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AetherCon 2012

Grab your virtual dice bags folks and mark down November 16-18, 2012 on your calendar, the AetherCon Online RPG Convention is coming to your computer.

We will be featuring tabletop RPGs of all types throughout the weekend highlighted by four three day tournaments of Pathfinder, Call of Cthuhlu, Savage Worlds, and Shadowrun.

Additionally vendors, industry guests, and artists are also in our plans. We will be releasing free downloadable wallpapers throughout the months leading up to the con. You can find the first two, Gormic ‘Pretty’ Nangalmaar as done by White Wolf featured artist Brian LeBlanc and Klandeggin Moltenfist illustrated by Andre Freitas Cardozo here.

All of our events will be run using the Traipse next generation virtual tabletop and its companion browser-based web-client. Both are currently under development with the Beta version of Pious Paladin expected before year’s end. These programs will make it possible for a player to simply click on a link on the event website and ‘sit down at the table’ as it were as opposed to having to download, install, and boot up a separate program as was the case in the past. We are also planning for voice chat games using Skype technology for some events.

Be sure to visit our websites and show your support for AetherCon via Facebook and Twitter.

Website: http://www.aethercon.com/
Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/pages/AetherCon-Online-RPG-Convention/152803991456123
Twitter:http://twitter.com/#!/AetherCon

PCGen The Best "Free" Character Generator.

PCGen is a FREE Open Source character generator and maintenance program for role-playing games. It currently supports the d20 RPG system and includes data sets based upon gaming material from Wizards of the Coast, Paizo Publishing and dozens of other publishers. The project's current focus is on gaming material released under Wizards of the Coast's Open Gaming License (OGL) but the PCGen team also works with publishers to get permission to include limited Closed Content as well. PCGen runs on Windows, Mac OS X and Unix/Linux using Java (see Technical Requirements section below).

Mission Statement

To be the worlds most flexible d20 character generation and maintenance software.

Major Links

Get PCGen - Download PCGen
Roadmap - Find out when you get your next fix!
Project Wiki - This is a good source of project information

Publishers

Are you a publisher, concerned about how PCGen may affect your product? Your concerns are understandable. You may be reassured to see the list of other publishers which have chosen to improve their game by allowing its use with PCGen. You can also see the Publishers Wiki page for more details

PCGen Features

• Allows you to Create and Maintain multiple Characters.
• Is FREE and works on all major operating systems (Windows, UNIX/Linux and Mac OS).
• Data and character files are operating system independent.
• Supports d20 based Game Systems including D&D (3E, 3.5E, 4E), d20 Modern and Pathfinder.
• Supports Tons of Publishers and their products.
• Is highly configurable, allowing the user to add or remove races, classes, feats, and house rules such as unusual class or race restrictions.
• Supports level advancement, with configurable progressions of feats, skills and ability score bonuses.
• Supports Deity/Domain selection and the granting of the appropriate level dependent abilities.
• Produces numerous customized character and party sheets in HTML, TEXT and PDF formats.

GMGen Plugin Features

• Track combats, including damage, spells, and can even roll attacks. The current combat state may be saved for those game sessions which end in mid-combat.
• The combat tracker has a full stat block for loaded characters/enemies. If you want to see how your abilities look, you can pop up GMGen if you don't want to export a character sheet.
• Assign experience based on defeated combatants' CRs and the party level.
• Create encounters, generating the monsters on demand.
• Manage a campaign world through a notes system that allows word processing, as well as the ability to attach files to particular notes and the ability to launch those files/characters from the note.
• Generate random names for people/places/things.
• Calculate travel times and inn costs according to the SRD.
• Create 'dice bags' with any dice expression (such as 1d6-2d4+3).

Technical Requirements

• All versions of PCGen need Sun's Java Runtime Environment (JRE) which is available for all common OS's, including Windows, Mac OS, UNIX and Linux.
• PCGen 5.14.x, 5.16.x needs to run under Sun/Oracle's JRE (Java) 1.5.x or 1.6.x (1.7.x or above is not supported).
• PCGen 5.17.x+ needs to run under Sun/Oracle's JRE (Java) 1.6.x or above.
• If you wish to view PDF output sheets, you'll need a PDF viewer.
• Minimum RAM is 256MB (recommended 1-2GB)
• Minimum CPU is 1GHz (recommended 2Ghz+)
• 200MB of free HD space

Trailer - The Hobbit

Bilbo Baggins, a Hobbit, journeys to the Lonely Mountain accompanied by a group of dwarves to reclaim a treasure taken from them by the dragon Smaug.

Trailer - Wrath of the Titans!

Warner Bros. Pictures has released the new trailer for Wrath of the Titans, directed by Jonathan Liebesman. Opening in 3D, 2D and IMAX theaters on March 30, the action adventure stars Sam Worthington, Rosamund Pike, Bill Nighy, Edgar Ramírez, Toby Kebbell, Danny Huston, Ralph Fiennes and Liam Neeson. You can watch the trailer below the film's synopsis!

A decade after his heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus (Worthington) --the demigod son of Zeus (Neeson)--is attempting to live a quieter life as a village fisherman and the sole parent to his 10-year old son, Helius. Meanwhile, a struggle for supremacy rages between the gods and the Titans. Dangerously weakened by humanity's lack of devotion, the gods are losing control of the imprisoned Titans and their ferocious leader, Kronos, father of the long-ruling brothers Zeus, Hades (Fiennes) and Poseidon (Huston). The triumvirate had overthrown their powerful father long ago, leaving him to rot in the gloomy abyss of Tartarus, a dungeon that lies deep within the cavernous underworld. Perseus cannot ignore his true calling when Hades, along with Zeus' godly son, Ares (Ramirez), switch loyalties and make a deal with Kronos to capture Zeus. The Titans' strength grows stronger as Zeus' remaining godly powers are siphoned, and hell is unleashed on earth. Enlisting the help of the warrior Queen Andromeda (Pike), Poseidon's demigod son, Argenor (Kebbell), and fallen god Hephaestus (Nighy), Perseus bravely embarks on a treacherous quest into the underworld to rescue Zeus, overthrow the Titans and save mankind.

Trailer - The Avengers

The New Trailer for Marvel's The Avengers!

Source: Walt Disney Pictures

The new trailer for Marvel's The Avengers is now online and can be watched using the player below! You can also check out the new poster that was revealed earlier by clicking here.

Written and directed by Joss Whedon, the May 4 release stars Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Tom Hiddleston, Stellan Skarsgård and Samuel L. Jackson.

Continuing the epic big-screen adventures started in Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger, Marvel's The Avengers is the superhero team up of a lifetime. When an unexpected enemy emerges that threatens global safety and security, Nick Fury, Director of the international peacekeeping agency known as SHIELD, finds himself in need of a team to pull the world back from the brink of disaster. Spanning the globe, a daring recruitment effort begins.