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    What are the CR adjustments for grafts?

    I think I have asked this before on the general forum somewhere and didn't get anywhere so I'm coming here. Are there CR adjustments for the demonic grafts that you can apply to monsters/NPCs that you find in the back of the Fiend Folio? Or are they meant to be balanced as is or what? I've...
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    How many people could you feed if...

    Here's a question thats been bugging me as I design a region in my homebrew world. How many people could you feed if you had roughly 40 sq. miles of fertile soil to farm. I'm looking for a rough guess maybe by the thousands, it doesn't have to be super specific. I have no real clue about...
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    Turing Point Rogues Gallery

    Here's the beginning of the Rogue's Gallery thread for the Turing Point PbP game. This will be the repository for all character information for the players. In addition select NPCs will be put up for general viewing at my discretion and some for the eyes of everyone but my players. As a...
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    Turing Point PbP (Closed Game)

    This is a closed game that is run for a group of friends. Ok ladies, I know I know I'm real late on getting this started. Pardon the tardiness but you know how I am. A reminder for both of you, go on and subscribe to all the related threads for the game. It will make it easier for you two...
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    Turing Point PbP OoC Thread

    Ok Rachel and Darcy, this will be the out of character thread for Turing Point. This will be the place for you to post any questions you have for me about rules, the world, timeline/history, etc. etc. I'll be posting a lot of general information for you two at first, mostly background and...
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    Ecology Question for a Homebrew

    So I'm working on a part of my homebrew world that has a distinctly unique geography, and I'm looking for some opinions on what the ecology would be. That said, imagine....... A land mass roughly 15-25 miles in total surface area, the only difference is that its suspended in the air at an...
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    The Turing Point

    ...remember that better lives have been lived in the margins, locked in the prisons and lost on the gallows than have ever been enshrined in palaces ________________________________________________________________________ Ding... Ding... Ding... Something chimed in his head. Echoed...
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    D20 System for a William Gibson-esque game ?

    So I'm about to start game set in a futuristic setting loosely modeled on the concepts found in William Gibson's novels. And I'm looking for suggestions for a D20 system to use with this game. I know that Shadowrun blends well and even borrows elements from Gibson but I dislike the dice pool...
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    A Little Help with High Level PC Backstories

    I'm about to launch into a summer campaign with the PCs starting out at a pretty high level, to be exact they'll be level 18. This coming week I'm going to be sitting down with the players to work out the backstories of their PCs. I'm wondering what sort of backstory would work to explain the...
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    Gestalt Characters and D20 Modern/Future ??

    Ok I'm not really sure if this has been asked before so I apologize if it has. I'm working up a new D20 game set in the near future using a heavily modified set of D20 Modern rules. I'll only have one PC to start with so I was wondering if using Gestalt classes for the PC would be a good idea...
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    Let's Predict the Future

    With the close of the school year my current campaigns are coming to a close. :( Subsequently, I'm working on creating new ones to play sometime in the future. A long standing ambition of mine has been to play a gritty William Gibson-esque campaign set in the near future. Now's my chance, and...
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    A Few Thoughts on a New Magic System

    Ok so I've been tinkering with the idea of revamping the magic system for my homebrew world. Along those lines I've come up with a couple of goals and I'm looking for help, input, advice, or ideas on how to achieve this with a minimum of complexity. So here are my goals (they're not ranked in...
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    Let's Create a One-Shot Horror Adventure

    Ok so here's the deal. Spring break is in less than a week and I'll be spending a week in a beach house full of my friends, of which four of them actively game. I've talked it over with them and we're all interested in playing some over the break, probably during the night over a few beers...
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    Zombies D20 Modern (Updated 8-12-05)

    Friday, September 29th The laptop screen flickered faintly as its batteries slowly died. The fading electric light gave the abandoned Jeep's windshield an eerie glow. In the pulsing orange of the hazard lights the words College Creek could barely be read off a roadside sign. This is what...
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    Help Build our Stronghold

    Ok so currently I'm the DM of a two person campaign set in a heavily modified version of 16th century Europe. The group consists of a Rogue2/Wiz. 10 (PC), a Bard 9/GateCrasher 3/Sublime Chord 1 (NPC), and an 11th level PC that is a custom campaign specific version of a Renaissance man/engineer...
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    Help!! with questions about Fiendish Grafts

    I've been working on some new monsters for my PCs to fight and have been toying with the idea of using Fiendish grafts but as the rules are I still have some questions. So here goes and I hope someone can help me. 1. First off what are the limitations on types of creatures that can recieve...
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    The Middlelands Campaign World

    Well I'm starting this thread for two reasons, one its going to be a Campaign Information thread for my players and two its going to hopefully help me organize and flesh out the rest of my world. Please feel free to throw any comments, suggestions, or questions my way, the more feedback I get...
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    What would convince a character to become a vampire ?

    I'm currently the DM in my first D20 modern campaign and have run into an interesting dilemna with one of my PCs and an NPC. The issue at hand is how my NPC vampiress will convince the PC to be willingly turned into a vampire. The relationship started out as a sort of awkward romance...
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    Souls and the Undead

    Just a general sort of rules question, not entirely sure if this is in the right place. Here goes... While pondering the tactics of Orcus for an upcoming campaign, the use of souls and the nature of undead creatures came into question. The main issue I'm having is whether or not unintelligent...
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