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  1. catsclaw227

    DM - Adversarial or Permissive?

    No, it doesn't, but the DM is responsible for making sure that the beginning of a campaign doesn't fall apart so easily. The DM has to run the scenario, though. And there were a number of ways that this scenario could have been set up, with good examples throughout this thread. Rise of the...
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    DM - Adversarial or Permissive?

    I'm with Mallus on this one. The TKaM reference was a strawman and not terribly relevant. And answers #1 and #2 above support my statements earlier about the whole of the campaign not being set up properly to start and therefore destined to topple at the slightest hint of unexpected PC/player...
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    DM - Adversarial or Permissive?

    Which is an AP and by definition going to have some railroady elements that might cause problems if a player decides his PC is going to jump off the train and leave everyone else on it. I am not a fan of the "false accusation of rape" plot point either. Even if people agree that they can...
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    DM - Adversarial or Permissive?

    I agree. I place the old-school / new school divide at 1999/2000 when 2e "died" and 3e rose from the ashes. I love the Gygaxian prose, his quirky rule subsets and the imagination that went into spells and the magic items, but I far from believe that he was a great "game designer". Dangerous...
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    Hillside Games, Asheville: The Unfriendly Local Game Store

    Seriously? I went to that domain name and didn't find anything. I am guessing you are being sarcastic since you can't register a .gov in the US.
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    OotS #842is up! "All in the Family"

    Looking at the "family tree" again, what were the three mixes immediately sired by the "woman"? Salamander-type, Fiendish-type and Chicken-head-type? Was the red-headed parent even a human? It could have been anything bipedal. But that red hair sure was a dominant genetic trait, wasn't it?
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    Hillside Games, Asheville: The Unfriendly Local Game Store

    Now a local news website is running an article: Hillside Games versus The Wyvern's Tale | Mountain Xpress | Asheville, NC
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    OotS #842is up! "All in the Family"

    That's what I remembered, too. I am pretty sure that V knew exactly what he was doing, though with no witnesses, he MIGHT be able to pull off that defense. He was royally p*ssed off that his family was threatened. But... FAMILICIDE?!?!?!111? He was totally consumed with his new-found power.
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    Hillside Games, Asheville: The Unfriendly Local Game Store

    Understood. I was only trying to give some help. I didn't know you weren't interested in online sales. One thing that might help would be to start a local gaming Meetup Group and make your store the "base of operations" or "prime meeting place". Boardgames, Living FR or Pathfinder Society...
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    Hillside Games, Asheville: The Unfriendly Local Game Store

    I think Wyvern's Tale is a neat name, but for a game store, there are much better ones. And for a website domain name, it's even worse. It does very little to help with your marketing, and from an Search Engine Optimization (SEO) standpoint it's awful. I still don't get why a name like...
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    DM - Adversarial or Permissive?

    Paizo has consistently said their biggest sellers are their Adventure Paths. And with the exception of maybe Kingmaker, they are all multi-book "linear games" or railroads of a certain type. And from what I have been told Kingmaker isn't even their 3rd or 4th best AP. Age of Worms was a...
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    Hillside Games, Asheville: The Unfriendly Local Game Store

    An article in the Examiner has popped up! Can a game store claim its competition's web domain? - National RPG | Examiner.com
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    Hillside Games, Asheville: The Unfriendly Local Game Store

    Now I see that they have blocked all recommendations and made all the bad ones not public. Why haven't they posted something on their wall about this to quell bad publicity. Asheville is a liberal, hip kind of town in Western NC, and I bet that local media would run something about this if...
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    Ashamed of being a Gamer?

    I am not sure who's giving marital advice. What I see is people (including myself) saying that repeatedly, knowingly and willfully lying to your spouse is wrong. But it sounds like you guys think that's funny. I am sure it's a fine example for the two kids. [EDIT: Forget that last part...
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    Hillside Games, Asheville: The Unfriendly Local Game Store

    You guys don't have a "See All" link? The ones on the home page are randomized, if you go back and check in 2 hours, they will be different.
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    Hillside Games, Asheville: The Unfriendly Local Game Store

    The public ones are random. I am seeing 2 negative and one positive right now.
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    DM - Adversarial or Permissive?

    No. no. nononononononono! NO! You are not allowed to accept criticism and concede that you might have made a mistake. You are supposed to be adversarial, indignant and possibly childish. DON'T YOU KNOW THIS IS THE INTERNET?!?!!!?1111??!11 (I should quit this place. EnWorld is way to civil.)
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    Hillside Games, Asheville: The Unfriendly Local Game Store

    I see 3 on the home page and "See All" link that lets me see all 12 of them, yours included. Actually, right now, I see yours on their home page. (Though I think this is a random rotation...)
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    Hillside Games, Asheville: The Unfriendly Local Game Store

    I can see the "recommendations". Mine is there on the front. "I can't recommend..." https://www.facebook.com/HillsideGames
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    OotS #842is up! "All in the Family"

    Someone in the 841 thread called this! It was V's familicide spell!
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