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Post Post #510 (isolation #0) » Thu Nov 05, 2015 8:34 pm

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Egoposting for later, when I don't have a paper due in 6 hours or so. I'm exhausted and I have so many things I want to say, but those can come later. This is a great thread.
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Post Post #518 (isolation #1) » Sun Nov 08, 2015 12:30 pm

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I'd be interested in running something for you guys, but it would either be a White Wolf game (Vampire:The Masquerade is most likely) or it would be a Evil Campaign, run in the Pathfinder system.

If people are interested in the details of either one, just uh, give me a poke or something. My skype is Lexicat34, or PM me here IDC.
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Post Post #519 (isolation #2) » Sun Nov 08, 2015 12:33 pm

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Or I suppose I can talk about them here, if people express interest here. Honestly, it's kind of just like, would take a little while to type up and I CBA to do so unless there's at least a little interest.
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Post Post #583 (isolation #3) » Mon Jun 13, 2016 3:36 am

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Get to know your players, drive the story forward, but don't be afraid to digress and improvise. The best stories are those that combine the crunch of the mechanics and the free form of being able to change the story with your characters influence.

More or less, if the game is a well oiled train, don't let it go off the tracks, but don't be afraid to allow the players to divert the course through their actions.
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Post Post #601 (isolation #4) » Tue Jun 28, 2016 12:12 am

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I like you, Claus.
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Post Post #605 (isolation #5) » Tue Jun 28, 2016 7:11 am

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In post 604, Oman wrote:Playing in about 12 hours. I've got a lot of shit prepped. Starting to invoke the horror elements and give them their first glimpse of the big bad. Getting poker chips for better tracking of Inspiration. Getting literal biscuits to give out when people do interesting shit.

I'm gonna start incentivising behaviour.
I'm excited to hear how it goes!

Good luck!
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Post Post #618 (isolation #6) » Wed Jul 13, 2016 11:25 am

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I do!

I run a lot of Paranoia games. What would you like to know/ask?
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Post Post #620 (isolation #7) » Wed Jul 13, 2016 11:48 am

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In post 619, GreyICE wrote:I do!

Remember, as much fun as it is to kill them like their lives are meaningless it's nothing like the feeling you get when you watch them all kill each other for pointless reasons. Then execute the survivors for getting blue paint on themselves because it turns out the commie cell they blew up with the listening device they were supposed to plant (remember, all gadgets have yields) was stockpiling blue paint.
Also, I encourage you to do what I do with all new players in Paranoia:

Give them a blue pen to write their char. sheets on.

Then rip up the one they just finished, and tell them the friend computer didn't give them clearance, then hand them a red pen or a pencil.
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Post Post #622 (isolation #8) » Wed Jul 13, 2016 12:08 pm

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Oh, and don't forget to make their first mission something very simple: Going to turn a generator back on.

Of course, the hallway to the generator is painted in Ultraviolet paint (the highest clearance level) so anyone who walks into it will instantly die.

So give them some cans of red paint!

Oh, and make sure to give one person arbitrarily at the start of the game a higher clearance level than the others. It won't have much effect in game, but it will make everyone want to kill them so they can rise in clearance level for catching commie mutant traitor scum!
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Post Post #625 (isolation #9) » Wed Jul 13, 2016 12:22 pm

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Oh man, good memories of Paranoia games.
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Post Post #629 (isolation #10) » Wed Jul 13, 2016 1:27 pm

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In post 627, Claus wrote:I had a great Paranoia GM.

In our first game, he explained to us about how much everyone HATED mutants and secret societies, and took each of us separately during character creation.

* Rolls dice behind screen * "Damn Claus, I have bad news for you. You are a mutant. Don't let the other players know, or you're dead"
* Rolls dice again * "Daaaamn... yeah sorry Claus, the dice are not with you today. You are also member of a secret society."

This is something you can only pull once, but I found it amazing.
(for those who don't play paranoia, EVERY player is always a mutant and member of a secret society)

Also, about the missions, yes, navigating the security clearances, RD and the byzantine rules are fun, but this GM also always milked the "Paranoia as satire" angle by placing the game in the context of recent real world events as background, like the olympics (Clonympics, and the commie team always appeared at the last second to win the medal), or "elections" (and both parties sending the players to sabotage the other side). I'd recommend reading a bunch of The Onion articles for inspiration.
Listen to NightVale for inspiration. It's perfect.
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Post Post #632 (isolation #11) » Mon Jul 18, 2016 12:08 pm

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWEDpT1gByI

This is a good thing to watch if you like Paranoia
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Post Post #635 (isolation #12) » Tue Jul 19, 2016 12:10 am

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In post 634, Claus wrote:Four hours... daaaamn. I will try to watch that on the weekend. Seems awesome.
Ivan is a dope DM so.
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Post Post #663 (isolation #13) » Mon Aug 29, 2016 5:33 am

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a lot of people hated 4e. I was not one of them. I thought it had a lot of really cool advantages, especially since it had the option to print out little cards for your powers that you could flip when exhausting and it was like...

it was different to be certain but it was a lovely break from 3.5 pathfinder blehness.
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Post Post #666 (isolation #14) » Mon Aug 29, 2016 7:16 am

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In post 664, Oman wrote:I loved 4e except for the fact that i needed minis and I've never had a minis collection (but am thinking about building one). I use skill challenges a fair bit now and they're always a blast.
did you use the post errata ones? theyr'e a lot better
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Post Post #679 (isolation #15) » Fri Sep 02, 2016 2:30 pm

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In post 676, hitogoroshi wrote:My favorite Paranoia story (thirdhand) is when the players arrived to a table with no GM around and a bowl of skittles on the table. Then when the GM showed up, he asked "So, what color skittles did everyone eat?" and all of the veteran players groaned and ticked one clone off their sheet.
YES

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

STEALING THIS.

100%
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Post Post #823 (isolation #16) » Tue Jul 23, 2019 6:07 pm

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In post 822, T-Bone wrote:You're talking Vampire: The Masquerade right? And not some DND vampire centric supplement?
Yes. Vampire the Masquerade 5th Edition was released recently, and it's commonly called Vampire 5e or V5
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Post Post #824 (isolation #17) » Tue Jul 23, 2019 6:07 pm

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In post 822, T-Bone wrote:You're talking Vampire: The Masquerade right? And not some DND vampire centric supplement?
Yes. Vampire the Masquerade 5th Edition was released recently, and it's commonly called Vampire 5e or V5
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Post Post #826 (isolation #18) » Wed Jul 24, 2019 9:46 am

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In post 825, T-Bone wrote:I've been watching one of the producers run a game on geek and sundry. I'm really enjoying it and will add it to my ever growing collection of tabletop RPGs. Hopefully I'll get to play or even GM in the future.
LA By Night is dope. I met that dude at the Folsom Street Foundry in SF during the Bloodlines 2 Launch Party I was VIP invited to because of the ARG that went with the game. He's SUPER cool.
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