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MoonHunter
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WWMWBI - If Magic as Your People Know It Stopped Working? By: MoonHunter
Magic should be just another form of technology, a means to do things. In most games, it is nothing more than another weapon. Others utilize it as a tool of everyday life. |
by MoonHunter
115xp
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replies8000 views |
Scrasamax
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WWMWBI - Genuine Anagathics Were Available By: Scrasamax
The desire for immortality is a common one, given our innate fear of death. We share the same desire for immortality of our characters. Potions of immortality are often fakes, while spells of unending life invariably turn the caster into a vampire, or a liche or some other evil creature. |
by Scrasamax
90xp
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replies7627 views |
Kinslayer
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WWMWBI - Invaders on The Shore By: Kinslayer
... some invaders come full-force, and are a previous unknown to the current inhabitants. Either way, the world will change. |
by Kinslayer
110xp
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replies5684 views |
MoonHunter
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WWMWBI - Grain Went Away By: MoonHunter
Imagine a blight that killed off the grasses and grains. This is not an unheard off event. Mutant spores, molds, and diseases have killed off a wide variety, even who classes, of plants in the real world. Something that kills off grasses, sounds like science fiction (and the premise has been used in many 'end of the world' movies and stories), but it is very applicable to a fantasy world... especially because they are mostly agrarian. |
by MoonHunter
105xp
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replies6190 views |
MoonHunter
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WWMWBI - Someone Invented a Printing Press By: MoonHunter
'Mass Produced Books' was one of the most important shift points in history. This one invention profoundly effected all aspects of life, not only locally, but eventually the entire world. |
by MoonHunter
140xp
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replies10444 views 1 HoH |
MoonHunter
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Master WWMWBI ... or what would my world be if By: MoonHunter
What would my world be if.... This is a question that many GMs should ask. It will help them flesh out their world. This is a series of articles to expand upon the idea. |
by MoonHunter
85xp
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replies26624 views |
MoonHunter
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Winter is a Character By: MoonHunter
The weather is something that everyone always notices and talks about, but can't do anything about. It is an important part of everyone's life, yet it seems to be ignored in games. And everything important in a game is best thought of as a character of some sort. |
by MoonHunter
545xp
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replies13412 views 7 HoHs |
ephemeralstability
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Inventing Languages By: ephemeralstability
Language is an essential part of any culture. Culture wouldn't exist without some form of communication, and humans communicate by speaking. But the connection is deeper even than that. The language helps to define the culture which uses it, and is in turn affected by that culture. This dynamic process is what keeps a language 'alive': Latin is a dead language because the culture to which it belonged no longer exists. |
by ephemeralstability
290xp
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replies18545 views 4 HoHs |
MoonHunter
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But I don't have that book! By: MoonHunter
But I don't have that book! Have you heard this before? You want to run this great new game (new setting) but your players are balking partly because they don't want to buy the game you are so enchanted with 'this week'. There is a solution. |
by MoonHunter
105xp
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replies6484 views |
MoonHunter
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Running a Game, the MoonHunter way By: MoonHunter
Running a Game, the MoonHunter way. It is pretty bare bones, but it is pretty self explanatory. |
by MoonHunter
190xp
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replies8347 views |
MoonHunter
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Starting a Campaign the MoonHunter way. By: MoonHunter
Starting a Campaign the MoonHunter way, what more is there to say? |
by MoonHunter
190xp
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replies12765 views 2 HoHs |
MoonHunter
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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
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replies8327 views 2 HoHs |
MoonHunter
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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
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replies7789 views |
MoonHunter
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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
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replies24919 views 2 HoHs |
MoonHunter
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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
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replies15881 views 6 HoHs |
MoonHunter
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Writing a Campaign Setting Sourcebook By: MoonHunter
Getting a campaign setting sourcebook published is for many game masters the ultimate dream. |
by MoonHunter
65xp
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replies16649 views |
MoonHunter
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It is not a Genre (Sci-Fi) By: MoonHunter
Starships, Laser Beams, Computers, and Aliens do not Science Fiction make! |
by MoonHunter
100xp
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replies4987 views |
manfred
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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
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replies5188 views |
MoonHunter
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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
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replies10934 views 4 HoHs |
manfred
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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
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replies10943 views 7 HoHs |