User:ViciousTheJester

Webmaster of the RPGWiki and avid Role-Player (including table-top/pen-and-paper, live-action, and video games). Currently a hardware and software test engineer for a major US printer corporation.

Favorites RPGs

 * 7th Sea - It would be difficult to find a system and setting that I think is better written and enjoyable.
 * Pathfinder - A few years ago, it would have been D&D 3.5 here. A few years before that, it would have been AD&D 2nd Ed.  For long-term fantasy campaigns, the D&D line can't be beat.  It's easy to write adventures for.  It's flexible enough to handle different twists to the game.  As a system it's not realistic at all, but there's a gazillion well written settings out there for it, that are a lot of fun.
 * Shadowrun - The setting is awesome. I've had some very fun and memorable characters in Shadowrun.  The system is clunky, but the setting more than makes up for it in my mind.
 * Earthdawn - I've been looking forward to playing Earthdawn since it was released. I picked up the main rulebook the week it was originally released (1993?) and have been waiting since then.  I FINALLY got into an Earthdawn game recently (2011) and it's stood up to my expectations.

Caernest
The setting and system that I've been working for at least 10 years now, sometimes with help from others. It's home is here at www.caernest.com. It's taking as long as it has because I've been too much of a perfectionist.

Kill Ted Board Game
I was a play-tester for this. I don't know if it ever got published though.

Adventures in Mid-Land
Live-Action RPG that I helped with the rules for this, and the setting that it ended with, even if I don't show up in the credits. I also helped run the game as an administrator for 2 years.

Kingdoms of Novitas
Another LARP. They set things right. I'm in the credits here. I should be with all of the stuff they borrowed from my setting when they started using the Mid-Land rules. :) Seriously though, I'm on the rules team, and I'm the Combat and Safety Marshal.  For more information, visit the Kingdoms of Novitas website.

Enter the Dagon
"Horror" movie spoof of Lovecraftian proportions. I'm in the credits. 5 degrees from Kevin Bacon!

Web Work
I'm a web designer/programmer/developer/admin/user/whatever-you-want-to-call-it. Here's the sites I've written, put together, "own" or am in charge of:
 * Winterfell - the Rochester Chapter of Dagorhir, which I'm also the chapter head for
 * the rpgwiki - a wiki about gaming; mostly about campaigns that I've played in, or campaigns that my current gaming group has played in
 * Caernest - It's basically my personal site, but more about Caernest (the RPG) than anything else.