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Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD OCT 21: What information should a GM deliberately leave undefined when preparing an adventure?
Posted: Sun, 25 Oct 05:11:54
Outcome based linkages between situations- write the links so the prior situation doesn't rely upon specific outcomes.
Detailed dialogues. Make a list of talking points instead.
This is exactly what I was going to say.
Posted: Sun, 25 Oct 05:11:54
by chuckdee68
aramis wrote:
pdzoch wrote:
What information should a GM deliberately leave undefined when preparing an adventure?
Outcome based linkages between situations- write the links so the prior situation doesn't rely upon specific outcomes.
Detailed dialogues. Make a list of talking points instead.
This is exactly what I was going to say.
Ch. 06 The Eastward Man - Pt 1
Posted: Sun, 25 Oct 05:10:33
Posted: Sun, 25 Oct 05:10:33
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Ch. 06 The Eastward Man - Pt 1
Reply: General Role-Playing:: Re: QOTD OCT 17: Would you knowingly play a RPG entirely constructed by AI? Setting, story, mechanisms, etc. What portion of a game created by AI would cause you to refuse to play?
Posted: Sun, 25 Oct 05:09:21
A full RPG designed by only a current version of AI would be trash!
For science, I decided to try if this is true:
What model did you use?
Posted: Sun, 25 Oct 05:09:21
by chuckdee68
pelni wrote:
Inkwan wrote:
A full RPG designed by only a current version of AI would be trash!
For science, I decided to try if this is true:
What model did you use?
S4E16 Portal Fantasy as a RPG Genre
Posted: Sun, 25 Oct 05:08:39
Posted: Sun, 25 Oct 05:08:39
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S4E16 Portal Fantasy as a RPG Genre
LATE NIGHT METALLICA BASS DISCUSSION
Posted: Sun, 25 Oct 05:06:40
Posted: Sun, 25 Oct 05:06:40
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LATE NIGHT METALLICA BASS DISCUSSION
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In Theaters Now – Street Fighter (2026)
Posted: Sun, 25 Oct 05:04:44
Posted: Sun, 25 Oct 05:04:44
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In Theaters Now – Street Fighter (2026)
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Episode 393: Loss Aversion and Player Psychology
Posted: Sun, 25 Oct 05:04:15
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Episode 393: Loss Aversion and Player Psychology
This Week in Geek History October 25 - 31
Posted: Sun, 25 Oct 05:00:01
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October 25
October 26
October 27
October 28
October 29
October 30
October 31
Happy Halloween! [microbadge=29771]
November 1
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October 26
October 27
October 28
October 29
October 30
October 31
Happy Halloween! [microbadge=29771]
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Posted: Sun, 25 Oct 05:00:01
by Steve
October 25
1415- Battle of Agincourt: The longbows of Henry V defeat the larger force (and armoured knights]) of the French [microbadge=10415]
1854- The infamous 'Charge of the Light Brigade' during the Crimean War* [microbadge=16734]
1978- John Carpenter's 'Halloween' premieres [microbadge=1896]
October 26
1962- English actor Cary Elwes [microbadge=23445]
1984- 'The Terminator' premieres [microbadge=3505]
October 27
1923- American artist Roy Lichtenstein [microbadge=6706]
1932- American author Sylvia Plath [microbadge=9592]
1939- Monty Pythoner John Cleese [microbadge=7856][microbadge=7852][microbadge=7853][microbadge=7854][microbadge=7855][microbadge=17059]
1982- IBM's ROM is capable of EGA graphics [microbadge=7806][microbadge=43909]
October 28
1903- English novelist Evelyn Waugh [microbadge=6705]
1955- Microsoft founder Bill Gates [microbadge=17218]
1967- American actress Julia Roberts [microbadge=39570][microbadge=993]
October 29
1947- American actor Richard Dreyfuss [microbadge=13781]
1957- American actor Dan Castellaneta "Doh!" [microbadge=5086]
1959- "Asterix" first published in Pilote magazine [microbadge=1164]
October 30
1885- Poet Ezra Pound [microbadge=9593]
1938- Orson Welles radio broadcast of HG Wells' "The War of the Worlds" causes 'mass panic' [microbadge=18642]
2012- Walt Disney Co. purchases Lucasfilm for $4B [microbadge=3231]
October 31
Happy Halloween! [microbadge=29771]
1892- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' published [microbadge=1279]
1950- Canadian actor/comedian John Candy [microbadge=38209]
1961- New Zealand director Peter Jackson [microbadge=22972]
November 1
1834- 1st published reference to Poker (as a Mississippi river boat game) [microbadge=42438][microbadge=42440][microbadge=42439]
????- NadGamGee
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October 26
1962- English actor Cary Elwes [microbadge=23445]
1984- 'The Terminator' premieres [microbadge=3505]
October 27
1923- American artist Roy Lichtenstein [microbadge=6706]
1932- American author Sylvia Plath [microbadge=9592]
1939- Monty Pythoner John Cleese [microbadge=7856][microbadge=7852][microbadge=7853][microbadge=7854][microbadge=7855][microbadge=17059]
1982- IBM's ROM is capable of EGA graphics [microbadge=7806][microbadge=43909]
October 28
1903- English novelist Evelyn Waugh [microbadge=6705]
1955- Microsoft founder Bill Gates [microbadge=17218]
1967- American actress Julia Roberts [microbadge=39570][microbadge=993]
October 29
1947- American actor Richard Dreyfuss [microbadge=13781]
1957- American actor Dan Castellaneta "Doh!" [microbadge=5086]
1959- "Asterix" first published in Pilote magazine [microbadge=1164]
October 30
1885- Poet Ezra Pound [microbadge=9593]
1938- Orson Welles radio broadcast of HG Wells' "The War of the Worlds" causes 'mass panic' [microbadge=18642]
2012- Walt Disney Co. purchases Lucasfilm for $4B [microbadge=3231]
October 31
Happy Halloween! [microbadge=29771]
1892- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' published [microbadge=1279]
1950- Canadian actor/comedian John Candy [microbadge=38209]
1961- New Zealand director Peter Jackson [microbadge=22972]
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Review: Herbalist's Primer:: [Roger's Reviews] The Herbalist's Primer is not just about herbs.
Posted: Sun, 25 Oct 04:26:16
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"Go and apply the lore included in the Primer to your tabletop roleplaying
adventures. Do not apply it to your wounds. The book will get dirty." - author
The Herbalist's Primer, by Anna Urbanek, was the first in what has become a series of system neutral RPG supplements that now also includes Mycologist's Primer and Geologist's Primer, as well a new upcoming series of books that will cover animals.
The book opens with an introduction to botany, herbalism, and magic herbalism. In the author's own words, is a book of plant lore. Think of it as a repository of interesting notes from the intersection of botany, ethnobotany, folklore, occult, and gaming material—a hopefully amusing and useful mix of interesting facts and opinions expressed about various plants at some points in the known history of humankind. While written as a guide for beginner herbalists, healers, alchemists, and magicians, it is just a work of whimsy compiled by a librarian cursed (or blessed) with a penchant for fanciful and overblown research. (pg. 9).
What follows the introductory section is roughly one hundred individual entries for plants from Aconite ("A highly-toxic herb with multiple purple flowers, commonly used in production of poisons, vermin repellents, anti-inflammatory medicines, and potions of flight") to Yew, with each section highlighting some factual information about the plant, what it looks like, where you can find it, and how you can use it in an RPG context.
The book is gorgeously illustrated throughout.
After the entries, there are practical herbalist notes including recipes, toxins & antidotes, and gathering & cultivation, and a very thorough appendix.
Note again that this book is not meant as a literal guide, it is a work inspired by the real world, but reframed into the context of enriching your RPG world environment for game masters that want or need to have that level of detail available in their own game world.
The book is lovely, looks fantastic, and is part of a reference set that looks splendid on any GMs shelf of resources.
Recommended.
Posted: Sun, 25 Oct 04:26:16
by leroy43
adventures. Do not apply it to your wounds. The book will get dirty." - author
The Herbalist's Primer, by Anna Urbanek, was the first in what has become a series of system neutral RPG supplements that now also includes Mycologist's Primer and Geologist's Primer, as well a new upcoming series of books that will cover animals.
The book opens with an introduction to botany, herbalism, and magic herbalism. In the author's own words, is a book of plant lore. Think of it as a repository of interesting notes from the intersection of botany, ethnobotany, folklore, occult, and gaming material—a hopefully amusing and useful mix of interesting facts and opinions expressed about various plants at some points in the known history of humankind. While written as a guide for beginner herbalists, healers, alchemists, and magicians, it is just a work of whimsy compiled by a librarian cursed (or blessed) with a penchant for fanciful and overblown research. (pg. 9).
What follows the introductory section is roughly one hundred individual entries for plants from Aconite ("A highly-toxic herb with multiple purple flowers, commonly used in production of poisons, vermin repellents, anti-inflammatory medicines, and potions of flight") to Yew, with each section highlighting some factual information about the plant, what it looks like, where you can find it, and how you can use it in an RPG context.
The book is gorgeously illustrated throughout.
After the entries, there are practical herbalist notes including recipes, toxins & antidotes, and gathering & cultivation, and a very thorough appendix.
Note again that this book is not meant as a literal guide, it is a work inspired by the real world, but reframed into the context of enriching your RPG world environment for game masters that want or need to have that level of detail available in their own game world.
The book is lovely, looks fantastic, and is part of a reference set that looks splendid on any GMs shelf of resources.
Recommended.
