Jadasc

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I've been involved in one aspect or another of the adventure games hobby for the past twenty-five years. Started playing in 1987. (First game? Champions, followed by CyberSpace, the Iron Crown cyberpunk game for Space Master, their sci-fi Rolemaster spin-off.) Was hired by InQuest Magazine in 1996, where I started my editorial career. Since then, I've done work for Green Ronin, Malhavoc Press, Dream Pod 9, and White Wolf. I managed two different game stores in the metro Boston area in the 2000s, and am now working primarily freelance. Still gaming after all these years.

I have a weakness for good coffee and bad puns.

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Apr 17	comment	Should long Aspects be split? @SevenSidedDie Fair enough; I could certainly see those two as aspects in the right game. I'm standing by the statement that having GIisop&p as one aspect is too few.
Apr 11	comment	Where could I go to find editing services that specialize in RPGs? If you'd care to look at my profile, you'll find that I'm an experienced RPG editor myself. Feel free to tag me on chat the next time I'm on.
Apr 10	comment	Creating NPCs from Real-Life People I think I've got it. In this game, his DM often populates encounters with NPCs to round off a party that's underpopulated. He'd like to have some of these NPCs inspired by people he knows, but built to be combat-capable, not ordinary humans. Since this is a 4E question, it's not as easy as it might be in 3.X D&D, where NPCs and PCs use the same creation rules.
Apr 8	comment	In-game reason for no multiple supernatural templates in nWoD Welcome to the site, André! It looks as though your answer concerns the old or classic World of Darkness. This question concerns the new World setting: Requiem, Forsaken, Awakening and so on.
Apr 6	comment	Do universal rules systems without any implied setting whatsoever exist? How strictly are you judging "setting" here? Does the presence of physical attributes disqualify a game because it implies that characters will have a corporeal form?
Apr 1	comment	How does a dragon accumulate a hoard? @JoshuaAslanSmith That's a great idea, too.
Apr 1	comment	Is a permission a cost? Here's a proper link. plus.google.com/111156360333797967298/posts/KBzYYjW6ZxL
Mar 31	comment	Is using the term “gypsy” in a game racist? @Flamma They did apologize for that, and WoD: Gypsies, and spent a lot of wordcount and time trying to walk that back.
Mar 30	comment	Is using the term “gypsy” in a game racist? @Sardathrion I think that the OP is imagining something that someone could conceivably join, like a travelling band, rather than something necessarily born into.
Mar 28	comment	Bad/Rash character actions and consequences that don't kill my game I'm just going to point out that killing a panicked apprentice by tossing him out a window, and slaying two guards who -- by virtue of an outrageously successful bluff -- were no threat to him, are actions not usually considered "good," chaotic or no. Also, what were the other characters doing while this madcap scene was going on?
Mar 25	comment	Magic the Gathering RPG? @C.Ross I didn't mean to impute that design elements didn't pass back and forth, and you're right that both have been influences on each other. I mean to say that the brand departments are kept apart by solid walls; Green Ronin's Chris Pramas has written on the topic in the past.
Mar 25	comment	Mixing SRD Main and d20 Modern SRD You might find this other entry useful: rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/10674/…
Mar 24	comment	Magic the Gathering RPG? @Underen That's certainly part of it. Another aspect is financial (as in, whose budget does the money to support it draw from); a third is creative primacy -- whose aesthetic takes charge when they conflict?
Mar 16	comment	Which rpg system supports freeform magic and is intended for Fantasy games? Oh, good. I can just vote your entry up rather than compose one of my own.
Mar 12	comment	How to convert AD&D 2e (Planescape) PCs to nWoD Hunters (modern) mid-campaign Also: do you have access to books besides the H:tV book and the World of Darkness core rules? Books like Witch Finders and Second Sight might be useful for converting magical ability. Otherwise, I'll be reskinning powers that exist in those two books.
Mar 12	comment	How to convert AD&D 2e (Planescape) PCs to nWoD Hunters (modern) mid-campaign By "2e skills," I take it you mean Non-Weapon Proficiencies and the like? I recall that D&D before 3rd edition didn't have a robust skill system.
Mar 10	comment	What are the main factors to consider when a PC gains a major airport in V:tM? James: I'll happily address the new, broader topic, but I really did like the airport question. Things like "if a Tradition is broken in mid-air, what Prince's domain has been violated?" and "When Kindred can travel across the country in a matter of hours, how does that affect the traditional City-based political game of Vampire?" (EtA: Ah. That's better.)
Feb 27	comment	Mind Control: What's a Dominate Person between allies? The core problem here is that the DM allowed a "no one tells me what to do" character into a "the gods are telling you what to do" campaign.
Feb 27	comment	What is a social contract? "The rules about how you and your group play the game that don't come from the book."
Feb 26	comment	Problems Regarding a Mary-Sue type Player Character @Schilcote Okay; let's go with that. Does she do the same things with her good qualities -- does she downplay her strengths to make something of an average? (You said that she's mechanically normal, so I'm presuming she's not ignoring Flaws or Disadvantages that the system rewards her for.) Many systems don't have an "appearance"-related stat; does yours? If not, is there a harm in letting her declare herself as being "attractive in a natural, not fashionable, way"?