tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65546789510382033082012-02-10T15:50:11.270-05:00<br> For RPG EnthusiastsCallinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10588183535221978936noreply@blogger.comBlogger3251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6554678951038203308.post-50773507685040680212012-02-10T08:00:00.000-05:002012-02-10T08:00:10.503-05:00

-Can you hate a game system simply because you hate the company that produces it? I have seen several internet comments from people stating they hate 5E and will never try it, simply because they hate WotC (not to mention how many people said the same thing about 4E and 3E). "WotC has lost me forever as a customer." Is this a legitimate approach? I would say, yes it is. Sometimes a company

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There is a new stand alone, strategy card game over at Kickstarter aptly named Edition Wars. Apparently you compete with other players to bring gamers over to your preferred edition. You get to use such things as the internet, blogs and snark. My only question is...What if my edition is taken, do I have to champion an edition I hate?

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-OGL. So far there has been little from WotC other than a short "We're working on it". However, I think 5E requires an OGL similar to 3E. Beyond the obvious implications, such as community investment into the system and keeping the buzz going, 5E may wither and die without third-party support. There is simply no way WotC can support 5E by themselves. With the concept of multiple styles of play

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4E has taken the time to explain the Scope and Scale of a campaign and detailed this as Tiers: Heroic, Paragon and Epic. Personally I like this method as it helps define a campaign and make sure it progresses. However, I think their examples of Scope can and probably should be defined differently. Let’s first talk about what I mean by Scale. Scale is mostly mechanic. It is the levels of

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1) So the 5E playtest seems to have gone out to several people last week from various blog posts made. Of particular interest to me is that thus far it looks like it has predominantly been going to "old-school" sites. This makes sense to me, as the concepts behind 5E seem to be geared toward the "old-school" crowd. However, I have to hope they do not forgo the 4E or 3E (Pathfinder) bloggers. I

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“Not fudging is important.” “Let the dice fall where they may.” “There has to be the chance of unavoidable failure in order for there to be success.” “Balance is a crutch and bane to good gaming.” Every single DM who ever said they espouse these statements and sentiments is a liar, even if they don't realize it.  If they were telling the truth that would mean encounters would be designed

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After last week's announcement on the next version of D&D, I've taken the past week to mull it over and take in all the various thoughts/blogs on the topic. I've decided to give Friday over to putting out some of my random thoughts on the topic of D&D5E. Monte Cook made an interesting comment in his weekly Legends and Lore article. "Imagine a game where the core essence of D&D has been

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Through the years there have been a multitude of DM Screens. Here is an attempt to showcase them in order. I suspect some may be out of order or missing completely. (I did not include every screen such as the settign specific ones, like the Eberron one, though I did decide to throw in the Kingdoms of Kalamar one since it is the monster on the bunch.) Which is your favorite? It could be because

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Similar to yesterday's post, this is another city I wrote up for the Bushido RPG long ago. Click on it for a larger view.

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Similar to yesterday's post, this is another city I wrote up for the Bushido RPG long ago. Click on it for a larger view.

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Similar to yesterday's post, this is another city I wrote up for the Bushido RPG long ago. Click on it for a larger view.

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While digging around my old material I came across some city maps I did up for Bushido, the FGU RPG. This material is over 20 years old so bear that in mind. A mention on the notation. The first number is related to the list on the left, the second number after the dash is a sequence to differentiate the same types from each other. So if 4 is a Temple, 4-2 is Temple #2. You should be able to

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This is another in the series of "wanted" posters that can be found within a campaign setting. This is the last one for now.                                                 -Cult leader. Lots of good creepy lairs to explore as the characters track this one down. Sedition involves going against the government, so for some reason this cult wants to see the downfall of

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I have been moving some stuff from storage back onto my gaming shelves. Here is an old Bushido, the old FGU RPG, adventure I wrote 20 or so years ago. Honestly I couldn't tell you if the stats are right or anything anymore but here it is anyway. If nothing else it may provide some ideas for someone's adventure , even if it isn't for Bushido. "The Golden Bird" Adventure PlotA curse affects the

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I have been moving some stuff from storage back onto my gaming shelves. Here is an old Bushido, the old FGU RPG, adventure I wrote 20 or so years ago. Honestly I couldn't tell you if the stats are right or anything anymore but here it is anyway. If nothing else it may provide some ideas for someone's adventure , even if it isn't for Bushido. "Nothing is Certain in Life, Except Death and Taxes" 

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This is another in the series of "wanted" posters that can be found within a campaign setting.                                                 -What are the Elder Kings? I have no idea and it really doesn't matter. Will they find out what the Elder Kings are? Only the DM knows that. Perhaps they are known by another name in his campaign. Perhaps they are only fictional

Callinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10588183535221978936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6554678951038203308.post-50697267374973758052011-12-27T07:42:00.003-05:002011-12-27T07:42:00.382-05:00

One of the best things about epic/high level play (in any system) is the ability to become one of the movers and shakers of their world. The character’s decisions begin to have a visible and persistent effect on the world around them.  The rest of the world starts to look to them for leadership (or fear if they are chaotic/evil enough). The characters become heads of wizard’s circles, kings of

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This is another in the series of "wanted" posters that can be found within a campaign setting.                                                 -A fellow adventurer has been lost in a dungeon crawl. Can the characters rescue him or will they be forced to fight his undead form? Or is he not really missing, but rather has forsaken his heroic ways for a life of evil? Only

Callinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10588183535221978936noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6554678951038203308.post-78344499930809577202011-12-20T07:40:00.006-05:002011-12-20T07:40:01.266-05:00

This is Pinewood, a lumber community of 50 people.  It was the starting place of my The Children campaign.  It is basic but could be used for any fairly generic village. Feel free to use it as you wish; it could come in handy if you need a village on the fly. A couple of notes about my write-up. Families are named for the father of the house.  The number within the parenthesis is the age of the

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This is another in the series of "wanted" posters that can be found within a campaign setting.                                                 -If the military is recruiting groups of civilian adventurers to do some scouting, it can only mean a couple of things. One is that they deem it too dangerous for "regular" scouts, two that they may not want to be associated

Callinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10588183535221978936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6554678951038203308.post-40877871337467310172011-12-16T07:31:00.001-05:002011-12-16T07:31:01.608-05:00

There has been some talk lately about how to make and run Epic adventures. A lot of these points can be used for every edition or game system. Of course, most of these discussions have been on the mechanical side of the issue; how to balance the numbers to make it feel epic, how to make it so the monsters are not pushovers. However, there has not been a lot of talk about what goes into the

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In most fantasy worlds there is a method of resurrecting the dead. The methods used are fairly straight forward. Here are some alternate ways to handle the concept of death, specifically after-death, the resurrection of characters. Note that these are world/campaign changing concepts; as such, incorporating these ideas is something that should be decided during world creation. ReincarnationWhen a

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This is another in the series of "wanted" posters that can be found within a campaign setting.                                             -Is he a harmful villain or only a seducer of other men's wives and daughters? Is this reward because he has harmed someone's person or just their pride? What will the characters do if he comes to them for aid?

Callinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10588183535221978936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6554678951038203308.post-25830425845376679242011-12-06T07:53:00.001-05:002011-12-06T07:53:00.069-05:00

The subtitle to this article could easily have been How the DDI Character Builder is Ruining 4E. While there is some more ammunition for the 4E haters out there and this article can be construed as some 4E bashing, I first want to say that I really do love 4E. The things it has brought to the gaming table, such as exciting and dynamic combats, ease of adventure creation and the ability for the

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This is another in the series of "wanted" posters that can be found within a campaign setting.                                                 -A magical warhammer. Could it be something more? An artifact of ancient lore? Some research may reveal there is more to this item than it at first appears. And what use will it be put to by those who are offering the reward?

Callinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10588183535221978936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6554678951038203308.post-65439923505344936882011-11-29T07:56:00.001-05:002011-11-29T07:56:00.248-05:00

Of late, I have been gearing up for my Stargate campaign (Spacemaster system) and I have been going over the equipment lists for it. In particular, I have been looking over the gear Bundle lists from the AEG Stargate SG1 game system. And then I began to compare these to the TV series. And then to any TV/Movie of the same genre. And I determined that they do not use equipment lists. We have all

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This is another in the series of "wanted" posters that can be found within a campaign setting.                                                 -The Cat nomer could apply to the fact he is in fact a werecat. Dirk is an agent for an enemy government sent to spy. Investigation of the charges will reveal it occured to a government official with access to sensitive

Callinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10588183535221978936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6554678951038203308.post-47856697474414194392011-11-23T08:27:00.002-05:002011-11-23T08:27:00.337-05:00

While doing some research on yesterday’s article about to how to take the World of Eli Monpress by Rachel Aaron and turn it into an RPG campaign setting, I came across the author’s blog. Of particular interest was a post she made on How I Plot A Novel in 5 Steps. While there have been other articles detailing how writing novels and RPG campaign design are very similar, I still enjoyed her

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Like most RPGers I like my fiction. I can get into a good sci-fi, fantasy or modern thriller book. Often there are things I can use in my own games, either for a one-shot adventure, or ways I can add to my own ongoing campaigns. And sometimes I like a book enough to want to play in that world as a campaign of its own. The books of Eli Monpress is one of those worlds. If you are unfamiliar with

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This is another in the series of "wanted" posters that can be found within a campaign setting.                                                 -Even if no one in the party does not speak elvish, they may have come across an NPC who does, or they may go out and seek to find an elf. -Why is someone looking for a translator? Perhaps he has an elvish document that leads

Callinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10588183535221978936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6554678951038203308.post-21254653030007773032011-11-18T07:45:00.001-05:002011-11-18T07:45:01.219-05:00

The other day on Facebook (yes, I still use Facebook) I received a friend request from someone I hadn’t heard from for over 25 years. I immediately confirmed, but right thereafter I began to think about all the things we had done together in high school. And then it hit me, he was the person who had introduced me and my friends to role-playing games. He was one grade ahead of us, but we all

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With one of the latest WotC setting books, Neverwinter Campaign Setting, they included Nine Hallmarks of a Neverwinter Campaign in the Introduction. Basically this is nine points that define the campaign setting and help make it unique. To be honest, some of the points can be seen in many other settings, such as Myriad Possibilities, but they do help keep in mind the theme and direction of the

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This is another in the series of "wanted" posters that can be found within a campaign setting.                                                 -This is a dangerous man and pursuing him will be an undertaking. He will have demons at his command. He is wearing a symbol and is likely part of a larger organization. -What are his goals? His offense is not helpful. While

Callinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10588183535221978936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6554678951038203308.post-34153267065648310792011-11-11T07:33:00.002-05:002011-11-11T07:33:00.258-05:00

A few weeks ago, the blog Gaming Tonic wrote an article on the subject on the overwhelming choices that exist for certain RPGs, specifically Pathfinder and 4E; though to be honest many of the inherent points made within the article apply to any edition or RPG system. The basic premise of the post is that despite there being a large number of choices, in the end all the choices tend to boil down

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I am not a political person at all, but I do like amusing and mainstream accounts of D&D. Here is a website that did up a bunch of the Presidential candidates as D&D character sheets. I'm sure there is some political bias on the part of the author, but a lot of it is funny nevertheless. http://www.funnyordie.com/lists/e0cb0351f6/

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Dungeons are a staple of most D&D campaign worlds. However, when it comes to world-building, why were the dungeons originally built? Why are there so many dungeons for the player characters to explore? It is a good idea to contemplate the idea of where the dungeons came from during world-building as the answers can add a level of “realism” to a campaign world and also provide adventure ideas down

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This is another in the series of "wanted" posters that can be found within a campaign setting.                                             -A simple but effective entryway into an adventure killing orcs and taking their stuff. Sometimes that is all the players want to do some nights and if they pick up on this poster they are letting you know this is what they want for

Callinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10588183535221978936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6554678951038203308.post-37326326777553781612011-11-03T05:00:00.000-04:002011-11-03T05:00:02.433-04:00

Rabid Gary Thom has the ability to control and enhance animals. He is a freelance contractor willing to do anything for money. He often teams up with others. He keeps a variety of animals at his apartment, some fairly normal and some exotic. He has also been known to use animals from local zoos on occasion. Some of his animals are Birds (Blood Hawk Sentinel), Spiders (Deathjump Spider,

Callinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10588183535221978936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6554678951038203308.post-25640643852684544412011-11-02T05:00:00.000-04:002011-11-02T05:00:02.613-04:00

Headache Georgina Lewis is a mild telepathic. She discovered her powers as a youngster in school when they came to the forefront while being harassed by the other girls. Since then she has learned to channel her powers in all the wrong ways, using it to hurt other people, much as she was hurt as a teenager. It is possible she could access other telepathic abilities if she focused and explored

Callinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10588183535221978936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6554678951038203308.post-78037705540327616292011-11-01T05:00:00.000-04:002011-11-01T05:00:08.648-04:00

Volcano Sid Mann is a big guy. He came from the school of hard knocks, mostly as an instructor. He has learned to use his size to his advantage. When he discovered he could summon fire, things got even better. Now he uses his prowess to his advantage, even if that means others have to suffer. Volcano can summon fire, but for now he does not know how to cause it to shoot. Instead he usually

Callinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10588183535221978936noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6554678951038203308.post-26766180878889968712011-10-31T05:00:00.001-04:002011-10-31T05:00:06.518-04:00

No adventure this week. In fact, this will be the last week for my superhero posts...until such a time I write more up. Next week I'll be going back to my regular articles and opinion pieces on the wider spectrum of rpgs. For this week I'll be posting some loose supervillains I have lying around. The Burning Man Vincent Poor was in a horrible fire where his powers of fire manifested.

Callinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10588183535221978936noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6554678951038203308.post-57798785165452937042011-10-28T05:10:00.000-04:002011-10-28T05:10:00.162-04:00

Quickchange Richard Cartman is a smart person, just not smart enough to pass the final exams for his doctor’s certification. Not having a lot of options, he was out of money for more school, he became a street doctor. Without a license he would practice medicine in the poorer areas of the city, mostly illegal abortions and similar things. It did not net him a lot of money but it did keep him fed

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Lethe April Mendez fell in with the wrong crowd when she was young. They would rather sit around and smoke than become invested and pursue anything of value. Some were rebelling, some were just lazy, some were looking to escape; April just wanted to feel like she belonged somewhere. They took to robbing the poor to get more to smoke but she was eventually caught. She was sent to a juvenile

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Sense Susan Ford learned of her powers slowly. At first things just seemed weird, people around her at school having problems hearing, vision blurred or numbness. Unknown at the time, it was during times when she was stressed. No one made the connection. Then on one particularly stressful day she wished ill upon some bullying kids and it came true when they were struck blind (though the person

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Bonegrinder Chuck Brown was always a strong person. In school he was used to getting his way with his strength. After school he went into boxing but it was determined he had powers so was barred from the sport. From there he went into sports entertainment wrestling as Bonegrinder. He was never very popular there, so his contract expired without being picked up again after one year. It was after

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Timeout Jason Sikes was an accountant for one of the money management companies that misled their investors with false progress reports. At the behest of his boss, Jason was part of the misinformation. However, he was a low level accountant and when the feds came down hard he escaped the dragnet, mostly by turning state’s evidence against his former employers. It was while he was in a holding

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Venture Group This is a mercenary group of individuals with powers. While they skirt the edges of the law, so far they have always managed to stay clear of any serious repercussions. They usually hire themselves out to high paying nations. Any wrongdoing is blamed on the hiring country, as they allow for plausible deniability. Rumors persist that they have engaged in crimes, but even if that

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One One mind, one world. That is the philosophy of Warren Bond. He wants to bring peace and security to the world and his belief is that there is only one way to do that. People must come together to one way of thinking. His way of thinking, since he is obviously the better mind. The old ways have not worked, only his one way can lead the world out of its despair into a new world. Warren Bond

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An Old Dawn One (a major supervillain) comes looking for the characters. Apparently one of his plans worked, worked too well. As he explains to the characters, One was able to gain control of the majority of the nuclear weapon systems of the major world powers. Then he launched them which caused those he did not control to also be activated. Nuclear rain fell upon the Earth destroying

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Alienist As Sigmund Freud developed his theories in Austria he gathered a set of followers who studied and debated his theories. Among them was Charles Braun. He was fascinated by the concept of transference, in particular countertransference. Whether it was his research or the manifestation of a power, but Charles eventually found he could literally enter the mind of another person and control

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Wormfood Wormfood is a mass of sentient hive worms. He does not know how he came to be; one day he simply existed with self awareness. Soon thereafter he had his first contact with a human being and upon touching, he instinctively moved into the human. From there he took over control of the body, able to access the various functions of a human body. He also found he could interact with human

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Body Snatchers This is less an organization than a duo of crime. The Alienist and Wormfood have made a criminal living at kidnapping for money. They have a near flawless record for getting away without any contact with authorities or apprehension. Unfortunately, they sometimes kill their kidnapping victims; sometimes by Wormfood because he can’t really help himself and sometimes by Alienist

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Bloodvine Gregory Desmond was a world renowned botanist. He had some uncommon ideas, including that plants were sentient much the same as humans or animals, it was just that they had no way to communication with us. Eventually his ideas began to take a more radical turn as he began to splice human genes with plants, specifically his genes. Whether his theories were proven right or not is up for

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Garden of Evil The town of Warren Township, in New Jersey (pop. 14000), is having problems. Specifically, the entire town is under the control of Bloodvine. Bloodvine has finally figured out he can control people as well as plants; though actually, he is using his plants to suborn the minds of the people. The FBI (and now military) is aware of the situation but the last tactical team they sent

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Steel Bullet Miguel Henrique can move metal with his mind, basically a telekinetic who can only affect metal. In fact, whatever he is trying to move must be composed primarily of metal or his power will not work. Thus he is not able to move people by their belt buckle. He is your typical hothead who uses his powers to show his power over other people. He plays into the tough guy image, but in

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Return of the Spirit King The Spirit King was a villain from long ago. His ability to communicate and control the spirits and ghosts of this world gave him tremendous power. He used this power over others. He was defeated several years ago fighting against other people with powers out to stop his wickedness. He was killed during the battle when the spirits he controlled broke free and tore him

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Sawbones Dr Theodore Dicena could have been a surgeon that helped the world. For a time he did just that, serving as a field doctor for the army. Sadly, he saw one too many mangled body brought to him for repair and something snapped. Since then he has made it his life’s goal to create the perfect, and most resilient, human form possible. To the detriment of humanity he uses people as material

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ORB Sawbones has a new experiment. He is looking into regressive research, wherein the human body is regressed to an earlier form of evolution. He feels he can then take the best parts, the parts that helped push the species forward, and reintroduce some of the human components that have been lost since time and medicine has “weakened” humanity. Part One The players are called to the Rock

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Ifrit Ifrit was summoned from his home plane to our world by Sha’ir, a summoner of Jinn. Ifrit proved far too powerful for him and easily broke his bonds. Since then Ifrit has made his way through the world, doing much as he pleased. Eventually he ran afoul of some of the more powerful heroes of this world and was beaten in a straight-up fight. Since then, Ifrit has taken a new approach. He

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Marid Marid is a jinn recently summoned by Sha’ir, a member of the mercenary group known as Jihad. Marid managed to break free and gain his freedom. He is relatively weak currently, but as time goes on he will quickly become more powerful. (His stats below are for right after he was summoned. He will in a very short period of time rise in level, eventually slowing down once he reaches 25-28th

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Bodyguards Hakeem al Din is a Muslim moderate, outspoken in his call for unity of mankind. For his ideals on the rights of all men, regardless of their faith, to live and prosper, he has long been targeted by extremists. And yet his influence continues to grow. There have been several attempts on his life and he has withstood them all; many see this as a sign he is blessed and thus his words

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The Aphotic Accord This is an evil organization whose goal is control from behind the scenes. Their normal methodology is to gain control over individuals through a variety of means; bribery, blackmail, threats, impersonations. The Accord is broken into several different branches. Each has control over certain areas and methodology. Ebon- Logistics Dusk- Violence Obsidian- Science Onyx- Money

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EM EM is a sentient electromagnetic field, accidently created by Professor Adrian Richie. One of the Professor’s first acts after the “birth” of EM was to try and shut down the “haywire field” not realizing the field was now sentient. EM did not look kindly upon this attempt upon his life. EM is able to control electrical devices and animate them. EM himself has no physical body but rather

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EMo Birthing Professor Adrian Richie is a chemist. He has dedicated his life to the study of electromagnetism, but he comes at it from a chemical approach. Similar to how electricity can be produced chemically, he has spent years trying to do the same thing but in the field of electromagnetism. Recently he has gone missing. His daughter Elena Richie regularly meets him for dinner once a week

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FBI:PB This is a branch of the United States FBI, specifically the Powers Branch (yes, it is called the Peanut Butter division by some). It was set up expressly to deal with national crimes involving those with powers. This includes crimes committed by those with powers as well as crimes against those with powers. To help augment their non-powers they have been given several ROC Suits (Rigid

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Chindōgu He creates strange, almost Rube Goldberg, devices for hire. He is amoral and is willing to hire out and make anything ask for, no matter the consequences to others. Given the right resources he can make almost anything, but actually needs initiative; he generally lacks goals (other than accumulating money) and needs someone else to give him a project. His base of operations is usually

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Gestalt Gestalt is an amalgam creature born during the last days of WWII. Majdanek was a concentration camp in Poland. Estimates figure over 70,000 people were killed here during the war. The spirits of many of those killed would not go on, lingering over the horror that was the extermination camp. In June of 1944 the Soviets were moving rapidly toward the camp and the Germans were forced to

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Brain Loss Gestalt has come up with a new plan of revenge. Gestalt believes it can travel back in time if it has enough power and believes this power can be gained from the minds of others. And when it means minds it means the literal brain. Gestalt is a purely psychic entity and part of its consciousness has determined that using more brain energy will augment its own abilities, so much so

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Jahar Jahar is physically the weakest of the Jihad. However, he more than makes up for this with his ability to confuse and dazzle his enemies. Jahar is faithful, but he is not a fanatic. He believes religion should be a choice not a mandate. However, he is loyal to his fellow members of Jihad.

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Shaitan Shaitan is an overlooked sin of the Jihad. To the outside world Shaitan is a human who can assume the form of his enemies to better destroy them, but the Islamic organization Jihad knows that Shaitan is a demon and a creature of sin. However, they value his power too much, so for now, they are willing to turn a blind eye to his origin and some of his more wicked acts. For now they

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Sha’ir Sha’ir can summon jinn to do his bidding. The jinn he can most easily summon is his Gen, a small imp. During combat Sha’ir spends his time controlling and giving orders to his Gen and allows his Gen to provide support for the rest of his group. Sha’ir can summon other, more powerful, jinn but ever since he summoned Ifrit he has been loathe to try it again. Perhaps once he has gained some

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Mamluk Mamluk is a member of the Islamic mercenary company, Jihad. He has several tattoos on his body that is the source of his powers. Mamluk was raised in the Islamic faith but drifted away when he was young. He eventually took part in much sin and debauchery, including the sin of having tattoos applied to his body. When his powers manifested he took this as a sign from God that his sins were

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Faris Faris is a member of the Jihad, an Islamic mercenary group. He is known for his martial prowess, particularly his speed and precision. He primarily uses a short spear as his weapon of choice. He has built a blue light into the head of the spear in an attempt to mislead his opponents into thinking the spear is the source of his powers. After his enemies direct their attacks on the spear he

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Jihad Jihad is an organization of Islamic fundamentalists with superpowers bent on disrupting the control of the satanic forces of the West. Or at least that is what they try to portray themselves as. In reality they are a bunch of mercenaries. While they are willing to take on Islamic causes, they only do so for money. So far they have not been willing to fully engage the West and its

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Set Whether it was an instinctual calling, an ancient plan, residual reincarnate knowledge or pure luck when Seth O’Malley picked up the Was Staff of Set and was transformed into the superbeing known as Set is unknown. Whether or not he is the actual Set from millennia ago or some crazed person with powers is unknown, but his power levels are high. For all intent and purposes he is Set and some

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The next few weeks will see some superhero adventures appearing on this website. On Mondays I will post the main adventure, with the following days being taken up by supplemental information such as details on villains, organizations, etc. Garden of Eden An archangel, Gabriel, has appeared before the world and has opened the way into the Garden of Eden for true believers to enjoy. This Garden

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There has been some talk lately about epic adventures and monsters for 4E...or rather the lack of them. Today I’d like to talk about the monster side of epic. While this article is geared for 4E, many of the concepts can be applied to any system when it comes to providing epic monsters. One complaint seen repeatedly is that there are no new monsters to challenge epic level characters. You can’t

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This is another in the series of "wanted" posters that can be found within a campaign setting.                                                 -Witches! They are always evil and out to harm normal people. They are also always innocent of these charges. Is Twenaria guilty or innocent? That is up to the DM.

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One of the problems in higher level play in 4E is that player abilities can “stun-lock” a monster such that it can take no (or limited) actions for a series of turns. This can create an anti-climatic fight for the end of an adventure. One thing I have started to do (past Heroic Tier) is to allow a monster’s use of an Action Point to end all ongoing/save effects currently affecting it. Of course,

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Here is my scale of DM ability when it comes to listening to their players: -Horrible: Ignore the fact your players are not having fun after they tell you so, “because the DM knows best”. -Good: Listen when the players request something. -Great: Open avenues to make it easier for the players to talk to you. -Awesome: Listen to your players when they aren’t talking. It is that last one I will be

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This is another in the series of "wanted" posters that can be found within a campaign setting.                                                 -Whatever could this key open? Why are there two of the exact same key in existence? Why so much gold for a key someone already has? Will the key lead to a dungeon crawl wherein the two keys are used to allow access to an ancient

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Just a quick thought today. Why is it that players get to name their characters? This is akin to a character naming himself. Naming is done by parents, outside the control of the character. In real life I was not able to make my own choices until after I was born, so why should a character be able to do so? After all I didn’t get to pick my real name; it was something I was stuck with. In real

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This article is not about using cuss words at the table or implementing Greek as a form of flavor. No, this article is about the fact that what a DM says at the game table can affect his players and how they play. At first, this seems blatantly obvious but this article is about the subtle things a GM can say that he may not even be aware he is saying. The words you choose may be saying something

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This is another in the series of "wanted" posters that can be found within a campaign setting.                                                 -Obviously the leader of a bandit group. But is he out for himself or on the run from an oppressive government? It may not matter since rumors are saying the reward will be doubled since he captured the Sheriff's daughter.

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This article is about the transitions of RPGs through the years, with a focus on where D&D fits into this evolution…and I get to bash on the Old School a little bit. In the beginning there was D&D, the one game that started this niche called Role-Playing Games. It was sleek and simple. Everything was basic with no frills. That lasted about a week. As the game was being developed it grew as new

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I play 4E. I am running two completely unique, built-from-scratch 4E campaigns. I really like 4E and its options. I am the type of person who likes to have a lot of options, both as a player and as a DM. I like the interplay between characters in combat, wherein group support is recommended and encouraged; wherein a person can affect combat even if it is not their turn. I have sold some 4E

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This is another in the series of "wanted" posters that can be found within a campaign setting.                                                 -A fairly basic dungeon crawl. As the message implies there will be undead involved. However, nothing was mentioned about the necromancer and his cult being there as well.

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I will admit that with all the internet hatred of 4E it can get a bit depressing. Sometimes I feel like I might be doing something wrong, playing the wrong game for the wrong reasons. After all there is soooo much wrong with 4E. There are countless articles by people about why they don't like it. And to be honest it is not a perfect system. It is easy to point (and harp) on a singular issue and

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This is another in the series of "wanted" posters that can be found within a campaign setting.                                                 -Goofy smile, the crime of littering, the huge reward, only wanted dead. There is more to this poster than the usual. The target is an exceedlingly dangerous man, a man for which no crime has been found for him yet, so the most

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One simple way to differentiate NPCs and locations is by naming them uniquely. One easy way to do this is to start each one with a different letter of the alphabet. It makes it easier for people to distinguish two names if they start with unique letters. If I see two NPCs, named Sean and Seth, I find I can confuse the two, especially if they are not NPCs I interact with a lot. By changing up

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I know a lot of players hate the xp-for-killing method of advancement. Some say it feels contrived; others that it promotes combat over role-playing. People have sounded off looking for other ways to grant xp for years. Some have looked at rewarding successful completion of a goal, the end-of-quest reward. However, I say that killing is xp, accomplishing a goal is not. A person does not get

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This is another in the series of "wanted" posters that can be found within a campaign setting.                                                 -Yet another way for a player to be proud of being an adventurer and a way to earn some "free" gold. Things that could go wrong include: the painter is evil and is able to control people through his paintings (having a stable of

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Like the rest of the US, I am sitting in extreme heat today; we should be around 110 with the Heat Index. Being the rpg geek I am, I immediately thought of how this is close to how it must feel to be in a Dark Sun adventure. Unrelenting heat where you start sweating profusely five minutes after starting to move. Where your shirt clings to you from the sweat and tugs at you. Where that cold bottle

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In Play Mechanics Now that the world is set up we can start playing. For the exploration, I will take a look at how many potential special items the characters can find. From there each member of the party will make a Nature roll with a DC20. For every success, the group will have found one of the special items from my list per day of exploring. The understanding is that the group is making a

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This is another in the series of "wanted" posters that be can found within a campaign setting.                                                 -Kor may be the mastermind behind a string of thefts...or the underling posed to take the fall in a clever game of misdirection. The real mastermind may have been using Kor as a frontman while he remains free from suspicion.

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This is the list of Unique Terrain for my Farstead campaign. These are "naturally" occuring features such as vegetation, simple animals or geography. They are designed to be out of the ordinary or something easy to remember. These should be easy to add into any campaign setting, especially as most of these would be local occurances so it would make sense that only the local inhabitants would know

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This is the list of Mysterious things the characters can find in my Farstead campaign. They are meant to be unexplained, perhaps for the entirety of the campaign. Perhaps someday they will be explained but nothing is set in stone right now and I can use them later to fill a void if needed. Until then they are meant to show the characters that they can not "know it all". In your own campaign they

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