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An Adventurer's Guide to Arunë
May 2012
Well, the wiki is a semi-organized mass of hundreds and hundreds of pages, each with between 1-20 pages of actual text on it. It has no schema, organization, or thematic structure and it tends to overwhelm most people when I link it and say "Get acq…
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An Adventurer's Guide to Arunë
May 2012
Well, the purpose of the Adventurer's Guide was to present a setting guide that had general player information, in much the same way that the Forgotten Realms Player's Guide or the Player's Guide to the Dragonlance campaign were assembled. I'm no…
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A Blog of D and possibly D
March 2012
Awesome, Vulmea. Gonna add yer own blog onto mine if you don't mind. The magazine was going to be digital with Print On Demand options, but instead I am just going to release a series of 10th Age books on RPGnow for cheep. I was going to primaril…
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How to request a feature
February 2012
"The rent is metaphorical.":http://www.startingtavern.com/rent/
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How to request a feature
February 2012
I've never paid for it. Does the starting tavern cost money now?
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How to request a feature
February 2012
I'm still hoping for an in-setting calendar option. I've been using the calendar generator at the Starting Tavern for a few years now, but it is pretty limited (if you put an event on a single date in one year, it is on that date in every year, maki…
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A Blog of D and possibly D
February 2012
That seems snarky upon looking back at it, but my thanks is sincere.
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A Blog of D and possibly D
February 2012
How gracious!
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Looking for Planescape Campaigns on OP for an Article I'm Writing
March 2011
There is also the Outermost Portal, though it is hard to tell if it is living or dead based on how many times it's been played recently. http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/the-outermost-portal
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So....
December 2010
Might I inquire as to what I might need to improve on the 10th Age to make it worthy of consideration? :P
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Submission for December Featured campaign
December 2010
I'd like to throw my hat back into this arena. My site is definitely not as polished or shiny as some of the other excellent work that's been featured, but it is pretty large and getting larger every single day! http://www.obsidianportal.com/camp…
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Ad&d 2nd edition- does anyone still play it????
July 2010
One of the greatest parties I have had the experience to play with came from suptg's IRC. I still play with them weekly!
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Ad&d 2nd edition- does anyone still play it????
July 2010
I also run TWO AD&D games set in the 10th Age, a homebrew 2e setting: http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/the-10th-age AD&D is pretty well loved over at 4chans /tg/ as well.
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Music in your game
July 2010
You can even use music in your online games; I have recently discovered Nicecast for OSx which allows you to turn your itunes into an internet radio station. Example, the DMCast that I run (when not playing its just random music), here: http://24.63…
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Dealing with Dangerous Encounters & PC Death in Your Campaign
July 2010
Hey Arsh, thought I'd throw my two cents in: I kill PCs all the time. Death is part of the game, and when it comes it comes. This makes the survival of epic heroes all the more epic; removing the threat of death takes the "fangs" out of the game …
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Two New Nominations for Jully
June 2010
I heartily agree with both of these nominations!
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Congrats, Arsheeh!
June 2010
Congrats, Arsheesh!
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Suggestion For June
May 2010
I'd definitely support Arsheesh for victory!
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Music in your game
May 2010
I also use a ton of music; I would suggest some of the following: Soundtracks from the Conan movies, the soundtracks from Lord of the Rings Online, all the music from the Baldur's Gate series by Michael Hoenig, Ars Arcana's Savage Tongue, the sou…
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FACEPALM!: Learning from your mistakes
May 2010
This is not really relevant, but for more painterly maps there are some pretty good tutorials over at "Zombie Nirvana":http://www.zombienirvana.com/?page_id=67
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Share the best elements of your campaign
May 2010
Huh! Must of accidentally hit the GM only checkbox last time I was editing. Should be good to go now.
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Share the best elements of your campaign
May 2010
Thanks, Arsh! Anyway, I have been working on the Orvean Academy for a player; it is essentially one of the only two institutionalized wizard's organizations in the setting (not counting the Lorehouses of Oron
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Share the best elements of your campaign
May 2010
I don't have time to comb through my setting and pick bits out that I like at the moment (my weekly session is about to begin), but I welcome anyone to borrow anything; though I'd be truly thrilled if anyone wanted to use the setting wholesale :P …
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First Campaign as a DM not a PC
May 2010
In addition, it may work to your advantage to keep plot points "loose." Perhaps not as loose as the ones I run (as I tend to have sandbox games where the world just adapts around the players and reacts to their choices RATHER than strictly advancing…
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Framed! (Campaign Help)
May 2010
Addendum: Although, the jury-of-peers thing wasn't QUITE the same, it is also possible that they need to find oath-vouchers to swear that they didn't do it. That was one way a trial could go down in Anglo-saxon and Norman England for quite some time…
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Framed! (Campaign Help)
May 2010
As a note, if you're looking for any injection of "realism" from the middle ages, I can offer some ideas and/or concepts: Jail -- not ever used as a punishment, just as a holding place for noble prisoners until they can be ransomed off. Also not …
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Sugestions for June: Something New and Something Old
May 2010
Wow, Arsh, I do love to see myself inflated through the words of others, and for that I humbly thank you. Perhaps some day we will both share the honor of having graced the front page of the Portal -- your work with graphics and buttons is quite goo…
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Show Off
May 2010
edited May 2010
I'm always stunned by the photorealistic map school; my attempts have always been to replicate a representative style, something that might conceivably be available in the game world (though for the sake of playing one must do away with things like …
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Show Off
May 2010
Arsheesh, that is a great map. Followed the progression on the Cartographer's Guild and I am definitely impressed, particularly with your forest techniques.
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The Complete Book of...
May 2010
Also, I was thinking of reserving green for regional sourcebooks, since I don't have the art assets to put together a good Realmsian region cover. Blue I might use for rules notes such as equipment expansion and anything else I can think of (modelin…
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