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2011-10-04T18:54:00.000-07:00

Top 10 Tricks to Make your Villain Stand Out | Dungeon Mastering

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Rin Tin Tin: From Battlefield To Hollywood, A Story Of Friendship

2011-09-24T20:06:00.000-07:00

I found the following story on the NPR iPad App:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2011/09/24/140746523/rin-tin-tin-from-battlefield-to-hollywood-a-story-of-friendship?sc=ipad&f=1008

Rin Tin Tin: From Battlefield To Hollywood, A Story Of Friendship
by Linda Holmes

NPR - September 24, 2011

The story of how Rin Tin Tin became one of the most celebrated animals in film history is almost as Hollywood-tinged as cinema itself.

The short version: Lee Duncan, an American serviceman during World War I, found a mostly destroyed dog kennel right on the field of battle. Duncan rescued the pup who became Rin Tin Tin, brought him home to California, and later put him in the movies.

Author Susan Orlean's new book, Rin Tin Tin: The Life And The Legend, traces the history of Duncan and "Rinty," as Duncan called him, exploring both the career of a very famous dog and the relationship he shared with the owner who both adored him as a pet and turned him into a very profitable business. On Weekend Edition Saturday, Orlean talks to Scott Simon about some of what she discovered in researching this unusual partnership between a man and his dog.

It wasn't a coincidence, she says, that Duncan was the one to rescue a pup who had no one; he had spent five years in an orphanage himself as a child. Even when the same mother who had left him there came back to get him, she took him to live with her parents on an isolated property with no other kids around. He did, however, get a dog. So perhaps it's no surprise that later, on the field of battle, surrounded by the death of the war, Duncan once again got a dog.

And not just any dog, Orlean argues, but an actor — one who, in the silent era where no one could speak, was on par with human actors. She uses Clash Of The Wolves — the film Scott Simon calls "his Hamlet" — to point out that in addition to being a fine action star and athlete, Rin Tin Tin had a face that was "immensely expressive." The film required Rinty to play scenes in which his character, if it can be called that, believes himself to be leaving his pack to die. "You're really affected by the look on his face and his performance," she says.

But whatever you believe about whether a dog can act, Rin Tin Tin shared one critical quality with the human actors of his time: He could not live forever. But after he was gone, Duncan was determined to keep the legacy alive, and would give Rinty's progeny to people who told him they'd always dreamed of having a dog just like him.

The death of this particular dog set off a national response: there was a news bulletin that interrupted regular programming, and the next day, there was an hourlong broadcast about Rin Tin Tin that played across the country. What's more, rumors flew about the precise circumstances in which the dog died, perhaps even that he died in the arms of Jean Harlow. Orlean says Rin Tin Tin's death, in this way, was "just like every other Hollywood death; much legend surrounded it."

Duncan wrote a poem called "Rin Tin Tin," which captures some of what he admired so much about his dog. It's reproduced here as it appears in the original, which you will see in a photo below.

Alert and ready for my slightest word,Rin Tin Tin I so often watch you stand;Eager to serve me for that high reward-A smile, or just a light touch of my hand.

Deaf to allurements of those standing bywhen I am near, and deaf when I'm away.Forever overjoyed at my returnHowever brief or lengthy is my stay.

Believing in me always, tho I fail,Your trust you gave but once, and that to me.Your's are the qualities that men hold high,Strength and pride and love and loyalty.

Wherever led my path you'd walk my way.And gladly give your life my own to save.Enduring pain and hunger, heat and cold-And broken hearted die upon my grave.

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Reckoning gamescom Trailer

2011-08-18T16:25:00.000-07:00

All right I am very exciting for the Reckoning RPG

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7vzRaMAx90&feature=youtube_gdata_player

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2011-05-31T19:41:00.000-07:00

Check out this really great article

Exploiting Racial and Class Powers: Cloud of Darkness — Dungeon's Master

http://www.stumbleupon.com/to/s/19cH3x

Eric Wait

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2011-05-27T18:30:00.000-07:00

A Different Sort of Background Bonus - RPG Musings

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SOUL BORN on KINDLE! and for SALE!

2011-04-06T21:03:00.000-07:00

SOUL BORN on KINDLE! and for SALE!
KEVIN JAMES BREAUX AUTHOR BLOG | MARCH 24, 2011
http://pulsene.ws/1dFDa

Hi all,I promised a lot of people that I would make this announcement months ago, but here it is.... SOUL BORN is now out on ... Read more

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Secret Identity Podcast Issue #309--Spider-Girl, Cyclops and ROM

2011-02-11T20:01:00.000-08:00

Secret Identity Podcast Issue #309--Spider-Girl, Cyclops and ROM
DRIVETHRUCOMICS.COM NEWEST ITEMS | FEBRUARY 10, 2011
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Publisher: Secret IdentityTopics Covered In This Issue: Download Location of the Week: Beijing, China What's New at ... Read more

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Your web host has been critically hit!

2011-02-11T19:59:00.000-08:00

Your web host has been critically hit!
DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS 4TH EDITION | JANUARY 21, 2011
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Dnd4.com has been down for the past few days because of a Denial of Service (DDoS) attack on our web host. We apologize for the ... Read more

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Why realism does not equate to adult (or even good) fantasy

2011-02-05T22:11:00.000-08:00

Why realism does not equate to adult (or even good) fantasy
BLACK GATE | FEBRUARY 3, 2011
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That foul smell in the air? There's something rotten in the realm of fantasy fiction, and its name is realism. Two of the blogs Two of the blogs I frequent and another one I've recently stumbled across have all recently commented on (and lamented about) a new trend gripping fantasy these days: Realism, and the corresponding claim that it somehow makes fantasy more adult and serious.

Lagomorph Rex of Dweomera Lagomorpha says that the new trend leaves him cold: It's no secret that I dislike the current trend in Fantasy. It's almost as if every author has decided they will up the misery and muck quotient and see who can make the nastiest world in which to force their characters to try and survive in... Read more

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@PennyArcadeFeed, Penny Arcade feed

2011-02-02T10:49:00.000-08:00

Penny Arcade Feed (@PennyArcadeFeed)
2/2/11 12:42 PM
News: some stuff http://bit.ly/eTX9b9

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@goldtheseries, Night of the Zombie King

2011-02-02T10:07:00.000-08:00

GOLD the Series (@goldtheseries)
2/2/11 12:04 PM
Thank you! RT @Doc_Blue Night of the Zombie King Ep6 (@goldtheseries) was excellent! Highly recommend to anyone who grew up on D&D

I am about to watch the series of the Night of the Zombie King

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Old School Actual Play Mini-cast #1

2011-01-29T09:20:00.000-08:00

Old School Actual Play Mini-cast #1
RPGNOW.COM NEWEST ITEMS | JANUARY 28, 2011
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We're back! Welcome to our Old School, Actual Play Mini-cast! This is a 22:25 mini-cast, in which Scott and I get together to chat about old school RPGs vs newer systems.

What's good about Palladium FRPG 1st edition? What about D&D 4.0, or 3.5? Pathfinder? And just why does Savage Worlds rub Scott the wrong way? Find out the answers to these burning questions and a bunch more as we sit down to chat. And did he just say MMORPG? ... Read more

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Monster Maker by Asmor for 4th edition Dungeons and Dragons

2011-01-27T17:06:00.000-08:00

As I cruise through the ever expansive net searching for delicious goodies for Dungeons and Dragons, I just can't believe some of the jewels I find among the hordes of gaming tools. This tool is by far a diamond worth 10,000 in gold if not more.

Asmor.com has got a great tool for us to create the next monster to flummox our adventures at every turn. The Monster Maker makes it so easy.

Crusader Journal No. 23

2011-01-26T19:32:00.000-08:00

Crusader Journal No. 23
RPGNOW.COM NEWEST ITEMS | JANUARY 25, 2011
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Publisher: Troll Lord GamesFeature Articles Alea Iacta Est: The Continuation of a three part article. Iron Guts, Adventure for ... Read more

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Vote for Soul Born

2011-01-25T23:50:00.000-08:00

Can you do me a HUGE favor? Let's get Kevin some votes in this poll. Can you go to this link and vote for Soul Born.

You click on the button next to soul born, go down and fill in the verification words and submit. Then an email comes to you that you have to go to the verified link to finalize. Help make this first place

http://www.critters.org/predpoll/novelsf.shtml

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BattleTech Record Sheets: 3085 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge

2011-01-25T23:00:00.000-08:00

BattleTech Record Sheets: 3085 Unabridged - The Cutting Edge
RPGNOW.COM NEWEST ITEMS | JANUARY 24, 2011
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Publisher: Catalyst Game LabsIn December 3076, Devlin Stone marshaled the nations of the Inner Sphere and began Operation ... Read more

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Dungeons and Dragons and Pathfinder

2011-01-25T14:50:00.000-08:00

I for one have been playing Dungeons and Dragons since the early 80's as I recall it could actually be 1979 specicfically the year Star Wars came out. I have been there though all the the devil worshiping days and the fall of TSR to the WOTC, with all the different editions. To this day I enjoy the gaming experience fully.

Now I know that with the 4th edition and bringing back the brand as just "Dungeons and Dragons" many hard core DnD fans choked and croaked at the current state of that franchise, for example: "what the fuck is Wizards trying to do to Dungeons Nd Dragons into a card game like Magic the Gathering, why ruin what Gary Gygax and Arunson created?" I have heard many such statements and I for one disagree. I love the new system as I love the 3.5 system that is now called Pathfinder. With the current game rules it makes so much more easy to bring people into this great table top gaming hobby, it connects people at the tale versus playing a video game.

With the Dungeons and Dragons system you teach someone how to play a great table top RPG, as they learn the game with the simple and efficient rules of fourth edition, you can the talk about the mechanic of 3.5 the Pathfinder system that allows more avenues of exploration. The work your way to true roleplaying rather the hack and slash. I do enjoy a good hack and slash though.

Round 2: Vote for your favorite Archetypes!

2011-01-25T14:20:00.000-08:00

Check this out on paizo.com:

Round 2: Vote for your favorite Archetypes!

http://paizo.com/-dyo5lbt1

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Woot To the WOTC DnD forum

2011-01-24T01:41:00.000-08:00

So I was checking out the stats on my blog here and noticed that one of my referral sites was from the Wizards of the Coast DnD forum I just thought that was just so cool.

The Inn of Delights

2011-01-24T01:16:00.000-08:00

There is an inn of such wonder and mystery, it has become known as the Inn of Delights. The Inn is actually known by many names, in one town it is call the Blind Ox in others the Black Griffon or the Drunken Goat. The Inn of Delights is by it's very nature many inns.

Long ago a great wizard of many adventures and very profitable adventure's indeed. Decided it was time to buy himself an inn and settle to begin research in planar travels and gates. He hired a staff and set them to managing his inn. The inn it's self was not large totaling only 15 rooms a large dinning hall a a bar set apart from the hall, a large stable.

The wizard however found a way around the limited rooms by creating rooms in dimensional pockets. Guest would be given keys that attuned a door to one of these dimensional rooms. As time went on the wizard began buying other inns in different towns and cities linking these inns together. In this way the wizards was able to travel to different loctions for his research and components of exotic nature.

For the right price guest could travel from city to city swiftly to conduct business. As the years past the wizard began to be seen less and less and one day he just disappeared. The Inn of Delights has remained.

Legendary Races: Cyclops (PFRPG)

2011-01-20T21:53:00.001-08:00

Legendary Races: Cyclops (PFRPG)
RPGNOW.COM HOTTEST ITEMS | JANUARY 18, 2011
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Publisher: Purple Duck Games and nbsp; Cyclops are a degenerate race who have fallen from grace. Cursed with insight into their ... Read more

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EZ-TILES: Medieval Ship

2011-01-20T21:53:00.000-08:00

EZ-TILES: Medieval Ship
RPGNOW.COM HOTTEST ITEMS | JANUARY 18, 2011
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Publisher: Fat Dragon GamesE-Z TILES: Medieval Ship offers you the ability to customize your ship design, from one or two ... Read more

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E-Z TILES: Rivers and Streams

2011-01-20T21:52:00.001-08:00

E-Z TILES: Rivers and Streams
RPGNOW.COM HOTTEST ITEMS | JANUARY 6, 2011
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Publisher: Fat Dragon GamesE-Z TILES has returned and they're better than ever! By far our most requested series, we've got all ... Read more

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Ultima Exodus for NES, Such Sweet RPG Memories...

2011-01-17T14:30:00.000-08:00

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_Exodus

Dateline 1987, I remember buying one of the coolest games ever; Ultima Exodus. What I did not know at the time was that Ultima Exodus would shape me as a future gamer.

My first team was a Fighter, Paladin, Wizard and Cleric. I had a Thief on the side too, which I occasionally called in for some covert activities. As best as I can remember Ultima Exodus was the first game that gave you a LINE of characters. Instead of seeing one person when you moved around the world you saw all 4 characters walking in a nice single file line. I found this so freaking cool! I mean, dude, I could snake around and make it look like my Fighter in the front was talking to my Cleric in the back. Yeah, normally I don’t think those two classes would have had much to say to one another, but I was bridging the class gap by putting them face to face.

The Thief is the guy in the up left corner who looks like a urologist.

Like Zelda, Adventures of Link and Dragon Warrior I was used to encountering some NPCs in towns, but Ultima’s had just about the dumbest ones ever. I mean they rarely, like 10% of the time, had anything useful to say. Some claimed to be the designers of the game, while others went on about liking cheese. Oh, but there were one NPCs that really got under my skin.

"..and wipe your feet before entering my throne room."

Not sure why, but I had a thing against Lord British. Maybe I felt he was all cocky sitting on his throne, not leveling up my troops when I felt they deserved it… but from time to time I would attacked his highness. I first tried to overthrow the king early in the game, and then again later when I felt more prepared with better weapons, armor and spells. If you have played any Ultima games you will know that Lord British is a GOD there and he has unlimited Hit Points. After several ass whoopings I came to respect Lord British and even paid him such a honor that I would not ride my horses into the castle.

At the time this game was released I could not imagine anything better. I mean it had it all. It had different character classes and spells. Different armor and weapons, a variety of monsters and crazy maze like dungeons… it was a real D&D style video game and I loved it. You never forget that magical moment that you commandeer your first pirate boat and sail right into the maelstrom… Ah, the memories.

So during a late 1980’s summer I played and beat Ultimawhoppings Exodus. I held that game in the highest regard for many years to follow. I whistled the music, I even would start a new game from time to time just to cast the Repel or Undead Spells on some of the early level baddies. A few years after it came out, I started a second serious game with all less character classes: Ranger, Lark, Illusionist and Paladin, but sadly I never finished.

When I start a game of Ultima now, using the magic of emulators, the music automatically takes me back to my childhood days playing the NES. The overworld music and the combat music is just so addictive that I hum it in my sleep!

Click here to listen to the battle music. http://shrines.rpgclassics.com/nes/ultima3/music/battle.mid
...and the over world music http://shrines.rpgclassics.com/nes/ultima3/music/overworld.mid

Kevin James Breaux

Author of SOUL BORN

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Surprise

2011-01-15T19:24:00.001-08:00