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    Battlemats - do you draw as you go?

    Draw as I go, but only for combat purposes. And then only within visible range as determined by current light sources and/or terrain and so forth. If the players want a map of where they've been traveling, then I expect them to make it as they go (and for any characters with cartographic...
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    Character maintenance

    I write very lightly, or use a drafting pencil with a hard lead which only leaves light marks, and use a whit drafting eraser to preserve the character sheet as long as possible. Eventually, it'll end up looking like crud so I have to copy everything over to a fresh sheet.
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    D&D 4E Who else is going to be a deserter when 4e comes out?

    As a GM I deserted D&D several years before 3.0 and designed my own point buy system (I was working a mandatory 60-70 hours a week, with little to do at work but sit around waiting for something to breakdown, and had few opportunittes to actually socialize and game). But still, I bought the...
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    AC or DR

    Armor=DR (damage type irrelevant). I use my own point buy system as a GM, and I set it up where Armor reduces damage with it's own set of hit points to make players spend some of that money on armor upkeep and repair (I don't allow characters to buy much more than minor magical items, so they...
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    Classes and Levels or Point buy

    I prefer point buy over class and level. It's been my experience that the point buy system works better for a more conceptualized character allowing a player more freedom to make their character customizable and more importantly, unique. I like to read, and therefore read a lot, mostly...
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    "A Thousand Years of Power"

    I think the guy ought to go visit the merchant who sold him the chain mail once he gets out of jail. It's obvious the armors resistance to electricity wasn't what it was supposed to be. Then again, he may have forgotten to speak the command words to activate the electrical resistance in the...
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    My house just got buzzed by a fighter craft

    I see F-22's coming and going from Wright-Patt AFB, on ocassion. I grew up w/ a myriad of jets flying low altitude holding patterns over my house growing up, there were times where I could've done w/out the noise.
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    For those that drink, what's your poison of choice?

    Beer. Preferably an imported German Weisse or Weizen (I'm not sure on the difference, both are wheat beers), the American micro-versions i've had come across to as being too watery in texture. More specifically, Neumarkter Lammsbrau Hefeweizen (Helles, not Dunkles or Doppelbocks, I'm not into...
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    Public service announcement to Windows users

    Try setting XP to "UPdate Automatically." Apparently the authorization check seems to work only when trying to upgrade manually, for now, on the Corporate version of Pro.
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    Do you drink?

    Anymore and I'm a light social drinker. At 18 and in the Army, I was drunk off my arse every Friday and Saturday night (unless in "the field" which was only 6 to 8 weekend a year until Desert storm reared it's ugly head). Being on the Advanced Team (or whatever we actually called it, I no...
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    Cutlery

    1. Ohio, USA 2. Right handed 3-5. I use either left or right hand, w/out transfering utensils from hand to hand. 6. Again, I use either the left or right hand. I also have no problems with my elbows on the table, or anyone elses. As a young soldier going through an orientation program for being...
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    Food - Peanutbutter & ______ Sandwiches

    I have had PB on a sandwich with the folowing: Jellies, Jams and Preserves Bannana Marshmallow spread Honey Margarine and Butter Grilled PB And two I've not seen mentioned yet: Tomato Onion I may have also had it with Bologna and Bacon (seperately), because I've heard of these combinations...
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    When PCs Die When the Player's Not There

    One thing I've learned over the years as a GM to deal with Missing Player Syndrome: Always try to end a game session, in a situation that leaves an easy explanation for an absence. This makes the "out of panel" mechanic more credible to the story line. Otherwise, as GM I pick up the running of...
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    Just Curious ... Hom many come from AD&D?

    I started in 1982 with the Red basic set (Moldvay?). Moved on to 1E AD&D in '83 and '84 whichn I played until I graduated high school in '88. Switched over to 2E in '89 through '91 while overseas in the Army, I figured I'd just buy another PHB, etc instead of having my parents try and find and...
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    Faerunian Warforged?

    I'd kinda like to know the "Forged's" frequency of appearance and in which regions of the FR will they appear. Furthermore are they something new, or something being rediscovered. Going with the ancient creation, now awakening centuries later theme, I'd have warforged as creations of the...
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    Name Five Things You've Done That Others Probably Have Not

    Swallowed a live cockroach, on purpose for no other reason than to just do so because it was there. Grabbed a residential high voltage transmission line, while live. Fallen 30 to the ground through a tree. Burned human bodily wastes for hygiene/sanitation purposes. Learned to drive a stick shift...
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    Kobolds

    IMO they're a canine reptile mix, making them something else entirely.
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    The Seven Cities of Gold

    Brass, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Iron/Steel, Platinum, Aluminum
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    Interesting comment from a player

    If the player has invested the character with the skills necessary to pull of the scam, then yes. And if the said skills aren't developed, then yes. I'll allow a character to generally at least attempt anything under the sun, if the skills necessary for succes are developed then the better the...
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    Forgotten Realms...build up/bash

    I adore FR, and when I used to run D&D based games, used it for a setting. So long as it's 2nd ed. or earlier. The 1st ed. FR products I own are the Grey Box set, Undermountain set, and all the FR 1 thru 13(?) source books(well, I've given most of these away actually). The 2nd ed. stuff I own...
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