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06-20-2011, 11:52 PM
Thread: Talinie & Thurazor maps
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They look beautiful! Seems like graphics that...
They look beautiful! Seems like graphics that match the Mystara maps, which makes sense.
The Aelvinwode is *huge*. It covers much of Talinie, Boeruine, The Five Peaks, Dhoesone and Mhoried, and... -
06-08-2011, 02:02 PM
Thread: Domains & Holdings Tables?
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Province Holding Table
I didn't compile this myself, but someone else here on the list did -- Dan McSorley, maybe? Anyone who does know who is due the credit, please speak up. I received it tab-separated; all I have done...
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06-03-2011, 12:16 AM
Thread: Domains & Holdings Tables?
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I have been trying to post the text file I got...
I have been trying to post the text file I got from the list years ago, but it is too big to attach, I can't paste it here because tabs are meaningful, and the downloads page won't let me upload a...
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05-31-2011, 11:35 PM
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This is exactly why I long ago adopted Gary's...
This is exactly why I long ago adopted Gary's option two,
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05-31-2011, 11:28 PM
Thread: Birthright for Other Game systems
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John Machin and I played with making a conversion...
John Machin and I played with making a conversion for HeroWars/HeroQuest, but that never went anywhere. The version I've been working on for over a decade but have yet to actually get to run is...
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05-31-2011, 11:19 PM
Thread: Diemed: Barony or Duchy
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:laugh: Good luck with that. The sources...
:laugh: Good luck with that. The sources themselves are inconsistent, so we can't clean it up without changing something in canon.
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05-31-2011, 11:12 PM
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I think this is your problem. PCs should start...
I think this is your problem. PCs should start out vastly weaker than the others, so when they survive and level up through a campaign they can eventually become able to survive meeting the real...
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05-31-2011, 11:05 PM
Thread: To Conquer A Dwarven Realm
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Actually, I've often wondered whether there are...
Actually, I've often wondered whether there are other dwarven realms hidden elsewhere in Cerilia which allowed their useless surface portions to be conquered centuries ago, the better to help the...
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05-31-2011, 11:02 PM
Thread: Mt. Deismaar and the land bridge
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It makes sense, given that the one and only thing...
It makes sense, given that the one and only thing we think we know for sure is that there was a honking great mountain in the middle of it. :)
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07-07-2010, 05:26 PM
Thread: Introduction/2e Question
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This is my standard, but I've fiddled with vast...
This is my standard, but I've fiddled with vast numbers of alternate character adventure systems over the years (currently leaning toward some kind of Pendragon hybrid, possibly with the D20 Mutants...
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07-07-2010, 05:14 PM
Thread: Sidhelien healing?
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As long as that is tapped *by other elves*, I can...
As long as that is tapped *by other elves*, I can agree. Humans, goblins, or others who rule sources don't do it any better than unclaimed for the purposes of elven healing "productivity", but in...
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06-18-2010, 02:52 AM
Thread: Sidhelien healing?
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I've used versions of that myself quite well in...
I've used versions of that myself quite well in the past. I've mentioned it here occasionally for more than a decade, but I haven't posted anything here in a while. Personally, I just use maximum...
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01-09-2010, 02:19 AM
Thread: Making A Game Board
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PLEXIglass. Big sheets of plexiglass atop...
PLEXIglass. Big sheets of plexiglass atop folding card tables. Lighter, stronger, doesn't shatter. Works marvelously for all sorts of wargames. Then use grease pencils to write on the acrylic --...
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04-14-2009, 09:40 PM
Thread: Dave Arneson Passes
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I started playing when I was six years old. That...
I started playing when I was six years old. That was almost thirty years ago. Sadly, I haven't actually spent 83% of my life playing D&D. =)
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01-10-2009, 02:15 AM
Thread: BRCS Revival
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Excellent! All the more reason to proceed from...
Excellent! All the more reason to proceed from here without regard to whatever new rules they create.
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01-07-2009, 03:36 PM
Thread: Provinces as holdings
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Music to my ears! It even continues to explain...
Music to my ears!
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01-07-2009, 03:28 PM
Thread: Starting Trade Routes
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Which you will post here on the downloads page...
Which you will post here on the downloads page when you are done, I hope?
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01-07-2009, 03:27 PM
Thread: Starting Trade Routes
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Because whoever controls the one sea route...
Because whoever controls the one sea route already leading out of Bhaine wants the one remaining slot for themselves, and thus spends RP to keep any from coming in, I suspect.
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01-07-2009, 04:33 AM
Thread: Class vs Skills for regency
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IMO, that's only because they hadn't yet invented...
IMO, that's only because they hadn't yet invented the Aristocrat class. "Fighter" is mostly about one-on-one gladiatorial combat, somewhat less about mass military warfare, and almost not at all...
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01-07-2009, 04:24 AM
Thread: Starting Trade Routes
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Well, the *sea* trade routes for Anuire are...
Well, the *sea* trade routes for Anuire are listed in the Khinasi boxed set, along with the Anuirean navies, on one of the unbound cards.
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01-07-2009, 02:49 AM
Thread: BRCS Revival
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Does sentence two not imply that sentence three...
Does sentence two not imply that sentence three is unachievable? It certainly does to me, in the bloodstained light of the last many painful years.
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01-04-2009, 08:30 PM
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Up to this point, I'm largely with you. ...
Up to this point, I'm largely with you.
However, I fail to see how this has anything to do with your introduction. In real life, I don't unleash anything precisely because I *know* my STR is... -
01-04-2009, 04:59 AM
Thread: Seven against Cariele
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Do you use that for the domain stuff too, or just...
Do you use that for the domain stuff too, or just the adventures?
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01-01-2009, 04:15 AM
Thread: Your vision of ideal play
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You have a Cerilia conversion for Kingmaker? ...
You have a Cerilia conversion for Kingmaker? GIMME!
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01-01-2009, 03:04 AM
Thread: Class: Magician: Another why?
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What I had in mind was more our discussion of...
What I had in mind was more our discussion of December 2002: http://www.birthright.net/forums/showpost.php?p=11267
IMO, wizard should be strictly better than magician at all things, so...
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