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A sense of wonder. Everything else is window dressing.

That's definitely a possiblity. If I go that route, I'd probably use RISUS, as it's more customisable than the others (IMHO etc). I'll have to give it a think... --Jeff

Sounds like a plan! Shall I mark the calendar then? :D I'd like to try something new at the next GD. Something I've never done before. Run a game where we start with no foundation. The first thing we do at the table is toss around ideas for a setting and thenes. Then we talk about characters...

Create characters together. It's the best way I know of--you don't just end up with guys who met in a bar then struck out to kill a dragon together, or people with "Oh yeah. I guess he can be my cousin or something." tacked onto their personality, but a group with intertwining goals...

Damn. He (the dm) had SOOOOOO many chances to throw some cool plot twists, make interesting adventures, have you encounter neat NPCs, and in general run a really sweet game based on players taking the initiative. And he threw it all away. Find someone to GM who won't make those mistakes...

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Loose with the rules? Extremely. With the loot? I wouldn't know. I pretty much ignore the GP values of everything, since most of them are arbitrary anyway, and just compare raw stats after mods to find appropriate challenges.

Hmm. I'm only a 2nd year student of German, but why did they translate brillig as brillich, when so many German adjectives end in -ig anyway? ...or was it adverbs? --Jeff

My adventure notes consist of 3 or 4 pages of NPC stats and motivations (for the first game of a D&D campaign, usually 1 page of new characters each session thereafter). I then think up three scenes for the adventure: an intro (uaully involving some in media res situation), and two set piece...

My adventure notes consist of 3 or 4 pages of NPC stats and motivations (for the first game of a D&D campaign, usually 1 page of new characters each session thereafter). I then think up three scenes for the adventure: an intro (uaully involving some in media res situation), and two set piece...

Bah. It's not totally homebrew unless you make the system from scratch! :D Pro: You can create system elements to elegantly enhance themes that you want in your game. Con: Requires a bit of hard thinking and playtesting. Pro: The system will be specifically tailored to the preferences of you...

Dead PCs are DEAD, dee ee ay dee. No ressurections without direct divine intervention and a good bit of plane hopping, and even that is considered blasphemous necromancy. The new PC for that player must be a character built along distinctly different lines, and starts one level below the lowest...

It has the potential to make metric ***loads of money. And the potential to die a horrible, painful deficit-inflicted death.

Objective A: Accomplished. Objective B: Not so much so. :D It was great fun running for you guys, and you can bet your hat I'll be GMing again at NCGDIV. And Henry, I'll be emailing you about writing up the game. What info would you like me to send? Huge thanks to Henry, Rel, Neal, and...

Or, idunno, Kyu-Sei-Sha? ;) --Jeff

Unfortunately not. They saddled us with an ungodly amount of homework. It's like they're trying to make up for 4 missed school days all in one night... Bleargh. :( --Jeff

::jealous:: Goddam half-day... At least running Feng Shui will totally rock. :D --Jeff

I find that for certain types of fantasy (IE epic travel fantasy, like Tolkien's works) it's good to have the often-used trade routes be terribly inefficient, because you'd have to be Extremely Stupid to be brash enough to Go Off The Roads. Example. Trade City is in the north. People from Mine...

Ah, but on this half-day I get to direct the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet, plus ninjas. Who am I to turn down an opportunity to insert ninjas into Shakespearean classics? --Jeff

Well, dammit. Because of all this snow Raleigh Charter (my school) has decided to have a half-day on staurday. I won't be able to get to the gameday until around 12:30 or 1:00. Consider my slot in the Shadowrun game to be vacated, but, in the immortal words of Henry, I SHALL BE THERE, BY GOD...