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Thanks - I didn't think anyone was going to respond :)

What about Open 2?

My players hardly put anything on their sheets unless it's magical, odd enough to make note of, or extremely expenssive I handwave a lot of stuff, unless I have good reason to suspect they don't have it in which case I ask. If they can't answer reasonably, they don't have it. My players often...

I meant animation and mapping, etc, but I really don't know that mucg about them, which is why I started this thread in. What little I have seen of Open RPG didn't impress me, but I couldn't find many examples.

Ghostorb sounded really fantastic, and I was quite excited by the idea - I had no interest in the getting paid to GM stuff, but as a friend of mine was possibly heading overseas long term I thought it would be a way to keep our long time campaign going. But nothing came of it. All I heard...

I'm guessing GhostOrb can't be going too great - the latest item in their 'news' section is Merry Christmas 2005.

Perhaps not a necessity, but pretty close to it. Obviously it depends on the campaign but Turn Undead is such an advantage, particularly with a lot of the published module series (where they seem to expect there will be someone who can turn undead) and especially at the lower levels. Yes you can...

I just wanted to know if anyone here had used Ghostorb or other such programs (OpenRPG?) to play 'tabletop' style role playing games over long distances. These programs combine VOIP or chat with facilities for online maps, rules resolution and so on. If so what your thoughts were on the pro's...

Yep, lock the thread, please. Job done, rats had, and people might start defending their sacred cows soon. :)

#89 "If you say it, your character said it" I hate that one, too. :)

I love fun. I'm mister fun. Fun is my middle name* It just aint everything. Are any sacred cows the bee in your bonnet Nightfall? * Which makes me Spunk Fun Rat

I'm all for fun, but against the idea of it being 'the ultimate truth'. A lot of people seem to think of it as the be all and end all of role playing, "Is it fun?" being the only important point in evaluating a game. But I don't want to defend my rant here. :)

Yeah, given that a GM can 'beat' any PC that the players throw at him anyway, what's the problem? Let PC's create what they like - then the GM can build monsters to challenge them with the same intent!

So, what are those sacred cows of roleplaying that get your goat? I'm talking about those concepts, phrases or arguments that get rolled out as irrefutable answers in any discussion about a gaming issue or rules discussion. What bugs your bear? This is the spot for your rant! Oh, one little...

What I said, but articulated better :) Just accept the game for what it is and try to have fun. Or stay and decide to have fun. Players can be just as responsible for the game being 'fun' or 'not fun' as the GM is, and enjoying a game can be as simple as an attitude shift.

It seems, perhaps, that the GM is a little inexperienced (often things like 'believability' can fall by the wayside because beginners are swamped by the just creating a good game) but also seems that she has been working hard to give you a 'fun' game. If it isn't likely to change anytime soon I...

I remember in the car on the way home from that movie, we were all talking about the scary bits in the film so of course I had to lean over to my sister and say "So, do you wanna see something really scary?" She hit me. Hard.

Yah, I'm with Henry on this one.

An interesting idea would be to have your traps be connected to the characters 'front' business. If you decide on a mirror shop, perhaps some sort of mirror trap that traps the PC inside (a little high level, I know) During the day they would not be armed, but at night it would be a different...

That's a great way to keep your core demographic in the game. If WOTC had that attitude, they would lose even more people to Playstations, XBOX's and so forth. I set aside adequate time, and I think that after 10 years GMing the current campaign, my players would prefer me to keep on GMing. I...