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    Weak Plothooks

    Situation: newbie DM, has prepared big homebrew adventure, lot of work placed into writing it, etc. etc. The plot hook is rather blatantly placed. Your character normally wouldn't bite, but the hook's not diametrically opposed to their alignment or anything like that. One obviously doesn't...
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    Private Messages Functionality?

    I've been trying to send private messages to other users, but am sternly reproached that "You do not have permission to access this page." Are PMs restricted to admins and such only?
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    Bonus for blind character

    Don't give him any extra perks. The shaman's blind, and that's an end to it. However, I would say that you should consider giving him extra XP for being such a badass player. In 2e terms*, I'd suggest maybe 15 extra XP every time he comes up with a creative way to overcome his blindness or uses...
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    Good movies lately..

    Today's a Thursday, isn't it? I never could get the hang of Thursdays... I'm of the opinion that: a) The H2G2 movie will not be good* b) It won't be that much use to RPG players. I'm one of the biggest fans of the books, but I can't see how you can use the books/radio show/movie as big RPG...
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    morally ambiguous antiheroes?

    Elric's already been mentioned, I see. Good...good. Also look up the various Princes of Amber (Roger Zelazny) and the earlier Fafhrd and Grey Mouser book (Fritz Leiber). Heck, if you're running any sort of fantasy game, you should read Fritz Leiber.
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    How well do you have to know a game to run it?

    OK, Paranoia is one of the most GM-friendly systems out there. You just need to be familiar with Alpha Complex, not with the system at all. The System is Down. If you want stuff to happen, roll a die and do whatever you feel like with the number. You have total control. Don't stress overmuch...
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    What's a McGuffin?

    A good example of a Macguffin is the case in Pulp Fiction. What's in the case? Cash? Gold? Drugs? Marsellus's soul? Ambassador Kosh from Babylon 5?* It doesn't matter. What matters is that the two hitmen have a job - get the case back. And the job is what motivates (a good part of) the film...
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    Which miniature company?

    I used to use Games Workshop minis, but switched over to Reaper. The style is fairly similar, and the price is much better. That said: a) GW does have a few really killer figures which are worth the high price tags (Aenur, the Sword of Twilight - ten dollars for a 25mm, but so worth it!) b) I'm...
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    Thibbledorf Pwent - "official stats"?

    There was info for battlerager gear in the Complete Book of Dwarves (2e), but I don't have it at hand. If you can grab a copy, check there. It shouldn't be too hard to convert (though I don't know why you'd want to :) ).
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    Reaper Minis Scale

    They're approximately Games Workshop-sized. They're also of really nice quality. I recommend Sandra Garrity's work especially.
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    Character names from popular music

    Just generating some name possibilities from my WinAmp playlist: Avalon Zuke Endymion Ashokan Vangelis Bacalov Zamfir Yano Aphex ...oh yes, we must not forget Trogdor.
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    Please Help me Defend Darkhold

    Manshoon's a rather powerful mage, and a crafty one. What I am about to suggest will be a PAIN to DM, but also a pain to the players. Manshoon creates a lot of illusions of the PCs (using Magical Device Of The Week), and sets the PCs with these surrounding them. Separate the PCs, and have...
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    People do stupid things

    I was DMing this one. Two thieves were trying to break into a wizard's tower. They foolishly trigger some traps, including a large golem. They sensibly state "Oh, CRAP!" and dash for the rope they had climbed in on. The first thief sensibly starts climbing down, very fast. The second thief...
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    Eberron Aliens movie conversion

    Unless 3.x's changed the slaads from what 2e had them as, I don't think that giant parasitic frog...things...are as creepy as the critters from the movies. So if you decide to go with the slaadi example, I would really highly recommend changing the appearance but keeping the same stats. And...
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    Why must special swords/weapons always be intelligent?

    I guess that the intelligent weaponry was thrown in as a counterbalance to the huge big&powerful weaponry that would often come up. If the DM wants to throw a curveball, then the sentient weapon can be a very effective tool to do so (as seen above in that story with the ranger).
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    Heroes of Battle and Defining Roleplaying

    The fact that it bluntly states "That's not roleplaying" to something which has previously been shown to BE roleplaying, and damn fine material for roleplaying. Heck, old TSR products like the Campaign Sourcebook & Catacomb Guide even SUGGEST political intrigue as a good campaign style. I...
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    Heroes of Battle and Defining Roleplaying

    I find it terribly disheartening that WotC is tossing off political gaming. To me, political intrigue is what campaigns should actually aspire to, as the characters gain in power and status. Oh well, I guess we'll have to cancel our war-based campaigns and political intrigue games. After all...
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    Would your group stop a woman from joining?

    ...it's an issue during high school? My group was guys-only in middle-school, certainly. But by the time we got to high school, that kinda dissipated.
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    Books that Shan't be read together

    Nothing should go with FATAL. No RPG book should ever have to suffer the indignity, shame, humiliation, and torment of being considered a product similar to FATAL. Hell, no printed matter should have to suffer that fate.
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    do you play any non-d20 games? If so, what?

    Heh - I ONLY play non-d20 games. AD&D 2e (as seen in my sig), Paranoia XP, Alternity, Shadowrun, and I'm trying to get my friend to start up a V:tM campaign.
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