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  1. Kestrel

    To Sail the Sunless Sea

    Now I just need to figure out how to work in Open Design's Kingdom of the Ghouls and Im set.
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    No Iterative Attacks in D&D

    I like the BAB added to damage option, but it seems like it would shaft someone with sneak attack damage. Did I skim the posts too much and miss something?
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    Complex underpowered magic items in Magic Item Compendium

    Love the meteoric knife...versatility and options are what I look for with my pcs. I like the Sword of Stabbing as well. I like items with quirky abilities. It also seems like something a rogue would commission to have made. Imagine, you are a rogue that uses the sewers on a regular basis to...
  4. Kestrel

    30 Years of Weird - Strangest Campaigns Ever

    I read a short story once that was similar to this. Where a fighter pilot went over the rainbow and the stuff he brought with him had a profound effect on the Land of Oz. (Only read it once though, so barely remember it.) Great ideas.
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    What do I want? An apology.

    Waste of energy
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    Ideas: Run on the Tower of the Twelve

    Players of my game...stop reading. So in my game, the players are after a very large statue that is currently housed in the Tower of the Twelve in Korth. (Eberron setting) To get it, they are going to do a "shadowrun" on the Tower. So now I'm looking for ideas on how to set it up. And...
  7. Kestrel

    DM Tricks to Challenge Tough PCs with Weaker Enemies

    From what I remember, there is no rules in any edition for this. Isn't this house ruling as well?
  8. Kestrel

    Besides fantasy, what genre would you like to roleplay in?

    Lovecraftian Horror Post-Apocalyptic Cyberpunk/SR
  9. Kestrel

    Pathfinder 1E Pathfinder's Goblins

    According to Wiki, its spelled Isz. I looked for pics of them, but didn't have any luck. I only have a white belt in Google-Fu.
  10. Kestrel

    Pathfinder 1E Pathfinder's Goblins

    The goblins remind me of the evil Isz from The Maxx, which is a good thing.
  11. Kestrel

    Pathfinder 1E Pathfinder's Goblins

    Ok, Im sold. Those goblins are freaking awesome. That and magic specializations based on the seven deadly sins. And this is inspired:
  12. Kestrel

    Why Worldbuilding is Bad

    This is true, it is a GM problem. My guess though is that if a GM creates something, they are going to want to show it off, which could lead to the world they created overshadowing the game at the table. This is sorta what I think Harrison might be talking about. If you spend all this time...
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    Why Worldbuilding is Bad

    If everything in the world is predetermined before the characters are even created, then the likelihood of them affecting the world is next to none. There is no sense of wonder in exploring or discovering whats over the next hill when its already written down for you to read. Look at...
  14. Kestrel

    Why Worldbuilding is Bad

    My thoughts exactly. Its the player's actions that they remember, not the world that a GM created. Gameworlds are good as a tool for the GM to create the setting for the players, but should never be the focus of the game. The players are.
  15. Kestrel

    Why Worldbuilding is Bad

    Just because I don't care to build Middle-Earth doesn't mean that my game doesn't have details or is in the process of building something beyond the characters. For myself, it means that I prefer the gameworld and its details to be built within the confines of the sessions and discussion...
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    Why Worldbuilding is Bad

    Hey, follow your bliss. If that's detailing the eating habits of the Sewer denizens of the City State of Gobblegook, then go for it. Will the majority of it get used in a game and will the players care beyond the loot of the dead guy on thier sword? That's pretty unlikely. Players only care...
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    Why Worldbuilding is Bad

    Heh...I was just considering posting this...saw it on William Gibson's blog. Never create beyond the surrounding hexes or the next session. Crude outlines sure, but anything more detailed can limit your creativity. (This has been my big hangup with published settings lately, they are great...
  18. Kestrel

    A Far Out Rant

    Check out Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness. Very lovecraftian, even got the squidies :) (Would make a fun Far Realm plot for a game too)
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    A Far Out Rant

    A plotline that struck me was a lower ranking devil/demon that finds out about the Far Realm and summons one of them, thinking it could use a Far Realmian to destroy his rivals. Unfortunately, for the fiend, his plan works too well, the Far Realms entity is much too powerful to control, and...
  20. Kestrel

    Save My Game - Goes off like a bomb!

    While I agree with this, videogames still have not grasped the ability to react to players like a GM can. Even in WoW, which I consider to be pretty complex, its still a coded response to players actions, that can be quantified and then written into guides. (DO this to fight this boss. The...
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