Judd

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I like to visit fictional places with my friends and lift heavy things above my head.

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Oct 1	comment	How should I respond to a DM who unfairly plays the “rules-lawyer” card? I have real trouble with the idea that it is the DM's job to make sure everyone has fun. It is everyone's job to make sure the table is fun. The player above contributed by writing up a character history, making a character, purchasing a DM's screen and double-checking the rules. Fun isn't the DM's job, fun is everyone's job, even if the way different roles contribute to the fun is different.
Sep 13	comment	Where do I get the archive of the Sons of Kryos podcast episodes? I don't have an answer but I have a promise. I'm trying to track down my copies of the episodes and once I do I will put them up in a dropbox folder for folks to peruse and will put them back up on a site. Thank you for your continued interest in this show.
Aug 15	comment	What changed in Burning Wheel between Gold and Revised editions? I noticed that help dice can be given for Circles tests. There are little tweaks to the lifepaths, not to mention the lifepaths' lay-out is cleaner. I'm reading it cover to cover now and finding little differences: the inclusion of books as learning tools...lots of little things.
Mar 23	comment	Explain How History Works in Apocalypse World I look at it as the game encouraging the characters to either Love and Hate each other. Love and Hate make us better people. Apathy gives us nothing in AW. Not sure if that helps with anyone's thoughts on realism and Hx.
Mar 17	comment	Any news regarding Planescape? Wasn't Sigil written about in one of the 4e sourcebooks?
Feb 2	comment	What are the origins of the Raven Queen? I don't see fluff as a negative word. I see it as fiction bits that don't have mechanical weight in play.
Jan 29	comment	In Dictionary of Mu, does the end of an epoch mean game over? No. Let that game end. Let the new epoch be defined by the NEXT kickers that the players will write after their former kickers are resolved. You, the GM, do not define the new epoch.
Jan 29	comment	In Dictionary of Mu, does the end of an epoch mean game over? Epochs can absolutely be good things. Here's what I am saying. I am not saying the GM should decide what the next epoch means. I am saying you end the game with the player having taken over Black Rock and killed Nimrote. The GM does not then do something catastrophic in order to end the epoch unless it comes organically out of play. You end the session, do advancement and base the next epochal changes to Marr'd based on the players next kicker. Does that make sense?
Jan 29	comment	In Dictionary of Mu, does the end of an epoch mean game over? I am not sure I understand the follow-up question.
Jan 26	comment	The Free City of Greyhawk: War of the Archmages There's great stuff in that link. Thanks.
Jan 25	comment	The Free City of Greyhawk: War of the Archmages Thank you very much for taking the time to answer the question.
Jan 24	comment	How do you make Dwarves Religious in a custom Fantasy setting? I wasn't on the offense. I said I found it troubling. I didn't attack anyone or call names or spit or cuss or insult anyone. I just said I was troubled. I adore Tolkien-inspired dwarves. I adore Jews. I find parallels troubling.
Jan 15	comment	How do you make Dwarves Religious in a custom Fantasy setting? It is troubling because some aspects of dwarves (their beards and greed come immediately to mind) are present in terrible caricatures of Jews. As a big Jew who is often told he doesn't seem Jewish (by other Jews no less) I'll stick by the word - troubling.
Jan 14	comment	How do you make Dwarves Religious in a custom Fantasy setting? But the idea that they borrow heavily from Jewish tradition is troubling. I don't see a clear Jewish link in modern fantasy nor myth concerning dwarves.
Jan 14	comment	How do you make Dwarves Religious in a custom Fantasy setting? I agree that there's fertile ground for taking real world religions all over the place, in all religions.
Jan 7	comment	What are the origins of the Raven Queen? I do disagree. She is a new addition to the D&D mythology, along with Githyanki, beholders, Pelor and Vecna. They are all D&D fluff or color, as in bits of the setting that are not mechanical in nature. Other 4e fluff bits: The Primordials, the Shadowfell, etc.
Jan 6	comment	How vested should every player be in the Burning Wheel's rule system? My experiences mirror those of SevenSidedDie.
Jan 6	comment	How do you seamlessly blend inspiration into a campaign? Some day I'll live that down.
Jan 6	comment	Tips for running a mystery in Burning Wheel You can start with a mystery in BW but when the players have the answer the adventure isn't over, it has just begun. They have to have information at that point that will inspire their characters to action. I would likely even have them re-write their beliefs at that point.
Dec 23	comment	What are the origins of the Raven Queen? Thank you very much. Great.