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    The Best & Worst of 3rd Edition: WotC Settings (Realms, Ebberon...) (Winners Anc.)

    I only own about half the Eberron books, but I'll speak for two. Sharn - great book and full of possibilities. This is the kind of setting book I look for - plenty of NPCs, interesting plot threads and important organizations outlined. The only thing I didn't like was like the Eberron...
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    Worst Movie ever (...according to rottentomatoes)

    I spent five minutes of my life (can I have them back?) going through the list and I'd say all of them came out in the last 7 or 8 years. Pluto Nash might be the oldest. So I'm betting they only pulled ratings on movies that were released since the site went up, rather than go back into the...
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    True20 -- Who has tried and it not stuck with it?

    I guess as the guy on the board saying "I'm a True20 Believer", I should chime in. Truth be told, I've been DMing a D&D 3.5 game for the past year with only a little True20 action here and there. So why haven't I coverted my current D&D game over to True20? First my players have invested a...
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    D&D 4E Goodman Games and 4E

    So once Goodman begins publishing 4E adventures, will their board be a hive of activy of posters clamoring for 3.5 conversions? ;) It seems to work well for C&C and 1Ed fans...
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    Explain the appeal of critical fumbles to me

    Considering I have a knack as a GM to throw my share of "1's, I'm looking forward to the Critical Fumble Deck. My players love the heck out of the CHD, so the CFD sounds like fair play.
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    Are you interested in kid friendly products?

    The other side of gaming with kids is my trepidation with using any D20 system. I'd really have to minimize or simplify much of what's there as so much of it is steeped in RPG gamer assumptions. I've downloaded other folk's attempts at "kiddie-fying" D20, but I'm unsatisfied with the results...
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    Are you interested in kid friendly products?

    Ditto. I think there's plenty of room in fantasy gaming for adventures that rely less on kicking in the door and killing the orcs, and more on opening children to the worlds of possibilities that RPGs create. I'd like to see more adventure games that provide mystery, exploration, swaping...
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    Books I need?

    Any bestie book is going to be a matter of taste. Personally I really like MMIII and its the second most used monster book I own. My games have had appearances from: Armand & Sand Giants - desert NPCs Avalancher - mountain encounter Chelicera - ventroliquist spider used to trick players into...
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    Happy New Year ENworld!

    Happy New Year everyone! Thanks for making ENWorld a warm and welcoming place!
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    Gaming in a high-trust environment

    Most long running and stable groups have a rythm that's tuned over time to DM/player wants and needs. I think most problems we hear about are from groups that are relatively newly formed or have a preponderance of new folks. One suggestion I've made from time to time regarding interpersonal...
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    I need help

    Maybe you should look at Qin: The Warring States by 7th Circle. Here's the description from RPGNow: China. 240 BC. The state of Qin is the most authoritarian and brutal of all the Warring States. Its vast and disciplined army stands ready to embark on its great project : the union of all...
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    How to stop a druid from wildshaping?

    Take away his credit cards? Oh no, that's how to stop a rhino from charging. Sorry - nothing here. :heh:
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    Mythbusters Busted?

    The lost me when "Team Build" became a more prevelant part of the show. So I think I probably enjoyed the first season before they "jumped the shark." ;)
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    [Trailer] Hellboy 2

    Looks like the series is going "Urban Arcana" from reading this article in yesterday's USA Today. Elves, trolls and goblins in the big city. From reading the article I wonder who's having more direction on where the series is going - Mike Mignolia or Guillermo del Toro?
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    How do you pronounce Drow?

    On the Sahaugin pronounciation: iIs it sah-HWAH-gin or sah-HWAH-jen? Hard or soft G? Where's the accent? I've been pronouncing it sah-HOW-gin. :\
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    Zargon (Elder Evils)

    I had a salamander guarding the Eye of Zargon, but one of my players polymorphed into something large enough to fly with the horn and dropped it in the lava before the salamander caught on. Or so they think - muhahahahahahahahahaha I may use one of the other elders in this book for the final...
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    Zargon (Elder Evils)

    Ah Zargon, my most recent BBEG Just finished a revamped 3.5 version of B4 for my players in October. As they were sixth and seventh levels, I used the CR9 version of Zargon (aka "the tentacled horror") from Tome of Horrors III. The very first time my players came across Zargon, one of them...
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    Elder Evils

    I might pick this up. I fiinished running B4 where my players ended the adventure by killing a CR 9 version of Zargon. I'll check out the write up on Zargon, and if its good, I might have him return when (or if) they make it to 20th level.
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    Pathfinder 1E Aarrgh! Paizo GR sale

    My LGS honored the sale, stocked up and passed all the savings onto us. Now there's a second sale, this one just on the GR site, where they package several like items together. I'm thinking about buying all the Bleeding Edge modules this way and maybe the Blue Rose books (which I have on PDF...
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    I love HeroMachine!

    Its a favorite of my kids as well. They love coming up with all kinds of heroes.
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