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"Well-intentioned villainy" isn't an oxymoron. No need to be a jerk about it; this is, after all, just a game. Miller's Pyre replaces the plane of Jiese. The Cunning trait of Jiese is what has enabled the technological progress in this setting, making it distinct from conventional fantasy...

The Pyre is a villainous plan. Well-intentioned, but flawed. Take our world and remove all technological progress but increase empathy and sympathy. Great, you have a peaceful world where people agree easily, but then it stagnates. It can't progress, because you've removed the mechanism by which...

I see that Hitomi has cast one of his secondary votes to the Sky League. Accordingly, I have cast my primary vote for the Panarchists. So I voted for Panarchists + Sky League + Trekkers, with Avilona's replacement added to the Panarchists' existing plan in order to make flight possible. I...

"To the Watchmakers, I say that I see little use for flight in a world without free will. The essence of the alliance between our faction of Sky Leaguers and Trekkers is liberty! How can an explorer function without free will? How can they respond to the wonders they find on their travels, if...

Quest Kick looks like it only includes a subset of the features of Roll20, and it's missing the key one for me -- video chat. I also backed the RealmWorks Kickstarter, because while Roll20, Quest Kick, MapTool, etc are virtual tabletops, RealmWorks is really a campaign builder -- it's like...

Do you just mean the forum badges? They don't show up automatically, you have to go into the badge marketplace and it's in a special category. You "buy" it for 0 gold and then you can add it to your display list.

“The Pyre, while a noble ideal, is fundamentally flawed.” The cutting voice seems at odds with the speaker, a rotund woman with soft features. “Jiese, the plane of fire, carries the aspect of Cunning. It is this aspect that drives the gears of industry -- the gears of revolution! The Pyre...

Wow, I'm surprised to see 13th Age come in first! That's really cool, and it's an excellent game. :)

That reminds me, I don't even know if I'll end up with cards! My group and I are the Grand Design pledgers. Not sure if cards are included in that bundle or not. :P I'm hoping to get some use out of the foam Coaltongue by enticing the rest of the group to come visit us later next year. And maybe...

More Planar Trails Last night they split up: Viveen, Reginald, and Vesta went to Xambria's apartment, Bela went to report Caius death to Delft, and Murdok stayed at the crime scene until they could turn it over to RHC/local cops. Murdok fiddled around with the trunk for a while, but couldn't...

I'd say no on the names. Since my game is online, I won't be handing the cards out, but not having the names on them gives DMs the option. I can always write the names and my notes on the cards myself if I keep them behind the screen. My players would love for the badger gun and/or the steam...

Love the egalitarian philosophy. Looking forward to the game. :)

That's kind of my concern, actually -- that this new setting will be a little too similar to Dark Sun.

Looks like you guys hit the $7k stretch goal! :) I'm actually already a backer of the fantasy soundscapes Kickstarter, but I haven't backed this one yet. I generally prefer digital formats, and I'm already a Gold Lifer. However, I know some of my players have backed it, so I'm going to discuss...

That's an awesome idea. When BIG SPOILERY EVENT happens later in the campaign, maybe I'll ask my players if they want to switch to 13th Age. The 13 True Ways supplement should be out by then.

:D They have some suspicions. In the post above where I mentioned my alternate lyrics for Working-Class Hero, I was actually performing each line as Rackus, guitar in hand. We'd talk/RP for a while, then I'd do a new line. Once we had a fourth line, I did the whole stanza. So I think they do...

I have a stealthy-as-hell Rogue|Warlock hybrid multiclassed into Assassin that I'd love to see played out to epic. Combining Cunning Sneak with Shadow Walk allows him to make a Stealth check to hide anytime he moves 3 or more squares from where he started, and I've been adding encounter...

Nice. :D I'm thinking the kickoff concert of Rackus' Jailbreak Tour will be huge, just because of the pent-up demand for his performances while he was in prison. And since my players and I are getting together for a week of riverside seclusion in early August and I know one of them is bringing...

Pardwright Museum After meeting up again, the constables headed to Pardwright to talk to Hans Weber. He was very interested to hear about their trip to the Ziggurat of Apet, although they did leave out some details -- like how they set off every trap in the place, and how it got flooded and is...

I'm pretty sure you're thinking of 13th Age, not Dungeon World or Dragon Age. I'm exploring other systems now, but so far I've only played or run D&D (including d20 variants -- Modern/Future, Iron Heroes) and CoC. 13th Age simplifies a lot of the things I like about 4E into a tasty package, so...