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MMCJawa wrote:


That sounds like my high school and undergrad life. Sadly my daily reading is almost always limited to a half hour here and there on trains or waiting for trains. And that's assuming I am not reading for work or research.

With time taken by kids, family and work, I am left with a to-read pile that became several to-read piles. The only extended time I spent reading continuously in the last 5 years was when I was in hospital for two weeks. Other than the meds and hospital food, I enjoyed my gloriously uninterrupted reading time and was able to finish off an armful of books. I was probably the only patient in the ward who was not looking forward to leaving...


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The high price is probably because the cost of collector-grade hardwoods have gone through the roof in recent years.

I have tried ordering from Artisan Dice a couple of months ago but they seemed to be backlogged so far I was a bit leery on putting down (significant) money. If you plan to order call them on the phone to confirm they have the stock on hand.

I share DungeonmasterCal's feelings about them. They seem to be more practical to display than to game with as wood would pick up all manner of dents with hard use (and if you see the way my players treat dice, I think only tungsten dice would be immune!). They would make a great conversation and collector items though and the occasional light use wouldn't hurt.


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Steven was a great guy and a an exemplary ambassador for the hobby with his infectious passion for gaming. His wrote great and innovative gaming material and I'd like to think a little bit of Steven lives on in his words and ideas that we enjoy on our gaming tables for years to come.

I haven't yet summoned up the will to open any of the many Rite books I have in my collection as the wound is too fresh now. But I will, eventually and I will be thinking of him everytime I do so.


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I have bought everything with the Alluria logo on it some time ago and have not yet regretted any of it.


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You can always expect something different from Rite - just got my copy and will be leafing through the contents shortly


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You can always rely on Rite to come up with races or creatures one would not normally associate with PCs.

But you know this is going to launch a new era of horse-jokes around the gaming table right?


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One of my favorite third party publishers who always seem to find ideas which are weirdly interesting (in a good way) and somehow make playable Pathfinder compatible material out of it e.g. King of the Ring

I have some reading to do and am looking forward to it


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1: Have my Fantasy novel that I have been writing on-and-off since my high school days (that would be coming up to 30 years now) published. I have had short stories published but I have not been able get any interest from a publisher. With luck I will linger long enough on my deathbed to be able to read reviews of how much it sucks :)

2: Play the Call of Cthulhu Masks of Nyarlahotep campaign, as a player. I have the book in my collection but I have resisted reading it for many, many years in the hope that I will someday be able to play it.

3: Learn how to forge a blade. I have been saving up for several years for a trip to one of the ABS Hammer-Ins in the US. If all works out, this wish probably has a higher chance of fulfillment than the previous two.


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The Archer and the Sorceress
2 Rangers, one of whom is an aged NPC that conveniently passes magical tattoo and matching +5 longbow of Michael Bay (provides audience-pleasing explosions on par with RPG-7 rounds) to our interpid hero before dying and a Sorceress who doesn't have much in way of combat magic unless you consider the very un-PC attire...


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Woot free gaming stuff. I'm in!


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Johny Mnemonic
How Bad? A 14% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a Golden Raspberry nomination for Keanu Reeves

Why I like It: As a unabashed William Gibson fan, this film showed me the worlds that I spent my teenage years imagining, reading Neuromancer in my school library. Yes the dialogue is so cheesy you could spread it on bread. Ice-T and Dolph Lundgren ham it up gloriously too.


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I enjoyed all these non-fantasy games at one time or other

James Bond 007 (Victory Games): Long out of print, sadly but had the wonderfully streamlined d100 task resolution system that kept the fast, cinematic feel of the movies.

The Mutant Epoch (Outland Arts): Set in a gloriously wacky and not-to-serious post apocalyptic world, this is my go to game when I want to scratch the Mad Max / Fallout itch.

Cthulhutech (Wildfire): Admittedly, the rules are a mess, but what a world to play in. A kind of crossbreed of Cthulhu and Japanese manga influence. Pilot a giant robot or turn into a monster yourself to fight the real monsters.


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I don't have gaming buddies my age any more (I'm 45 this year).

These days I run things for youngsters (my nephew, niece and their friends) and every gaming session is like a skit from Monty Python - there will be plenty of jokes about farting, armpits (or both together), dice ending up in awkward places after yet another wild throw, minis taking death dives off the gaming table and so on. Seems like the age difference disappears once the dice start rolling.

But I am having great fun and I feel they are too so that's what counts.


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Will the Vigilante get an armor bonus if he paints a large skull on his chest?


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Oh wow! The art is gorgeous and my kids are going to love this book and the wallpapers.

After exposure to this, my players are going to be heart-crushed to put sword to monsters. They may even decide to retire and become monster conservationists...


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For any underwater campaign the last word would be Cerulean Seas from Alluria Publishing


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96. You need to find someone to inherit your hoard of lovingly collected books, minis and dice.


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After dispatching his attacker, the warrior in the party turns to the druid named Job who was still struggling with his foe. Before his brain fully processed what came out of his mouth next, the warrior shouted: "Do you need a hand, Job?"

For weeks after that, the gaming sessions were filled with instances of other party members asking the warrior for a hand at inopportune moments.


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I think Dreamscarred Press has carved itself a nice little valley on this topic. Anytime I think about implementing Psionics in a game I would just open Ultimate Psionics.


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Yagyu Retsudo from the Lone Wolf and Cub manga series by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima. Especially in the last chapters of the manga where Retsudo displays the intriguing complexities of a character who is undeniably ruthless and manipulative but also subject to the strict tenets of Bushido.

Spoiler:
What would you do as a villain who has just succeeded in killing the one man who has made it life's mission to destroy your family (successfully!)? You respect him so much you let his son stab you in the chest and dying(?) so you can continue the fight in the afterlife


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Found the book thanks to a suggestion in http://www.whatsthatbook.com/

Steven Caldwell's The Fantastic Planet


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Aliens In Space: An Illustrated Guide to the Inhabited Galaxy by Steven Caldwell.


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I have NS1-4 and am overjoyed that the Northlands Saga will be appearing in full someday.


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As a fan of Wuxia movies I was thrilled to see Dragon-Tiger-Ox by LRGG. There have been many attempts to bring the East to D20 systems over the years but this one I feel does it best.


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King of New York boardgame.

Looking forward to loads of Kai-ju mayhem with the nephews when they come over for Christmas.


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Fire as she Bears

As an age of sail enthusiast who has just about every RPG book on sailing and ship-based adventures for me, this book comes closest to capturing the swashbuckling feel of combat on the high seas for RPGs. Perfect for the Razor Coast campaign for which it was written or Paizo's Skull & Shackles adventure path.


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I am your father’s brother’s nephew’s cousin’s former roommate: Fail an improbable persuade task with a roll of 1.

Go back to juggling apples: Have a casted spell misfire or fail miserably.


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After 5 agonizing days the cobra died - Make a fortitude save vs. poison with a natural 20


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"Directed by John Woo"
- Successfully pull off a near-impossible feat of ranged weapon shooting while attempting acrobatics


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"And if you do not listen, then the hell with you"
- Failed a request for divine aid. Bonus experience if said request was done in an Austrian accent.


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A polyhedral dice set makes a great welcoming gift for a new player.


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All in the reflexes: Make a Reflex save at a dramatically appropriate moment.


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256. A daring pickpocket was caught red-handed trying to pick the party barbarian's pocket. And those grasping hands discovered what barbarians wear under their kilt...

257. A bawdy discussion extolling the merits of various village damsels goes quiet when a particularly uncomely wench appears behind her unknowing slanderer in mid-slander. With an axe. And 18 strength.

258. Somebody passed the dwarf a shaving razor


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Zoe Oakeshott wrote:


Heavy Celtic elements

They are out of print but still available as PDFs on DTRPG, Slaine from 200AD.

Zoe Oakeshott wrote:


Any period of China

Dragon Tiger Ox captures the feel of the Wu-Xia movies particularly well (for D20 systems at least!).


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When I used to run Stars Wars D6 I used my collection of Star Wars action figures to play out all fights.


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Hmm this is gonna be a shock to the males who wanna ride unicorns... So does the book includes castration rules? :)


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As I approach my 50th year, I occasionally think about my shelves of gaming material and that they will eventually have new owners. Not to intentionally be morbid, but do you folks who have large gaming collections ever think of what happens to your stuff after your demise?

Passing it on to your kids or nephews/nieces who are gamers would be the natural thing, but if you haven't got gamers in the family what then? As I fall into this latter category, I was thinking about passing on my collection to a buddy who owns a game store with the instructions that he keeps whatever he wants for himself and have the rest given away to any customer who wants them.


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Out of all the MMOs I've tried, I miss the community in CoH/CoV the most which was a far removed from the kind of jerkass-ism you expect from these games.

And I could spend all day playing with the costume creator.


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I have a number that have sustained their appeal even after years of gaming.

Strategy
Chaos Overlords
Master of Magic
Master of Orion II

RPG
Elder Scrolls II: Morrowind
Fallout 3

MMO
City of Heroes / Villains
World of Warcraft


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I would love to see a city-based investigative module like the classic WFRP Shadows Behind The Throne.


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Alucard from Helsing - Vampire Gunslinger


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Sold!

I am a huge fan of these add-ons for Pathfinder that add color and variety to the player character options.

Now what about that Greek sourcebook...


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I started playing with the little black books that Traveller came in sometime around 1984 when a friend showed them to me and we promptly recruited a gaming group of like-minded souls for weekly game sessions. I ended up trading him a board game for those books when he lost interest. Until I tried D&D some years later thought that it was normal that your character could die before even starting a first adventure if you rolled a D6 poorly.

Other games that my group played a lot of in those days were Call of Cthulhu (those insanity rules resulted in some memorable sessions), James Bond 007 (a very underrated game that deserves more attention) and Phoenix Command (it's not an RPG when your weapon has more stats than your character, but fun nonetheless...).


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"You want to kill the Ice-lord boy, you better learn to live with pain"


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Black Dougal wrote:

B:"My whole life, I've taken crap because I'm part Pilgrim. And I don't know why. "

T:"Sit down. You're one of the last descendants of a dying race. Pilgrims were the first space explorers and sailors. For five centuries they defied the odds. They embraced space, and for that, they were rewarded with a flawless sense of direction. They could feel magnetic fields created by quasars and black holes, negotiate singularities, navigate not just the stars, but space-time itself. "

Wing Commander


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So it is an artisan district selling lighting fixtures which by some quirk of culture are predominantly red?


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"Let me tell you of the days of high adventure..." Classic.


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Supported. We do need more female voices in the RPG community - how much more great gaming material we could be having if this were so.


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137ben wrote:

Hey, could you maybe set it up so that all PDFs in the store are automatically beamed onto my harddrive, organized into folders exactly how I want them, despite me not being a subscriber to anything? For free, of course.

:)

My wife gets this. The downside is that she has be married to me to enjoy the Pathfinder premium service :)

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