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I’m a fortysomething dad and tech professional living in the Austin, TX area.

Gaming Me: I started gaming way back in the day, 1982, with the TSR space opera game Star Frontiers. Since then I've been an avid roleplayer. I went to 5 Gen Cons, was a regional Triad for the RPGA's Living Greyhawk campaign, and helped start a gaming club (the FORGE) in Memphis, TN. I GM and play a variety of RPGs; currently Pathfinder is in heavy rotation as well as various non-D&D-based games in our active group. My gaming blog is at https://geek-related.com/.

Professional Me: I'm a tech industry engineering manager with 25 years of experience ranging from enterprises to startups. I don't advertise my real identity on this profile because people on social media are raving psychos.

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How do I get my PCs to not be a bunch of murderous cretins?
May 21, 2011
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Without a magic item economy, what is gold for?
Sep 10, 2014
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How has D&D's guidance to DMs on when to extrapolate from written rules and when to improvise changed over time?
Oct 12, 2013
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How do you help players not focus on the rules?
Feb 12, 2011
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Why does everyone carry a 10' pole?
Jun 7, 2011
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How can DMs effectively telegraph specific dangers in D&D?
Oct 17, 2010
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Did I overstep my power as DM?
Feb 21, 2014
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How can I find other RPG players?
Nov 7, 2010
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How can I suggest the DM stop trying to kill us?
Jun 3, 2015
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What do jagged lines crossing a corridor mean on this old D&D map?
May 15, 2017
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Are game recommendation questions on topic? [2011]
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