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    Kickstarter Now Crowdfunding: Neon City Outlaws, a game of cyberpunk heists and revolution from Rodney Thompson

    Neon City Outlaws, a tabletop roleplaying game of cyberpunk heists and revolution, is now crowdfunding on Kickstarter! The newest game from award-winning designer Rodney Thompson (Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, Star Wars Saga Edition, Lords of Waterdeep), Neon City Outlaws is the newest game...
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    Help me make WotC adventures better.

    Hello there everybody, In case you don't know me, I'm Rodney Thompson, a D&D developer at Wizards of the Coast. Over the years I've seen WotC adventures take some knocks, to put it mildly. To put it more bluntly, I've seen comments to the effect that WotC adventures are, ahem, the worst. I'm...
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    Who's going to Origins?

    Alright kids, it's that special, magical time of year again. Time for Origins! I'll be heading up to Columbus once again after a two-year hiatus, this time representin' WotC. I'll be doing a few seminars (I have an adventure-building seminar, and a villain/antagonist-building seminar), probably...
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    Floating Powers (Was: WoTC March 2009 Editorial Calendar)

    Forked from: WoTC March 2009 Editorial Calendar So, what do you envision these powers doing for the game? What do you envision them doing for your character? There's been some internal discussion about such powers, which we've avoided so far for a variety of reasons. General powers don't...
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    Want input into more d20 Future compatible material?

    Hey gang, A lot of people have been really good about posting what they want to see in d20 Future-related sourebooks. Tonight I'm going to be in The Game Mechanics' chat to talk about what we are doing with the Future Players Companion books, and I thought I'd open up the invitation to come and...
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    What's wrong with metamagic?

    Hullo all. I'm going to ask ye olde gaming community for a little feedback here to help me out with something I've been working on. Here's the question: What's wrong with metamagic in 3.5? Metamagic seems to be a brilliant idea that almost no one uses. I rarely see spellcasters in published...
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    New Starship Template: Armadillo-class Fortress Ship

    Hey gang, I don't know if this would be any use to you, but I had one of my starship templates get cut out of that preview article I wrote for Dungeon #113, and I just realized I never posted it here. It's pretty short and simple, but it may do ya. And hey, more free material can't hurt...
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    Game Talk Radio Anyone?

    Hello gents and ladies, I've got the potential for a unique opportunity here, and I wanted to see what you all thought of it before going ahead. In addition to my freelance writing and webmastering, I'm still a full-time college student at the University of Tennessee. One of the nice things...
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    Modern Magic Volume 1

    The Game Mechanics offer up another d20 Modern Sourcebook, this time in the form of Modern Magic Volume 1. This 46-page PDF file is a complete electronic sourcebook for adding new magic elements to your d20 Modern campaign. Though Gamemasters who are not running campaigns with magic or any other...
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    d20 Future Story Hour

    Hey gang, I've decided to do a "Story Hour" for my d20 Future playtest campaign that I'm running. I've posted it in my blog, and I know some of you itching for d20 Future might be interested in knowing what we, the designers, have been doing with it. Here's part of the intro from the post...
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    Hero's Guide Chat Tuesday June 24

    In case you didn't see the news item on SWRPGNetwork: Hope to see you all there!
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    Nightwing: transform?

    Under the nightwing description in the Monster Manual, the bite attack is listed as having a "Transform" quality, but I am unable to dig up the description of what this does. Can someone help me out?
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    Modern Player's Companion

    The Modern Player's Companion is the third release from The Game Mechanics, and their first for the d20 Modern game. Though both of the Mechanics' previous products have shown ingenuity and a creative outlook on a particular topic, this more generic sourcebook seems to be more along the lines of...
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    [GENCON] The Matrix, anyone?

    Hey all, I'm about to submit my games for GenCon, and I'm considering doing something a little far out this time. Would anyone play in a Spycraft game set in the Matrix? I just wonder if I should even bother trying to set up the event. If there's some interest here, then I imagine I'll run it.
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    Ditching all magic weapons; replacing with legendary weapons.

    Hey all, For my homebrew campaign world, I'm seriously considering ditching the whole concept of generic magic items and going only with legendary items in the vein of those displayed in The Game Mechanics' Swords of Our Fathers sourcebook. Essentially, the ONLY magic weapons in the entire game...
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    Star Wars RPG Online Journal E-Zine Returns!

    Greetings fellow community members, When Star Wars Gamer was cancelled, many were rightly disappointed in the lack of any Star Wars RPG-based periodical. Well, hearing your cries, I and several staple members of the online community banded together to resurrect a e-zine that had lain dormant...
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    Reach and AoO's: Cross, or Square?

    OK, I'm in the middle of a game right now, and we'd like a ruling before the night's out (hopefully with diagrams or an official ruling). One of the players in my game, a Psionicist, has extended his reach to 2 meters. Now, does that mean that he threatens 2 squares in all directions, including...
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    Custom Logos on Dice Bags?

    Hey guys, We've gotten a lot of requests from our site members for the ability to buy dice bags with our logo printed on them. I know Green Ronin and GamingReport.com (*shakes his fist*) both had them to distribute at GenCon, but I didn't get a chance to ask anyone from those groups about where...
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    Live from GenCon: The Future of the Star Wars RPG!

    For all the news we learned here at GenCon (that's right, I'm reporting live from my hotel!) check out SWRPGNetwork's exclusive news scoops from GenCon! Not only that, but keep up to date by checking the site over the next few days. We have some GREAT media (and not just pictures) that we'll be...
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