User:Sage
Benjamin is an administrator of this wiki. He also hosts it. He is one of the regular GMs for the group. He is a good friend to one and all.
Game Master Related
Games Run
- CURRENT - Planescape Nights, a break from the more experimental and artsy campaigns to take a trip back to a simpler time when adventurers were adventurers and we all knew what alignment we were.
- The Emperor Seldon Plan, a prelude to a fantasy campaign in construction. The players wake up having lost their memory, and investigate their own nature and growing powers.
- Facilitated many games of Microscope. Yes, technically there is no GM in this game.
- Dr. Prologue Trek: A Star Quest Odyssey to the Future Wars. A science fantasy set in a custom universe, using a free-form system loosely based on Top Secret. In this adventure, a set of rag tag players roam the galaxy seeking profit and fun.
- A fantasy game set in a custom world using D&D 4th Edition. The players investigated the strange causes of wars, disasters, and the undead rulers of the human empire.
- A fantasy one-shot using D&D 4th Edition. The players deal with some goblins or similar in this one-shot used to test out 4th ed.
- A fantasy campaign set in Forgotten Realms using D&D 3.5. The players are recruited by a cleric and a paladin to assist in the battle against an ancient evil.
Trends and Styles
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- I'm reading up on Burning Wheel and a lot of the ideas in that system are looking interesting to me right now.
- I want to find ways to incorporate audio into the gaming experience to set the mood.
- Recently I've had a lot of exposure to European history, especially Rome, England, France, and the German speaking countries. This might weigh a lot on how I design cultures and political entities in my games right now.
- I've also been learning Old English and gotten interested in some bits of linguistics. I promise not to invent a language and make you learn it, I am no Tolkien.
GMing Style notes:
- I tend to improvise a lot more than other GMs. It seems to work well.
- Expect experimentation.
- Are you looking for that monster you just fought or the item it dropped in the books? Hah! Good luck!
House Rules
- Rule Zero: "Roleplaying games are entertainment; your goal as a group is to make your games as entertaining as possible."
- Corollary to Rule Zero: "The Game Master can override any published rule at any time and for any reason."
- Hackmaster: Gnomes can be Magic-Users with the same level cap as Illusionists.
- Hackmaster: Added academia skill: "Knowledge of the Planes". BP Cost 2. Relevant Ability: INT. Mastery Die: d6. Course cost: 350 gp. Prereq: no. Course difficulty +10%. General knowledge of the Planes and related topics.
- Hackmaster: Added academia skill: "Portal Sense". BP Cost 2. Relevant Ability: (INT+WIS)/2. Mastery Die: d6. Course cost: 375 gp. Prereq: Knowledge of the Planes. Course difficulty +15%. Knowledge and skills about detecting portals.
Player Related
Characters Played
| Name/Link | Race/Species | Class/Occupation | System/Game | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saitō Aiko | Valkyrie Princess | Paranormal Investigator | Big Eyes, Small Mouths | High School girl who receives magical powers, and then a job investigating them. |
| Fiona Greene | Human | Witch | Monsterhearts | Teenage Witch who gets involved in solving the mystery of a town's conspiracy. |
| Dirge | Illithid | Bard | D&D 3.5 | Seeker of the Song, trapped in the wrong multiverse trying to find a way home. |
| Dust | Mutant | Living Sandstorm | Marvel Heroes | What it says on the tin. |
| Sir Botheric | Occitanian | Knight | Pendragon | Leal protector of the realm, great husband and father, killer of Saxons. Runs his manor like he's trying to get the high score in SimCity. |
| Emilíana | Human | Secret Agent | Top Secret | Using her cover as lead glockenspielist for an Icelandic post-rock band, she travels the world fighting international crime. |
| Mael Berwynne | Elf | Battle-Mage | Hackmaster | Click his link for details on his many exploits. |
| Morella Berwynne | Elf | Cleric | Hackmaster | Mael's sister. |
| Umaro QHomn | Half-Ogre | Barbarian | Hackmaster | Mael's bodyguard. |
| The Mighty Thor | Asgardian | God of Thunder | Marvel Heroes | What it says on the tin. |
| Ayumi Kasuga | Yurei | Detective | Big Eyes, Small Mouths | They turned her into a g-g-g-g-ghost! |
| Some Mouse | Mouse | Guard | Mouse Guard RPG | Mouse guard who guards mice in the Mouse Guard. |
| Kajura | Changeling | Wizard/Illusionist | D&D 3.5 | Obtains the shards of power and temporarily turned into a DRAGON! |
| Döreen | Human | Monk | Hackmaster | Blind, devious, and evil. Numerous assassination attempts on Matt McClintock. |
| Turmalin | Shardmind | Psion | D&D 4th ed | He was goddamn made of crystal and doesn't even have eyes, how does a flashbang blind him, especially from behind? |
| Linnaeus | Elf | Ranger | D&D 4th ed | Became an eco-terrorist because no one bothered to learn his name. |
| Arkanive | Genasi | Swordmage | D&D 4th ed | Well-heeled young noble cleaning up the mean streets of Nugato City. |
| Döreen | Human | Ice Wizard | D&D 4th ed | Servant of Auril from the desert who broke free from her slaver captors, with two of the less incompetent slaves in tow. They proceeded to wreck up the countryside on their way out of Thay. Stone cold killed a lot of people and was so close to making that paladin fall... |
| Amanae Tyrneandare | Elf | Druid | D&D 3.5 | Mother of two on a mission. Gets turned into a half-treant for a while, but she got better. |
