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2010 ENnie and my iPad

shent_lodge — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 16:51:03 +0000

I posted a while back that I purchased an iPad for my wife, though I did have plans for it myself, namely, gaming. What’s this have to do with ENnie awards? Not much unless you play Pathfinder, and need quick access to the rules, then it’s the d20PFSRD website I got to the most. I use it on my iPhone and on my iPad quite often and the guys at the Pathfinder SRD are up for an ENnie this year.

I have the hardcover books for Pathfinder, I have the pdfs too. That’s the cool thing about Paizo you can have both. Sometimes I am in a hurry to get a rules answer and the books are not handy and the pdfs are too slow to search, but not on the Pathfinder SRD, there you can quickly get to the rule answer you want without distraction. The actual rule books for Pathfinder have great artwork throughout which sometimes distract me.

Say you want to know more about the combat feat Blinding Critical, well two clicks get you there; that is how easy it is to find info on the Pathfinder SRD website using my iPad or iPhone. The website has helped me numerous times to quickly get get rules answer at the game table. This year at the ENnies the Pathfinder SRD (www.d20pfsrd.com) is one of my favorites and I hope they win in their category of Best Website.

Go to the Gen Con EN World RPG Awards website and vote today. The polls close at midnight, July 25th.

I use GoodReader on the iPad for pdf viewing.

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Looks like it is ENnie time again

shent_lodge — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 23:54:49 +0000

ENnie activity is starting again as we get closer to Gen Con this August 4th through the 8th. I just recieved an email newsletter from Lone Wolf Development and it looks like it might be up for an ENnie for Hero Lab. Woo hoo! I use Hero Lab to help build Pathfinder Characters for my Alidor game and for Pathfinder Society play.

Down near the bottom of the newsletter, they said they had partnered further with Paizo Publishing to make “Hero Lab the only officially licensed character management tool for the bestselling Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.” Too Cool! I hope they don’t let it all go to their heads and give up support for Call of Cthulu…

I just pulled an image from my computer to show what Hero Lab offers as of today.

I just have Pathfinder but the wife said I could get Call of Cthulu this fall.

So go vote 2010 ENnies voting booth

I am just a happy customer of Lone Wolf Development and have no financial interest. I just want to see the good guys win.

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Stop, stay out of the light

shent_lodge — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 16:30:11 +0000

I watched Raiders of the Lost Ark again yesterday and as usual it inspired the evil game master lurking inside of me; all these years later the traps in the opening scenes are still fresh and cool. The one that always bothered me was the first one, Indy says “stop, stay out of the light”.

After Indy moves around a diffused beam of light shining into a passageway; he then springs the spear trap built into the wall, by waving his hand in the light.

Only to find a dead researcher pierced by the trap mechanism, now long dead.

What a classic! But how does it work? I can explain it as a game master of fantasy role playing games with one word, magic. All the other traps seemed reasonable, pressure plates activating darts, large stone rolling balls and pit traps. It is that one light activated trap that befuddles me the most; wave your hand in the light and spears spring out, come on…

Yeah, I used the light activated trap from Raiders of the Lost Ark in my home game, I used all the traps from the Indiana Jones movies at one time or another they are classics and fun for the games I run. I just think that one trap is silly, kinda like breaking the rules in Pathfinder or 3.5e; like putting a horizontal prismatic wall in a pit trap; the rules say it is vertical, so to place it horizontal breaks the physics of the spell. Putting a light activated trap in some old jungle ruins discovered in the 1930s breaks the rules unless you believe in magic.

Ah heck, I’m gonna put a horizontal prismatic wall in a pit; the party will probably find it and disable it. Darn thieves…

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Dwarven Forge Does it Again

shent_lodge — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 23:58:09 +0000

I am on the mailing list for Dwarven Forge, and this afternoon, they sent me a message about their new 3d dungeon tile set called the Ruins Set. This email caught my eye, because it matches very close to the way I actually end up using the sets I purchased from them in the past. Once in a while a will set a dungeon up using their pieces for actual rooms and passages, but most often I use the parts for vertical relief and obstacles; they are perfect for raising kobold archers out of reach of melee. The new set is cool, because you can make a ruined area above ground that represents vertical relief better. I always wished I had a crumbled wall to throw out on the battle mat; this set provides one.

This set is useful for dungeons on the surface, or if you have other parts like their Room and Passage Set, you can mix and match them.

I should say, I am just a happy customer of Dwarven Forge products, and I don’t own this set yet. Both the flyer I received, and their website, state they are taking pre-orders and they have specials, so check them out. The images above are from their email to me.

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Small LFR con in Orlando FL July 4th

shent_lodge — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 00:55:04 +0000

Well things are calming down from my move. Today, I took a peek at Warhorn and saw that there is a small LFR con going on in Orlando on the 4th of July. Too bad it is LFR, otherwise, I would go. I kinda sold all my 4e gear.

The con is sponsored by a game store in Winter Park, FL called Cool Stuff Games. I may stop bye this weekend, if I can sneak away from family activities. I still have not explored the gaming seen much around here, from what I read, this place sounds cool. They are running the The Paladins’ Plague series H1-H3 and P1. It sounds like a fun battle interactive set in Elturel in the Forgotten Realms.

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