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Professional Java programmer since 2000 working with JPA, hibernate, maven, spring, jsf, ant, and other related technologies. Also an AKKI Kenpo black belt.


Aug
24
comment What’s an organized storage solution found for miniatures?
+1 if for nothing other than the price.
Aug
23
comment Where's my share of the loot?
If they fight for more than a couple minutes, then make it cursed, just to teach them.
Aug
23
answered What is an effective 3-character 'Core' party?
Aug
23
revised Do “On Critical Strike” effects continue to chain off of each other?
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Aug
22
revised What tools are useful to organize a GM's campaign notes?
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Aug
21
comment What qualities are important when creating a fantasy RPG campaign?
Good points. I've seen that difficulty with newer players just recently. Do you have them write down three sentences at the beginning of each session, or only at the start of the campaign? I think I'm going to steal that idea. Have them start with three, and then at the beginning of every session have them give me one more and let them accumulate into a richer history.
Aug
21
comment Experience for Role Playing
I can't take full credit for this idea. I got it from someone on Johnn Four's gmmastery mailing list 5-6 years ago.
Aug
21
comment What tools are useful to organize a GM's campaign notes?
never heard of dmsecretary before. looks interesting.
Aug
20
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Aug
20
awarded  Nice Question
Aug
20
comment How do current D&D 4e DMs deal with loot?
upgrading based on use. Something you see all the time in computer games, but for some reason I never thought of doing in my tabletop game.
Aug
20
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Aug
20
comment What tools are useful to organize a GM's campaign notes?
+1 for simply getting in the habit of documenting, whatever the location.
Aug
20
comment What tools are useful to organize a GM's campaign notes?
I think wikis are hard for most campaigns because, as rjbs said in his answer, most players just aren't motivated enough to put content into it. I can totally see it on the private side though.
Aug
20
comment What tools are useful to organize a GM's campaign notes?
Thanks for the links. I'll have to look through all those resources when I get some time. If the PCs went back to a town from early in the campaign, which of those tools made it easiest for you to look up that town, npcs, past events, etc. so you could easily plug them back in? That's where PON (pile of notes) has failed me.
Aug
19
comment What tools are useful to organize a GM's campaign notes?
We are using obsidian portal in a campaign I'm playing in, but not to full effect. It is a very useful product. Maybe I'll have to delve into it more from the GM side of things.
Aug
19
awarded  Autobiographer
Aug
19
revised How do I roleplay an intelligent character?
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Aug
19
revised Are there any good websites which have story hooks and plots points for campaigns?
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Aug
19
revised How to handle a rule-lawyer player?
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