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Quickstart. That’s No Moon « Jonathan Drain’s D20 Source: Dungeons & Dragons Blog. World Building 101: That’s No Moon posted Thursday, August 12th 2010 by Brandan Landgraff Fluff/Inspiration Mankind has a well-documented fascination with the heavens. The Sun, the moon, the planets and the stars, as well as other celestial objects like comets and events like eclipses, have all been a field of great interest.

They have been used in all manner of divinations and believed to be able to foretell the future, for weal or woe. There are a wide variety of possibilities for any of the features of the sky in a fantasy world. The Sun is often taken for granted, but it plays a huge role in the environment of your world. The moon—or moons as the case may be—can affect a lot as well. Other planets are possible too, though this depends on the assumptions of your setting. Celestial events like comets or eclipses can be used in a similar fashion, of course.

The stars themselves are somewhat more distant, but can still be used for great effect. Comments for this article are closed. Random Dungeon Generator Launcher - v 0.1.12 beta. The 100 Most Important Things To Know About Your Character (revised) Quote from original Author(Beth):This list came about when, one day while struggling to develop a character for an upcoming Hunter game, my lovely roommate Nikki looked at me and said something like, "Wouldn't it be cool to have a list of questions you could go through and answer while you were making characters, so you'd make sure to consider all sorts of different elements in their personality? " I agreed, and that very evening we sat down over hot chocolate and ramen noodles to whip up a list of 100 appearance-, history-, and personality-related questions (which seemed like a nice even number) to answer as a relatively easy yet still in-depth character building exercise.

Later on, we went through the list again, took out the questions that sucked (because there were a lot of them) and replaced them with better ones. What you see before you is the result of that second revision. Just don't email us specifically to tell us how much we suck. That only results in cranky gamerchicks. - Beth. Underlight: Shades of Truth. 10 Terrific Free Massively Multiplayer Online Games. Why play alone when you can play with hundreds and thousands of players online and compete with each other. Massively Multiplayer Online Game and those class of games that are capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. They are usually played on internet and provides at least one virtual world.

They are many massively multiplayer online games that run on a non-profit basis and provide terrific entertainment to the gamers without requiring any payments. Recommended Reading: Here in this post we look at 10 massively multiplayer online games that are free for the players 1. Allegiance Allegiance is a multiplayer online that was initially developed by Microsoft Research and was later released under a shared source license in 2004. More info here. 2. SubSpace is a two-dimensional space shooter computer game published in 1997. More info here. 3. Infantry Online is an isometric perspective multiplayer combat video game with sprite animation graphics. More info here. 4. Help, My Half-Elf Is Pregnant! The 11 Strangest Questions From The D&D 'Sage Advice' Column - ComicsAlliance | Comics culture, news, humor, commentary, and reviews. As this week’s release of John Rogers and Andrea DeVitos’s excellent Dungeons & Dragons #2 proves, D&D and comic books go together like… well, like escapist fantasies set in worlds with super-powerful characters that are built on tenuous, ever-changing rules.

And like comics, the D&D rules invite all sorts of questions to figure out just how the hell they’re supposed to work. For over thirty years, that was the domain of Dragon Magazine and their “Sage Advice” column, where players could write in with problems to get semi-official answers. Unfortunately for fans of esoteric, incredibly specific knowledge everywhere, the column is no more (having since been replaced by, you know, the Internet), but my pal Mike Sterling recently sent me a link to a searchable archive of 680 “Sage Advice” questions and answers culled from over a hundred issues of Dragon. #1.

. #2. . #3. No souls? #5. . #6. Is it just me, or does the Sage seem a shade too protective of his character here? #7. . #8. . #9. . #10. . #11. Killyouwithmybrain. Characters with Character: Random Personality Generator. If you're enjoying the content here, check out our new site, Thoughtcrime Games. Thanks for visiting! If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! I don’t know about you but when I sit down for a one-shot game with a pregen character, I can’t always come up with a unique and interesting personality on the fly. Sometimes the class, race and skill combo strikes a chord, but usually it’s just numbers.

To help get me started, I created this quick little Random Personality Generator to come up with the foundations of a character’s persona in three rolls and a minute or so of thought. This is by no means extensive (though the system can in fact be expanded quite significantly), but is intended to jump start your mind about how to turn a flat, pregenerated statblock into a more living and dynamic character.

Using the Generator is a snap. Motivation: What is it that really gets your character’s motor running? If you enjoyed this post, you may also enjoy: NPC Generator for D&D. Dungeon_gen. Another 20 games that make you think about life. First we gave you five. Then we gave you ten. Now we are giving you 20 games that make you think about life. If you have developed a taste for games of a philosophical nature, then you should be in for a treat - we have some seriously innovative games here, everything from Elude, a game that explores the nature of depression, to Ulitsa Dimitrova, a tale about a street-urchin in Russia.

As with our previous lists, we have focused mainly on free games that you can play in your browser. But we have also thrown in the occasional downloadable game. These are free to play too. Before we get to the actual games, we would like to thank all our readers who suggested titles for this list. 1 Elude Developed by Singapore-MIT Gambit Game Lab, Elude is a dark, atmospheric game that aims to shed light on the nature of depression.

The forest that you start the game in represents a normal mood. This is a gloomy underground cavern, with a sticky muddy base that sucks you down. 2 Air Pressure 3 Symon 5 Ute. Welcome to Flow in Games. Super Mario Bros. 3 Maps | Mario Universe.com. Everyone is John. A competitive roleplaying game for three or more people. Everyone is John is a humorous, competitive roleplaying game about playing the various personalities of John, an insane man from Minneapolis. One participant is the GM, or, in Everyone is John lingo, "Everyone Else. " All of the other players are Voices in John's head. Everyone is John uses six-sided dice (you really only need one, but it might be easiest if every participant carries one) for play.

Voices Voices are the Player Characters of Everyone is John. Willpower Willpower is a pool of points that the Voice can spend to take control of John or improve its chance of success in any given action. Skills Each Voice has two or three skills. Obsession This is kind of like a winning condition: if you complete your obsession more than other Voices complete their obsession, you win. If you're going to seriously compete with the other Voices, you probably should keep your sheet a secret. John John is a totally insane man in Minneapolis. Playing. Geekologie. UncleBear Media. 10 Fun and Free Browser-Based Games. Sometimes it’s necessary to take a break from work and do something a little more enjoyable — like play games!

Of course your employer probably won’t allow you to install a desktop game on your computer but fret not, there are plenty of browser-based games to keep you entertained. We’ve pulled together ten great browser-based games you should definitely check out. Update: We’ve added a couple reader submitted game sites! You can submit your favorites too.

Prerequisites Many of these games attempt to duplicate (to a lesser degree) desktop games, which require significantly higher computer hardware capabilities. Quake Live Quake Live If you’ve played any of the desktop versions of Quake, you’ll already be familiar with the browser-based version as it’s quite similar. RuneScape RuneScape RuneScape is Java powered and offers a certain level of 3D rendering. Requirements: JavaDeveloper: Jagex Ltd Fallen Empire: Legions Fallen Empire: Legions Power Soccer Power Soccer ORANGEfps ORANGEfps Earth Eternal. Corporation Inc. Viking Defense - Action Games at Miniclip. Entanglement - by Gopherwood Studios. Issue 212 Cover Special. FAQ: Play By Email (PBEM) Role-Playing Games.

General infomation What is it: What exactly is a PBEM, anyway? On being a player... Finding a game: Where can I find PBEM games looking for players? Finding a game: What kind of PBEM games should I avoid? Advice for players: Be flexible. GM quality: Does Sturgeon's Law apply to PBEM games, and PBEM GMs? GM quality: How can I recognize bad GMs, and avoid them? GM quality: Is a "control freak" or "the GM is God" GM the same as a "killer GM" or "adversarial GM"? GM quality: How can I recognize a good GM when I find one? Internal monologue: Should I write my character's internal thoughts as part of my game posts?

Minor NPCs: How should I deal with minor NPCs? On being a GM... Finding players: Where can I find players for my PBEM game? Combat: Combat is complicated! Game management: There is so much to keep track of. Game management: I have seen it said that most PBEM games die prematurely, within the first week or two. Game management: How can this time dilation affect my game? Miscellaneous Be flexible. Medieval Demographics Made Easy.

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