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On one or two really rare places, I'm strangevistas, but mostly I'm Witterquick. My grandmother loved that name.
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I think the book is a gem for coming up with new monsters. After a while I start to get tired of the same old skeletons.
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<r>I have undertaken the monumental task of creating room descriptions for the massive Dungeon Under the Mountain, Level One by 0one Games, using Castles & Crusades. You can download the first five pages (encompassing the introductory material and the first eleven rooms) and the room key for the...

Are there a lot of 3 HD fiends out there? You'd almost be better off just hitting an abyssmal maw with a big mace than turning it.
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<r>Right now, I'm going with the following "food chain":<br/> <br/> vermin eat refuse<br/> <br/> humanoids eat vermin<br/> <br/> oozes eat humanoids<br/> <br/> oozes die quickly of natural causes<br/> <br/> I've gotten the "outside encounters" and the first few rooms of the DUtM1 finished. Perhaps I...

<r>I'm thinking of taking 0one's "Dungeon Under the Mountain" and outfit the rooms. For those who don't know, the DUtM is nothing more than huge maps (eight letter-sized pages per map) without any room details at all.<br/> <br/> I run a pretty crawl-heavy campaign, but I'm always wrestling with the ...

paizo has done a set of critical hit cards. When you do a critical hit, draw the card, look for the right type of damage, and that's the effect.
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http://witterquick.frozenchaos.net/LD1A.pdf
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<r>Someone recently asked about the second level, and I had forgotten that I had never released it.<br/> <br/> Unfortunately, I had some problems converting it to a .pdf, so here's my solution<br/> <br/> Here's the map, as a jpg<br/> <URL url="http://witterquick.frozenchaos.net/gannen2map.jpg">http:...

<r>In what will be either one of the high points or low points of my CKing experience, I actually reduced one of the players to tears. Or rather, she started crying after she lost a level from a wight. On the upside, the group has really gotten into a nice groove, both when it comes to action and ro...

<r>We've used the bard, practically as-is, to stand in for a dilletante noble. The bard can comprehend languages, has a vast amount of knowledge (reflecting an unusual education), moderate combat abilities and the capacity for public speaking (instead of performance).<br/> <br/> Money, land resource...

<r>My best illustration of a high non-prime stat was a real life friend of mine. He was huge, and could easily lift me, a grown man, up into the air without effort. However he never worked out, didn't pursue sports, and was quite academic in his pursuits. That meant that when it came to those action...

Joe wrote: Hello, I am new to C&C. I am finding the exp progression slow already for core classes compared to what I am used to. After reading the multiclass stuff in The Crusader I was wondering if anyone played a multiclass and what your impression was. IMO, XP progression goes slowly if you ...

Treebore wrote: So he was busy even this evening with about a dozen people playing magic and something that looked like a sci fi version of Warhammer miniatures gaming and anothe rhalf dozen ro so people looking over the shelves for something they wanted to buy at half off. Anyways, for the first t...

<r>The second major story arc in my C&C campaign has begun, and it features a slightly "Lovecraftian" theme, not to mention a series of classic quests for powerful relics. You can check out the first in the new story arc here (and, for those interested, I'll be posting the layout of the Bone San...

<r>Yes, there is a level two. Give me a few days, and I'll post it.<br/> <br/> Sadly, Dunjinni has developed serious bugs with the latest java updates, and so my ability to create material in this format has been limited.<br/> <br/> Witt/Rob<br/> _________________<br/> <URL url="http://strangequests...

and now, the end of "The Lost Heir" storyarc, and the beginning of the next
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Yeah, you gotta watch out for the "Chaotic Greedy" alignment. He doesn't want the party to know? I think you're right to be on notice.
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My wife cashed in on the bounty posted on the other PC's.
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<r>Not having a lot of insight on the new rules, I'm sticking with C&C when it comes out for one simple reason--respect for the players. My gaming group is composed mostly of people for whom C&C is the first game that they have ever played (actually, that's true for five out of seven of the ...

The adventure continues...
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<r>BUY magic items? What kind of Monty Haul game are you running? The only way to get magic items is to kill monsters too stupid to use them and take it from their cooling corpses!<br/> <br/> _________________<br/> <URL url="http://strangequests.wordpress.com/">http://strangequests.wordpress.com/</U...

<r>I think there's something to be said for sticking it out for a bit. Try to "change up your pitches" and do something really different (like a murder mystery, a light-hearted bit, or whatever). If that fails, and the players understand that you're not firing on all your cylinders, then switch game...

StealthSuitStanley wrote: Frankie is retired!!! Keep up the good work! I switched you and Keira to "Associate Members" in hopes that you'll join the table again some day. Buffra and Desire' are also on the list too (as will their minis after I take a photo.) _________________ http://stran...

<r>4e really poses a bit of a conundrum with me.<br/> <br/> I play a pretty low-powered game, because I like the players to sweat a bit, and I like (especially with a group of six players) everyone having a job to do. I also end up gaming more on the under-prepared than over-prepared. When 3.X came ...

After an almost two-month break my gaming group has started up again.
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<r>I use them, because it helps the players focus on the action, and understand what is going on. We have a lot of interruptions in our game: kids, food, etc. and players can have a tough time understanding where they've been, where they are, and where they can go. I use "floor tiles" for my dungeon...

<r><URL url="http://strangevistas.pbwiki.com/070706">http://strangevistas.pbwiki.com/070706</URL><br/> <br/> Campaign update, with lots of skullduggery and more than a little bathroom humor.<br/> _________________<br/> <URL url="http://strangequests.wordpress.com/">http://strangequests.wordpress.com...

<r>Inviting that teenager who responded to your desperate sign for new players you put up at the gaming store and who calls you constantly and who frequently offers to bring you roast beef sandwiches he makes at his job at Arby's [/true story]<br/> <br/> More helpful? Being unrealistic about how oft...

<r>My big problem with "crunch" books is that you inevitably have the debate between players and the CK about what is allowed and what isn't. This is TLG's problem in some ways, marketing themselves as a simplified system, then trying to sell more books to consumers.<br/> <br/> By the same token, I'...