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Heh. My current campaign is an entirely unexpected mashup of Warhammer Fantasy (specifically its German cultural basis) and Steven Brust's Vlad Taltos novels. I did not set out to run what this game has become, but that's probably my favorite thing about it. Haven

Ahem. This occasionally needs posting, when one encounters a discussion of any warmth on the topic of the English language. "The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has...

I'll be following this thread with interest. In the unlikely chance that you're looking for more people for the PBEM, I'm way more awesome than all those other people. (Ahem.) Haven

The awesomeness continues. Thank you, Sep! (And, in case you aren't already, consider reading Sinfest: The Webcomic To End all Webcomics. There's a storyline in that comic not entirely unlike the very first posts of Lady Despina's Virtue.) Haven

Expanding on Roger's comment: - the DMG also recommends a depletion of healing surges as a type of cost for failing a skill challenge. - the death of a summoned creature in the newly-posted Arcane Power excerpt costs the caster a healing surge. - I think you lose the note of "self-sacrifice"...

In general, the players receive one new reset die per session. If they put more effort into things (keeping character journals or coming up with other things to do), they'd get more, but they're busy people and the carrot of reset dice only goes so far. I've had fights where players really...

My solution to this problem is... very different. Reset Dice Earn reset dice by bringing snacks, completing a character journal for the previous session, completing a character background (one-time reward of 2 dice), or anything else we agree upon. Spend reset dice to refresh expended...

I don't know that he sounds like a jerk, so much as that he thinks the interviewer's questions are either unanswerable or pointless. He certainly offers enough critical commentary on the questions themselves. Haven

I'm a longtime LARPer, to the point that it's my main hobby. Tabletop gaming and MMOs are what I do to pay the bills and waste time between live-action events. If you're going to be pissed off with a brief "I heart these games" paragraph, read no further and save yourself the unhappiness. Or...

Wow, watch as I completely fail my reading-for-comprehension check. Thanks, folks. All clear now. /facepalm Haven

So, I'm writing some NPC statblocks. These are NPCs in the sense that they will soon be enemies to the PCs, but they're humanoids who I would like to have belong to classes. I'm trying to use the rules on "Creating NPC Design Steps," DMG p. 187. Specifically, I'm assigning AC and defenses, and...

Oh, and another thing that deserves to be remembered in very clear terms. Mostin. Is. INSANE. :) Haven

Personally? I think it was a subtle nudge from the Adversary. But then, I've been reading Screwtape Letters recently. Haven

The... buh... huh... ...whoa. Wow. Okay then. Haven

Cryptos makes good point here, and the ST for the game I'm in has done a pretty good job of addressing it. Our chronicle has an episodic format - that is, one session will be mostly-about one character, with the other three not shining quite as much (but still contributing). This involves a lot...

I'm in an anything-goes sort of nWoD game right now. There's a Daeva vampire, a Moros mage, a Frankenstein Promethean, and an Elemental (fireheart) Changeling (that's me). As a side note, the Storyteller has done a fantastic job of giving us a reason to travel together: we're all part of a...

Hunter: The Vigil is a great new edition of Hunter, and puts the humans back on some kind of footing (not to say equal) with the various fanged creatures. Toe-to-toe, I think the werewolf pretty much always wins, but still, the Hunter bennies are pretty neat. It also has some rules options...

I'll second the Bujold recommendation, but I found her Chalion series far more engaging than the Sharing Knife series. Admittedly, the violence level is slightly higher. Also, hunt around for Spirit Ring - it's a real-world-with-magic fantasy novel. Haven

The Rules Aren't The Same between PCs and NPCs. This has far-reaching implications that I didn't fully appreciate until I'd been playing 4e for awhile and thought about the things I could not conveniently do anymore. If, in a game, PCs and NPCs obviously operate on the same rules, there is more...

I'm playing and really enjoying a Star Pact warlock right now. I'm only 2nd level, but my best strategy so far seems to be throwing out my curse on as many people as possible, biding my time and doing a bit of damage while they die, and then once they start dying, opening up with my encounter or...