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I am an avid NPR listener. I listen for about 2-3 hours a day while taking my daughter to and from school (she is in a magnet program so we have a way to travel). Earlier last week I listened to stories concerning a world AIDS organization’s difficulty in fighting the AIDS epidemic in Africa due largely to rape. This got me thinking. This is not the first time that the issue of War Rape has been brought to my attention. Honestly, the concept is disgusting and horrific to me. The overall idea is horrible, but what is worse is the way it is handled, and must be handled, by the victims. What suddenly occur ed to me is that we have, in general, ignored it. Now, I don’t mean we should be addressing it as a subject. What I mean is that we, as gamers and game developers, may want to have horror and horrific war like themes. However, I think we, in general, gloss over the true horror of humans at war. If anything we should not be ignoring what evil truly occurs. However, there is a line between being honest and exploitative. I hope that in my next sidetrack the issue is tackled and seen honestly and with the intent I explain here, meanwhile not opening the door for people to feel alright with doing work that is exploitative.

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Bite of the Lindworm

A Sidetrack Adventure

Diseased corpses mark the feeding grounds of a strange and terrible beast. However, while the dragon-like beast is a terror all its own, the true horror is its fatal bite. The desperate victims of the terrible beast fear a fate far worse than being eaten alive, as their own bodies waste away, delivering them into a painful and slow death.

Bite of the Lindworm is a sidetrack adventure that is designed to be played within a 2 to 4 hour game session. It includes the plot, creature and item statistics (for use with the E-RPG system) and full color scale combat maps. While the statistics are designed for the E-RPG system, the story, maps, and elements are easily incorporated into any game system set in a Fantasy of Sci-Fi world.

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The DPnP system so far is developed primarily for two purposes: creating and managing campaigns, and creating and managing characters. One of the first future expansions to the suite will be to create an adventure creator. However, I have found that DPnP is still quite useful in the creation of adventures out of the box (per say as there is no real box).

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E-RPG may be considered and advanced RPG system. It was design to be a universal gaming platform that directly focuses on character development. This is a concept that extends beyond just skill advancement and into actually advancement in play. As you develop you, as a player, can evolve into learning more advanced ways to manipulate the game through the rules. However, it really is a game, like many others, that experienced gamers will get the most out of. New gamers may seem overwhelmed by it all. Not because of complexity in the rules, but simply because there is so much that is possible. (more…)

The Farmstead Witch

A Sidetrack Adventure

An angry mob of villagers threaten and accuse a grieving widow of witchcraft. However, the accusations are not far off. If the widow can convince the characters that her magic and intentions are simply rooted in love and grief, can they abide the horrible truth and even come to help her? However, the villagers are not quite finished, and return to vent their anger and disgust with weapons and flame. Unfortunately, with an angry mob surrounding them and intent on death, death itself intends to live. But something has gone horribly wrong and the characters find themselves between the fangs of a bestial undead horror, and the fires of a village’s retribution.

The Farmstead Witch is the next entry in our Sidetracks Series. Sidetracks are developed as single-session adventures to be used as diversions within a campaign. All Sidetracks are completely self contained, with all the maps, characters, creatures, and item statistics needed to run the adventure.

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