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  Falchen

  in Retiring PCs without breaking your game March 2011

  Hay Gnunn, I have had this problem (It killed my last campaign) and I spent alot of time working on ideas so it would not happen again. Kill them: this can go many ways, from the heroic (Gandolf) sacrefice, to the dieing in battle (Boromir). T…
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  Falchen

  in Japanese Miniatures February 2011

  L5R had a miniature game called Clan Wars at one point, I used to pick them up pretty cheap online, they are epic 28mm scale (like warhammer) but they might be what your looking for.
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  Falchen

  in Brainstorming: Interesting Wilderness Encounters February 2011

  There is nothing wrong with bandits, or an old bandit cave/hideout. Don't forget to put in parts of past civilizations, old roads can be used to create clearings, they can also lead to places or interest (ruins) or encounters (remains of an old s…
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  Falchen

  in magic and warfare November 2010

  Thanks guys, I am getting a ton of ideas, like self propelled battering rams and balista golems.
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  Falchen

  in Campaign Advice November 2010

  Neithan, What can really help is if you make a template or format that you want them to use, then they can copy it and add in the information and post it as their character.
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  Falchen

  in Would LOVE a horizontal line between adventure log entries! May 2010

  Have you tried using the command
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  Falchen

  in How to get your players more involved March 2010

  I am against giving xp for non game related stuff, I actually only give xp to the party as a whole. I like the idea of basing certain parts of the campaign around players, I had my players create their own back stories, including people and places …
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  Falchen

  in How to get your players more involved March 2010

  I think an even playing field needs to be kept, I have quit games myself when one person became the all powerful and it seemed the dm was writing the campaign for him, it becomes no fun very fast. Now I don't mean you can't have a story arch for on…
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  Falchen

  in How to get your players more involved March 2010

  Gnunn, that sounds rather long, In my last battle I had over 75 monsters on the board (they had to fight through a hobgoblin century, after donkey kong) and combat rounds were taking about 15 minutes at the beginning and much shorter as the mobs thi…
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  Falchen

  in How to get your players more involved March 2010

  I find that mixing up the game helps keep players interested and minimizes the table distractions. for the last game I ran I built a giant donkey kong set including a dire ape at the top that tossed barrels down at the party as they climbed up. It…
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  Falchen

  in How to get your players more involved March 2010

  Nick, I do not like to start my experienced players at any level above 1, and there is always a bit of gripping, but in the end it leads to much better character development. I do however use a trick I picked up from my house mate, and that is doub…
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  Falchen

  in How to get your players more involved March 2010

  The reason I do not offer XP is because I want the party to level together, I find that my players prefer to stay on even footing, it also makes the math much easier.
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  Falchen

  in Compact Stat Block February 2010 edited February 2010

  Also very nice, one of my PCs wrote/modified an excel sheet for my pathfinder game and it has an export function which while not as compact works very nice: "Jason Byrsodepsis, Paladin of Apollo":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/11944/char…
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  Falchen

  in Compact Stat Block February 2010

  That is really nice, I will start using it to pretty up any creatures I make, thanks Gnunn.
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  Falchen

  in Designing Fantasy Countries and Cultures January 2010

  Gnunn, sorry I am a bit late on this topic, but world building is one of my favorite parts of running a game, so here are some of my thoughts on this. 1. My understanding of the variety of ancient cultures is mediocre at best. Good, I know way t…
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  Falchen

  in The Tao of Campaign Management January 2010

  I will agree with Sewicked, I love flashcards, I think I originally got the idea from a now defunct GMing email newsletter. I like to use a spiderweb when I am GMing, for every story arc I will write the names of people, places and events and us…
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  Falchen

  in Lack of Order in Campaign List January 2010

  I am not sure if it would be possible, but could the campaigns shown be active ones, I.e. only ones that have been updated in a certain period of time. This could allow for a lot of active campaigns to be seen as people post and update and then the…
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  Falchen

  in Searchable Characters and Items November 2009

  The website gives people the ability to make characters and items so that other people can use them, but there is no search feature for them. When creating an item you put in the category and game system, could a search feature be added so that we …