Ærypt and Zakhara

July 2, 2009 from The Other Side
Filed under: 4e, Game Design, Play, RPG Hub, Retro Clone 
span xmlns=''pFollowing up on my previous post on a href='http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/2009/06/desert-elves-orcs.html'Desert Elves amp; Orcs/a, I thought I might detail the region they live in some more. br //pbr /pa h[...]
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Sandboxing : A Nobilis Example

July 2, 2009 from Gamestopica
Filed under: Game Mastering, Nobilis, Other Systems, RPG Hub 
For many years as a GM, I have focus on tightly-plotted campaigns. There is a main villain who initiate the chain of events, and the adventurers respond to them. My storyline include tragic lovers, a crazy mother, a twis[...]
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Chicagoland game store nominated as one of Americas Favorite

July 2, 2009 from Chicago Dungeons and Dragons Examiner
Filed under: RPG Hub, news 
Last week, Goodman Games held nominations for quot;Americas Favorite Game Storequot; - a voting contest where the winning gamestore will recieve free product and some nice recognition. A Chicagoland game store, Games Pl[...]
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The Other Side blog 2009-07-02 19:49:00

July 2, 2009 from The Other Side
Filed under: RPG Hub 
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Hogwarts RPG: Part Two

Chapter Two: Characters Whether we be old and bald Or young with scabby knees, Our heads could do with filling With some interesting stuff, For now they’re bare and full of air, Dead flies and bits of fluff, In the[...]
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Dispatch From the Sickbed

July 2, 2009 from RPG Blog II
Filed under: Podcasts, RPG Hub 
I am afraid I am a bit under the weather. Just a quick podcasting update for today: Episode 2 of a href="http://www.rpgcircus.com/"RPG Circus/a was recorded last night, so that should be out the first of next week. I’m[...]
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Pathfinder RPG Preorder: It’s time to reserve a copy.

July 2, 2009 from Chad Perrin: SOB
Filed under: Legacy D&D, Other Systems, RPG, RPG Hub, news 
This is part of my RPG series of entries here at SOB. See the inaugural entry in the series for more details. I got an email today from Paizo about the impending release of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game that talks ab[...]
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Swords Wizardry Quick Start – Second Draft

a href="http://sites.google.com/site/chgowizsite/Home/Swords_Wizardry_Quick_Start.pdf"http://sites.google.com/site/chgowizsite/Home/Swords_Wizardry_Quick_Start.pdf/abr /br /I want to thank you all for the awesome comment[...]
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Fidelity to License

July 2, 2009 from Justin Achilli
Filed under: Inspiration, RPG Hub, design 
It's no secret. I'm not a huge fan of licensed games. My preference doesn't have much to do with the marketing aspect of them. By all means, developers, tap into an established audience. The license won't make or break y[...]
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Revised Basic Dungeons and Dragons NPC Sheet

You know, sometimes it occurs to me that I may be way too picky for my own good.br /br /Case in point: the minions sheet I posted yesterday. Although I was generally happy with it when I posted it, upon closer examinatio[...]
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How to Host a Dungeon: a Review

Planet Thirteen’s How to Host a Dungeon is a quick entertaining diversion designed for one person.  As a game it’s enjoyment level ranks right up there with an actual gaming session.  However, I’ve[...]
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BuffyPunk – Birthday Party

July 2, 2009 from Troll and Flame
Filed under: Campaigns, RPG, RPG Hub 
a href="http://trollandflame.blogspot.com/search/label/BuffyPunk"BuffyPunk Campaign/a I developed for BtVS RPG. These are from my prep notes of a one shot I ran in 2004. It was a horrible railroad and some of my worst D[...]
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One Page Dungeon Winners Announced

July 2, 2009 from Critical Hits
Filed under: RPG, RPG Hub, news 
The winners of the One Page Dungeon contest have been announced over at ChattyDM and Old Guy RPG Blog. I was honored to serve on the judging panel, and I’m glad to give a hearty ...[...]
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4e Extreme Basic or 4e Very Fast Play

July 2, 2009 from World of Alidor
Filed under: 4e, Game Design, RPG Hub 
4e is fun to play, but it seems that you need a computer to set up your character well. I am totally fine with this, but say you are camping and you have a bunch of new players that you want to introduce to the game and [...]
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The March of the Giant

July 2, 2009 from Gamestopica
Filed under: Fluff/Inspiration, Game Mastering, RPG Hub 
The villagers who have lived there just avoid it; daring travellers would drop by to admire the size of the supposedly still statue and then leave. Scholars have studied the glyphs on the stone and think they are decorat[...]
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When Good Comics Become Bad Cartoons

July 2, 2009 from Conclusions Drawn
Filed under: RPG Hub 
a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2pn7cJ7E8Zk/SkzhP2PC6EI/AAAAAAAAATs/1H-iO8oXZPI/s1600-h/Xenozoic+2.jpg"/abr /diva href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_2pn7cJ7E8Zk/SkzhIZQi1qI/AAAAAAAAATk/pSYwuIJ2NP8/s1600-h/Xenozoic.bmp"img[...]
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A Brief Hiatus

July 2, 2009 from UncleBear
Filed under: RPG Hub 
I’m taking a few days away from this page to enjoy the 4th of July holiday weekend and work on some long-form writing projects. In the meantime, I will have new articles available at Examiner.com and BerinKinsman.c[...]
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Vassili’s Cocky Cap

July 2, 2009 from Superhero Necromancer
Filed under: RPG Hub 
divMagic User Spell, Level 1/divdivbbr //b/divdivspan class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "Vassili's Cocky Cap/span/divdivbRange/b: Touch/divdivbDuration/b: 1d6 + 1 hour per level (until activated)/divdivb[...]
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I envoked The Rule of Fun!

July 2, 2009 from By Decree of the Czar
Filed under: 4e, Play, RPG, RPG Hub 
At our last session, my D&D 4e party ended up in a town after jumping through a whirling blue portal to escape certain death.  They had some time to poke around, buy some gear, that kind of stuff. During their shopp[...]
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Villains should be Villainous

July 2, 2009 from Whitehall ParaIndustries
Filed under: RPG Hub 
We live in morally confused times, so I really shouldn't be surprised that it's very common to see people expressing the morally confused idea that killing Orcs is murder.br /br /I commented on one such occurrence recent[...]
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RPG’s that should go to the screen

July 2, 2009 from The Geek Life Project
Filed under: RPG Hub 
Thanks to a post over at Vulcan Stev’s Database, I got thinking about what RPG’s could make a good transition to either the big or little screen. Now most of you have heard to the old rumors of the Rift’[...]
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Why Pen And Paper RPGs Are Better Than World of Warcraft…

July 2, 2009 from Roleplayingpro
Filed under: RPG, RPG Hub, roleplaying 
If you stop playing a roleplaying game, how does it make you feel?  Usually you just move on to the next game, right?  Well, this isn#8217;t always the case with MMORPGs like World of Warcraft.  At least pen and paper[...]
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This Is How We Used To Roll

Roll up a ton of characters for our dungeons, that is.br /br /Back in the day (circa 1981) I mostly only played span style="font-style: italic;"Dungeons amp; Dragons/span (Moldvay span style="font-style: italic;"Basic/sp[...]
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Winner: Free RPG Day Adventure!

July 2, 2009 from Geek's Dream Girl
Filed under: 4e, RPG Hub, dungeons & dragons 
I had a contest to win the Free RPG Day 2009 adventure.  Lots of people entered, but only one could win! Congratulations to lucky number 30 – James Harris! Shoot me an email (e at geeksdreamgirl dot com!) with y[...]
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Paizo’s 7-7-7 Sale

July 2, 2009 from The Geek Gazette
Filed under: RPG, RPG Hub, pathfinder 
In response to a post on the message boards, Paizo is celebrating their 7th anniversary by giving fans a deal on Paizo products.br /Starting 7/1 and lasting until 7/7 Paizo has 7 products that are going to be priced at $[...]
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Suddenly, those “lame” Giant Ants aren’t so lame…

July 2, 2009 from Chgowiz's Old Guy RPG Blog
Filed under: Legacy D&D, RPG Hub 
From the BBC: a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8127000/8127519.stm"http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8127000/8127519.stm/abr /span style="font-weight: bold;"/spanblockquotespan styl[...]
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{Quest Log} Let’s Get This Party Started Part 2

July 2, 2009 from Questing GM; A Borneon Gamer
Filed under: RPG Hub 
The bad news is that the game didn't happen because I had forgotten that I had another commitment which clashed with the gaming schedule. The good news for that is that I've got more time to prep for the adventure and I [...]
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Keeping 3.x alive

July 2, 2009 from The Geek Gazette
Filed under: RPG, RPG Hub, pathfinder 
I, like many other fans of 3rd edition Damp;D (3e - Pathfinder), have been eagerly awaiting the release of the Pathfinder RPG core book, but I can't help wondering exactly why we are so looking forward to this rules revi[...]
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Best Rifts Site I Thought I Couldn’t Read

July 2, 2009 from The Outsyder's Blog
Filed under: RPG, RPG Hub, Rifts 
Sometimes I discover something and I find that I'm so excited about it that I just have to write about it. Usually, it is a new game or a new website that I have discovered and feel that I have to share.  Today, I want [...]
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Lost in Eberron: Profiling Jack, Sawyer and Locke

July 2, 2009 from Dungeon's Master
Filed under: 4e, RPG Hub 
A Lyrander airship travelling from Stormreach to Sharn is blown off course and crashes on an uncharted island in the Thunder Sea. The ship is damaged beyond repair and her captain is killed in the crash. The passengers, [...]
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Molder’s Clay

July 2, 2009 from RPG Dumping Ground
Filed under: RPG Hub 
This substance can be created from the dust that remains when Clay of Perfection dries out and crumbles to dust. It appears as a grayish, malleable solid with a slick, greasy surface. Much like its source, Molder's Clay [...]
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Plot Hooks in the News: Ooze in the Raleigh, NC Sewers!

July 2, 2009 from d20 Blonde
Filed under: At the table, RPG Hub, behind the screen 
There are colonies of "sludge worms" living in the sewers beneath Raleigh, NC. Video of the pulsating masses has made its way across the internet and, while authorities are claiming they're totally harmless, in an RPG, t[...]
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HackMaster Quick Start Rules

July 2, 2009 from hack/
Filed under: RPG Hub 
You can now download the free Quick Start rules for HackMaster Basic! You should probably go ahead and download some character sheets while you're at it. [...]
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Fluency: maybe you never thought about it either

July 2, 2009 from At Will
Filed under: RPG Hub 
Someone left this comment on my last post about a core rule book for a modern version of 4e: In D&D, you could wind up running into something your character is supposed to know but you don’t, or worse, the other wa[...]
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Items that grow with you (other than fungal rot)

July 2, 2009 from Unofficial Games
Filed under: Game Design, RPG, RPG Hub 
Today's flaw isn't even much of a flaw for a lot of people. But for anyone who likes to collect things of no practical or current use (every gamer with a gamer shelf) this game fix might appeal to you. If you look at [...]
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The Worst Player I Ever GMed

July 2, 2009 from Gothridge Manor
Filed under: RPG Hub 
Zack on RPG Blog II wrote about his worst DM ever and it read like a horror story. My worst DM was one who had a PC graveyard folder. If you went through his dungeon(s) and died he wanted your character sheet. These days[...]
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How to Build a Transformer

July 2, 2009 from Greywulf's Lair
Filed under: M&M, RPG, RPG Hub 
Ben asked how to make a Transformer using Mutants & Masterminds. Here’s how! Giant Transforming Robots are fun, not only to watch but also to build and play. They are Giant, they Transform, and they’re Ro[...]
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DM’ing Philosophy

July 2, 2009 from Lord of the Green Dragons
Filed under: RPG Hub 
I initially submitted this to the forum, but Rob thought it might be interesting to include it here, too:br /br /I've read some recent PP blog entries with great interest, as they (and some links) recount some of the Nor[...]
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Lulu Printing Knockspell 2

July 2, 2009 from Alex Schroeder
Filed under: Old School, RPG, RPG Hub 
On 2009-05-27 I ordered four Lulu products for $59.85. Knockspell 2 still hasn't arrived.[...]
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Location: The library of Half Moon Lake

July 2, 2009 from Mike's Mind
Filed under: 4e DD, Fluff/Inspiration, RPG Hub 
This library is currently not run by anyone, it was once owned by a great and friendly wizard who passed on twenty years ago.br /br /The wizard enchanted his library to be self sustaining. All of the books are magical in[...]
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