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				<title>Favorite Cross-Overs:  The Gaming Edition: Re: Favorite Cross-Overs:  The Gaming Edition</title>
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				<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2021 05:22:15 +0000</pubDate>
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						 <p>Word Unscrambler is the perfect tool for you. It is an easy to use, free, online unscramble word game tool to help you ace all word games. Use this letter unscrambler to find all possible words forming with the given letters.</p> 
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				<title>Favorite Cross-Overs:  The Gaming Edition: Favorite Cross-Overs:  The Gaming Edition</title>
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				<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2014 14:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>quarkstomper</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>164518</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>Cryowhite asked this question in another sub-forum about a week ago and it didn't get much of an answer.</p> <blockquote> <p>Hello everybody! :D<br /> Just here to ask you all some really fun question! :D<br /> Which crossover is your #1 favorite? :D</p> </blockquote> <p>Being the nit-picker I am, I decided the question really belonged in a different sub-forum. And I am taking the liberty answering it solely from a RPG view point.</p> <p>As a long-time sufferer of <a href="http://arcana.wikidot.com/roy-thomas-syndrome">Roy Thomas Syndrome</a>, I have always utilized huge gobs of Creative Plagarism in my campaigns. I ran a storyline in a Dimension-hopping campaign involving an alternate universe with a Pulp-Era setting in which Doc Savage became a recurring NPC. I later had the Shadow and <a href="http://arcana.wikidot.com/oliver-daddy-warbucks">Oliver &quot;Daddy&quot; Warbucks</a> appear.</p> <p>I had a long-running <strong>Teenagers From Outer Space</strong> campaign that was made of this sort of thing. Nearly all the characters, whether PCs or NPCs, were lifted from other anime sources. Two of my players chose characters from the comic book NINJA HIGH SCHOOL. We had characters from RANMA 1/2, DIRTY PAIR, DR. SLUMP, and the Disney movie THE SHAGGY DOG. In one of the stranger sessions we crossed over with THE PRISONER.</p> <p>Dimension-Hopping campaigns, such as <strong>GURPS: Infinite Worlds</strong> are perfect for this sort of thing. I once ran a convention one-shot in which several characters from different universes find themsevles on a mysterious island like the one in &quot;Lost&quot;. I had Luke Skywalker, Agent J from &quot;Men in Black&quot;, Kim Possible, Zoe from &quot;Firefly&quot;, and Number 6, (yes, the Prisoner again). I also had made up character sheets for Sir Lancelot, Lt. Worf and Jessica Fletcher, but none of the players selected them.</p> <p>Perhaps the most gratuitous and wacky cross-overs I did were in a **Champions **campaign based on JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL. I had the JLI face the &quot;Misfits of Science&quot;, and Dr. Loveless from &quot;The Wild, Wild West&quot;. I always wanted to have them do battle with the castaways from &quot;Gilligan's Island&quot; but I couldn't come up with a good excuse for them to get into a fight and because I figured my players would kill me.</p> <p>In another <strong>Champions</strong> campaign involving supers in a near-future setting, I made up a character for a grown-up version of Jonny Quest. On a whim, I wrote on his character sheet that he was dating Penny from the cartoon &quot;Inspector Gadget&quot;. This inspired our GM to run a session in which Dr. Zin teams up with Dr. Claw and inspired a friend of mine to grumble, &quot;If Popeye the Sailor shows up, I'm walking!&quot;</p> 
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				<title>Role/Archetype/Class Question: Re: Role/Archetype/Class Question</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2014 23:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>The Colonel</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>200483</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>Of course, if you are playing &quot;that sort of system&quot; Quark is quite right that you need to make sure no-one ends up as a fifth wheel, but there is some space for multi-niching. For example, in the archetypal D&amp;D four man band (wizard, cleric, fighter, thief), it probably would be okay to have the wizard as Glass Cannon/Sniper/Nuker, since they can all fit aspects of the wizard's artillery role - the fighter will be having to combine most of the melee archetypes, with the cleric as backup melee with healer/mezzer/buff/debuff roles and the thief as, frankly, a bit of a jack in combat - ambush melee, backup ranged and backup debuff/mezzer. In larger parties, of course, you will need to think about splitting archetypes as you start to double up on slots - one fighter might be a DPS specialist, another might tank, that sort of thing.</p> <p>Yes, after getting the whole Sniper/The Sniper thing confused, I went off and did some reading and now almost think I understand the business.</p> 
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				<title>Role/Archetype/Class Question: Re: Role/Archetype/Class Question</title>
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				<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2014 01:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>Cryowhite</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>1865596</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>Wow. :|<br /> I must say that I most absolutely must agree with you on everything Quark Stomper. :)<br /> It would be a thousand percent wise to pick only one 'Role/Archetype/Class' and let the other players pick theirs, and that's a real truth. :)<br /> A thousand thanks for finally correcting me there pro. :)</p> 
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				<title>Role/Archetype/Class Question: Re: Role/Archetype/Class Question</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2014 20:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
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						 <p>Although it's important to note that you only get real niche formation in class based RPGs - I suppose you could mimic it in a class-free system but I don't see the point. Also that all of these archetypes tend to be based around combat roles, which makes them more suited to combat heavy gaming - and ideally combat heavy gaming with a variety of different styles. If you run a game without a significant emphasis on combat, or one in which combat is fairly abstract or uniform, then these archetypes go by the board.</p> 
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				<title>Role/Archetype/Class Question: Role/Archetype/Class Question</title>
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				<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2014 17:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>quarkstomper</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>164518</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>Cryowhite asked a question over on the &quot;Welcome to ArcanaWiki&quot; thread that I think would be better addressed over here.</p> <blockquote> <p>I have one question. :)<br /> Do you think each and every one of use can have more than one 'Role/Archetype/Class' in whatever game you love to imagine? :)<br /> Like me for example, if I'm the 'Glass Cannon', the 'Sniper' and the 'Nuker', I can be one most extremely excellentastic and excellentabulous 'Long-range Ice Magic/Cryomancy/Cryokinesis Grandmaster Supreme' EVER! :D</p> </blockquote> <p>Certainly individual characters may perform multiple roles within the group &#8212; and often they do. But this works best, I think, when you have a very small party.</p> <p>Traditionally, role-playing games have striven for what they call &quot;Game Balance&quot;; making sure every character has something to bring to the table and making sure that no one gets overshadowed. That's why we have the specialization of the D&amp;D class system. Everybody has an area of expertise and everybody gets a chance to shine at doing something or other.</p> <p>Cryo's &quot;extremely excellentastic and excellentabulous 'Long-range Ice Magic/Cryomancy/Cryokinesis Grandmaster Supreme' &quot; makes me think of Bottom the Weaver in <em>A Midsummer Night's Dream</em>, who not only wanted to play the lead in the play his friends were putting on, he also wanted to play the girl and the lion too. &quot;You can play no part but Pyramus,&quot; the director scolded him; because if he played all the parts, there'd be nothing left for the rest of his friends to do.</p> <p>Which is not to say that a character can't have multiple specialties; or that mutliple characters can't share the same specialty. But RPG's are a collaborative adventure, and the wise GM will want to keep everybody involved.</p> 
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				<title>War Stories Wiki: Re: War Stories Wiki</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 15:23:02 +0000</pubDate>
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						 <p>Tempting. I just might contribute to this one too. If I do, I'll probably copy 'n' paste stories I've told in other places. Like the Hun'red-Year-Old Injun and the Marriage of Frisco Flagons.</p> <p>Or maybe even, &quot;Climbing the Rope&quot;.</p> 
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				<title>War Stories Wiki: War Stories Wiki</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 08:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
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						 <p>I've started yet another wiki project yesterday - the <a href="http://warstories.wikidot.com/">War Stories Wiki</a>. It's intended as a repository for all those cool stories from your gaming table - notable deaths, memorable quotes, surprising plot twists, and more.</p> <p>There isn't much up there yet, but I hope this will change in the future. ;)</p> 
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				<title>What games do you play?: Re: What games do you play?</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
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						 <blockquote> <p>Yes, I saw that. I only skimmed the surface, but I was impressed by how professional and comprehensive it looked.</p> </blockquote> <p>Thanks. It's hard work, but I think it's well worth the time.</p> <blockquote> <p>By the way, did you create the image at the top of the wiki yourself? I've contemplated whether to create a more custom look for the Arcana Wiki, but right now neither my digital painting nor my CSS skills are good enough for this…</p> </blockquote> <p>No, I didn't. It's an old image. Can't say I remember where I got it. The rest of the site is actually a highly customized Shiny theme, but with the sideback (the gray stuff on the left and right hand) from the Webbish theme, and colours to match the top image.</p> <p>I would suggest just taking a theme you like from Wikidot, and play around with the colour scheme.</p> 
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				<title>What games do you play?: Re: What games do you play?</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
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						 <blockquote> <p>Justed wrapped up a <strong>True20</strong> campaign set in <a href="http://suwarnabumi.wikidot.com">Suwarnabumi</a>, a Southeast Asian themed world of martial arts and supernatural creatures.</p> </blockquote> <p>Yes, I saw that. I only skimmed the surface, but I was impressed by how professional and comprehensive it looked.</p> <p>By the way, did you create the image at the top of the wiki yourself? I've contemplated whether to create a more custom look for the Arcana Wiki, but right now neither my digital painting nor my CSS skills are good enough for this&#8230;</p> 
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				<title>What games do you play?: Re: What games do you play?</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:36:38 +0000</pubDate>
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						 <p>Justed wrapped up a <strong>True20</strong> campaign set in <a href="http://suwarnabumi.wikidot.com">Suwarnabumi</a>, a Southeast Asian themed world of martial arts and supernatural creatures. Currently preparing for a second campaign in the same setting. Before we played a short-lived <strong>D20 Modern</strong> campaign, a lot of <strong>D&amp;D 3.5E</strong> in the Forgotten Realms, and a Swedish roleplaying game called <strong>Drakar och Demoner 6</strong>.</p> 
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				<title>What games do you play?: Re: What games do you play?</title>
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				<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>quarkstomper</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>164518</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>These days I play <strong>GURPS</strong> almost exclusively. In the past, I've played <strong>AD&amp;D</strong>, and a lot of <strong>CHAMPIONS</strong>. I've also run <strong>TOON</strong>, <strong>Space 1889</strong>, <strong>Castle Falkenstien</strong> and a long-running campaign of <strong>Teenagers From Outer Space</strong>.</p> 
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				<title>What games do you play?: Re: What games do you play?</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
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						 <p>Well, right now I play only Dark Heresy but I start a new job soon which should allow me to play a few other games, as well.</p> 
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				<title>What games do you play?: What games do you play?</title>
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				<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<wikidot:authorName>jhubert</wikidot:authorName>				<wikidot:authorUserId>25753</wikidot:authorUserId>				<content:encoded>
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						 <p>At the moment, I'm running an <strong>Exalted</strong> campaign with about the typical amount of drama - epic battles, paranoia, attempts to change the way reincarnation works in the setting, and so forth. I've also recently run two one-shot <strong>D&amp;D 4E</strong> adventures set in <a href="http://eruvian.com/locale.asp?localeID=74">Urbis</a>, a fantasy setting I am developing.</p> <p>This year, I've also played in <strong>Dark Heresy</strong>, <strong>Mutants &amp; Masterminds</strong>, <strong>Spirit of the Century</strong>, <strong>True 20</strong>, and <strong>Warhammer FRP</strong> games. One of my favorite game systems is <strong>GURPS</strong>, but sadly it has been a long time since I had the opportunity to play it.</p> 
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