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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lordnightshade" data-source="post: 444675" data-attributes="member: 499">The Rat Bastard’s Club is now recruiting new members!<img src="http://users.rio.com/nightshade/Hosted/ratbastardlogosm.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /> With the tense competition between Dungeon Masters going on in the Iron DM competition I felt this was the perfect time to once again offer a chance for membership in the exclusive Rat Bastard’s Club. What is the Rat Bastard’s Club? Founded, September 2001 by Nemmerle and myself because we wanted a place to collaborate away from our players, a place we could develop our campaigns with input from other very creative people to make our games better than they had ever been. We created a club for Rat Bastard Dungeon Masters where we could all practice and reflect on the art of Rat Bastardry. Rat Bastardry as defined by us is a philosophy that asserts that a role-playing game's capacity for providing enjoyment can be greatly increased by weaving a complex web of psychological challenges, moral or ethical dilemmas, frequent plot twists, and unforeseen consequences to create a gaming environment with verisimilitude that rises above the mundane with the ultimate aim of creating an atmosphere of awed paranoia for the players.If you are selected for membership you will be joining a group of some of the most brilliant Dungeon Masters out there. We have among our member’s specialists in many creative areas, for example one old member is a master of “bad guy tactics” and he can take any encounter you dream up and make it nightmarish for your PCs. Should you need a prophesy or other such written document for your campaign, one of our members (a published D20 adventure writer, and famous one-legged cat) may just give you a hand, provided you catch him when he’s not super busy. These are just a few of our massively creative members, there are many more. So what do you have to do to become a member? You have to be chosen by the current members based on several things that I will describe in a moment. Currently we will only be selecting four new members, and they will be people who we think best fit the following criteria. 1. They are active posters. 2. They have shown a good measure of creativity. 3. They have shown that they are able to conduct themselves in an evil and bastardly way and yet still remain civil and not partake in petty flames and name calling. 4. They are eager to provide input to help other people on the message boards with ideas and advice. 5. They may not currently play in a game run by a member of the Rat Bastard's Club.So if you think you fit these criteria and you want to be a member of the Rat Bastards Club then please answer the following questions: 1. What style of game do you like to run? Any particular setting? High-level? Low-Level? Epic fantasy or 'grim & gritty'?2. Why do you think you are a Rat-Bastard? 3. Post an Iron DM submission using these ingredients: (Note* we are watching the official Iron DM competition and so will also base our selection on that competition). There is no limit on length; however, you don’t want to bore us so keep it reasonable. Pirate ShipQuaal's Feather TokenSaddened Half-Orc WindmillSuccubusSkeleton Key4. Do you have a story hour? Home Page? Post any links here that you think could help us know you better. 5. Your email address, if you don’t want this part public then email me, but still post your responses to the other questions here as all the members of the RBC will be judging your answers. <a href="mailto:Lordnightshade@yahoo.com">Lordnightshade@yahoo.com</a>We look forward to your replies as we are eager to choose our new members. Good luck to you Lordnightshade"I am the Rat Bastard King! I can do anything!"-Jim Morrison (well sorta!)</blockquote>

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