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  1. Ashrum the Black

    How long have we all been playing RPGs?

    1982 and the glories of the red box. :cool: A fine time was had by all, even if we should have been doing schoolwork instead of gaming. :rolleyes:
  2. Ashrum the Black

    Your RPG moment of 2003

    The Set Up: I'm introducing a new character to the group that night. As the PC's approach the ancient abandoned fortress they happen upon a patrol from the nearby town. they spoke with the patrol and found out from them that a verrik (a red skinned psionic from arcana unearthed) had been seen...
  3. Ashrum the Black

    Campaign Idea: Island-Hopping, Swashbuckling Fun!

    Sounds like it's in the same vein as the old Dark Water cartoon. Worth a look for some gaming ideas at the very least. -Ashrum
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    Another example of D&D in the mainstream

    Heh. My wife has no choice but to see it with her DM (me). of course the rest of the group is tagging along as well. -Ashrum
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    GM or DM

    Call me a traditionalist, but I call them the DM. -Ashrum
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    Eric, what's with the Amish look?

    Ow. I think I failed my save against bad jokes. Thanks Alsih2o. ;)
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    Regular Campaign Segues Into Tomb of Horrors!!!

    I ran a heavily modified version of the tomb for my 10-12th level party. They hated/loved it. I changed the tomb from a tomb to a prison designed to hold a ghost dragons spirit and the needed to break in and destroy it permanently before it finished breaking free. I changed all the evil murials...
  8. Ashrum the Black

    Need a sci fi game that's non d20

    Wow, and I exepected to have to burrow down to find this thread now that I'm back. Thank you one and all for the great replies. After talking things over with my players they have decided they do want something "different". :rolleyes: I've informed them I'm looking to do something like David...
  9. Ashrum the Black

    Have the boards been abnormally slow for you, too?

    Yep, been slow around the noon houor all week for me. But since I'm normally on at 6:00AM it hasn't been so bad. As for sharing the med's I'll pass. My wife in the health industry would skin me for sharing someone else's drugs. ;) So I'll just have to stick with my own! :p
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    Stat Method vs. How long you've played

    Well, I voted for roll dice because that is my preference and until reciently the way I'm played. But with the start of the last campaign I used a point buy to stop the rampent abuse of rolling dice until the "ultimate" characters stats have been rolled. Keeps things less abusable in my book so...
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    Need a sci fi game that's non d20

    Okay folks. I have a problem. My players want something other than d20 fantasy to play. So I'm left trying to come up with something new and different to do for a while. I'm looking at doing some sci-fi, but everything I'm looking at is d20. So the question is are there any decent systems...
  12. Ashrum the Black

    My lance doesn't fit in the sheath!

    And on that note I'm outta here ...
  13. Ashrum the Black

    Frustrated DM...

    A great resource for these little quick changews ouor players love to make (bless their little hearts ;) ) is to have a stack of dungeons around as well. I filp through them periodicaly and I'll keep a few of the more interesting concepts in the forefront of my mind. Then when the players...
  14. Ashrum the Black

    Supporting Caste: Memorable NPCs

    Hmm, I got two. First is Andruar. The loveable young mage in training that set fire to the forest when they first met him. He ended up tagging along with PC's and was their mascot for a while. It was great fun when they found out he had taken credit for saving the city (which they did) in the...
  15. Ashrum the Black

    Nobody wants 'em Gnomes

    (sigh) This just proves the French have too much time on their hands. :D
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    Altering an encounter on the fly: What would you have done?

    Interesting question. I think you did the right thing in not altering the combat. I'm a firm believer in the characters actions having consequences. What they did was rather silly from a metagame stand point. But from a simple we thought this area was safe standpoint it made sense. So three...
  17. Ashrum the Black

    PCs start out dead...but what now?

    Hmm (puts on thinking hat) (thinks, wow, I actually work in this gray hell of florescent light?) Does it have to be so obvious? How about the characters all wake up in a room littered with ritual doo-dad's. The room is littered with bodies and blood. The ritual doo'dad's are all broken and...
  18. Ashrum the Black

    Hee hee hee!

    My, that WAS a bit ... ahem ... rude wasn't it. ;) I think somebodies had a little to much caffine this morning. (see, nothing even Eric's Grandma would take offense to! :D ) -Ashrum
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    Should there be Repercussions for This? (opinions wanted)

    Did the paladin think that she had anything to do with his friends condition? I. E. "She's casting spells while she's in chains!!" If so then I'd say give him the benefit of the doubt and let him perform some minor penance. If not then wack him with the big rolled up holy symbol shouting "Bad...
  20. Ashrum the Black

    24 people rated EN World as 0/10!

    still at 8.5 and #1 on this list! Done and Done
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