tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post8130687509134138058..comments2024-03-27T19:02:58.368-04:00Comments on BARKING ALIEN: E is For Epic, Right From The StartAdam Dicksteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-16978185660766710532011-04-10T17:12:44.531-04:002011-04-10T17:12:44.531-04:00Big fan of this. It clicked for me some time back,...Big fan of this. It clicked for me some time back, not sure when, and I'm not always successful at it, but making sure that first session especially ha something your payers can bite on and say WOW is a huge win.Blacksteelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16289298640828309072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-57250058208295868512011-04-07T08:57:50.466-04:002011-04-07T08:57:50.466-04:00Thanks Steve. That is a great example. This is no ...Thanks Steve. That is a great example. This is no rule, in a literal sense, that says the 2 hit dice creature has to be described as a scrawny lizard dog guy under 2 ft tall.<br /><br />Give him 2 HD, don't tell the players how tough he is and describe him as a nine foot, glowing din0-wolf. That's just an example of course. The gist is, there is no reason in a game of fantasy and imagination that we have to introduce the players to our worlds in such a pedestrian manner.Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-5925637893408971192011-04-07T03:41:24.685-04:002011-04-07T03:41:24.685-04:00There's something to this. One of the most suc...There's something to this. One of the most successful campaigns I ran started with a group of 2nd level characters running for their lives in an attempt to get off a causeway as Lord Soth and 12 other Nightmare-mounted Death Knights came thundering along. (It was ten sessions or so before Soth and Crew made another appearance, but that opener left a real impression.)<br />--Stopping by for a visit, following a to z breadcrumbs... :)Steve Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11263633883997493518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-18007658952061879522011-04-07T01:52:05.374-04:002011-04-07T01:52:05.374-04:00I'm not much of a gamer, but those images are ...I'm not much of a gamer, but those images are awesome!Trishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927558937796802496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-10045557075889946082011-04-06T23:21:35.067-04:002011-04-06T23:21:35.067-04:00@Deidra - Thanks so much. That is very cool. I lik...@Deidra - Thanks so much. That is very cool. I like your site as well.<br /><br />@Erin Palette - I think that pic is the cover of the Mongoose Traveller Sourcebook on the Third Imperium.Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-27885387012809703972011-04-06T13:05:59.201-04:002011-04-06T13:05:59.201-04:00By the way, that's a bitchin' example of a...By the way, that's a bitchin' example of a Type S Scout/Courier in the first picture. I am digging all the greebles and exterior zoot. Which Traveller book is that illustration from?<br /><br />WV: Pregr -- a pregnant Vargr.Erin Palettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984632637166408245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-12012518120012765642011-04-06T13:02:46.816-04:002011-04-06T13:02:46.816-04:00I am reminded of the first time I played Shadowrun...I am reminded of the first time I played Shadowrun, when the GM said to me "A properly planned and orchestrated 'run results in no combat and no one knowing you were ever there."<br /><br />Well, where's the fun in that? Properly executed operations are boring, which is why things never go as they should in fiction. <br /><br />WV: Undes -- the underdark of the Andes.Erin Palettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984632637166408245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-42796381457148528672011-04-06T10:54:29.558-04:002011-04-06T10:54:29.558-04:00By the way, really more 'D' appropriate th...By the way, really more 'D' appropriate than 'E' I suppose but I just read through 'Death Frost Doom' for the first time and I can honestly say, "I read through Dead Frost Doom'.<br /><br />That is all.Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.com