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  CuRoi

  in Introduction (The Ferdiad Cycle) July 2012

  Ahhhh very reminiscent of my old campaign. I ran a Celtic / Irish mythos inspired campaign for about a decade. http://www.eyrurpg.com/old_site/ if you are interested. That site only really details the first 2-3 years of the campaign, the rest were n…
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  CuRoi

  in Anyone know how to make combat fun for someone who doesn't like it? July 2012

  If you want to stick with 4e, I'd make use of more "challenges" and see if that piques your non-combatant's interest. Build in social challenges/puzzles into the main combats. 4ed doesnt -have- to be all about combat. Someone mentioned leading p…
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  CuRoi

  in Cheating February 2012

  My job isn't to kill them but create an entertaining story. My dice on the other hand, tend to enjoy killing players (I roll much better as a DM). Often I roll in front of the players so the players have come to fear the Fiery-orange Die of Player K…
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  CuRoi

  in Sandbox vs Canned January 2012

  If by canned you mean strictly following published adventures - I've never made it through one beginning to end without following the players off on some tangent either myself or they have created from the material. Plenty of times Ive sat down with…
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  CuRoi

  in Going from Dungeon Master to Writer January 2012

  If you have a race named "shorties" that are hairy footed foodies that are decent thieves despite a lack of desire for excitement, expect Tolkien's estate to contact you. If you make an octopus headed dude called a "Brain Sucker" expect WoTC legal t…
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  CuRoi

  in Combat Encounter Brainstorm: Battle at the Inn January 2012

  Hmmm....not up on 4e. I checked the entry in the MM though... Does the party have silver weapons? If not, suddenly the nice silverware cabinet becomes a strategic resource. Waves - have them stage out front and attack in waves (not sure how many …
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  CuRoi

  in My Obsidian Portal experiment has failed... January 2012

  Players need a reason to go to your site. As most GM's (self included) you will think that just your remarkable wit and incredibly detailed back story would be enough. Wrong. Unless you are me and making this campaign: "Summer Crossroads":http://www…
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  CuRoi

  in Strangest thing that your players have come up with in a campaign January 2012

  Hmmm...think that falls under strangest things a GM has ever done :) I've got a few players that if handed that scenario would probably ask how much XP an exploding infant was worth...
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  CuRoi

  in Strangest thing that your players have come up with in a campaign January 2012

  What no comment on the new banner? Heh. Hopefully the sarcasm was apparent. If not, you need to read more at "Summer Crossroads":http://www.obsidianportal.com/campaigns/summer-crossroads and train that biyatch up... :P Latest session log available c…
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  CuRoi

  in What's on your DM screen? January 2012

  I used to use my old 1e / 2e screens all the time but I think was only because the tables defied easy memorization and THACO was wierd. I got a laptop and a program to track combats for 3.0/3.5. Used DM Genie, good integrated program. You could even…
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  CuRoi

  in Improvised Skill Challanges. January 2012

  FATE games are pretty flexible and the rules bendy enough to imply this sort of thing straight out of the box. It's one reason I'm not a fan of some systems "skill challenges" because those systems can present a rigid, boring structured things that …
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  CuRoi

  in Strangest thing that your players have come up with in a campaign January 2012

  What, do you think I'm blin? Of course it is suppose to say "Dresen". It's an RP base on a series of books by Jim Bucher using the FAE engine. Neve hear of it?
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  CuRoi

  in Strangest thing that your players have come up with in a campaign January 2012

  Arsheesh - Thanks for the compliments! Killervp - that's just wrong! I can safely say I have never had players meld together and turn on the party, that's completely a first I've even heard of that! I did have a "confused" player nearly TPK ever…
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  CuRoi

  in Strangest thing that your players have come up with in a campaign January 2012 edited January 2012

  HurstGM - Funny, their first shot was a bomb threat which the party decided the partly insane hillbilly necromancer should make. He completely flubbed it by taking it way over the top causing the police to just "step up" security without evacuating …
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  CuRoi

  in Man Or Women November 2011

  Female or male it is definitely feminine...with a Justin Beiber hair-do. It's a great work of art for sure, but I'd never use it for any of my male PCs / NPCs...