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  1. The Cardinal

    Popular Campaign Settings

    Dawnforge - for D&D d20. 80-90% of my games use GURPS. In those cases I prefer: Fantasy: my various homebrews SF: Transhuman Space, Humanx Post-Apocalypse: War Against The Chtorr, Reign of Steel, Reign of Fire (Pyramid article) Horror: Cabal, Unknown Armies, Delta Green Conspiracy: Cabal...
  2. The Cardinal

    Help Running the Temple of Death location from module X5

    keep 'em coming! I'm just running my group through X4 (using GURPS and Yrth), and any additional ideas for X5 are welcome...
  3. The Cardinal

    Leatherbound PHB: Would you buy this?

    yeah, sure: D&D, AD&D1st, AD&D2nd, AD&D2nd+UA, D&D3.0, D&D3.5,...
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    Leatherbound PHB: Would you buy this?

    I've ordered the GURPS Basic Set Deluxe Edition ($125) for the upcoming GURPS 4th edition - but only because 90% of my games use GURPS *and* because it's GURPS: it will probably take another 16 years for the next edition to come out. OTOH I'm expecting the arrival of D&D4.0 within 54 months...
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    My game has become "me vs. them"

    - exhaustion: give them responsibility - tons of it. Force dozens, nay, hundreds or thousands of refugees or freed prisoners upon them - the party as their only hope for survival. Then have them evacuate under enemy fire: hostile terrain, ambushes, the works - for weeks at a row! - fear...
  6. The Cardinal

    Dawnforge Question.

    well, since *the* Medusa is the "boss" my players will have to face some time soon: no, she does not seem wimpy to me - my players are 4th level and have just reached the Island of Statues. The Medusa is (IIRC) CR9 and *not* the only threat on this island! Also remember that none of the PCs...
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    Dawnforge Question.

    nope, no ECLs for the PC races. But all PC races (Doppleganger, Dwarf, Elf [Dawn, Ghost, Moon, Night], Gnome, Halfling, Human [Highlander, Lowlander, Saltborn, Trueblood], Lizardfolk, Minotaur, Ogre, Orc ["normal" and forest wight], Tiefling, Yuan-ti Thinblood) have access to a parallel "racial...
  8. The Cardinal

    Sell Me DawnForge

    I actually use all "core" classes except druids and clerics - and I've added quite a few more classes and house rules (mostly from Complete Warrior and Unearthed Arcana): HOUSE & CAMPAIGN RULES Creation - the abilities of a PC have to be rolled up with one of the approved methods (see the...
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    Sell Me DawnForge

    I'm running a Dawnforge campaign since January (we play every 3-5 weeks) - and it's my favorite D&D/d20 setting by far. I'd love to play in a Scarred Lands campaign, and I really enjoyed GMing my GURPS Midnight mini-campaign - but DF is the only setting I'm actually willing to GM under d20...
  10. The Cardinal

    How much PC die in your campaign in average ?

    it depends on the system and the setting - some examples: dead PCs/10 sessions (5-6 players on average per group): D&D 3.X homebrew: 2-3 D&D 3.X Dawnforge: 1-2 D&D 3.X Scarred Lands: 1 GURPS Cthulhupunk: 0 GURPS Fantasy (various fantasy homebrews): 0 GURPS Cabal: 0 GURPS Humanx: 1...
  11. The Cardinal

    D&D 4E The new & improved GURPS 4e covers are up...

    http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/basic/ http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/basic/img/basic1_lg.jpg http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/basic/img/basic2_lg.jpg
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    A new "Cthulhu" Mythos

    you really should read the Madness Dossier (in GURPS Horror 3e - which is a must-read in itself)...
  13. The Cardinal

    Drinking While Gaming? Warning -- mature content (I hope)

    alcohol is allowed at my table - heavy drinking simply never occurs. What we usually drink: common: beer (corona, various local (i.e. German) beers) single malt (Laphroaig, Lagavulin) cuban rum (7yrs+) gin+tonic (bombay saphire) wodka uncommon: champagne wine cocktails rare: Old Fashioned...
  14. The Cardinal

    GURPS or d20 Modern

    GURPS WWII includes GURPS Lite 3e - start with it, and then switch to GURPS 4e in August.
  15. The Cardinal

    Why do you choose to play d20 games?

    OTHER: ...to give my players the "epic video/console rpg H&S" feel they need once in a while. (System of choice: GURPS)
  16. The Cardinal

    What is your Opinion of GURPS?

    ...which would also be GURPS (for about 75% of my players) :D
  17. The Cardinal

    What is your Opinion of GURPS?

    GURPS is my favorite system - since 1993 or so. And the 4th edition (coming in August) probably will become my *only* system for the next decade (at least)...
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