In a message dated 3/1/00 12:28:32 AM Eastern Standard Time, ... Greg, Each to their own taste. That is an individual PC survival rate of 98.33% or a group...
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peter parker
petergamer@...
Mar 1, 2000 2:41 pm
... That ... Dammit, Keith, I'm trying! How many times can a guy die anyway! I can't keep the percentages up all by myself! Peter...
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Brian P. Hudson
labrys@...
Mar 1, 2000 2:53 pm
... hook Ah, the eternal struggle ... I personally don't have an answer to this. But as a player, I like more linear plots--not the "fish hook" you're talking...
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Brian P. Hudson
labrys@...
Mar 1, 2000 3:01 pm
... reasonable ... all. Ths has bothered me, sometimes. If I'd really known what "the Case of the Weatherbeaten Book" was going to be like, I would have...
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Brian P. Hudson
labrys@...
Mar 1, 2000 3:04 pm
... two-round ... Not a bad module, either. The first round saw a good mix of battles and role-playing ... though the second round was a little too ...
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Brian P. Hudson
labrys@...
Mar 1, 2000 3:08 pm
... If you ... are ... really ... I look forward to writing it, now. Although, I don't know that the "Furried Foot" will stick--that's really more a halfling...
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Frank Timar
frank@...
Mar 1, 2000 3:36 pm
... I'm not sure LG will dictate this. I think that it will be up to each Triad. I intend to see to it that every Keoland regional event has them, at least...
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wogsilverthorn
wogsilverthorn@...
Mar 1, 2000 5:34 pm
... Well, undead, zealots, and of course, parties of PCs, hehe....
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nigel@...
Mar 1, 2000 6:46 pm
... death rate. That ... Ravenloft style. ... I would personally say that one out of 600 is way to low of a rate (even 1:100 is low to me). If I can brave...
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Paul Looby
woesinger@...
Mar 1, 2000 6:50 pm
... Or perhaps some resonant gnomish name? Or something related to one of the noniz pantheon (about which I know next to nothing). Also you might consider...
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nigel@...
Mar 1, 2000 6:54 pm
And the DM with the 94 page module will hate you. :) I think you could get the description down to about 3 lines and still convey all the info you wanted to...
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DragonsVu@...
Mar 1, 2000 7:17 pm
In a message dated 3/1/00 1:54:09 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... I think you shifted definitions. What you have defined appears to be 1 PC death per 25 tables,...
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Tim White
tlwhit2@...
Mar 1, 2000 7:37 pm
... What about defining it as the percentage chance, in each encounter, of a PC biting it? That might actually be adjustable (how are you going to pick the 1...
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nigel@...
Mar 1, 2000 8:49 pm
... 5% chance ... their ... at the ... Actually, stated this way its more deadly. If you follow a common LC formula which is to have 2 combat encounters and ...
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Creese, Timothy
Timothy.Creese@...
Mar 1, 2000 9:09 pm
I might add that Mike's character died in the County of Urnst module play test this past Saturday. -Timothy, A Firm Believer That Characters Should Retreat...
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DragonsVu@...
Mar 1, 2000 11:03 pm
In a message dated 3/1/00 2:53:11 PM Eastern Standard Time, ... don't forget to adjust for the number of encounters per adventure, unless only one encounter is...
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Thenodrin@...
Mar 2, 2000 12:55 am
I think that it should be possible for a PC to die in every module. This keeps the threat of death, avoids TPKs except in extraneous circumstances, and allows...
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GrandCustodian@...
Mar 2, 2000 1:27 am
... Looking over what I have done, I have had 3 characters killed in the 29 Living City Tournaments that I have played in. One of those was a total party kill...
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Russ Taylor
rtaylor@...
Mar 2, 2000 1:36 am
On 3/1/00 5:26 PM, GrandCustodian@... (GrandCustodian@...) wrote ... Assuming 6 PCs per adventure, it's actually a 4.6% death rate, just so you know --...
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DragonsVu@...
Mar 2, 2000 11:33 am
In a message dated 3/1/00 7:57:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, Thenodrin@... ... It is always possible if there is any combat, traps, or other hazards in a ...
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Mark S Middleton
markmidd@...
Mar 2, 2000 11:57 am
... I agree with Keith. This is the way you can have a module based on a legendary/horrific creature. To me an important point is, the encounter is related to...
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Eric Price
eprice@...
Mar 2, 2000 6:11 pm
As a writer im going to have to ask you to stop with the math stats now. even if one could mathematically analyze this when creating a scenario there will...
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Mick Hitch
mtknife@...
Mar 2, 2000 6:36 pm
dragonsv-@... wrote: original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/livingworld/?start=8182 ... chance ... the ... You average PC survives 95 percent of the...
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Jason J. Paulus
jjp_55@...
Mar 2, 2000 8:36 pm
Don't know if this has been covered yet, but I was wondering will the years keep rolling forward in Greyhawk. I know WOTC will keep their "Greyhawk"; products...
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Daniel Cunningham
brontomn@...
Mar 2, 2000 8:44 pm
... The campaign years will move foward one game year for every calendar year. With the exception of the first game year being 1.5 calendar years. Everyone...
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Creese, Timothy
Timothy.Creese@...
Mar 2, 2000 8:48 pm
Since Iuz is your neighbor, you needn't worry about aging your characters... ... From: Jason J. Paulus [mailto:jjp_55@...] Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000...
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Michael Webster
dicetales@...
Mar 2, 2000 8:51 pm
... More like Iuz is the freaky in-law who lives in the basement and you can't seem to get rid of! Michael S. Webster, Editor Dice Tales - War Stories from...
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Jay A. Hafner, DC
jayhafner@...
Mar 2, 2000 10:28 pm
... I would say, "almost every module." Certainly there must be those 'lame' role-play only modules where there is truly no danger, simply the drugery of...
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Mark S Middleton
markmidd@...
Mar 3, 2000 12:51 am
... sorry to hear that Jay,I guess you play HUD Modules and think they're the best that the LC campaign had produced. I have been in and run LC adventures that...
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Thenodrin@...
Mar 3, 2000 2:39 am
In a message dated 3/2/00 5:36:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, jayhafner@... writes: << I would say, "almost every module." Certainly there must be those ...
