tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post8706209978531056063..comments2024-03-19T16:24:23.777-07:00Comments on Playing D&D With Porn Stars: This Is Good. And Not That Hard.Zak Sabbathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-56013859097159080012011-07-11T17:02:13.025-07:002011-07-11T17:02:13.025-07:00I've only used Gelatinous Cubes a handful of t...I've only used Gelatinous Cubes a handful of times, but I LOVE Green Slime. My LL players ran into a few (with disastrous results), and now the players who are also in my 3E game basically flee any time they see an environment that would be suitable for one (though I have never included one in that game).<br /><br />THAT is the kind of fear I love to instill in players.Taketoshihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17876641059472816784noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-87734008256861412092011-07-11T13:03:39.870-07:002011-07-11T13:03:39.870-07:00My friend's about to run a LotFP game for some...My friend's about to run a LotFP game for some of us-- Me, my wife, a couple of mutual friends, a co-worker of his, and his daughter. <br /><br />Anyway, we were talking about it the other day, tossing around ideas, and we started talking about the assumptions made by older versions of D&D about adventurers in general and "the party" in particular, as well as what it meant, historically, to be "an adventurer." The term almost always had a negative connotation. These were people who went after fortune and glory through non-traditional means, often the lesser sons of nobility, the kind who would get shafted by the system of primogeniture (oldest son inherits). They weren't going to get much of anything when dad kicked the bucket, so they went out and seized it. That's how we end up with Norman kingdoms in Sicily. Same thing with the Elizabethans -- Walter Raleigh, Miles Standish, Francis Drake, etc., and the Spanish conquistadors. You've got jumped-up minor nobles and sons of the merchant class burning with ambition and carrying a huge chip on their shoulder, determined to make it big. <br /><br />The importance of the charter is what clinched it for us. These are ad hoc groups of semi-trained misfits bound together by a charter-- the same sort of charter that pirate crews signed or put their mark on. Pre-agreed shares, the establishment of a common fund, amounts paid for widows, orphans, and lost limbs in the event of death or maiming. This may be obvious to some, but to us, it's liberating-- the idea that the PCs don't need some contrived reason to join together and stay together. <br /><br />Each adventuring group is like a band with maybe 1d4 core members and an ever-changing lineup as members die, move on, quit in disgust, join temporarily for a tour or two, OD on purple lotus powder, or retire. This makes it so much easier on the players and the GM and eliminates the whole hand-wavy "You look trustworthy, wandering stranger! Come along with us, and help yourself to this bag of stuff."Jeremy Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03155761802144571888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-19579924806680818252011-07-11T10:38:04.268-07:002011-07-11T10:38:04.268-07:00I guess I'll get to posting then, and hopefull...I guess I'll get to posting then, and hopefully someone reads it.Seth S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15420255267222005027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-77677445099332179522011-07-11T06:47:24.641-07:002011-07-11T06:47:24.641-07:00"The point is: this is good. This thing we do...<i>"The point is: this is good. This thing we do is good. Even if you don't get anything out of the last thing you posted, maybe the next GM down does, and maybe they'll repay the favor."</i><br /><br />Yes! Hell yes! :)Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08192212467523179768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-59007661452461434872011-07-11T06:10:07.885-07:002011-07-11T06:10:07.885-07:00Very interesting and thought provoking post. From ...Very interesting and thought provoking post. From the very beginning you are correct, even as my gut reaction was that my approach to the plot options as you describe them is somewhat different.<br /><br />Just the very nature of the fact that they are different makes the point of your post personally valid to me. I would not have thought of this in this way had I not read your blog. Isn't that why it's great that its here?Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-25466718210063033502011-07-11T05:50:29.119-07:002011-07-11T05:50:29.119-07:00@wrathofzombie - I don't think I could even be...@wrathofzombie - I don't think I could even begin to calculate how much inspiration and gaming goodness I have got from blogs for my gaming over the last few years. The sheer volume of ideas and creativity in the blogosphere is mindblowing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-51279593475265203172011-07-11T04:37:36.279-07:002011-07-11T04:37:36.279-07:00@ austrodavicus- I agree whole heartedly. I do my...@ austrodavicus- I agree whole heartedly. I do my blogging as a side project of my love of the hobby. <br /><br />When I started my blog it was with the philosophy that Zak expounds here. I started this because I had ideas and I thought "hell even if only one person finds them helpful or interesting, then I've succeeded." <br /><br />I didn't start my blog to be taken seriously (like that will ever fucking happen), or think it would get me into the "industry", or anything like that. <br /><br />I do it to share ideas and gain ideas and knowledge from others!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-9310574848058411682011-07-11T04:00:07.254-07:002011-07-11T04:00:07.254-07:00So on the one hand, if I started a blog, my player...So on the one hand, if I started a blog, my players are going to want to read it. Which is annoying if I perhaps want to reuse some ideas from said campaign notes in the future.<br /><br />On the other hand, I did show them a couple of pages from my notebook once and they said 'Hey, what's this? 'Orbital Prison Hulk'? That sounds cool.'<br />So I made the adventure, and it was cool.<br /><br />The other thing is, where do you even start in attempting to get your new blog into general awareness?<br /><br />You have the DIY RPG Blog Sampler here, which is great to begin with.<br />I don't play D&D though, so the circulation between OSR blogs is of limited use, and RPG blogs of other sorts are pretty thin on the ground by comparison.<br /><br />I am sorely tempted to start a blog now though. So consider this post a success.Urscahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15123616050267824343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-32838856121282161162011-07-11T00:53:15.968-07:002011-07-11T00:53:15.968-07:00(art school rage deleted)
The players didn't ...(art school rage deleted)<br /><br />The players didn't rescue the giant crayfish this week. Maybe next time.huthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502682297320819595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-25145765269280579892011-07-11T00:45:33.154-07:002011-07-11T00:45:33.154-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.huthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502682297320819595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-87383682811347288182011-07-10T23:53:02.043-07:002011-07-10T23:53:02.043-07:00A great response to those who seem to forget that ...A great response to those who seem to forget that this thing we do is just an extension of that other thing we do, which is having fun. Wouldn't it be great if people vented their rage at things that are actually important, like poverty, injustice, corruption, etc., instead of harassing and ranting at folks because their way of having fun maybe differs a degree or two? I'm generally optimistic, but sadly I think the people who need to understand your post Zak are the ones who won't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-779076141751461542011-07-10T23:23:04.191-07:002011-07-10T23:23:04.191-07:00Yes. Thank you.
And in comic book guy style, I ...Yes. Thank you. <br /><br />And in comic book guy style, I love the gelatinous cube exactly for its groan factor. You can hide them everywhere in the mad wizard's lair: any cubic peridot ring is just waiting to be dropped in water to rehydrate it. Or there could be flat-packed slices of a cube waiting to be reassembled, or one lurking in the water system, invisible in the reflecting pool. How do you think the lair/crashed saucer/ancient palace's sewage system works? Oracular cubes, gate cubes that take you somewhere else, like square white holes (but greenish)...<br /><br />Puddings, though, I have no time for.richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13517340075234811323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-41317875362187771412011-07-10T22:49:04.173-07:002011-07-10T22:49:04.173-07:00See, I hate gelatinous cubes. I had a 9th level ha...See, I hate gelatinous cubes. I had a 9th level halfing rogue who was killed by a gelatinous cube due a series of truly horrific and unfortunate rolls. <br /><br />It remains one of my favorite gaming stories though.John Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15768771014487413321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-88991383751632377452011-07-10T22:48:59.890-07:002011-07-10T22:48:59.890-07:00This is the best post I've read all week, I th...This is the best post I've read all week, I think. Well said, man.RobChandlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07751057765555584823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-33341888998057915852011-07-10T22:37:04.600-07:002011-07-10T22:37:04.600-07:00My Zod, great post. Great way to take it seriously...My Zod, great post. Great way to take it seriously while not taking it seriously, if you grok me.<br /><br />Might actually get a hoverer like me off my ass and onto my blog. Yes, in fact, I think it will.<br /><br />Thank you Zak. This is another one for the archives of the institute, as they say.Tedankhamenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00181643018957592969noreply@blogger.com