustinov the Unthwarted Sister Vulva Deathmace Salladan Frizbee and her brother... Tracheotomy...
  20. Mark Hope

    What are Your Favorite Out of Print RPGs?

    Mage: the Ascension. Favourite game of all time. Torg. Close second. Love it.
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