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  1. Ashrum the Black

    New Thomas Convenant series on the way

    Odd. To me the whole series was sort of like watching a train wreck happen in front of you. It was horrible, but you couldn't help but watch. I just found the main character of the series to be so ... horribly unsympathetic I could never really enjoy any of it. A friend just raved about them...
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    2004: What have you bought, what will you buy?

    Hmm. Let's see. Iron Kingdoms Charater Guide Eberron Setting Book D20 Future D20 Modern D20 Menace Manual The Complete Warrior The Complere Divine Expanded Psionicist Book Shadows of the Last War Planar Handbook Forgotten Realms Players Guide Forgotten Realms Serpant Kingdoms Forgotten Realms...
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    How much of Monte Cook's Arcana Unearthed do you use?

    I'm using the complete rules for my home brew world of Suma. The charters are a human warmain that just got his first level of the crystal warrior, a faen unfettered/air witch on her way to arcane archer, and a human magister that is looking at archamge. They've just hit 9th level and they love...
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    Being set on fire aint what it used to be.

    Because it's elemental my dear Hypersmurf. Elemental. :heh: -Ashrum
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    Iron Kingdoms players handbook opinons

    I got my copy by ordering it from the store here at ENworld. I had it within a week and I've been in steanjack bliss ever since. -Ashrum
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    My mild frustration - an evil party

    RangerWickett, is this a new setting for you? Have you ever run steampunk, no res, yadda yadda before? I ask simply because some folks walk into s certain style of setting with certain preconceived notions about the way those settings work. It may be that folks are looking at the setting and...
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    Who are your favorite dungeons/dragons/fantasy artists?

    Larry Elmore Wayne Renolds Jason Engle Todd Lockwood Keith Parkinson Matt Wilson http://www.mattwilsonart.com/ -Ashrum
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    My mild frustration - an evil party

    I'll have to side in with the folks saying give them some realistic consequences. After all, the noble that the villiage belongs to is not going to apprecate the PC's killing his people. For that matter if he gets along with the othe nobles around him then their problems may follow them as he...
  9. Ashrum the Black

    T20 Traveller 3 Vs 3.5 Srd

    Psion: Its not that I mind using a tool if its there, and it is useful, but I do mind when an RPG gets so complicated that it requires one. I DM pretty much exclusivly in my group and this eats up a lot of my time in making up star ships and things to use. I far prefer working on story plots and...
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    T20 Traveller 3 Vs 3.5 Srd

    Psion: See to me that is a problem though. I shouldn't need a spreadsheet to play an RPG. a simple method of slots such as used by the mecha rules and limited by size (using an expanded list of sizes such as star wars) to me would have been a better bet for d20 future. It would have carried a...
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    T20 Traveller 3 Vs 3.5 Srd

    I'd have to say my only complaint is the design portion of Traveller d20. It's a wonderful tool to have to add more items into the tech tree. But if I were to play, I'd hate to have to spend hours designing and stating out tech to flesh out the lists. Spaceships in a scifi RPG are a huge draw...
  12. Ashrum the Black

    Your spouse doesn't like D&D? Neither did Gary's.

    Hong: That is ... just so very wrong. ;)
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    White Wolf viciously attacks everyone who roleplays for fun

    I've played vampire, werewolf, and some of the hunter line, I'm also a huge D&D nut. I've got to say that I don't see the venom in that quote. They're promoting a different method of play and encouraging those that purchase their games to bring others in. After all, if people weren't willing to...
  14. Ashrum the Black

    Detroit Gameday II -- Now with Date!: Dec. 4th

    I suppose it would depend on the games being played as to what my interest may be. Another thing, though, is that with Gen Con going on you may not get a lot of replies until folks get back. -Ashrum
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    Magic items in found treasure

    Diaglo, yep, got that issue and tried that method. Unfortunatly my players didn't care for it. They seemed to feel cheated since "so in so got theirs first and is further along in its powers". My initial response was to say tough, since that player put a lot of XP and time into leveling the...
  16. Ashrum the Black

    I still believe in god, but god no longer believes in me?

    As suggested by Goobermunch, keep the faith. No faith is true, unless it holds fast in the face of adversity. After all, if your diety is shows up in person to offer you a way to life, all you need to do is give up this little thing you've spent your whole life persuing, well, it certainly...
  17. Ashrum the Black

    (Shhhhh... Have all of the "Gencon" people left...?)

    Gaming tonight with my group. Money has been to tight to go this year with all the home improvements and renovations my wife an I have done. Plus, I was simply to tired to try since we did almost all of them ourselves. You don't realize how tight your time is until it is all eaten up hanging...
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    Magic items in found treasure

    Thanee, Earthdawn rocks, and is what inspired me to give histories and names to my magic items originally. Now I just need a method of "leveling" the weapons as is done in Earthdawn that makes me happy and keeps my players from trying to kill me. :\
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    Are we sick of the Drow yet?

    I haven't really used drow in any of my campaigns. This of course means I just had to add a drow knock off into my current one. Drow make a great villian, but make for an "oh so angsty" player. If I want angst I play vampire, if I want heroic action and adventure I play D&D. So to me it is...
  20. Ashrum the Black

    A Steam-Powered Tale of Tragedy and Triumph

    CaffineBoy: I guess you've just hit the nail on the head of what i was attmepting to get across. The IKCG is not a stand alone setting book by any stretch of the world. It does have a wonderful amount of new fluffy information in it, but not enough for somebody that was expecting the Iron...
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