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    Professional GM Diary: Final Preparations

    Here's what I wrote on RPG.net so you guys can get an idea of the current situation. Also, I originally started setting up as a full-time deal, but then I thought I'd found something more stable so I made it part-time, then that fell through so I re-worked it so I work everyday but have time...
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    Professional GM Diary: Final Preparations

    Here's another hint: There are psychological components to GMing that I've discovered as I've worked on developing my professional GMing methodology. Psychological, not psychic. (just want to make that clear) Although, hmm............ :erm: Meanwhile... I've just revamped multiclassing one...
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    Professional GM Diary: Final Preparations

    It turns out that they're very laid back when it comes to groups holding all sorts of meetings there as long they're not destructive or disturb the other customers. It's a 24-hour cafe/deli actually. They have A LOT of tables so people just buy food at the counter and go sit down anywhere. It's...
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    Professional GM Diary: Final Preparations

    Posting on the support site for the campaign has taken longer than I thought it would. There's still a bit more but I've got the bare essentials up and the rest will be up hopefully by noon tomorrow. I'm actually putting out the flyers tomorrow as I've had to go over and edit the online support...
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    Professional GM Diary: Final Preparations

    Actually it was only until most recently that I came to realize that my pricing shouldn't be based on what people post on the forums but rather the average entertainment price of the specific area I'm working in. Movie ticket price sounds the most appropriate so I decided to go with that...
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    Professional GM Diary: Final Preparations

    You would also be surprised how much people in NYC typically spend on entertainment. Everything is more expensive especially in Manhattan where most of my customer base will hail from. So given the location it's not that much of a stretch for me to get people to pay me for this as long as I...
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    Professional GM Diary: Final Preparations

    For those of you who don't know about "Caravan of Blades", it is a pioneer pay-for-play DnD 4e campaign that I'm planning to run as a part-time income supplement from March into August. I've had to delay it alot but I'm doing this in four days from now no matter what. Day #1 is going to be...
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    Professional GM Diary: Pre Planning part 3

    Jeepers Creepers! You're right! They closed in December! I was just there a few months ago. They seemed fine then. Wow. :( The longest campaign that I played in was at Neutral Ground. It lasted over a year. It was DnD 3.5 and we had some really crazy adventures before it broke up partially as a...
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    Professional GM Diary: Pre Planning part 3

    I'm considering maybe...maybe upping it to $6 but no more than that. I'm not going to be relying on this for primary income so it's fine. I actually am going to write a book based on the story I work up for this campaign. I also plan to try writing a campaign setting book or series of articles...
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    Professional GM Diary: Pre Planning part 3

    Actually if I were to use a place like Grand Central or South Street Seaport (mall), which are public, it wouldn't be too noticed since they're the types of food courts you see in a mall. As in lots and lots of tables and chairs surrounded by lots of fast food booths. I wouldn't be sitting in...
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    Professional GM Diary: Pre Planning part 3

    You're right. I checked online and you need a student ID to get in any of the buildings, though some complain the security is a bit lax in checking cards. I'll see if there's any place close though. If I don't find any good place within short walking distance of a college campus, there's always...
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    Professional GM Diary: Pre Planning part 3

    With the "battle challenges", there will be always be more than one way to end the encounters in this campaign. Combined with careful use of minions vs. regular/elite/solo monsters, and making sure that I "act" them out appropriately, I should be able to keep good time while keeping the players...
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    1001 Favorite Character Concepts

    Welcome to a shameless attempt to save the world by piggybacking onto a marathon thread. Main Idea -Do you have a favorite character that you've played so far? What are you playing now? -What game was/is the character being played in? What kind of campaign was/is it? -Can you give a short...
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    Professional GM Diary: Pre Planning part 3

    I'm planning to put up an e-mail address for free reservation. Otherwise, it'll be first come, first served. I'll be prepared to adjust the game to be fun even if there is only a single player. I will be posting up a detailed rules of conduct thread on the support board and will be passing...
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    Professional GM Diary: Pre Planning part 3

    For those of you unfamiliar with "Caravan of Blades", it is a pay-for-play DnD 4e campaign that I'm planning to run as an income supplement. I posted some threads on this earlier on several different forums for brainstorming. There was a lot of negative feedback but a few decent comments and...
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    Professional GM: Caravan of Blades Preview

    1) The same episode will played each week so 6-7 hours will be spent preparing each episode which is 1 hour before I go to sleep each day. Not to drastic since I'm not an MMO player. :D 2) There are thousands of college students in Manhattan. The transportaion system will make the sessions...
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    Professional GM: Caravan of Blades Preview

    Caravan of Blades Preview For those of you who are unfamiliar with Caravan of Blades, it is a pay-for-play DnD 4e campaign that I am currently planning as a temporary, supplementary source of income (NOT my main source of income). Whether or not it will succeed is unknown though the plan does...
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    Final Fantasy 4e Monthly Progress Report #2

    Sorry this is late, those of you that saw the first report. Final Fantasy d20 4e Monthly Progress Report #2 (10/13/08) Site Address http://ffd20.orgfree.com/phpBB2/index.php This is the monthly report of what is currently available in the Final Fantasy d20 web-site's 4th edition section. The...
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    NEW Multi-Classing Feat Paths

    The +1 to 1 ability score may be great but it requires a significant investment into the feat path. Plus, the feats are not retrainable, making it a big choice to make since it is permanent. Other feats you can retrain for higher tier feats but not the multiclassing feats under the custom...
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    NEW Multi-Classing Feat Paths

    These are new multi-classing rules that I made for viladin's Final Fantasy d20 Project over at http://ffd20.orgfree.com/phpBB2/index.php I've included the Cleric feat path as a sample. You can find feat paths for the other core classes in the Multi-Classing Feat Paths thread at the project...
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