Old School Actual Play Mini-cast #1

Old School Actual Play Mini-cast #1
RPGNOW.COM NEWEST ITEMS | JANUARY 28, 2011
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We're back! Welcome to our Old School, Actual Play Mini-cast! This is a 22:25 mini-cast, in which Scott and I get together to chat about old school RPGs vs newer systems.

What's good about Palladium FRPG 1st edition? What about D&D 4.0, or 3.5? Pathfinder? And just why does Savage Worlds rub Scott the wrong way? Find out the answers to these burning questions and a bunch more as we sit down to chat. And did he just say MMORPG? ... Read more

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Monster Maker by Asmor for 4th edition Dungeons and Dragons

As I cruise through the ever expansive net searching for delicious goodies for Dungeons and Dragons, I just can't believe some of the jewels I find among the hordes of gaming tools. This tool is by far a diamond worth 10,000 in gold if not more.

Asmor.com has got a great tool for us to create the next monster to flummox our adventures at every turn. The Monster Maker makes it so easy.

Crusader Journal No. 23

Crusader Journal No. 23
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Publisher: Troll Lord GamesFeature Articles Alea Iacta Est: The Continuation of a three part article. Iron Guts, Adventure for ... Read more

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Vote for Soul Born

 

Can you do me a HUGE favor?  Let's get Kevin some votes in this poll.  Can you go to this link and vote for Soul Born.

 

You click on the button next to soul born, go down and fill in the verification words and submit. Then an email comes to you that you have to go to the verified link to finalize. Help make this first place

 

http://www.critters.org/predpoll/novelsf.shtml

 

 

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Author of SOUL BORN an Epic Fantasy Novel
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BattleTech Record Sheets: 3085 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge

BattleTech Record Sheets: 3085 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge
RPGNOW.COM NEWEST ITEMS | JANUARY 24, 2011
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Publisher: Catalyst Game LabsIn December 3076, Devlin Stone marshaled the nations of the Inner Sphere and began Operation ... Read more

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Dungeons and Dragons and Pathfinder

I for one have been playing Dungeons and Dragons since the early 80's as I recall it could actually be 1979 specicfically the year Star Wars came out. I have been there though all the the devil worshiping days and the fall of TSR to the WOTC, with all the different editions. To this day I enjoy the gaming experience fully.

Now I know that with the 4th edition and bringing back the brand as just "Dungeons and Dragons" many hard core DnD fans choked and croaked at the current state of that franchise, for example: "what the fuck is Wizards trying to do to Dungeons Nd Dragons into a card game like Magic the Gathering, why ruin what Gary Gygax and Arunson created?" I have heard many such statements and I for one disagree. I love the new system as I love the 3.5 system that is now called Pathfinder. With the current game rules it makes so much more easy to bring people into this great table top gaming hobby, it connects people at the tale versus playing a video game.

With the Dungeons and Dragons system you teach someone how to play a great table top RPG, as they learn the game with the simple and efficient rules of fourth edition, you can the talk about the mechanic of 3.5 the Pathfinder system that allows more avenues of exploration. The work your way to true roleplaying rather the hack and slash. I do enjoy a good hack and slash though.

Round 2: Vote for your favorite Archetypes!

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Round 2: Vote for your favorite Archetypes!

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Woot To the WOTC DnD forum

So I was checking out the stats on my blog here and noticed that one of my referral sites was from the Wizards of the Coast DnD forum I just thought that was just so cool.

The Inn of Delights

There is an inn of such wonder and mystery, it has become known as the Inn of Delights. The Inn is actually known by many names, in one town it is call the Blind Ox in others the Black Griffon or the Drunken Goat. The Inn of Delights is by it's very nature many inns.

Long ago a great wizard of many adventures and very profitable adventure's indeed. Decided it was time to buy himself an inn and settle to begin research in planar travels and gates. He hired a staff and set them to managing his inn. The inn it's self was not large totaling only 15 rooms a large dinning hall a a bar set apart from the hall, a large stable.

The wizard however found a way around the limited rooms by creating rooms in dimensional pockets. Guest would be given keys that attuned a door to one of these dimensional rooms. As time went on the wizard began buying other inns in different towns and cities linking these inns together. In this way the wizards was able to travel to different loctions for his research and components of exotic nature.

For the right price guest could travel from city to city swiftly to conduct business. As the years past the wizard began to be seen less and less and one day he just disappeared. The Inn of Delights has remained.

Legendary Races: Cyclops (PFRPG)

Legendary Races: Cyclops (PFRPG)
RPGNOW.COM HOTTEST ITEMS | JANUARY 18, 2011
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Publisher: Purple Duck Games and nbsp; Cyclops are a degenerate race who have fallen from grace. Cursed with insight into their ... Read more

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EZ-TILES: Medieval Ship

EZ-TILES: Medieval Ship
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Publisher: Fat Dragon GamesE-Z TILES: Medieval Ship offers you the ability to customize your ship design, from one or two ... Read more

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E-Z TILES: Rivers and Streams

E-Z TILES: Rivers and Streams
RPGNOW.COM HOTTEST ITEMS | JANUARY 6, 2011
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Publisher: Fat Dragon GamesE-Z TILES has returned and they're better than ever! By far our most requested series, we've got all ... Read more

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Ultima Exodus for NES, Such Sweet RPG Memories...

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Dateline 1987, I remember buying one of the coolest games ever; Ultima Exodus.  What I did not know at the time was that Ultima Exodus would shape me as a future gamer. 

My first team was a Fighter, Paladin, Wizard and Cleric.  I had a Thief on the side too, which I occasionally called in for some covert activities.  As best as I can remember Ultima Exodus was the first game that gave you a LINE of characters.  Instead of seeing one person when you moved around the world you saw all 4 characters walking in a nice single file line.  I found this so freaking cool! I mean, dude, I could snake around and make it look like my Fighter in the front was talking to my Cleric in the back.  Yeah, normally I don’t think those two classes would have had much to say to one another, but I was bridging the class gap by putting them face to face.

The Thief is the guy in the up left corner who looks like a urologist.

Like Zelda, Adventures of Link and Dragon Warrior I was used to encountering some NPCs in towns, but Ultima’s had just about the dumbest ones ever.  I mean they rarely, like 10% of the time, had anything useful to say.  Some claimed to be the designers of the game, while others went on about liking cheese.  Oh, but there were one NPCs that really got under my skin.



"..and wipe your feet before entering my throne room."



Not sure why, but I had a thing against Lord British.  Maybe I felt he was all cocky sitting on his throne, not leveling up my troops when I felt they deserved it… but from time to time I would attacked his highness.  I first tried to overthrow the king early in the game, and then again later when I felt more prepared with better weapons, armor and spells.  If you have played any Ultima games you will know that Lord British is a GOD there and he has unlimited Hit Points.  After several ass whoopings I came to respect Lord British and even paid him such a honor that I would not ride my horses into the castle. 

At the time this game was released I could not imagine anything better.  I mean it had it all.  It had different character classes and spells.  Different armor and weapons, a variety of monsters and crazy maze like dungeons… it was a real D&D style video game and I loved it.  You never forget that magical moment that you commandeer your first pirate boat and sail right into the maelstrom… Ah, the memories. 

So during a late 1980’s summer I played and beat Ultimawhoppings Exodus.  I held that game in the highest regard for many years to follow.  I whistled the music, I even would start a new game from time to time just to cast the Repel or Undead Spells on some of the early level baddies.  A few years after it came out, I started a second serious game with all less character classes: Ranger, Lark, Illusionist and Paladin, but sadly I never finished.

When I start a game of Ultima now, using the magic of emulators, the music automatically takes me back to my childhood days playing the NES.  The overworld music and the combat music is just so addictive that I hum it in my sleep!

Click here to listen to the battle music.  http://shrines.rpgclassics.com/nes/ultima3/music/battle.mid
...and the over world music http://shrines.rpgclassics.com/nes/ultima3/music/overworld.mid

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Surprise

Pathfinder Adventure Path #41: The Thousand Fangs Below (Serpent's Skull 5 of 6) (PFRPG)

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Duels of the Planeswalkers hits PS3

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Wizards of the Coast Brings Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers to PlayStation® 3 System

November 23, 2010, Renton, Wash. — Wizards of the Coast today announced the North American launch of Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers on the PlayStation® 3 computer entertainment system. Wizards has been working with Sony Computer Entertainment America to bring the popular digital extension of the worldwide Magic: The Gathering franchise to PlayStation® Network.

Already one of the most downloaded games on Xbox LIVE® Arcade and on PC via the Steam® platform, PS3™ gamers will now be able to join in on the action that Magic: The Gathering in digital form brings. Complete with crisp 3D graphics and animations, robust game play and a user-friendly interface, players can battle real life opponents or play through an extensive single-player campaign that offers unrivaled depth in which each game is different.

The core game is now available on PlayStation Network for $9.99 and all three expansions are available for $4.99 each.

Duels of the Planeswalkers is quickly proving to be the ideal way to introduce new players to Magic and reintroduce lapsed players back to the game. As its popularity continues to grow, Duels of the Planeswalkers will certainly be a driving force behind the birth of a whole new generation of Magic fans.

Special Launch Offer!

Celebrating the launch of Duels of the Planeswalkers on PS3, consumers that purchase the game will receive a special art foil Planeswalker promotional card (while supplies last). For additional information on Magic: The Gathering—Duels of the Planeswalkers and the promotional card, visit www.duelsoftheplaneswalkers.com.

About Wizards of the Coast

Wizards of the Coast LLC, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc. (NYSE:HAS), is the leader in entertaining the lifestyle gamer. The company holds an exclusive patent on trading card games (TCGs) and their method of play and produces the premier trading card game, Magic: The Gathering, among many other trading card games and family card and board games. Wizards is also a leading publisher of role-playing games, such as Dungeons & Dragons, and publisher of fantasy series fiction with numerous New York Times best-sellers. For more information, visit the Wizards of the Coast Web site at www.wizards.com.

Wizards of the Coast, its logo, Magic: The Gathering, Magic, Duels of the Planeswalkers and Dungeons & Dragons are trademarks of Wizards of the Coast LLC in the U.S.A. and other countries. "PlayStation" and "PS" Family logo are registered trademarks and "PS3" is a trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. Other trademarks are property of their respective owners. ©2010 Wizards.

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Corellon's Devoted

Channel Divinity By Robert J. Schwalb

Magic, art, renewal, and beauty—these are the gifts ancient Corellon bestowed upon the mortal world when Creation’s dew still lay wet across the land. It is said he himself planted the first forests. The greatest artistic achievements, the most brilliant paintings and heart-wrenching epics owe their inspiration to him. Corellon, First of the Seldarine, Protector, Creator of all Elvenkind, the Coronal of Arvandor is among the greatest gods in the Astral Sea and that which flows from his presence is wondrous in its glory, terrible in its fury.

Is it not said that Corellon sired the elven races? You have heard the tale where elves rose from his blood spilled by Gruumsh during that fateful contest where Corellon took the monstrous god’s eye. But have you also heard the tale in which Corellon battled the Spider Queen and cast her into the abyssal darkness? It is said elvenkind also rose from the blood she spilled. There is also the tale of how the elven people were born from those tears he shed during the times of the Triune Harmony, with the races rising from tears of sorrow, beauty, and mirth. What would you say if I told you all three tales were true?

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