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#321Mmm, I don't know, that sounds like it could lead to all kinds of... not good. -
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#322It sounds kinda fascinating... and yes, creepy. Could make an interesting business model. -
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#323It immediately reminded me of my curses plugin that I wanted to do on the site. The one where you could use points to curse other people: turn all the text red, make it read backwards, make links random, all that jazz I brought up before.
This makes me thing much bigger. We could do a similiar thing on the site with quests and someone could write a riddle to find a certain post and when you do something pops up and you get a reward of some sort. Somebody could make a list of subs to visit and vote on and if they do then they will earn an award. Could even run the regular quest like that. I only did surface thoughts with it, but I really like the concept. Need to get a working site first though. ;) -
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#324How to Host a Dungeon:
http://planet-thirteen.com/Dungeon.aspx
The easiest way to describe it is to say that it's basically the pen & paper Dwarf Fortress - sort of. Basically, it's a... game(?) which turns a sheet of paper into a dungeon with a history and an ecology. It takes a while, but I find it amusing. -
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#325Another a little off balanced towards a gaming site but not sure what other thread to pop it in.
I actually found it through an ad at dictionary.com which is interesting in itself.
http://www.travian.us/
Travian is a browser game with a world full of thousands of users who all begin as the leaders of small villages.
It is something that you visit daily for a short amount of time from what I gather. Stuff takes a little while to build and such but it seems easy and interesting. -
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#326Review: The Immortal Coil (forum-based roleplay)
Site: http://www.mooncalfstudios.com/tic/bbace/portal.php
Cost: Free
The Immortal Coil is a forum-based fantasy roleplaying game. Unlike most forum-based games it's not completely freeform. Character creation elements have been added to define a character's abilities in the game, and players are expected to abide by their characters limitations and powers. The main emphasis of the game is on roleplay, and written forum posts are the most efficient way to allow a character to develop. The game has its own world, but the forum includes areas for roleplay outside of that world. Though posts are limited to PG-13 standard, adult themes can be explored to some extent.
Starting The Immortal Coil involves creating a character of one of four races: human, elf, dwarf, or ork. Cross-breeds between any of the different races (including such oddities as ork-dwarf) may also be created. Humans are definitely the weakest of the races, and there are currently too few players of orks and dwarves to determine if they are balanced against elves. Because of the games emphasis on roleplay, however, power balance isn't as important as it might be other games. Attributes are determined randomly, but may be rerolled as many times as desired. There are no classes in the game, but once play has begun a character may acquire a "descent" and become either a mage, vampire, or werewolf. All the races aside from humans have racial powers that may be acquired in addition to powers available to each descent.
In addition to the roleplay boards, characters have skills which they may improve through training (spending the game's "money") or practice (succeeding on specific tasks). In addition to combat characters may develop skills in mining (finding ore and gemstones), stonecutting (improving ore and gemstones to fetch higher prices), forging (repairing weapons and armor), enchanting (improving weapons and armor), and thieving. As combat can include PvP these skills can be an integral part of the game, but can also be ignored.
In play the game turns out to have a nice balance between freeform and computerized elements. People whose experience is limited to computer games may find the freeform aspects difficult to handle at first, but should either catch on quickly or discover that this particular game isn't for them. The game world could also stand to be fleshed out a little more. However, game development is ongoing and the developer is very responsive to player suggestions. Additionally the existing group of players is friendly and helpful. Overall this is an excellent game for roleplayers, storytellers, or those who simply want to write. -
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#327http://www.villainsource.com/index.html
You don't have to be a villian or supers fan to really enjoy this one.
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#328http://rpg.ashami.com/
Effectively a guide to personality development, with some random tables included - could be interesting for coming up with bare bones for a submission. -
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#329Phoenix Lore rose from the ashes after Knowledge Arcana crashed and burned. Some of the material is directed toward specific game systems (D&D, Magic: The Gathering), but other articles are useful whatever system you prefer.
Best of all, it's free.
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#330Link Farm from Heck
I am not vouching for quality or activity of these thinks. Still, it has some interesting stuff I wanted to look at, so it might be interesting to you.
Käännöksiä roolipeli- ja fantasiatermeistä
Coron's Sources of Spells and Magic Items
RPG Archive
Great RPG Archive
Grehytons Mud & Rpg Resources
RPGnet
RPG Host
The Big List of RPG Plots, by S. John Ross
Sir Ugly Psycho's Tower
Primordia Online! - 3 Fantasy Worlds
The Wizard's Emporium Grand Tour
Darksbane campaign setting
Canonical list of famous last words
The Domain of the Zarn
Wizards of The Coast - AD&D, MtG etc.
Irina's Homepage
Bolanet - asiaa fantasiasta
LostCitadel.com Fun Stuff (RPGs & More)
Should a Christian Play Dungeons & Dragons
Ropecon'98 Photo Gallery
sfnet.harrastus.pelit.rooli FAQ
RolePlayer's Realm
RPG United
The Fantasy Forum - powered by vBulletin
Clubs
Oulun yliopiston roolipelikerho CRYO
Etelä-Suomen Rooli- ja Strategiapeliyhdistys
Excalibur - Tampereen Teekkarien Roolipelikerho
Alter Ego - Helsingin Yliopiston roolipeliyhdistys
ORC - Otaniemen RoolipeliClubi
T Y R - Tampereen Yliopiston Roolipelaajat
Korpin Klaani Roolipelisivut
Suomen Tolkien-seura ry (under construction?)
Tolkiensällskapet Forodrim (under construction)
Judge's Guild -- back, and better than ever!
The Legion of SilverSheen Homepage
Worlds
Worlds in the Net
The World of Sulerin
Hawkwind's Fantasy RPG Page - Land of Trinalia (AD&D, Hero)
The Kingdom of Hurva
Hexalon, a complete roleplaying campaign and system
The World of Jera
The World of Karil
The Creative World of Gary Gygax
Advanced Dungeons&Dragons
Wizards of Coast
Rec.games.frp.dnd FAQ (Dungeons and Dragons)
RPG Gateway - RPG Search Engine by Effie Rover
Guardian's AD&D Web Page - For Role-Players and DMs
- Cerbain - (AD&D Campaign)
Blue Troll's Netbooks
Runecarver - AD&D files and movie reviews
Leyenda's AD&D Homepage
Jason Eric Nelson's Character Classes
Download AD&D Books
Six Blades campaign
Dungeons & Dragons Criticism :)
Green Dragon Inn
Cural Antalas's Home Page
Matt's AD&D Page
Mystara Homepage
Secrets of the Kargatane The Home of Ravenloft on the Net
Wizards of the Coast
Forgotten Realms
Candlekeep - The Library of Forgotten Realms Lore
Thistledown Hall
Forgotten Realms FAQ by Tommi Ojanperä
Defrag's Realms
Kalador's realm
Erskine's Forgotten Realms page
Bloodstone Pass Revised
Blackwolf's PBEM Bloodstone Campaign
The Bloodstone Lands Campaign
Pages From The Sages - FR lore
Dragonlance
Kencyclopedia.com - Dragonlance Kender
Dragonlance Links
Fizban's Dragonlance Archive
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#331Planet Building, on the sci fi side
http://www.geocities.com/area51/chamber/2838/cookbook.html
http://www.specficworld.com/resources/world.aspx
SpecFicWorld
http://www.specficworld.com
SpecFic World is a great resource for writers and gamers actually. SpecFicWorld publishes fiction and non-fiction for speculative fiction fans and writers. We also lists thousands of resources and market and literary agent listings from around the globe for science fiction, fantasy, and horror writers. There are many resources on the site taht are useful for GMs and Writers.
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#332Since you bring up Sci-Fi...
http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/index.html
Their purpose: to provide realistic back-of-the-envelope equations and data for sci-fi authors. Good info for GMs as well. -
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#333http://www.clivebanks.co.uk/index.htm
Here at CliveBanks.co.uk you'll find 'The Science Fiction and Telefantasy Databanks', a comprehensive guide to some of the best cult and classic science fiction and telefantasy programmes ever transmitted!
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#334unnatural20.com
Heroes were meant to be eaten.
Unnatural20 (www.unnatural20.com or www.u20.ca) is a site about Dungeons and Dragons, the pen-and-paper tabletop roleplaying game (RPG).
We have a few simple goals at U20.
To provide you with the best monster-related RPG tips and encounters on the net; we want you running (and fighting) your critters better and faster;
To provide you with the highest-quality, most complete downloadable monsters; we want you running cooler critters with little to no prep time; and
To provide you a place to discuss everything monstrous in the deepest hobby of them all; tabletop RPGs (particularly Dungeons and Dragons).
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#335The SCP Foundation
" Mankind in its present state has been around for a quarter of a million years, yet only the last 4,000 have been of any significance. So, what did we do for nearly 250,000 years? We huddled in caves and around small fires, fearful of the things that we didn't understand. It was more than explaining why the sun came up, it was the mystery of enormous birds with heads of men, and rocks that came to life. So we called them 'gods' and 'demons,' and begged them to spare us and prayed for salvation.
In time, their numbers dwindled and our numbers rose. The world began to make more sense when there were less things to fear. Yet, the unexplained can never truly go away, as if the universe demands the absurd and impossible.
Mankind must not go back to hiding in fear. No one else will protect us, we must stand up for ourselves.
While the rest of mankind dwell in the light, we must stand in the darkness to combat it, contain it, and shield it from the eyes of the public, so that others may live in a sane, normal world.
We secure. We contain. We protect."
"SCP artifacts pose a significant threat to global security. Various agencies from around the world operate to maintain human independence from extra-terrestrial, extra-dimensional, and extra-universal threat. In the past humankind has been at the whim of these bizarre artifacts and similar phenomena, but we have now reached a point in history where we can begin to control and contain these defiances of natural law.
You are now working for the SCP Foundation. You have no need to understand how or why we operate. What you do need to understand is how vital your mission is."
A collection of weird items and creatures, most fitting a sci-fi, modern or horror game, but not without other inspirations for other games. -
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#337FreeMind. It is a mind mapper that I am using to get my campaign's plot, NPCs, history, and factions all lined up so that I can look at them. It's easy to use and runs on Java.
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#338greetings,
let me introduce you some really new and groundshaking. i have developed a website, rpgonline.hu that makes possible to play any kind of pen&paper tabletop roleplaying games online like it was originally meant to be played, like it was possible never before. equipped with a java voip webphone (a web based internet softphone) running right on the page and requires no installation at all, and is completely browser and OS independent (x86), you can play through speaking, almost like you were sitting with each other of your friends or new players and all this the easiest way ever. go ahead and let's try it. register yourself with your friends, announce a new game session and you are ready to go. english language selector in the upper right corner of the page, and dice roller chat included. any suggestions are welcome. if you have any problem, just contact me.
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#339Great site that gives some world building logic advice.
On the true movements of moons, the correct flow of rivers around mountains, and many other things to stay true to physics and maintain the suspension of disbelief while in the realm of fantasy.
http://hollyi.com/articlesNart/sunmoon.htm
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30 Days of WorldBuilding - http://www.web-writer.net/fantasy/days/index.html
A lot of times, people want to write a novel and think "I want to write fantasy, but there's so much world-building I would have to do-- I haven't done any of it!" As everyone signing up for NaNoWriMo or any writing challenge quickly learns, this is really the self-editor speaking; it's another way of saying "I can't."
So, give yourself 7 and a half hours this month-- 15 minutes a day-- to build a world. It's not going to be Perfect or Set. Why would it be? You haven't actually written the story yet, you haven't tested its limits. But it'll give you something to start with, something to feel comfortable about when you start.
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Fantasy Worldbuilding Questions - http://www.sfwa.org/2009/08/fantasy-worldbuilding-questions/
The following list of questions is meant to aid authors of fantasy fiction who are seeking to create believable imaginary settings for their stories. While many of these questions may be helpful or crucial to certain stories, they will not all apply to every story. It is not necessary for an author to answer all, or even any, of the questions in order to start writing, (or to finish writing, either). The idea is simply to provoke people into thinking about the ways their settings and backgrounds hang together … or don’t. If it’s useful, use it. If not, don’t. -
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#340West Marches - A sandbox rpg
It's a great series of article on running an open world rp, with the players exploring a region and fighting and dying.
http://arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/78/grand-experiments-west-marches/
http://arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/79/grand-experiments-west-marches-part-2-sharing-info/
http://arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/80/grand-experiments-west-marches-part-3-recycling/
http://arsludi.lamemage.com/index.php/81/grand-experiments-west-marches-part-4-death-danger/
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#341Tell me this isn't awesome for an immersion!
http://www.world-heritage-tour.org/europe/france/strasbourg/place-de-la-cathedrale/sphere-flash.html
http://www.world-heritage-tour.org/europe/italy/roma/colosseum-central-view/sphere-flash.html
http://www.world-heritage-tour.org/asia/southeast-asia/malaysia/gunung-mulu/lang-s-cave/sphere-flash.html
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#343Who is going to help build it?
http://rpgjs.com/
Create your RPG 2D browser using the JS framework called RPG based on EaselJs. -
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#344GameScience dice!
www.gamescience.com
Video 1: Game Science Part 1 of 2
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#345Those are some awesome videos. I think I will give first place of this magic item quest a gem set of their choice and second place an opaque set.
That is within my budget!
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#346Game science dice are really nice. We bought everyone a set for our D&D game, and they roll well. The only downside is that the color in the numbers tends to wear off really quickly, even if you get the pre-painted ones. At least, that was the case for the black opaque dice -- the turquoise and lavender sets aren't showing it yet. -
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#347Just a pair of links dealing with sandboxes and nonlinear design.
West Marches
I think I've posted this before but I don't really care. It's basically someones notes from running a sandbox campaign.
Slaughterhouse
I remember talking to someone about this, I'm pretty sure it was CM. Anyway, it uses design elements from the Metroid games to help design nonlinear campaigns. -
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#348Not really a gaming site, but an amazing resource nonetheless.
http://archive.org/search.php?query=collection%3Adragon_magazine%20AND%20subject%3A%22Dragon%20Magazine%22&page=1
Essentially, you can get all of the old Dragon magazines as .pdf format. It is supposed to be legal as well somehow.
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#349yes, indeedy! Nice one val. -
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#350http://www.paratime.ca/cartography/bw_dungeons.html
Dungeon maps!
Most are silly old style warrens, but still cool. -
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#351http://io9.com/the-weirdest-and-fiercest-helmets-from-the-age-of-armor-510686611
Some odd ass armored helmets. Bound to be good for some kind of inspiration. -
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#352http://citygenerator.morgajel.net/citygenerator
Pretty neat random generator.
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http://www.gnomestew.com/
Looks neat
I'm guessing you found that while looking for http://www.treasuretables.org ?
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#355http://rolz.org/
It's a dice rolling site with all kinds of dice options (such as exploding dice for D6 or Fudge/Fate dice.) It also has rooms for group access, so everyone can see all rolls. -
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#356I've been looking for fate dice gens, sweet! -
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#357Yep
[quote author=Ancient Gamer link=topic=424.msg81233#msg81233 date=1388996536]
http://www.gnomestew.com/
Looks neat
I'm guessing you found that while looking for http://www.treasuretables.org ?
And, yes, the Stew is awesome.
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#358That die roller site is excellent. We should have something like that built in here :)
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#359I can't believe that I've only just stumbled across this thread. Laziness! Sacrilege!
This should be compiled into one organised bumper pack list and enshrined someplace. -
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#360http://bundleofholding.com
Rounds up Fantastic deals on games in PDF for those who like electronic format. Always a low price, with bonus material for those paying over the average. This week, they have a Spirit of the Century bundle.