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    Does your setting have Magic Shops

    IMC it is possible to find alchemists to make low level potions, or other "one-shot" magic items. Anything beyond that, such as weapons or other permanant items, requires alot more effort (finding a spell caster capable, gathering what the caster needs exc...) permanant magic items are to rare...
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    What are you reading? [June]

    non-fiction wise I'm reading "The Right Nation" by Adrian Wooldridge and John (whos last name I could never spell). An interesting non-partisan look at the conservative movement and the Republican Party. Fiction wise I'm reading the "War of the Ancients" trilogy, which is acceptable... but...
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    Why does Mars always rebel?

    Because of Martian Law! The laws of the red planet are harsh indeed!
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    What do you call arcane magic users?

    Sorcerer is the general term for a spell caster, as magic (or at least the casting of spells) is usualy refered to as "Sorcery" Mage describes arcane users, while Magi is used to describe divine users. Magister is a term of respect, usualy reserved for an experienced mage or the leader of a...
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    Do You Consider Miniatures Painting And/Or Collecting Part Of Your RPG Hobby?

    my intrest in mini painting came from wargaming, not RPGs (though both hobbies are related). Over time I have come to enjoy the act painting minis in and of itself. I buy minis (mostly reapers) just to paint, not to use.
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    Korgoth of Barbaria: So very wrong, so very fun.

    Its like watching a realy corny game of D&D
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    How many settings do you play?

    Two settings. My homebrew fantasy setting and a modern CoC setting
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    In RPGs, Should PCs Be Better Than NPCs By Default?

    As has been stated before, this is something of a tricky question. Once a PC passes the 6-7th level mark he's probably better then most NPCs he'll encounter. Before that PCs have to be a bit cautious, town guards are usualy around 3-4th while more experienced / higher ranking characters will...
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    So, you all meet in a bar and decide to start adventuring together...

    I've had the party start off as caravan guards, hired on seperately but who stick together after the job is done. I've had campaings start out assuming that the party was already together and had been adventuring for some time. My current campaign one of the party is a is a member of a...
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    Conan - Converting D20 Material Over

    If you look at the dodge/parry progression you'll see that there is a high, a medium, and a low progression. High dodge progression would work well for a "quick" creature (Invisable Stalker... a great Conan monster IMO) while high parry progression would work for a "strong" monster (Ogres...
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    So how long have YOU been playing D&D?

    I started playing in 1998 i believe. 2nd edition at the ODU SCI-FI / Fantasy club
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    Conan - Converting D20 Material Over

    You can do this mostly by eye-balling it. Up the damage dice for any natural weapons used by a single step. Give the creature a dodge or parry bonus that seems to fit, and leave any special abilities unchanged. you can swap out feats if they dont exist in the Conan system, or if a Conan feat...
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    High Level Enemies: Epic or Near Epic?

    The biggest of the big bads IMC is an advanced great wyrm red dragon with the Eternal template (essentialy making him a demi-god). Never actualy "named" he is refered to as the Conquer Wyrm, the Master of Masters, the Emperor Drake, the Daemon-Dragon King, ect... A terror of the ancient world...
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    Is There Much Age Difference In Your RPGing Group?

    My current table top game goes from 26 (me) to 18 (my youngest brother) In my online game the oldest is in his 40s while the youngest is 18-20, but most of us are in the 26-30 range
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    D&D - historical or fantastic?

    Though I wouldnt have a problem playing in a campaing found anywhere on that scale I've got a personal (and DMing) prefrence for games towards the zero end of the scale.
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    Jack of All Trades is Coming to DVD FINALLY!

    That was a truely great show.... I'm going to have to get it when it comes out
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    [May] What are you reading?

    I reciently finished reading Dan Abbnets "Horus Rising" which confirms my long held belief that he is one of the greatest writers in the last 60-80 years. I've also been rereading "Falkenburg's Legion" by Jerry Purnell, a book I haven't read in years.
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    Homebrew Metaplots?

    Meta-plots can be a usefull tool, allowing a DM to run multiple campaigns in the same campaign world. Yet when using a meta-plot its important to remember that the actual plot (and the actions of the characters) are more important then the metaplot. This can be best served by keeping the...
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    Do any of you out there use the Fantasy Grounds program?

    Sure do, have been since last summer Its a good program, though I keep running into stability issues. It has the SRD built in. With all the core classes, spells, and many of the monsters found in the core books. The interface is fairly intuitive, and if you are familiar with chat programs...
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    Is Magic Too Commonplace In RPGs?

    Firstly, the poll is far to broad... but then I imagine that if there was a "in some games" question that would get most of the votes. Personaly I perfer lower magic games, in which magic is both rare and dangerous. As the presence of magic increases I've often had trouble with the logic...
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