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  1. Bran Blackbyrd

    How is modern?

    Zip Ties. They're as simple to use as, "insert Tab A into Slot B", so taking time to tie a knot isn't an issue. They have a break DC of 25, Disable Device and Escape Artist checks against them automatically fail, they're cheap, and you can carry a whole pocket-full of them more easily than a...
  2. Bran Blackbyrd

    How old is our gaming population of EN World?

    Turned 27 on Nov. 8th. I've been wasting time on D&D for over half of my life. :)
  3. Bran Blackbyrd

    What's new with SW lately? Is it dying?

    1999. Or for a more precise answer; as soon as Lucas decided to do another three movies. The movies have always been released in three year intervals. A New Hope, 1977. The Empire Strikes Back, 1980. Return of The Jedi, 1983. --- The Phantom Menace, 1999. Attack Of The Clones, 2002. Impending...
  4. Bran Blackbyrd

    Homebrewers, where do you borrow from?

    The FR books have some pretty inspiring art, and some of the geography is good. My campaign doesn't take place on the planes (none of it has yet anyway) but I drew a lot of inspiration from Planescape. My campaign's first main villain was a Prolonger being chased by a Dustmen splinter group and...
  5. Bran Blackbyrd

    Unusual gaming terms and phrases

    I've lifted these from a post I made to an older thread. "We have no means to harm you." Our group of four ran into a rather large band of orcs. My fighter/cleric decided to try to communicate with them rather than immediately start fighting, unfortunately he couldn't speak orc. So I would tell...
  6. Bran Blackbyrd

    D&D 3.5 Orcs: back to Tolkien?

    Addressing the first question; The key here is that I never said that I thought anyone involved with the movie ever did work for D&D. You seemed to think that I had. As to what my point is; My main point is that I don't think that the current D&D orcs are in any way a rip-off, homage, copy...
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    D&D 3.5 Orcs: back to Tolkien?

    Which probably means that 3E was well under production when the movies started principle photography, but I won't state that as fact because I haven't looked it up. Also, I don't much care. ;) Well, I'm not in the boat full of people that think they are similar. I'm just working with what I'm...
  8. Bran Blackbyrd

    D&D 3.5 Orcs: back to Tolkien?

    Orcs have looked like this (at least) since the inception of 3E. They look like this in much of the conceptual art before 3E was finished. This predates Jackson's LOTR movies, so who is copying who? What is flagrant here is the way you've ignored the timeline. Showing a hero hopelessly...
  9. Bran Blackbyrd

    Is anyone actually playing Modern?

    I love it. My group loves it. Too bad they've all been too busy to play for the past seven months or so.
  10. Bran Blackbyrd

    the vulture and the zombie

    Opportunistic. It may be that it doesn't have a friendly attachment to the paladin. They simply have a mutually beneficial relationship; the bird provides the paladin with transportation and a helping talon and in return the bird gets all the rotting flesh it can eat. The longer it goes without...
  11. Bran Blackbyrd

    Best Books of 2003

    D20 Menace Manual and Races of Faerûn. The Fiend Folio wasn't bad either. I didn't buy the Ultimate Alien Anthology, but I bought the original for a friend. If the new one is better (looks like it) then it has to be good. That's about all I checked out this year, I'm no millionaire. I got the...
  12. Bran Blackbyrd

    the vulture and the zombie

    Nifty idea. I suppose any giant carrion eater would do.
  13. Bran Blackbyrd

    "The Gnomes will ride.. Bunnies?"

    Again with the badgers? Well... It's true that it never gets old. :) Dire Rabbit Mount. Think about it. Doesn't sound too bad to me.
  14. Bran Blackbyrd

    Please bring back Plots & Places Forum (merged)

    A New Home for Plots and Places? I think Plots and Places should have been combined with the Rogues Gallery to make a homebrewed content forum. The way it is now, instead of having the resources at hand in their own forum, they have to be sifted out of the chaos in the general forum...
  15. Bran Blackbyrd

    cool one shot/ bad guy headquarters idea

    Well, I don't think too many dead bodies are left in the planes in a legitimate airplane graveyard, but you never know. :) The players won't be asking questions until they've finished killing/running for their lives. The graveyard could be home to a growing toxyderm about to go on a rampage...
  16. Bran Blackbyrd

    Where should I put this?

    LOL I read that as "deceptive title" and thought maybe moderating was turning you a tad cynical. :) Pardon me, I have to go blatantly post something in the wrong forum now.
  17. Bran Blackbyrd

    MegaTokyo Fans... 1 n33d j00r h3Lp!

    Depending on how closely you want to emulate the comic there is always the Anime SRD. We'll need stats for a flapdoozy and a chibi killstick. :) Giant turtle, angels, a few mecha... I could look up the damage a thrown object the size of a coffee-pot does, but I'm feeling lazy. Junpei is...
  18. Bran Blackbyrd

    Have any of you been to the Wizards boards?

    No, you're right. People who like D20 Modern posting on the official D20 Modern board... There's obviously something wrong.
  19. Bran Blackbyrd

    The net is a small place

    Though, now, her only contact with the outside world beyond the internet is what she can see through the block security glass in Rel's basement. Let this be a lesson to you all when meeting in real life the people you first met online. The More You Know...
  20. Bran Blackbyrd

    The perfect ambush spot?

    Look behind you.
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