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8/23/2004 StalkingBlue: Write NPCs into a game - tools and techniques wanted
I've always liked to get player input in when I GM. I currently run a DnD Midnight game - hence a system that doesn't support plot input from players. This…
In Actual Play
Participants: StalkingBlue, Bogie_71, DannyK, aplath.

12/3/2004 StalkingBlue: DnD Midnight to HeroQuest: The Big Leap
About 10 months into our Midnight campaign, we playtested HeroQuest for the setting a week ago. I pregenerated an all-evil cast of PCs to choose from, an NPC cast and…
In HeroQuest
Participants: StalkingBlue, Scripty, Mike Holmes, Brand_Robins, Christopher Kubasik, Doyce, Ian Cooper.

12/4/2004 StalkingBlue: Midnight magic conversion
I'd be grateful for any comments, advice or suggestions. General notes: I love the elegant simplicity of the HQ rules. The complexities of Glorantha's four magic systems leave me cold.…
In HeroQuest
Participants: StalkingBlue.

12/9/2004 StalkingBlue: Splitting up The Party [split off from Midnight to HQ]
[quote="Mike Holmes"]You want one of the PCs to go nuts and attack a Night King. That's drama. You want all the other PCs to be pissed about it. But the…
In HeroQuest
Participants: StalkingBlue, Ranko, CCW, Brand_Robins, Mike Holmes.

12/9/2004 StalkingBlue: NPC demands [split off from Midnight to HQ]
[quote="Mike Holmes"][quote="StalkingBlue"][quote="Mike Holmes"] What's key about this is that, not only do the players have more information to work on, but you can make the NPC demands interesting. Basically they…
In HeroQuest
Participants: StalkingBlue, Doyce, Mike Holmes, ivan23, Brand_Robins, Bryan_T.

12/23/2004 StalkingBlue: The Hidden Sex Keyword? [split off from NPC demands]
[quote="Mike Holmes"]Excellent example bang, with the pregnant healer. Yep, that's classic. Consider that there's a hidden "Sex" Keyword on each character's sheet - we've been over this on the rules…
In HeroQuest
Participants: StalkingBlue, Doyce, Brand_Robins, Mike Holmes, Adrienne, Ron Edwards, randomling, jrs, Mark D. Eddy, James Holloway, Ian Cooper.

1/28/2005 StalkingBlue: Midnight game prep: A Dornish Crown
The following are prep notes for the ongoing campaign, last session discussed here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=14027 (Note: I’m adapting material from Fury of Shadow here. Thanks again to the authors for lots…
In HeroQuest
Participants: StalkingBlue, Mike Holmes, Paka, Bryan_T, KingOfFarPoint.

2/1/2005 StalkingBlue: [Actual Play] Midnight - A Dornish Cown 2
The first session of this scenario is discussed here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=14027 and my prep for this session here: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/viewtopic.php?t=14098 . In summary, last night’s session rocked. Here's what happened: ---- (Credits…
In HeroQuest
Participants: StalkingBlue, randomling, Mike Holmes, Bryan_T, Ian Cooper.

2/14/2005 StalkingBlue: Gender themes in Well of Souls
Elsewhere Chris Chinn (who wrote Well of Souls) and I started to discuss the gender power issues in the scenario. Chris said: I think its interesting because I put up…
In HeroQuest
Participants: StalkingBlue, Bankuei, Bryan_T, Peter Nordstrand, Mike Holmes, Donald.

2/19/2005 StalkingBlue: [Midnight HeroQuest] A Dornish Crown 3
This was our third session since we converted our ongoing campaign from D&D to HeroQuest. (The first and second sessions of this scenario were solos for Lucy.) Both Lucy…
In Actual Play
Participants: StalkingBlue, randomling, Ian Cooper, Mike Holmes, Bankuei.

2/22/2005 StalkingBlue: One turtle puzzle solved
About half a year ago I posted in this thread asking for advice regarding a player who was causing some grief in our group by playing turtle. Much interesting advice…
In Actual Play
Participants: StalkingBlue, Ron Edwards, Frank T, Noon.

2/23/2005 StalkingBlue: Religion in Midnight (split)
Below is some discussion on religion in Midnight that I'm reposting from the Midnight prep thread. My player Lucy doesn't want to go into that other thread to avoid spoilers,…
In HeroQuest
Participants: StalkingBlue, randomling, Mike Holmes, Bryan_T, Scripty, S'mon.

3/4/2005 StalkingBlue: [Actual Play] Midnight - A Dornish Crown 4
Last sesssion (here) Katrin was having a bit of a bad morning losing a duel against the known misogynist, Roland’s new general Olec and then learning from Reifels that uniting…
In HeroQuest
Participants: StalkingBlue, Adrienne, Mike Holmes, BirdMan.

3/14/2005 StalkingBlue: HQ Midnight - New Bangs Thread
This is the sequel to this thread. We haven’t played out the Redgard map yet, but it looks like play may move around the region a bit over the next…
In HeroQuest
Participants: StalkingBlue, Mike Holmes, Andrew Norris.

7/29/2005 StalkingBlue: Rules questions: No cooperation?
"If more than one protagonist is involved in the conflict, each player should compare his or her dice results separately with the producer." (p. 49) I read the above to…
In Dog Eared Designs
Participants: StalkingBlue, Joe Dizzy, Matt Wilson, Frank T, Ben Lehman, Rob Donoghue, John Harper, demiurgeastaroth, MarcoBrucale, Ron Edwards.

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