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  1. Mark Hope

    George Lucas Blames 'Star Wars' Critics for Killing Series

    Lucas wrote and directed Ep 4 (although much of the plot and setting was nicked from other films and classical myth etc). Leigh Brackett and Lawrence Kasdan wrote Ep 5 (although Lucas did work on an interim draft) and it was directed by Irvin Kershner. Kasdan wrote Ep 6 with Lucas, based on...
  2. Mark Hope

    What name would you like the next iteration of D&D to bear?

    Put Dungeons & Dragons on the cover and call it that for branding purposes. It's 5th edition because it's the edition that came after 4th edition, and that's how it will probably be called for purposes of differentiating it from its predecessors - that's what I already think of it as now. D&D...
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    I have another n00b question but it's kind of personal

    I am kneeling. I do all my best work on my knees :p.
  4. Mark Hope

    I have another n00b question but it's kind of personal

    Only if you're playing in the same zip-code as your wife. Otherwise it's fine.
  5. Mark Hope

    RPG Podcasts - What do you listen to?

    Darker Days Radio. But then, I'm biased :D
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    What's the most you've ever spent on a single RPG-related item?

    OD&D white box (OCE) for 200 euros (in 1999). That just over $260 now - can't remember what the exchange rate. Not the best in the world by global standards, but pretty sweet for a gamestore in Holland back then. Since then, the only other pricey purchases have been Ptolus, V20, Tome of...
  7. Mark Hope

    Anne McCaffrey (1926-2011) RIP

    Sad news indeed. My daughter is also almost old enough for the Pern books (easy sell for a girl who is a huge fan of dragons in all their varieties) and we were talking about Pern just the other day, so this is very poignant. Really enjoyed her books and characters over the years. A great...
  8. Mark Hope

    Rock Falls, Everyone Dies

    A cabal of inventive but somewhat disturbed tiny assassins leap out of the chest and strap a pair of bags of devouring to your face and backside. Your character dies due to sudden internal decompression... ...you become the DM and get to devise the next deathtrap. When the next hapless reader...
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    Ever had a demon/devil/god show up by its name being spoken?

    No, although there have been a few close shaves. In the most recent arc of my Pathfinder game, Orcus is heavily involved in the game's plot. So I've been rolling every time the characters mention his name. They got to about 6th level before figuring out what was going on with no mishaps. Now...
  10. Mark Hope

    Who played or ran Night Below?

    Cool boxed set - ran it back in 2e over a whole bunch of sessions. I preferred the second and third books to the first, although I did ditch some of the subplots and other elements. I had a thread about this a long time back: The Night Below - your experiences? - EN World: Your Daily RPG...
  11. Mark Hope

    PCs dealing with sexuality

    :p Indeed. When it comes to sex, as opposed to sexuality or romance, I'm struggling to remember anyone ever rping out a full sex-scene in my games, beyond the point at which you'd rather fade to black. Oh, wait, no. Now I remember a couple. So yeah, does happen. Not the same as sexuality...
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    PCs dealing with sexuality

    Doorway sex. Sounds fun.
  13. Mark Hope

    PCs dealing with sexuality

    I played this lesbian ninja stripper in a Vampire game once. Does that count? :p OK, not really. I did have a player with a gay character in a long-running Dark Ages game. The player was gay as well and wanted his character (a young Templar squire who was Embraced during his knighting) to...
  14. Mark Hope

    (WHUMP!) My Tome of Horrors just arrived

    Not only do you live closer, but the van will probably have driven right by your house en route to mine. Oh, teh lulz! ;)
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    (WHUMP!) My Tome of Horrors just arrived

    Got mine just now from ParcelForce over here in the UK. Looks even better than I imagined :D. Great stuff.
  16. Mark Hope

    20th Anniversary Edition Vampire: the Masquerade... Got it in .pdf format today

    Yeah, got mine the other day as well - great stuff. Looking forward to W20 a great deal as well, and will be building to an entirely unseemly level of excitement over M20 (which isn't even confirmed yet, lol).
  17. Mark Hope

    Doctor Who Series 6 Fall run

    When he opened the door, you could hear the TARDIS Cloister Bell ringing. So I figured his bad dream was the TARDIS in mortal danger. Like the Doctor said: "Who else?" The one thing that's going to freak him out is putting his wife in danger...
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    Poll: What is the highest level you've ever gamed to?

    Mostly DM, but my highest level character is 16th (a human fighter who started in B/X, then got converted to AD&D1e, then AD&D2e. I have a 3e version that I've never played.) As DM, it's 26+. Had a long-running AD&D campaign where the highest level characters were in the mid-to-upper 20s...
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