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chris mcdowell wrote:

I have a fun (yet frustrating) solution: RUST MONSTER!!!!!

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TWO MEN ENTAH!! ONE MAN LEAVES!!

Your totally awesome rendering reminds me of Thunderdome mixed with the cage from that old robot fighting show (the name escapes me).

I am so totally stealing anything you post.

NICE!!!

I have a fun (yet frustrating) solution: RUST MONSTER!!!!!

You folks at Paizo are a true class act. Prompt, professional, and providing quality products. Thanks so much. Make mine Paizo!

I had great success with using puffy fabric paint to simulate the "worms" on my Kyuss mini. You have to be patient when adding layers of worms. The stuff takes a few minutes to dry, but then you add a new layer of "worms" by using small linear dabs of the fabric paint. I use partial blacklights in my game room so I used florescent fabric paint and the effect was stunning!! I'll try to get an image up. My gaming group thought I bought it!

Rockstar Games has a cool music generator called Beaterator. You pick premade loops and construct instrumental tracks. It's free and super-easy to use. It even let's you construct your own loops and you can download your finished tracks. I've had a lot of fun making them and my players love them.

I play with two groups. One group plays every other week while the other plays every week (in fact, we play tonight). The every other week group sticks to that schedule due to kids, jobs, and other real world concerns. The weekly group is more available, but sometimes not everyone can make it. That's when I pull out the single/2 player reserve campaigns.
The big adjustments are as follows:
Give 'em a hand! No one is going to have fun if you kill the PC outright. A big help for us is the Critical hit/fumble deck from Paizo. They can take a dangerous situation and make it a hilarious "No way!" moment. I use the Crtical hit deck for the Pcs and the Critical fumble deck for the monsters.
Another tool I use may sound weird: I lie. Just because I roll it doesn't mean I have to use it. Of course, you must conceal your rolling, but the results can be rewarding. Nothing gives the PC a sense of relief than a last minute yank from the jaws of death. But the downside can be predictability, so mix it up.
Be free with the loot. PC can't hit those darn kobolds? "Cool! I found a magic sword!" No cleric for miles? "Hmmm? Is this a potion?" Throw them a bone, just watch how often. And make 'em earn it!

One on one can be a lot of fun for the PC and the DM, not to mention easier and faster. No one ever feels left out because you're interacting with one or to people. ENJOY!!

Any suggestions about how to buy (heck, I will even talk about renting) the necessary miniatures without breaking the bank?

What I like to do is download image files of what ever I need, open them in Word or something similar, adjust the height and width, and print them out on cardstock. Then I take foamcore board and cut out the appropriate sized base. Finally, make a shallow cut accross the middle of the foamcore base and insert the cardstock into the slot.

Thanks a bunch.

My bank had a recent scare with acount information being leaked. The bank issued me a new card with a slightly different number. Will this affect my previous order? It hasn't shipped yet.

Thanks for your time.

By the way, this product is AWESOME.

Using a different unzipping utility will solve the problem. The default Windows unzipper sometimes tries very hard to "protect" you from PDF files by not unzipping them (and not even telling you they exist). The folder should include two PDFs and a text file.

Thanks for the help. You guys rock.

I have an important question: I purchased the Citizens of Himmelveil PDF but the only PDF in the download was the instructions and character backgrounds. Did I misread the description or were the paper minis not included in the download? Any help with this would be appreciated.

I had a similar problem with the same campaign. The group entered Icosiol's Tomb, got their clocks cleaned, killing one character. Of course, I let him roll a new one. Then, everyone wanted to reroll their charactrs and start in the same spot. I ended the campaign right there. I wasn't a jerk about it, but I pride myself in suspending disbelief for the players in my campaign. I didn't want to ruin it for them, but the game was ruined for me. They just wanted to gloss over the most important part of a role-playing game...ROLE-PLAYING!!

I've seen all your cool Kyuss minis, but mine GLOWS IN THE DARK.
(Hehehahehn....ahem.)

We've been playing for nearly a year with our group about every other saturday from @7:00 - midnight. We're all in our mid to late thirties and only three of us have children. I'm the DM and I'll be starting the first part of "The Champion's Belt" this saturday.

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This is my Kyuss miniature-in-progress. The worms are two types of rice!

I'm a huge fan of using Crayola Model Magic. It's cheap, it air-dries, and when dry it's very light and easy to paint.