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June 12, 2006

Inspiration and ramblings

Over the weekend, I read The War of the Flowers by Tad Williams. As a good changeling story, it is immediately going on the Neitherworld inspiration list. I’ve read a good chunk of the stull Williams has written at this point, and I’d generally recommend it as inspirational reading for gaming. Much of the action in The War of the...

May 9, 2006

Hmmm…

I’m not yet sure what to make of this blog entry over on Ludanta Retero, but I think it is important.

May 3, 2006

Playing Softball

Yesterday, over on his gameblog, Jeff was talking about a game he ran last night and the possibility of a total party kill. I’m a player in the game (and the TPK didn’t happen by a long shot), but that wasn’t what really hit home about his blog entry. What really made an impact was when he said: But times...

April 28, 2006

Neitherworld Frustrations

The more I work on the multiple-player/one-character model for Neitherworld, the more I become convinced that it isn’t feasible to meet all of my gameplay goals for that model. At this point, I am fairly convinced that I cannot write a game in which all of the players portray the same character unless either (1) the players take competitive roles...

April 28, 2006

I be a DM

So, last night I ran my first-ever d20 game. It is a campaign I’ve been planning to run for my housemates and unofficial household members for awhile now. I think it went well. I framed it around a small trade caravan – as it seemed a good way of keeping the PCs together and forming a bond between them. I...

April 17, 2006

d20 Tweaking: Hacking Classes

So, in the game I am about to begin running, I have four players. One of them had a solid concept. He was toying with playing a Ranger, but didn’t see his character as a spellcaster (much less a divine spellcaster). I showed him the Scout class. He was hooked. Another wanted to play a tinker-type character with some spellcasting....

April 17, 2006

Catching up and a new beginning

It has been awhile since I last posted. That doesn’t mean I’ve been idle: 1. I’ve been working on an article for the Silven Trumpeter. It will focus on addressing moral issues in rpgs.2. I’ve been setting up the groundwork for the D&D campaign that I’ll be running for my roomates/extended household. More on this below.3. I’ve been making a...

March 26, 2006

Exalted 2nd ed. Character Sheet

I got bored yesterday, and created what may one day become a semi-workable character sheet for Exalted 2nd ed. Here is the first draft of it.

March 24, 2006

Sorcerer

I was reading this thread on The Forge, which was linked to in Ben Lehman’s Blog, and got inspired by it to come up with a quick outline for a Sorcerer setting. I don’t know what it is about that game that begs for it to be modded to other settings. Anyway, the idea? Sorcerers are post-war veterans. Demons are...

March 24, 2006

Mandate of Heaven

So, I picked up the Exalted 2nd Ed. Storyteller’s Companion last night. I did this primarily to check out the Mandate of Heaven rules. There is a thread on rpg.net with a good overview of these rules, so I won’t go into too much detail here. Essentially, the Mandate of Heaven rules are like Civilization: the RPG set in the...