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  4. I hate naming villages/Kingdoms

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    Then it's time to mention the Angelsey village Llanfair PG - in full' date=' Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch (here's an .ogg file demonstrating how to say it)

     

    Like other places, its name has a meaning: St Mary's Church in the hollow of the white hazel near the rapid whirlpool of Llandysilio of the red cave.

    I love translations:)

     

    Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu

     

    means

     

    The summit where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, the climber of mountains, the land-swallower who travelled about, played his nose flute to his loved one

  7. Fantasy worlds you had to "rework" years later once you've grown up and knew better

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    Yeah, I recalled that project, that's why I chose the name Generica. :)

     

    And back in the good ol' days, we had a lot of fun in Generica. We played AD&D obsessively as college students - sometimes, three campaigns running simultaneously with different GMs, meaning we might play up to 4 or 5 nights in a good week! All of those kingdoms were set in one or another corner of Generica, and although - because I've got a really good memory - I could sketch you a decent rough outline of the geography of 2 out of those 3, I couldn't tell you a single damn name on the map, nor anything about any of the towns, castles, etc*. And we actually had 3 talented GMs!

     

    I can :)

  8. Fantasy worlds you had to "rework" years later once you've grown up and knew better

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    When I started GM'ing, I didn't have any published game worlds: all I had was a copy of the AD&D player's manual. So I had no idea of how things were "meant to be". So, I built my game world on the fantasy and myth I loved: Fafhrd and the Grey Mouser, Conan, Lord of the Rings and old norse tales. As a result, my fantasy world was middle to low magic and relatively low-monster. It's held up surprisingly well: I'm still using it after 27 years. What I tend to do is choose one area of the map, develop that and run a campaign there. After a few years of play, that part of the world is heavily detailed, and I bring the game to a close and start up somewhere else. So far I have only detailed about half the world, so there's a good quarter century left in it, I reckon.

     

    cheers, Mark

     

     

    Maybe if you ever retire back to NZ you can GM a new game here:)

  9. 6E - Low Fantasy Hero - Game Balance Issues - Advice Requested

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    You can also get characters to spend points on things like Area Knowledges (they have spent three weeks in some town trudging around shops, inns and so forth then they learn something about the place). Likewise languages, Knowledges about people and politics. Of course, you have to give them reason to realise that non-combat skills are important too. Don't forget making the combat tanks suffer from DCV modifiers and so forth (If they insist on fighting with all their travelling and camping gear on their backs add some more negative modifiers - there was a reason armies had baggage parks).

  10. New to running a Fantasy Hero game

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    I usually give 1-3 per adventure session (which may be over several game sessions). On occasion, when players make me laugh, grovel to me about some game mechanic or other or otherwise amuse me I also give out fractions of an XP. They do add up. Conversely - pointing out GM inconsistencies usually gets fractions of points removed:)

  14. Your favorite SF gear.

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    Re: Your favorite SF gear.

     

    The obvious reason to get both is they are cheaper if you buy them in the limited edition blister pack.

     

    :) You need to read The Killing. A Strontium Dog story in 2000AD comic. The Napalm Blister Blaster (both sizes) featured.

  20. Turkanian Age and Champions

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    I believe the Turkanian age is an alternate history plotline wherein Gobbler, the Giant Turkey is transported to the distant past (due to a triggered teleport when Penelope Pane is rescued from his beak), where he pecks the major baddie of the mainstream Turakian Age (who ultimately becomes Takofanes in the unaltered timeline) immediately prior to his receiving his vast powers.

     

    The timeline is restored when modern heroes successfully get Turkofanes, the Unending Thanksgiving Leftover, to use his mystic VPP to Transport them to the past where he KO's Gobbler before the Triggered Teleport can take effect.

     

    [sOURCE: unpublished manuscript for Secret Infinite Crisis War III]

     

    Yeah - he really gave him a basting.

  21. Raven: Swordmistress of Chaos

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    Re: Raven: Swordmistress of Chaos

     

    Well, Raven would have to be the only fictional character I would like to bang but that may have had something to do with Chris Achillios' interpretations of the character. I enjoyed the books and even created a larger map for roleplaying in that world. Who can't like the rievers of Kragg and the debauchery of the Altan's palace?

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