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What the Pros Are Doing: Nov 27, 09

It's Friday, you've got a weekend ahead of you with plenty of time to casually read on the internet. (Right? Sure.) So, Fridays I'll try to catch you up on what the 'insiders' are talking about in the week previous. Now, most of these blogs are by people you should be reading regularly anyway, but just incase you missed something key, I'm here to catch it for you and filter it down. I'll also try to dig into the past from time to time for articles you might have missed. Good deal, isn't it? I do the work, you enjoy the writing of the best and brightest in the table top industry.

In case you hadn't heard, the RPG Blogger Network has changed hands. As Duane suggests in his article on taking over the network, the network has been very good to many of us, and I'm personally excited to see what he does with it from here. (Among other things, Duane is one of the awesome people behind my husband's Creative Commons Game, which you can read about here.)
Sometimes I have to make my own life harder, and so I'm creating competition for myself by telling all of you out there that Piazo has an Open Call for adventures. They're requirements are very specific, if you're really seriously, you'll follow those requirements. If not, well, less competition for me! Ha ha!

Are you playing Dragon Age? If not, why not? Well, it doesn't matter, because the guys and gals at Green Ronin have totally rocked a table top RPG based on the Dragon Age setting and it is going to be sweet! Here, Chris Pramas shows you inside the design of the game with his second Design Diary.

Can't get enough character creation? Like to look at character design from a writer's eye, (as I so often do?) Adore grossly inappropriate language and sarcasm so thick you could spread it on toast? You need to read Hateful Avatars: How (Not) To Write a Character.  Strong language and brilliance warning.