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Holy carp! That's awesome! My dad and I do miniatures when I visit; lately he's taken to using that semi-sculptable, carvable foam stuff to create nifty bases. Neither of us is as ambitious as you are! I voted caves as well, because I think that would be the least simple thing to replicate on...

Forsaken zones--anything that dies, is conceived, or is born there is "undead." The divine powers that be have forever closed their eyes to forsaken lands due to some great tragedy or blasphemy which occurred there. Or on the flip side of the coin, the forsaken lands are palpably claimed by some...

I also agree that billd91's summation is exactly what that reads like. I'd XP ya, but the last time I did was too recent. :) How your character perceives himself is your business; how the party perceives him is theirs; but how the rest of the world perceives him is the GM's business. That's not...

My suggestion is based on what I'm starting a campaign with, so I hope you don't mind (and I hope someone finds it useful). Where the party begins is essentially part of the empire's heartland; the empire itself is divided into kingships and lesser provinces. To help the players gain knowledge...

Along these lines I once tried to have my PC self-KO by holding her breath until she passed out.

One and two sound respectively like Bokurano or Mortal Kombat and Invasion of the Bodysnatchers or War of the Worlds to me. If that's what you're going for, you should search for similarly flavored names so you can target your audience. As for a dieselpunk setting... Aside from the rather bland...

I haven't actually tried this in a tabletop game, though I've used similar mechanisms in pbp to summarize action after a long hiatus. Doing it live would be interesting. Hate to say, now it just makes me think of The Witcher 2 even though the device predates the game.

Don't blame that on my state, either. Blame Mississippi.

I feel like by the time cheap revivals can be thrown around that the tension of the game shouldn't rely on individual PCs' deaths. TPK is still frightful to some extent, but the issues the party should (in my POV) be trying to resolve, prevent, what-have-you should have a failure condition...

Ditto on the timer. It really helps, IME, with both folks who don't look up their issues before their turn and dither on making decisions. Also helps cut down on OOC tabletalk. Personally, I'm not above NPC enemies taking potshots at lagging PCs if it gets things moving, but that tactic can only...

In most of the games I've played and run, the PCs have not been all on one side. I'm running a 10 year old campaign still where the PCs are split evenly between a loyalist and a rebel/terrorist faction (12 PCs + several NPCs run by players, with 2-4 characters per player). There's a good...

Piratecat, I will try to make your next gaming night and pick up my bag. I call that feat "multitasking."

I really hope it works out for you all; I always hate it when an otherwise fun game ends due to bloody stubbornness.

Stevia sweetener tastes like artificial sweetener to me. Can't stand it. I'm a snack fiend as well. I don't like to eat a lot at once; I prefer to graze. Given that, I do eat a lot of raw veg (or occasionally, if I feel less lazy, blanched): carrots, celery (though I don't like it, it's...

I like MREs. Chocolate bars are still part of that; probably wouldn't be economical for a medieval setting unless cocoa trees are intensively cultivated in the given nation/region. Berries weren't that rare, and in many areas, farmers released their pigs into local woodlands to forage nuts as...

Thank you for hosting the Gameday (and inviting me!), Piratecat. I had a terrific time playing in Silvermoon's and Umbran's game (thank you for pinch hitting that!) and getting to experience not just two but three unfamiliar game systems (getting to step in in a pickup game of Dread was...

Thanks. :) Personally, I liked the perception, acrobatics and stealth skill combos. I'm thinking of instituting the combat bonus thing as well--that is, choose which modifier applies. I already use a very tiny, similar variant for this for the "intimidate" skill (intelligence being the other...

So now we're horrors? :P I can deal with being Shub. Best advice is probably just to visit your local gaming shop, Starbux/cafes, and bookstores and see if they have a cork board you can post to with a throwaway email address/IM screenname. If you happen to see a lady who also appears to be a...

If I can be a bit off topic, what Pathfinder stuff are you using? I've been slowly incorporating some Pathfinder rules in my game (some skills consolidations and the Paladin tweaks), so I'm interested in what others are doing in that area. Personally, I'm a fan of the Ravenloft adventures as...

Oh! I see now. :) Then the dwarf's player really is overdue for putting on his big boy panties...