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by Tadelin
Wed Jun 29, 2011 1:14 am
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: Runt of the Litter (Comments)
Replies: 3
Views: 4111

Re: Runt of the Litter (Comments)

There wasn't when Martin first decided on that path. There is now, but I don't have all of the information available at present as I've recently moved and I'm still trying to get things under control.
by Tadelin
Sat Mar 26, 2011 9:11 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: On How One Scares Combat-Stacked Characters-
Replies: 6
Views: 1369

Re: On How One Scares Combat-Stacked Characters-

alhoon wrote:The Ranger was the combat beast in your party?
You're still playing 2nd edition, don't you?
I can do so with the 3.5 rules, if I truly feel the need.
by Tadelin
Sat Mar 26, 2011 5:33 pm
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: Runt of the Litter (Comments)
Replies: 3
Views: 4111

Re: Runt of the Litter (Comments)

Short post this time. It's been a rough week for me. Additions normally will not be this short.
by Tadelin
Sat Mar 26, 2011 5:32 pm
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: Runt of the Litter
Replies: 1
Views: 3314

Re: Runt of the Litter

It was clearly several hours later as the midday sun traced a path into the front of the cave. The remains of the stag still lay in the middle of the cave, and Martin knew in the back of his mind he was going to need to clear it out soon. I'll do it before the kids arrive, he told himself. Plenty of...
by Tadelin
Wed Mar 23, 2011 7:35 pm
Forum: Role playing games
Topic: Therianthropes: Mating and Aging
Replies: 3
Views: 2241

Re: Therianthropes: Mating and Aging

I'd say it depends on the shape the shifter in question was wearing. If a male werewolf mates with a female wolf, the kids are going to be wolves. I would house-rule such offspring as being latent shapeshifters whose only alternate form is a bipedal hybrid, and whose bite carries a very tiny chance...
by Tadelin
Wed Mar 23, 2011 1:47 am
Forum: Role playing games
Topic: Therianthropes: Mating and Aging
Replies: 3
Views: 2241

Therianthropes: Mating and Aging

Even when faced with all the possibilities that can be around in a game of any sort, I've personally always been drawn to therianthropes (a broader and more accurate name for lycanthropes) as both villain and hero type characters. I've also never taken well to the alignment restrictions placed on ch...
by Tadelin
Tue Mar 22, 2011 12:50 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Ravenkin returns to D&D 4E (sort of)
Replies: 10
Views: 1848

Re: Ravenkin returns to D&D 4E (sort of)

I see. I have been re-educated. Not sure how useful it would be to me at present, but I can at least claim such.
by Tadelin
Mon Mar 21, 2011 2:08 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Ravenkin returns to D&D 4E (sort of)
Replies: 10
Views: 1848

Re: Ravenkin returns to D&D 4E (sort of)

I know nothing of wereravens. Only reference I have for them is a single page in my 2E Monstrous Manual that I actually didn't see for the first time until I think 2002. Never seen or heard of them in any other way before or since. And yes... I do occasionally read through my older materials to find...
by Tadelin
Sat Mar 19, 2011 3:17 am
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: Runt of the Litter (Comments)
Replies: 3
Views: 4111

Runt of the Litter (Comments)

"Runt of the Litter" is a story that I'll be working on slowly over the coming weeks or months. The story itself will detail the birth and childhood of one of my characters, Darren Reese. In short, Darren is a natural weretiger, born and raised in Darkon, and eventually deposited outside R...
by Tadelin
Sat Mar 19, 2011 3:10 am
Forum: Fan Fiction
Topic: Runt of the Litter
Replies: 1
Views: 3314

Runt of the Litter

A gentle spring breeze rolled in across the plains, rustling the grass into flowing waves as it passed by. The wind here was much softer than it was along the coast an hour's run to the east, but it was still omnipresent during the early spring and late fall. Its effects were also seen in the leaves...
by Tadelin
Wed Feb 23, 2011 4:10 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Evil player characters in Ravenloft: A Dissenting View
Replies: 41
Views: 9641

Re: Evil player characters in Ravenloft: A Dissenting View

I'm getting ready to run a non-Ravenloft evil game with my local group. They're looking for a change of pace, so I'm going to basically give them as much rope as they want so I can hang them later. I understand that RL makes playing evil characters that much more complicated because of the implicati...
by Tadelin
Sun Feb 20, 2011 1:11 am
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Evil player characters in Ravenloft: A Dissenting View
Replies: 41
Views: 9641

Re: Evil player characters in Ravenloft: A Dissenting View

Tadelin attempts to steer the topic back on topic and away from the GC comments. It is sad that they didn't want you to play evil characters in the setting originally. I can see both sides of the argument on that, but I firmly have to state this: one of the most fun things you can do in the setting...
by Tadelin
Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:43 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Mist Usage
Replies: 10
Views: 1796

Re: Mist Usage

Yes, you do have a valid use with your idea, but unless you're planning to allow player actions to affect what the townsfolk see and vice versa, I'm lost on how that's any different than the players walking into an abandoned village.
by Tadelin
Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:37 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Mist Usage
Replies: 10
Views: 1796

Re: Mist Usage

It helped to fill in the blanks of the character's memory, that's for certain. It also served to show how a group's actions can be disastrous, even when appearing minor.
by Tadelin
Fri Feb 18, 2011 3:50 pm
Forum: Ravenloft Forum
Topic: Ravenloft Campaign Building
Replies: 5
Views: 1420

Re: Ravenloft Campaign Building

If by "sheep" you mean "people," then I like the idea.