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I put together a glossary of soldierly slang for a stormtrooper campaign that may never see the light of day. Maybe you'll find a few useful. Culling the PG-rated items from it, I get:

* Bantha F ...

When players exceed my patience with yet another repetition of "So what do I roll, again?" I put on my high school math teacher's hat and get all Socratic on their asses.

So what do you w ...

I have many complaints about D&D--excuse me, d20--but this is the big one:

The game offers (six, ten, twenty) character concepts, and you can play one of those. If you want to play something e ...

Eh. Just as various "Christian values" aren't exclusively Christian--and boy, does it tick me off when a tribe claims some kind of pre-eminence in matters of charity, humility, etc.--there' ...

A Hunt: Everybody goes out hunting. The one who bags the biggest game creature wins

Or a tiny, speedy creature. Players dodge rancors while trying to bag a glimmering dragonfly. Complication: ju ...

Sadly that all I got and I don’t want to just drop them off as patients.

I don't know if this counts, but if by "as patients" you just don't want high command sending them being sent ...

Jeez, ebertran, I'm sorry to have triggered such a tangle of drift and non sequitur. Asking to know what devices you employ and whether they work seemed simple enough at the time...

Ok, so Calrissian is dead.. (snip) and the empire goes on to blowing up other planets...

Exactly. That's exactly why a GM has to think things through. There's players who will do precisely that ...

I'm very interested in learning your technique for reaching a foregone conclusion, how willingly your players cooperate, and the reason for their reaction.

Let's imagine, for example, that Lando Ca ...

Personality: On reading of the flirtatious pirate, my first thought was an archaeologist who likes her back, but is so painfully shy, proper, and/or awkward as to work against her. But you're pointin ...

Wow.. if they are that 'shallow' that being killed cause the baddie managed to say edge them towards somewhere that when the wind kicked up it knocked them over the precipice, rather than being cleave ...

Never have, though I've wanted to since reading Whiteout.

Just for a one-shot, though; most of the ideas I have for extreme weather only work when they can kill, at a table where punches are not pu ...

(AD&D, C&C, Star Frontiers), but never Star Wars...

I've DM'd the above games as well as Top Secret, Gamma World, and Twilight 2000 in my time.

Those are some o-o-old titles. If you hav ...

My current campaign concept, which may never actually see the light of day, posits the PCsas stormtroopers returning home after the battle of Endor, so I don't want them to be clones. The campaign al ...

I don't. Not because it would be wrong, but because my players--and, I think, most players--wouldn't find it a morale booster. If the gaming table is our escape from the buffeting of life, they're g ...

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Topic: "Swearing" in games.
mdlake Replies: 19 Views: 17462	Forum: Gamemasters Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2013 10:28 pm Subject: "Swearing" in games.
mdlake Replies: 19 Views: 17462	I put together a glossary of soldierly slang for a stormtrooper campaign that may never see the light of day. Maybe you'll find a few useful. Culling the PG-rated items from it, I get: * Bantha F ...
Topic: GM doing all the work and tired of it!
mdlake Replies: 18 Views: 17720	Forum: Gamemasters Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2013 3:33 pm Subject: GM doing all the work and tired of it!
mdlake Replies: 18 Views: 17720	When players exceed my patience with yet another repetition of "So what do I roll, again?" I put on my high school math teacher's hat and get all Socratic on their asses. So what do you w ...
Topic: Help me convince a d20-guy ;-D
mdlake Replies: 9 Views: 9151	Forum: Gamemasters Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 7:33 am Subject: Help me convince a d20-guy ;-D
mdlake Replies: 9 Views: 9151	I have many complaints about D&D--excuse me, d20--but this is the big one: The game offers (six, ten, twenty) character concepts, and you can play one of those. If you want to play something e ...
Topic: Stoic/Occidental philosophy in the EU?
mdlake Replies: 5 Views: 6842	Forum: House Rules Posted: Tue Nov 06, 2012 9:52 am Subject: Stoic/Occidental philosophy in the EU?
mdlake Replies: 5 Views: 6842	Eh. Just as various "Christian values" aren't exclusively Christian--and boy, does it tick me off when a tribe claims some kind of pre-eminence in matters of charity, humility, etc.--there' ...
Topic: There is no 'i' in team.
mdlake Replies: 8 Views: 9293	Forum: Adventures and Campaigns Posted: Fri Aug 03, 2012 4:20 pm Subject: There is no 'i' in team.
mdlake Replies: 8 Views: 9293	A Hunt: Everybody goes out hunting. The one who bags the biggest game creature wins Or a tiny, speedy creature. Players dodge rancors while trying to bag a glimmering dragonfly. Complication: ju ...
Topic: One Flew Over the Mynok's Nest [help]
mdlake Replies: 8 Views: 9825	Forum: Adventures and Campaigns Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 9:39 am Subject: Re: One Flew Over the Mynok's Nest [help]
mdlake Replies: 8 Views: 9825	Sadly that all I got and I don’t want to just drop them off as patients. I don't know if this counts, but if by "as patients" you just don't want high command sending them being sent ...
Topic: The Millenium Falcon campaign
mdlake Replies: 23 Views: 21870	Forum: Adventures and Campaigns Posted: Tue Apr 10, 2012 8:52 am Subject: The Millenium Falcon campaign
mdlake Replies: 23 Views: 21870	Jeez, ebertran, I'm sorry to have triggered such a tangle of drift and non sequitur. Asking to know what devices you employ and whether they work seemed simple enough at the time...
Topic: The Millenium Falcon campaign
mdlake Replies: 23 Views: 21870	Forum: Adventures and Campaigns Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2012 8:38 am Subject: The Millenium Falcon campaign
mdlake Replies: 23 Views: 21870	Ok, so Calrissian is dead.. (snip) and the empire goes on to blowing up other planets... Exactly. That's exactly why a GM has to think things through. There's players who will do precisely that ...
Topic: The Millenium Falcon campaign
mdlake Replies: 23 Views: 21870	Forum: Adventures and Campaigns Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:20 am Subject: The Millenium Falcon campaign
mdlake Replies: 23 Views: 21870	I'm very interested in learning your technique for reaching a foregone conclusion, how willingly your players cooperate, and the reason for their reaction. Let's imagine, for example, that Lando Ca ...
Topic: Need ideas for an archaeologist/historian NPC
mdlake Replies: 11 Views: 12170	Forum: Adventures and Campaigns Posted: Tue Apr 03, 2012 8:06 am Subject: Need ideas for an archaeologist/historian NPC
mdlake Replies: 11 Views: 12170	Personality: On reading of the flirtatious pirate, my first thought was an archaeologist who likes her back, but is so painfully shy, proper, and/or awkward as to work against her. But you're pointin ...
Topic: I'm Singing in the rain!... well trying to stay standing.
mdlake Replies: 23 Views: 24192	Forum: House Rules Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:50 pm Subject: I'm Singing in the rain!... well trying to stay standing.
mdlake Replies: 23 Views: 24192	Wow.. if they are that 'shallow' that being killed cause the baddie managed to say edge them towards somewhere that when the wind kicked up it knocked them over the precipice, rather than being cleave ...
Topic: I'm Singing in the rain!... well trying to stay standing.
mdlake Replies: 23 Views: 24192	Forum: House Rules Posted: Thu Mar 29, 2012 11:54 am Subject: I'm Singing in the rain!... well trying to stay standing.
mdlake Replies: 23 Views: 24192	Never have, though I've wanted to since reading Whiteout. Just for a one-shot, though; most of the ideas I have for extreme weather only work when they can kill, at a table where punches are not pu ...
Topic: It took me long enough...
mdlake Replies: 11 Views: 10866	Forum: Adventures and Campaigns Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 12:11 pm Subject: Re: It took me long enough...
mdlake Replies: 11 Views: 10866	(AD&D, C&C, Star Frontiers), but never Star Wars... I've DM'd the above games as well as Top Secret, Gamma World, and Twilight 2000 in my time. Those are some o-o-old titles. If you hav ...
Topic: Stormtrooper Question...
mdlake Replies: 37 Views: 36690	Forum: General Star Wars Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2011 8:58 am Subject: Stormtrooper Question...
mdlake Replies: 37 Views: 36690	My current campaign concept, which may never actually see the light of day, posits the PCsas stormtroopers returning home after the battle of Endor, so I don't want them to be clones. The campaign al ...
Topic: Ever shown "mercy" to a PC due to RL reasons?
mdlake Replies: 12 Views: 11831	Forum: Gamemasters Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:11 am Subject: Ever shown "mercy" to a PC due to RL reasons?
mdlake Replies: 12 Views: 11831	I don't. Not because it would be wrong, but because my players--and, I think, most players--wouldn't find it a morale booster. If the gaming table is our escape from the buffeting of life, they're g ...