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What Makes a Truly Memorable Villain?
March 2012
Late to the party, I'm afraid, but my favorite villains are those with whom the adventurers have common cause. In _Le Ballet_ , a expatriot nobleman claims his half-brother, a marquis, is a Spanish agent and a traitor to France. He is enticing th…
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RPGWench.com's Quest Hook Generator
March 2012
Cool - I lurves me some random. Thanks for linking this. Mike aka Black Vulmea "_Le Ballet de l'Acier_":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/le-ballet-de-l-acier - swashbuckling adventures in the age of the Three Musketeers and Captain Ala…
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Long time Player and DM new to OP
March 2012
Welcome to the Portal. Mike aka Black Vulmea "_Le Ballet de l'Acier_":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/le-ballet-de-l-acier - swashbuckling adventures in the age of the Three Musketeers and Captain Alatriste Featured Campaign of the Mont…
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A Blog of D and possibly D
March 2012
Followed and added to "my blogroll":http://black-vulmea.blogspot.com/ . Mike aka Black Vulmea "_Le Ballet de l'Acier_":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/le-ballet-de-l-acier - swashbuckling adventures in the age of the Three Musketeers and…
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Adventuring Archives
March 2012
I'm now following your blog and added it to "my blogroll":http://black-vulmea.blogspot.com/ . Mike aka Black Vulmea "_Le Ballet de l'Acier_":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/le-ballet-de-l-acier - swashbuckling adventures in the age of th…
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Sex at the RPG Table
March 2012
It would be very hard for me to run a cape-and-sword campaign and NOT include seduction, trysts, and romance. It's part-and-parcel of the genre. In fact, seduction was the major theme running through our last game-day - one of the adventurers cel…
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Should random encounters be level appropriate?
February 2012
This is like the third thread now where one of my comments was truncated. Weird. Mike aka Black Vulmea "_Le Ballet de l'Acier_":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/le-ballet-de-l-acier - swashbuckling adventures in the age of the Three Muske…
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What level should NPC's be in town?
February 2012
bq. I am old skool… I still believe in good old fashioned Level Zero NPCs for the vast majority of citizenry Right there with you, brother. Mike aka Black Vulmea "_Le Ballet de l'Acier_":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/le-ballet-de-l-…
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Featured Campaign of the Month
February 2012
Well done, RRouillard. Great work. Mike aka Black Vulmea "_Le Ballet de l'Acier_":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/le-ballet-de-l-acier - swashbuckling adventures in the age of the Three Musketeers and Captain Alatriste Featured Campaign…
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Newish Member New Campaign
February 2012
Welcome to the Portal. Mike aka Black Vulmea "_Le Ballet de l'Acier_":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/le-ballet-de-l-acier - swashbuckling adventures in the age of the Three Musketeers and Captain Alatriste Featured Campaign of the Mont…
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Site Organization
February 2012
I make extensive use of the GM-Only section on my wiki pages, and I'm afraid if I used long pages like @Edward_D, my own refereeing notes would be much harder to follow when I'm actually running the game. That said, I really should add sections t…
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Hi every one I'm Athear
February 2012
Welcome to the Portal. Mike aka Black Vulmea "_Le Ballet de l'Acier_":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/le-ballet-de-l-acier - swashbuckling adventures in the age of the Three Musketeers and Captain Alatriste Featured Campaign of the Mont…
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How do you do, Obsidian Portal?
February 2012
Welcome to the Portal. Mike aka Black Vulmea "_Le Ballet de l'Acier_":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/le-ballet-de-l-acier - swashbuckling adventures in the age of the Three Musketeers and Captain Alatriste Featured Campaign of the Mont…
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Just to say hallo !
January 2012
Welcome to the Portal. One of the great things about roleplaying games is that no matter how old the game is, the books still work just like new. I haven't played a game published after 1984 in about six or seven years now. Mike aka Black Vulm…
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Sandbox vs Canned
January 2012
My campaigns are sandboxes. I don't write adventures so much as I simply create the game-world and set it in motion. The adventurers interaction with the game-world creates conflict, and conflict drives the action. Mike aka Black Vulmea "_Le Bal…
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Enter the Turncoat, Stage Right
January 2012
Welcome to the Portal. What's your favorite drink to mix? Mike aka Black Vulmea "_Le Ballet de l'Acier_":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/le-ballet-de-l-acier - swashbuckling adventures in the age of the Three Musketeers and Captain Al…
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Reputation
January 2012
In _Flashing Blades_ I frequently use the difference between two characters' Social Ranks as a modifier to any rolls involving social skills - having a higher social rank confers an advantage, lower social rank a penalty. This does a good job of rei…
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Destructive Players
January 2012
bq. I
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My Obsidian Portal experiment has failed...
January 2012
I write my wikis for me to use as a tool at the table first and foremost. They're organized in such a way that I hope they're user-friendly and inviting for the players, and the players are welcome to contribute content if they wish, but I'm not …
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Cheating
January 2012
bq. Do any GM
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Favrorite Campaigns and why?
January 2012
I . . . I'm humbled. Thank you. Truly. I'll be sure to pass your comments on to my players. They deserve it. If you want to read a campaign with absolutely brilliant writing - no flash, nor fancy artwork, no clever coding tricks, just straight…
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Favorite GM game systems
January 2012
bq. What are your favorite systems? _Flashing Blades_, _Top Secret_, _Boot Hill_, and _Traveller_. bq. What are your favorite genres? Espionage - EVERYTHING I run turns into a spy caper at some point - swashbuckling, Western, and sci fi. …
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Monkey in the Cage Podcast.... Looking for Listeners
January 2012
I'll check it out - thanks for the heads-up. Mike aka Black Vulmea "_Le Ballet de l'Acier_":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/le-ballet-de-l-acier - swashbuckling adventures in the age of the Three Musketeers and Captain Alatriste Feature…
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Most Popular?
January 2012
bq. Here
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Should random encounters be level appropriate?
January 2012
bq. I remember having something odd happen to my PC
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Hiding you campaign
January 2012
bq. Still, that was not cool. I think it said a lot more about the commenter than it did my campaign. I removed the comment not because of the feedback, but rather because I didn't want the poor guy to embarass himself further and I didn't want i…
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Should random encounters be level appropriate?
January 2012
I think a question to ask yourself is, what purpose does random encounters serve in your campaign? Frex, random encounters can serve the purpose of keeping the action moving - spend too much time searching a room, and you're likely to end up with co…
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Hiding you campaign
January 2012
edited January 2012
The first comment _Le Ballet . . ._ received was, "Great map, but your campaign is gay." So I can understand why someone might want to wait a bit before sharing, or even choose to keep the campaign strictly among friends. It can be frustrating…
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Featured Campaign of the Month
January 2012
Steve, I think most of us are going to be looking up _AG. . .R_'s tailpipe for a long time to come. Mike aka Black Vulmea "_Le Ballet de l'Acier_":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/le-ballet-de-l-acier - swashbuckling adventures in the age…
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First time DM!!! :D
January 2012
Welcome to the Portal. I never really used music with _D&D_ , but I love playing _Traveller_ to old school techno, like Tangerine Dream, Brian Eno, Mike Oldfield, Tomita, and Jean Michel Jarre. Mike aka Black Vulmea "_Le Ballet de l'Acier…
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