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| bio | website | rjbs.manxome.org |
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| location | Bethlehem, PA | |
| age | 34 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 10 months |
| seen | Jun 13 at 13:58 | |
| stats | profile views | 83 |
I write computer software for a living, mostly in Perl. I give away lots of it. Share and enjoy!
In my spare time, I tell my daughter stories about Batman, read books, watch movies, play video games, and try desperately to play D&D even though nobody I know wants to.
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May 7 |
awarded | Necromancer |
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Apr 23 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Feb 28 |
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What systems, if any, could emulate an MMORPG or CRPG? I have finally taken some time to review Dream Park, and I think it's part of the way there. Its scaling has the crazily imbalanced bits I'd want for combat, but for skills it's less so. Of course, how much do I care about skills for emulating an MMO? :) I've found the game difficult to quickly digest. I'm going to try to make myself a quick-start rules summary, then see how I feel. |
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Nov 21 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Oct 9 |
accepted | In calculating Basic D&D monster experience, what's a special ability? |
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Oct 9 |
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In calculating Basic D&D monster experience, what's a special ability? Thanks! p149: automatic damage, breath weapon, charm, energy drain, fear, gaze attack, immunity to normal weapons, immunity to morale checks, invisibility, paralysis, petrification, poison, regeneration, spell-casting, splitting or summoning other creatures, swallowing whole, and spell-like or other abilities of similar potency. |
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Oct 9 |
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In calculating Basic D&D monster experience, what's a special ability? I had clearly blocked from my mind the fact that the table calls for the DM to provide a small per-HP XP count in addition to the per-HD one. Yow! Too much math! Still, the table and its explanation has been very useful, so thanks again. |
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Oct 8 |
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In calculating Basic D&D monster experience, what's a special ability? Thanks, that's very useful, and yet another reason to reread the 1E DMG continually. |
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Oct 8 |
asked | In calculating Basic D&D monster experience, what's a special ability? |
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Oct 6 |
awarded | Civic Duty |
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Oct 6 |
accepted | How does damage outside of combat work in Carcosa? |
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Sep 21 |
awarded | Custodian |
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Sep 9 |
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Are magic missiles (generically) affected by the wind? I wanted to provide some refutations, as I was sure, remembering, that I'd find some examples. At best, though, I found DCs for listening at doors and felt pretty sheepish. So I think I'm just projecting from older editions. Thank you! |
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Sep 9 |
accepted | Are magic missiles (generically) affected by the wind? |
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Sep 9 |
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What systems, if any, could emulate an MMORPG or CRPG? I'm afraid I haven't gotten past the first few pages. My "accepted" on this question is briefly on hold while I deal with work, "real life," and games already in progress. :( Soon, though! |
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Sep 7 |
asked | Are magic missiles (generically) affected by the wind? |
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Sep 5 |
accepted | What rules discourage point blank missile use in Mazes & Minotaurs? |
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Sep 5 |
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What rules discourage point blank missile use in Mazes & Minotaurs? I am accepting this answer at least until somebody finds a killer missing passage from the RAW. :-) Specifically, I have ruled that using missile weapons in melee combat moves one's attacks to the melee phase and invites free attacks from flanking enemies. |
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Sep 2 |
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What rules discourage point blank missile use in Mazes & Minotaurs? @SevenSidedDie That was my memory, too, but when I went to check my 1E and Moldvay books, I couldn't find it. I'm not worried about those, and I believe it's there, but if you have the citation, I'd appreciate it. |
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Sep 2 |
revised |
How would I go about publishing the RPGs I've created? capitalize RPG, grammar, etc. |
