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MoonHunter
Starting a Campaign the MoonHunter way. By: MoonHunter

Starting a Campaign the MoonHunter way, what more is there to say?

by MoonHunter
190xp
21 replies
13563 views
2 HoHs
MoonHunter
Lights, Camera, Action By: MoonHunter

What makes great entertainment for Gamers? Movies. They love action movies, even if their favorite pastime is reading books, writing websites, learning ancient languages, or gaming like madmen. If you pattern your games and campaigns after movies, you are sure to have an entertaining game.

by MoonHunter
240xp
11 replies
9035 views
2 HoHs
MoonHunter
It's midnight (GM time crunch) By: MoonHunter

Pieh asked:Its around midnight, you are scheduled to play some RPG at about 10am. All of a sudden you find out the DM is sick (sore throat, ect) and he knows you're planning a game. The problem is you only have a world map. You don't want to disappoint everyone by letting them show up with no game to play, what do you do?

by MoonHunter
165xp
10 replies
8320 views
Mourngrymn
Yakaram By: Mourngrymn

The children of the west know not our ability. Ironically in their arrogance they ask us for advice and use us as ambasadors often, failing to realize that al lwe are doing is learning everything we can about their kingdoms and weaknesses. They will learn, but it will be when they are kneeling before us in their own cities.

-Laar Scaren - Advisor to the Kingdom of Rhomas

by Mourngrymn
155xp
11 replies
8989 views
MoonHunter
The Ten Commandments By: MoonHunter

Come down from the mountain with your stone tablets. Give forth your wisdom in the format of 10 statements that pertain to gaming.

by MoonHunter
220xp
50 replies
25444 views
2 HoHs
Mourngrymn
Derevo By: Mourngrymn

The Derevo are not a race unto themselves but a race of similar species. Similar to the different asian cultures. They are all different yet similar being similar cultures. The Derevo are like that.

by Mourngrymn
105xp
9 replies
17455 views
Mourngrymn
Novotie By: Mourngrymn

The leaves talk and caress the mind of those who are willing to listen. We know what it is they say and it does not bode well for the civilized lands to our west. Woe to them I say, the land will return to it’s natural state one day.

-Enio Lacvite - Knowledge Seeker of the Rred Leaf

by Mourngrymn
125xp
6 replies
8136 views
MoonHunter
Swords. Why does it always have to be swords? By: MoonHunter

Excalibur. Stormbringer. Sting. I blame fantasy authors and history professionals that have over simplified things for this preoccupation with swords.

by MoonHunter
430xp
50 replies
16839 views
6 HoHs
MoonHunter
Writing a Campaign Setting Sourcebook By: MoonHunter

Getting a campaign setting sourcebook published is for many game masters the ultimate dream.

by MoonHunter
65xp
4 replies
17849 views
MoonHunter
It is not a Genre (Sci-Fi) By: MoonHunter

Starships, Laser Beams, Computers, and Aliens do not Science Fiction make!

by MoonHunter
100xp
6 replies
5448 views
manfred
Comprehending warfare By: manfred

The research reported on in this essay seeks to understand more about the judgment that there is 'the time for war' in the belief that only such understanding will enable us to more effectively constrain the use of warfare.

by manfred
75xp
7 replies
5660 views
MoonHunter
So You Want to Publish a Game By: MoonHunter

Quote: Alec_Shadowkin I am very much interested in learning how to go about getting something rp-oriented published. I know there are a few of you here who have been and I would be appreciative if you could explain what type of stuff has been published and how you went about getting involved with it, i.e. finding a publisher, etc...

by MoonHunter
325xp
24 replies
11394 views
4 HoHs
manfred
War is coming! By: manfred

Thinking about my game world and what should happen in it in the not so close future, I came to a simple decision: WAR. This is an article on the topic of war.

by manfred
410xp
17 replies
11801 views
7 HoHs
Mourngrymn
The Second Era of Hewdamia By: Mourngrymn

The second era started off in better light than the 1st era ended. For almost 500 years there was a rebuilding going on with the Gison, continued growth for the Olwynn, and understanding with the Derevo about the different factions in their families. Like all things, this time had come to and end.

by Mourngrymn
140xp
8 replies
8013 views
1 HoH
ephemeralstability
Rangerspeak By: ephemeralstability

This thread is for the development of rangerspeak, the dialect of the mountain rangers who guard the passes, known as munnum to those who hear it, for its resemblance to a mumbling noise...

by ephemeralstability
125xp
7 replies
7866 views
MoonHunter
Qanquen Trees By: MoonHunter

The name for and the tree itself come from a land far away. The name means Long Wall in some foreign tongue. It is representative on how these trees grown.

by MoonHunter
125xp
10 replies
9439 views
MoonHunter
Samhain's Kiss By: MoonHunter

Samhain's kiss is an blue starlike flower that signals the end of period of bounty and the period of loss. It is also symbolically linked to 'the other side' and is used in a number of traditions.

by MoonHunter
75xp
3 replies
7415 views
MoonHunter
Orc Rose By: MoonHunter

A careful forester keeps an eye out for the Orc Rose. The presence of Orc Roses in an area often shows that Orcs have been, or are, in the area. This way they can avoid suprises.

by MoonHunter
115xp
8 replies
6937 views
MoonHunter
Torren Mangrove By: MoonHunter

'Evil' often infests swamp. This tree thrives when the other plants wither under the presence of true Evil. However, this is not an evil plant, but a land healing one as nature attempts to reclaim its own.

by MoonHunter
110xp
12 replies
8648 views
MoonHunter
Fydres By: MoonHunter

Fydre tried to destroy cities and return people to the Green in his lifetime. His 'curse' attempts to drive people out of the cities.

by MoonHunter
115xp
6 replies
7359 views