You back for a while, or is this your semi-annual post?;)
May be back for the summer in between odd assignments on campus. I'd like to spend more time on a regular basis, but time always catches me up.
So ... where's the bait shop?
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You may be a Paizo nerd if…
...you miss the good ol' days of Nicholas Logue style violence.
And you mean on the boards not in the adventures.You may be a Paizo nerd if…...you miss the good ol' days of Nicholas Logue style violence.
Show me on this doll where he hurt you, Tarren.
You might be addicted to Paizo boards if you post from your girl's nite out!!!!!!
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You might be addicted to Paizo boards if you post from your girl's nite out!!!!!!
Or you just aren't doing it right.
You might be addicted to Paizo boards if you post from your girl's nite out!!!!!!Or you just aren't doing it right.
I love girls nite!
*sigh* I remember girls nite. Between my husbands travel and other work stuff and bowling it's like pulling teeth trying to get one scheduled these days. :(
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*sigh* I remember girls nite. Between my husbands travel and other work stuff and bowling it's like pulling teeth trying to get one scheduled these days. :(
Yeah...she kinda tricks me into letting her have them. She brings up stuff like "Don't you want to go work on DND or be on Paizo?" Then invites her gf's over...rassum frassum. I fail my will save EVERY time...because she only does that when wearing a tight shirt.
My wife is on a girls nite right now...they are playing the Wii and listening to various Metal Music....and are in various states of drunkeness.I love girls nite!You might be addicted to Paizo boards if you post from your girl's nite out!!!!!!Or you just aren't doing it right.
I resemble this remark right now!
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...you miss the good ol' days of Nicholas Logue style violence.
Phh, I consider this to be a rather recent development. The good ol' days were when I tried to be witty against ASEO. He taught me not to mess with Sebastian before I even knew that the destroyer of all things stupid existed.
And so I survived.
No posts for 3 hours? All the gaijin go to bed?
I resemble this remark right now!My wife is on a girls nite right now...they are playing the Wii and listening to various Metal Music....and are in various states of drunkeness.I love girls nite!You might be addicted to Paizo boards if you post from your girl's nite out!!!!!!Or you just aren't doing it right.
If your posting with a hangover!
If your posting with a hangover!My god woman don't you sleep? ;)
Feel to ucky to sleep...paizo make me feel better! ;)
Feel to ucky to sleep...paizo make me feel better! ;)
Not that is dirty. I like it!
Now tell me...where did Paizo touch you?
Feel to ucky to sleep...paizo make me feel better! ;)Not that is dirty. I like it!
Now tell me...where did Paizo touch you?
You are a bad bad puppy!
You forgot the dolly CourtFool...
Well…I was willing to 'stand in'.
[removed before Paizo staff discovered]
You forgot the dolly CourtFool...Well…I was willing to 'stand in'.
Bad puppy! ;) No biscut!
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You may be a Paizo nerd if.....
You, um, got a Pathfinder goblin tattooed on you.
Only if you got the Legalities tattooed as well!
Your sad when the chat room is frozen and won't open!
:(
RL usually limits me to about three hours a week.Instead of doing the smart thing and go to bed after a 6 hour DND session, you stay up to check the boards.Only 6 hours? You wuss! ;)
Three hours a week?! I would go into withdrawls!
Three hours a week?! I would go into withdrawls!RL usually limits me to about three hours a week.Instead of doing the smart thing and go to bed after a 6 hour DND session, you stay up to check the boards.Only 6 hours? You wuss! ;)
I was going into withdrawal from just four hours a week. And then people started cancelling. I would never have made it if I hadn't discovered the wonder that is play-by-post. :)
I was going into withdrawal from just four hours a week. And then people started cancelling. I would never have made it if I hadn't discovered the wonder that is play-by-post. :)Three hours a week?! I would go into withdrawls!RL usually limits me to about three hours a week.Instead of doing the smart thing and go to bed after a 6 hour DND session, you stay up to check the boards.Only 6 hours? You wuss! ;)
I read through one of those last nite...they look like fun.
I read through one of those last nite...they look like fun.
I was going into withdrawal from just four hours a week. And then people started cancelling. I would never have made it if I hadn't discovered the wonder that is play-by-post. :)
They are fun...and addictive. Warning: You can't join just one. While you're waiting for someone to post you get impatient and decide that you can get more play in if you join two. And so on, and so on... :)
Of course then you end up in over your head. Or you start running your own. PBP are the perfect way for rookie DMs to gain experience.
Yep. Cause then you can have the panic attack off screen with no players the wiser. :)
Of course then you end up in over your head. Or you start running your own. PBP are the perfect way for rookie DMs to gain experience.Yep. Cause then you can have the panic attack off screen with no players the wiser. :)
I DM'd once...it was not a pretty sight. :(
I DM'd once...it was not a pretty sight. :(Of course then you end up in over your head. Or you start running your own. PBP are the perfect way for rookie DMs to gain experience.Yep. Cause then you can have the panic attack off screen with no players the wiser. :)
I pretty much had a nervous breakdown about three sessions in. I was doing alright during the games but they would not stay on the rails, and I just couldn't prep enough to deal with that. I've been getting some practice in running a PBP. There have been a few hiccups, but it's definitely helped me relax a bit and see what works and what doesn't. Someday I may even try to run a live game again. :)
They are fun...and addictive. Warning: You can't join just one. While you're waiting for someone to post you get impatient and decide that you can get more play in if you join two. And so on, and so on... :)I read through one of those last nite...they look like fun.
I was going into withdrawal from just four hours a week. And then people started cancelling. I would never have made it if I hadn't discovered the wonder that is play-by-post. :)
I think I would like to join one when i get better aquainted with the boards and all.
I pretty much had a nervous breakdown about three sessions in. I was doing alright during the games but they would not stay on the rails, and I just couldn't prep enough to deal with that. I've been getting some practice in running a PBP. There have been a few hiccups, but it's definitely helped me relax a bit and see what works and what doesn't. Someday I may even try to run a live game again. :)I DM'd once...it was not a pretty sight. :(Of course then you end up in over your head. Or you start running your own. PBP are the perfect way for rookie DMs to gain experience.Yep. Cause then you can have the panic attack off screen with no players the wiser. :)
Mine was just very short on details...I gave up halfway through and let moorluck finish.
....30 min..the extent of my dm'ing career
My beginning GMing was much the same.
I have found over the years that no matter how much you prep and how well you think you know your players, they will go off the reservation.
Learn to improvise. Another thing to keep in mind, players have no idea what is going on in your devious little mind. If one of them gives you a great idea, "I sure hope these are not the king's men testing our loyalty" use it. The player will think they guessed some wild scheme of yours and you get a freebie.
If I had not sworn off D&D, I might consider joining another pbp.
Also, along with players not knowing what you are thinking, they do not know which NPCs are completely fleshed out and which ones are not. Hell, they do not know if any of your NPCs are fleshed out at all. They may be two dimensional cardbard cut outs to you, but your players may see something deeper. I would not suggest making this your mode of operation, merely that you can lean on it from time to time.
The world only exists within the perception of your player's characters. Outside of that can be a black void for all they know.
Mine was just very short on details...I gave up halfway through and let moorluck finish.
....30 min..the extent of my dm'ing career
OKay, you have me beat. :)
The funny thing is that everyone at the table kept telling me that I was doing a great job. All the while going off in any direction but the main story and causing me to have to do a lot of thinking on my feet for a brand new DM. I just couldn't prep enough no matter what I did. And I can't read stat blocks. Physically cannot do it. I had to prepare every critter by going through the stat block line by line using pieces of paper to block every other line from my vision, and rewriting them in a format that didn't cause my eyes to lose focus. (I have dyscalcula, which is like dyslexia but with numbers. And stat blocks are basically big chunks of numbers.) So when they went off the rails not only did all my hours of work go to waste, but I couldn't roll with it very easily.
PBP has helped me learn to lighten up. How does the bad guy do that? I have no idea, now stop asking me silly questions that have no answer because I'm making all this crap up on the fly. ;)
I would urge you to look into rules light systems. Prose Descriptive Qualities (PDQ) from Atomic Sockmonkey Press would alleviate stat blocks for you. Questers of the Middle Realms captures much of the D&D feel with the same (PDQ) system.
I would urge you to look into rules light systems. Prose Descriptive Qualities (PDQ) from Atomic Sockmonkey Press would alleviate stat blocks for you. Questers of the Middle Realms captures much of the D&D feel with the same (PDQ) system.
Thanks for the recommendation. I'll have to track that down.