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Suppose that you'd like to create a character for a tabletop roleplaying game. Suppose that you want to give that character a theme song of some kind. Suppose you have no idea what song would be appropriate.

This thread is to solve that problem. Post requests and suggestions!

I'll start us out.

He's a German psychologist. He has darkness/shadow related powers. He is actually a nice guy, really. It's a little surprising. Oh, and he's seen shit. He's seen the sort of thing that makes you question your sanity. He is, it is true, starkly sane, but he knows full well that the most demented madmen think that they too are sane. Any ideas?

EDIT: Picked it: "Crazy" by Gnarls Barkley.

Some dwarves will worship with the Worship. Other dwarves get Worship!. What's the difference?

One Vampire I sealed in the wall seems to be especially unhappy and he's been Worship!ing for a few months now.

Age of Wonders 3 has dwarves. Dwarf Fortress has wonders. The parallels need no further explanation.

Let's put together a PBEM game! Who's interested?

Game type:
Whatever works well with lots of players? Alliances and betrayals?

Restrictions:
Ah, Dwarf Fortress Esque civs only? Perhaps. All Dwarves? On the other hand, a pretty standard game works just fine for me.

Players:
PTTG??
Kanil
Wiles

Either that or basically anything by Client Liaison.

I mean, it's so obvious I expect it's already been done, but if not, I think I'll have to do it myself.

So I'm GMing a mini-campaign with a misfit platoon of MI-5 B5(b) infiltrators stopping Nazi Ahnenerbe Goons from achieving some dastardly goal of... something.

I want to put them in some forgotten underground city in eastern Turkey, in the coastal mountains along the Black Sea. Part of the campaign in forest, part along the river, and partly on bare rock and narrow goat-trails should give us a nice wasteland feeling. The fact that they're in a neutral nation means neither side can call down artillery strikes; they've got to do this the old-fashioned way.

The PC platoon is three squads and only the lightest support; maybe 30, 35 men. (And women. About 10 of the "men" are women who joined up in some other division and were too good at killing people to drum out. A lot of this campaign is like that...) The PCs are seven oddballs including the Lieutenant in charge of the platoon and squad A and the two PCs in charge of the B and C squads. Everyone else is an NPC.

They'll encounter a larger force of substantially inferior nazi goons.

My question remains: What are the Nazis up to? It has to be impressive but not the Arc of the Covenant, C'thulhu, or anything else too overplayed.

Thoughts?

Diplomacy is a classical board-game set in 1900 Europe and moving forward six months at a time. The basic rules are simple, but like chess, they build a complex web of strategy.

You can play it in person or over the internet on several websites.

Right now, I'm joining a large game on vDiplomacy. Anyone is welcome to join here, regardless of if you're an old hand or a totally new player.

For old and new, here's an illuminating introduction to the game with some discussion of the strategy thereof.

Riras Durad Geshud aban geshud lolor & ugzol.

Lod titthal shed avuz, Riras Durad avuz kor... avuz bom... avuz ineth... avuz mestthos!

Gomath Riras Durad oshosh kab: Urist Borushdumat.
Gomath Geshed kab: KoganUsƒn

Avuz thol! Dumed adil! Bardum "Ibas Gedor" & "Othob Dák Evon"!

Riras Durad avuz thol thol, & ugzol ugzol.

shedim...

& keshan.

I was cleaning up my desktop and found some old notes for a LCS mod I intended to make one day. The idea was that if you got public opinion high enough, you could upgrade L+ social positions to L++ positions, which would generally have strange effects. Exactly what they might be, I don't know.

I also wanted to add Computer Rights as a social position. Hacking might scare some people into cracking down on it, but if you keep a good public face, you could eventually make it impossible to (legally) punish your hackers!

I particularly like the Death Penalty modification, because it'd be hilarious trying to "upgrade" someone from a vandalism charge to several counts of murder so that, instead of going to jail, he's set free.

I'm not going to be working on this, so go for it if you're interested.

Abortion Rights      Abortions are mandatory
Animal Rights      There are major welfare programs for wild animals
Police Regulation      The police have been outlawed, and outlaws are police
Privacy Rights      People are carefully monitored to make sure they don't infringe on the privacy of others.
Death Penalty      The death penalty- alone- has been replaced with amnesty.
Nuclear Power      Nuclear power plants are being converted to playgrounds
Pollution         Cars are banned.
Labor Laws         The minimum wage is $100/hour.
Gay Rights         Straight people are second-class citizens
Corporate Law      Corporations are outlawed
Free Speech      Every 30 minutes, someone has to yell "fire" in every crowded theater.
Flag Burning      Flags are a major source of fuel
Gun Control         All guns have been confiscated
Tax Structure      The tax rate is 100%. (Only illegal income produces money)
Women's Rights      Men are second-class citizens
Civil Rights         White slavery- alone- is legal.
Drug Law         There is LSD in the water supply
Immigration         Spanish is now the official language of the US
Election Reform      It is illegal for conservatives to run for office. Not that they don't...
Military Spending      The U.S. Military has been disbanded, causing an immediate occupation by canadian troops.
Human Rights      

Computer Rights      
   Computers are banned for civilian use.
   Computer use is tightly regulated.
   crime on the internet is restricted.
   Internet free speech is protected.
   There are few restrictions on computer use.
   There ARE no laws on the Internet!
   Computers are citizens!