Dr Rotwang

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Hi, I'm Dr Rotwang! You might remember me from such industrial education films as They Call Him Dr Rotwang!, Dr Rotwang! Is His Name and Stay Out Of the Carboard Smasher. I dig RPGs.

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Nov 30	comment	When Are Aspects Not Necessary? DUDE. You NAILED it. It makes sense now! The player can do a Maneuver to apply a temporary aspect on HIM- OR HERSELF. So obvious and simple! Thanks very much, Aramis!
Oct 15	comment	What happens when an Extra is Incapacitated but survives? Plus-one to you, sir. Everything in this answer is not only in the spirit of the rules as written, but it is also 100% Totally-Motally CORRECT.
Aug 17	comment	Do monsters need THAC0? My DMG (December 1979 edition) shows monster THAC0s on on pp. 196-215.
Jul 19	comment	When Are Aspects Not Necessary? It's months later, but -- thanks, man. This makes sense.
Jul 19	comment	How to model an absolute condition in Fate? If I have one problem with FATE, it's the issue of GM Fiat; specifically, that it's easy to fool yourself into forgetting that GM Fiat applies in FATE as well as in any other game.
Jul 19	comment	Making fantasy city [non-tactical] maps with GIMP Seconded. I am a big fan of GIMP -- big enough of one to know that this sounds like a job for Inkscape.
Jul 17	comment	How does attacking someone work? She put the same aspect on two guys, and got a free tag on each of 'em? DUDE! That's a clever trick. I like it.
Jul 15	comment	How does attacking someone work? Did Bonnie just tag "In Each Other's Way" twice?
Jun 26	comment	How do you adjudicate a chase? I did something like this for a swoop race in Star Wars a long time ago. I laid out the course as a series of obstacles, each with a Difficulty Number. The swoop pilots had to beat each one in turn, and margin of success or failure determined not only if the obstacle was passed, but also how well -- with modifications to the swoop's current speed. Worked a charm.
Jun 25	comment	Which RPGs primarily reward roleplaying your character? Whoops. Meant to add that this question is interesting in a research-and-history manner, too.
Jun 25	comment	Which RPGs primarily reward roleplaying your character? Thanks for reading the blog, cr0m! What ExTSR said is what I meant -- keep ever in mind that the game is what you make of it.
Mar 25	comment	Which Traveller editions are (mostly) compatible? Sorry, migo, but I must disagree. C&C is compatible with AD&D, AD&D 2nd Ed., OD&D, D&D RC and D&D 3.x -- to varying degrees of course. This isn't the place to go into it, but suffice to say that conversions are a snap.
Jan 11	comment	What are the minimum stats I need for a Call of Cthulhu combat? +1, yo -- but I think you can get away without the whole stat block, if we're just poisoning thugs. You might arbitrarily assign a CON score (remember, 10-11 is average!) if it starts to matter, but a full stat block? I'd save those for the important NPCs.
Dec 5	comment	Getting started with Champions DERP -- you're right.
Nov 13	comment	How to turn an AD&D thief into a con-man? The DM is the final arbiter of the rules within the the spirit of play. Further, all games are not equally good at everything, as some have complex for things that, in play, are most enjoyably experienced if they are swift and vice-versa. I simply say that it's questionable to condemn a game for not having specific rules for something as being somehow unsuitable for that thing.
Nov 13	comment	How to turn an AD&D thief into a con-man? Why not? Because he's read the DMG and the parts about how to make up rules as they are needed.
Nov 13	comment	How to turn an AD&D thief into a con-man? I wholeheartedly second what this guy says.
Nov 13	comment	How to turn an AD&D thief into a con-man? "AD&D is a terrible system for this kind of play." I respectfully disagree, and greatly at that. There aren't any rules for social interaction because it's assumed that the players are going to play roles, and that the DM is the final arbiter of such rules as there are. If a roll of dice is required to resolve such an interaction, it is easy enough to pick some other resolution system from within the rules (percentile rolls, roll <= attribute, X-chances-in-n, etc.) and use it to adjudicate the situation -- and then resume play.
Oct 29	comment	When GMing a game, how much should you prepare in advance? Yeah, man, that Doc Rotwang guy is like Sonny Crockett AND The Fonz.
Oct 26	comment	How do you figure Attributes from an MR? [I]nstead of making the Centaur roll a Speed SR to sprint, make the chased PC roll an appropriately-hard Dexterity SR to out-manœuver the Centaur. Not only does this make it easier on the GM, but it also leaves the PCs' fate in the players' hands and gives them AP. NICE. Kung Fu!