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gnunn
in Massive Challenge every now and then ...... January 2011

Ooh! Gnome Stew had an "excellent article":http://www.gnomestew.com/gming-advice/i-hate-the-ice-level?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+GnomeStew+%28Gnome+Stew%29 today addressing some of the "don'ts" of challengi…
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in Massive Challenge every now and then ...... January 2011

Everyone is throwing out some excellent advice. I also ran a bigger fish encounter recently, because I felt that my players should realize they can't just destroy everything. Some things that I felt worked really well for me that I think are good to…
gnunn
in Congrats Duskreign! January 2011

Congratulations! Enjoy your tall, frosty dice cocktail! You've put together a gorgeous site.
gnunn
in A new web tool for GMs December 2010

Hey thanks Dusk & Arsheesh! I actually have a couple more how-to guides I've been meaning to put together to throw onto that page.
gnunn
in A Yearling just getting started December 2010

Hallooo Libran! Like you, I also waited nearly a year between joining OP and really getting rolling on my site. Don't worry, down the line, people will just think you're more old-school than you actually are! :P
gnunn
in My new project - Gaming Music, a resource for GMs December 2010

I would add Apocalyptica - "Amplified" -This is one of my go-to battle albums Also, another excellent Joe Hisaishi is - "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind"
gnunn
in Base of Operations: Castle, or Airship? December 2010 edited December 2010

Well, some of my players are already buying whole-hog into what is now known as the "Barbarian Dream House" and so far the trajectory of their thinking fills me with glee... only some of which is maniacal. So, to put things in context, the keep i…
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in How to whip up a planned/ unplanned session in no time December 2010

Oh, I also want to throw in links to a couple generators I find very useful when I am feeling crunched for time or generally uninspired. * "NPC/Monster Generator":http://www.dinglesgames.com/tools/NPCGenerator/dnd35/ * "Name Generator":http://ww…
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in How to whip up a planned/ unplanned session in no time December 2010 edited December 2010

So, I've started up a mini-stat cheat sheet for my PCs (per Igor's advice). I had previously kept my own copies of their character sheets, but I suspect having mini-stat blocks all displayed side-by-side will be tremendously helpful. Each mini-block…
gnunn
in How to whip up a planned/ unplanned session in no time December 2010

I do tend to just eyeball the DCs for a lot of checks these days, and I agree, it works quite well, but I still haven't nailed down an intuitive grasp on appropriate bonuses for NPCs of a given level. I've only really been DMing for 2 years. To be h…
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in Base of Operations: Castle, or Airship? December 2010 edited December 2010

So the in-game reason for the taxation is that the party is basically being elevated to the rank of baron (as a collective group) in charge of the keep and the valley surrounding it. At the moment, the town around the keep is actually just a glorifi…
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in Base of Operations: Castle, or Airship? December 2010

Okay, last session, the Prince let the PCs know that they will be inheriting the keep if they are successful in their next adventure. My players all seem very excited to be getting a base of operations. Now, I've shifted gears to think about the…
gnunn
in How to whip up a planned/ unplanned session in no time December 2010

Google Docs also offers flow chart options now. I tell ya, igor, I like your thinking a lot! I have been struggling for two years to get my campaign prep time down and just can't seem to do it, no matter how many templates or other tricks I use. …
gnunn
in Planning Scramble! December 2010

Okay, so everyone was right, my panic was completely unjustified. I always forget just how long my players can spend shopping! The first hour and a half of our session was just taken up with people buying crap and wrapping up their leveling from las…
gnunn
in So.... December 2010

I believe CotY is strictly drawn from the CotM campaigns for the year in question, so Pursuit of Destiny wont be a contender this year. Dusk, I also agree that last year's winner was based primarily on name recognition.
gnunn
in My 10th Level Players Fought a Tarrasque... December 2010

...and all I got was this bloody T-shirt. Someone had to make the joke!
gnunn
in Duskreign Sulk Thread (Come pity the poor Duskreign) December 2010 edited December 2010

It's funny, but I've been having a lot of conversations lately about game scheduling. Over the weekend, a friend of mine, who is also a DM, mentioned that he always puts his game on hold during the month of December, rather than deal with the headac…
gnunn
in Duskreign Sulk Thread (Come pity the poor Duskreign) December 2010

I definitely agree with Dark Magus about balancing diplomacy and discipline, because it is a game and intended to be fun for all. The rule I put in place works REALLY well for my group. In fact, I think most sessions have one or two people absent. P…
gnunn
in Base of Operations: Castle, or Airship? December 2010

Dewd! Great, now I'm all conflicted!... I'll probably still go with the keep, because I've started putting time into the mapping and mechanics. Also, my group has a paladin with a unicorn mount and getting normal horses, much-less opinionated sen…
gnunn
in Duskreign Sulk Thread (Come pity the poor Duskreign) December 2010

I was in a group like that for a while. We had one player, who admittedly lived a hefty drive from the DMs house, who would frequently bail on us as everyone was gathered around the table waiting for him to arrive. Yeah, sucktastic. That's why I imp…
gnunn
in Base of Operations: Castle, or Airship? December 2010

Yeah, having never played Suikoden, my main inspiration for the keep's function has been NWN2. My hope is that once the massive 2 year long (so far!) serial campaign arc concludes, my players can use the keep as a jumping off point for more episodic…
gnunn
in Base of Operations: Castle, or Airship? December 2010

Okay, so I've started designing the keep. Yes, they visited it previously, but it was an ally's makeshift base of operations so I only provided a basic description rather than a comprehensive map. I am in the process of creating a more concrete layo…
gnunn
in Base of Operations: Castle, or Airship? November 2010

OMG! I just thought of a horrendously punny identity for the key to the relic's resting place. The resting place of the relic is in an ancient elven citadel dedicated to the collection of arcane lore. Perhaps the key could be a golden egg (repres…
gnunn
in Base of Operations: Castle, or Airship? November 2010

So far, excellent advice all around, much of which has been helping to reinforce my current leanings toward giving them the keep. After all, they just dinged to level 9 which seems old enough to stay home alone, but not to go joyriding in an aerial …
gnunn
in "Scabbards EVERYWHERE!" - Managing Carried Items November 2010

I'm still trying to decide whether I will actually implement some of these rules. My group is generally very casual - lots of table talk and an emphasis on socializing as well as gameplay, so adding more rules can be problematic. I consulted wit…
gnunn
in "Scabbards EVERYWHERE!" - Managing Carried Items November 2010

I mostly use the backpack encumberance thing as a replacement for having to calculate the weight of all the items in their pack. I find it easier to say, "backpack on? You have medium encumberance. Backpack off? You have light encumberance" than to …
gnunn
in magic and warfare November 2010

I agree with the unit wide buff spells and having a bard or 2 embedded in each combat unit to provide buffs with their music. Spells that create walls of force or fire could be used to funnel enemy units into killzones, or to protect friendly troops…
gnunn
in Dynamic Character Sheets for Popular Systems November 2010

Takissis, I started playing around with your 3.5 sheet, and I like it a lot! There are a couple tweaks that I think could be easily implemented that might further improve it. 1. In the section dealing with carried weapons, there is no field d…
gnunn
in Prettying Up The Site November 2010

This can be done pretty easily. You just have to create an image to be your buttons. Then put it on your page as a linked image. The basic code for two buttons, titled "back" & "main" might look something like this: |={width:100px}. !…
gnunn
in Compact Stat Block November 2010

Hey all, I just wanted to throw out a quick heads up regarding the 3.5 stat block. I created it back before OP updated their Textile parser, and have noticed that the new parser breaks some of the formatting, specifically regarding weapon to hit …

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