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38098
... I've heard of shared-GM games where there was one "main" GM plus others with authority over smaller specific pieces of the game. Familiar examples include...
David Lamb
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May 2, 2005
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38099
... David Suzuki, a Canadian geneticist, says there is no biologically meaningful definition of "race" (for humans, on current Earth). This might free up the...
David Lamb
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May 2, 2005
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38100
... No -- especially since Maia share with Vala the ability to choose their own physical form....
David Lamb
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38101
... IIRC original D&D established most of the idioms. AD&D1 split race from class, and I don't recall what else it introduced....
David Lamb
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May 3, 2005
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38102
Alright a bunch of things. One what do ye gentles think of this mechanic: Each attribute "point" you assigned above is a number of dice you roll whenever an...
sidhain
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May 3, 2005
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38103
... Nope... original 1974 D&D had race and class as separate things, and so did the 1977 version of D&D (referred to in some advertising material as "Basic ...
Travis Casey
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May 3, 2005
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38104
... Proper sacrifice to me consists of a free copy of any set of rules you commercially publish. :-) -- ... ZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ No one agrees with...
Travis Casey
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May 3, 2005
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38105
Commercial publicaion only? You'll be a very poor god, then! ~Talus ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
JAPartridge
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May 3, 2005
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38106
... One of the earliest mods I worked on for D&D was to do with race/class combinations. All elves were effectively fighter/magic-users in the game. Halflings...
Keith Davies
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May 3, 2005
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38107
... Shared genetic features, *perhaps*. OTOH, given the genetic overlap between humans and other primates, you'd be looking at high, high percentage matches. ...
Keith Davies
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May 3, 2005
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38108
... i've used a mechanic like this with success, and my players like it - it encourages them to put more into their play. ... i also have a similar mechanic,...
Dariel R. A. Quiogue
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May 3, 2005
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38109
... From: "Sidhain" <sidhain@...> ... There's a game at http://physics.hkbu.edu.hk/~lhung/caorp.html that I found a bit confused, certainly not...
Luc Hernandez
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May 3, 2005
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38110
... Well, most non-commercial publication these days is via the Internet, so those I can just download... If folks aren't publishing at all, but still want to...
Travis Casey
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May 3, 2005
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38111
... Not unless they have posted biblios and I didn't find much under the Cathay RPG, compared to just asking around. . I believe greatly in doing ones own...
sidhain
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May 3, 2005
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38112
... Hash: SHA1 ... Learn about actual China (this really does help). Read the Art of War. Learn Kung Fu (especially Kung Fu with weapons). Watch lots and lots...
Nathan E. Banks <Paga...
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May 3, 2005
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38113
... As fas as I know, and I'm fairly certain here, Gandalf is an Istari ( wizard ), just like Saruman. They are a "race" apart with Tolkien, as well as there ...
Peter Elster
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May 3, 2005
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38114
... I've done that last part, in a few different ways... - Had a player in an SF game who went into a lot of detail fleshing out the race he chose for his...
Travis Casey
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May 3, 2005
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38115
... I agree that this sort of thing is common, but I guess I'm being nit picky when I think this isn't really "GMing", this is background and shared story...
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38116
... Not seen Wushu. I like Gm awards dice because frankly players sometimes think things are cooler than they are (especially things from their most recent...
sidhain
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May 3, 2005
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38117
... ( wizard ... I'm not sure you can say it is a "race" : Istari are Maiar with a "special status" of wizard (istar). ...
Ozzy
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38118
... The Istari were Maiar, albeit restricted in form and powers. The long-lived Dunedain were descended from Elros, brother of Elrond Half-Elven, who was in...
David Lamb
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38119
... Hash: SHA1 ... Wushu is kinda... odd. Basically, anything that you narrate happens. Once it's been narrated, it's part of the game. You roll dice at the ...
Nathan E. Banks <Paga...
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May 4, 2005
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38120
... Hash: SHA1 ... Tom and Goldberry are *not* maiar. There's a lot of speculation about what they actually represent, beacuse Tolkien never allowed himself to...
Nathan E. Banks <Paga...
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May 4, 2005
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38121
... I don't, but I trust a good GM to be able to read her players--otherwise no rules will truly aid her, or him. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. ...
sidhain
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May 4, 2005
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38122
Dead horse or missed opportunty or what? What it your experiance and contemplation is if anything, wrong with Enterprise. Series or RPG. Mike [Non-text...
Michael Adams
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May 4, 2005
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38123
... I'm not sure, but I think I got it from the Middle Earth Role Playing edition I bought some years ago. That book is usually well researched as far as...
Peter Elster
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May 4, 2005
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38124
... Missed Horse: Dead Oppoprtunity, IMO. ... I for one was Excited about Enterprise when it First came out: a chance to again call myself a Trekkie without...
Toma Diener
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May 4, 2005
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38125
... I don't know the RPG, and only watched about a season and a half, stopping primarily only because of my illness rather than anything wrong with the...
David Lamb
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May 4, 2005
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38126
Greetings everyone... I believe I was part of this list once before, but here I am again. I'm interested in creating a game based on a d6 complex. I'm still...
Hrafn Nordhri
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May 4, 2005
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38127
it was a decent show, just not what the "trekies" were looking for I think I think if it had been done in another universe it would have done better.... but...
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