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Comment on The Dwarven Ricochet Hammer by Chuck

Chuck — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:41:54 +0000

And the monsters standing there with shocked looks on their faces. Did they mean to do that?

Comment on The Dwarven Ricochet Hammer by wrathofzombie

wrathofzombie — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:17:16 +0000

Very cool. I dig. I like the thought of the other players being wary of the use of this, for fear of it beaning them in the head.

Comment on It’s Obscure RPG Appreciation Day! Space Patrol & Dragon Quest by Chuck

Chuck — Fri, 31 May 2013 00:55:01 +0000

Like I said, DQ inspired a lot of my thoughts on D&D. Our youthful and pitiful attempts at play failed. Hey, we were young and screwed up the D&D rules too.

Comment on It’s Obscure RPG Appreciation Day! Space Patrol & Dragon Quest by Sean Holland

Sean Holland — Thu, 30 May 2013 21:57:07 +0000

We played DQ for years, interesting and flexible system. Still comb that magic system for inspiration.

Comment on Killing them is easy… by Chuck

Chuck — Wed, 22 May 2013 19:57:22 +0000

No Probs, Hackslash. It’s not so much engineer it so they just scrape by. It’s just more fun and challenging for me as a GM to really screw with them. Also, this was a little rant for those GM’s who judge their quality, creativity and self worth by killing characters and then having a big time ego trip about it.

Comment on Killing them is easy… by -C

-C — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:51:27 +0000

I’m afraid I have to respectfully disagree.

I am an impartial adjudicator. I personally have no interest in trying to engineer things so that players just “scrape by” being beaten and near death.

The real joy, the real challenge, is for a player to have his character die, and have him take full culpability for that death as a result of his poor decision making. It’s not the fault of the dice. It’s not the fault of the DM. It’s the player, making a choice without thinking about the consequence.

To be clear, the challenge isn’t having the players die due to their own malfeasance. They almost universally do that. It’s to run your games and present situations that have them realize instantly upon the moment of their death, that it is they who are wholly responsible for their character’s demise.

Comment on Killing them is easy… by Chuck

Chuck — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:06:55 +0000

True that. I mainly play, oh whatever.

Comment on Killing them is easy… by chatty

chatty — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:26:09 +0000

Word. I find that the more powerful the characters within the system, the harder it is to make them feel credibly threatened in a manner that doesn’t actually mop the floor with them. I mainly play supers games, so your mileage may vary.

Comment on Henchmen & Hirelings by Chuck

Chuck — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:39:12 +0000

Cool beans dude.

Comment on Henchmen & Hirelings by wrathofzombie

wrathofzombie — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:35:31 +0000

That’s roughly what I do (using DCC).

I also present this little bit of awesome for memorable hirelings:)
http://inplacesdeep.blogspot.com/2013/05/the-hell-is-wrong-with-this-guy.html