Chicago Gameday 33 is Nov 10: SIGN UP TO PLAY

CoreyHaim8myDog · Oct 30, 2012

I would like to try Reign. Stolze's comes up with cool stuff.

buzz · Oct 31, 2012

CoreyHaim8myDog said:
I would like to try Reign. Stolze's comes up with cool stuff.

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Nev the Deranged · Oct 31, 2012

Reign is cool, just make sure you minmax the crap out of your character. The result curve for the dice pool is listed in the book, I think it breaks around 4. Anything below that is pointless, 4 is around 50%, and it gets dramatically better from there.

ekb · Oct 31, 2012

Nev the Deranged said:
Reign is cool, just make sure you minmax the crap out of your character. The result curve for the dice pool is listed in the book, I think it breaks around 4. Anything below that is pointless, 4 is around 50%, and it gets dramatically better from there.

The 50% break is more accurately expressed as 2+2 (average stat + moderate training/little training+taking an extra turn for prep).

Such maths don't entirely apply here. It's all about the Company rules for this scenario. Pretty much every "character" runs one of The Empire's resources (@5d - it's The Empire, after all) and so for any action, there's 10d - a virtual certainty of at least 1 set. The Risk in this scenario comes from the fact that there's a lot going on, so flopping 5d down with your partner is going to drop a lot of the other balls/chainsaws being juggled. While splitting a pool up this way normally means whiffing when rolling d10s, we're talking about a hand of cards that can be "tuned" so as not to whiff out... but at the expense of risking not getting everything done in favor of getting what the player considers most important done. Which the World and other players react to. Lather rinse repeat.

The house rules in question.
How that looks in terms of company actions chart.

Nev the Deranged · Oct 31, 2012

Sounds intriguing, ekb! I've been listening to a lot of Dan Carlin lately, so that scale of action is pretty interesting to me right now. If I weren't already booked, I'd give it a shot.

SublimeExemplar · Nov 1, 2012

Hi all. Could I get in on Tim's Trollbabe game in the morning and buzz's Marvel Heroic game in the afternoon?

Excited!

Fractal Advocate · Nov 1, 2012

I'd like to sign up for Zombiefest 2012 in the morning, and Deadlands: Hell On Earth: Reloaded in the evening.

buzz · Nov 1, 2012

SublimeExemplar said:
Hi all. Could I get in on Tim's Trollbabe game in the morning and buzz's Marvel Heroic game in the afternoon?

Excited!

Added! Welcome to Gameday and ENWorld, SublimeExemplar.

Fractal Advocate said:
I'd like to sign up for Zombiefest 2012 in the morning, and Deadlands: Hell On Earth: Reloaded in the evening.

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buzz · Nov 1, 2012

Trollbabe and the afternoon Marvel Heroic events are now FULL.

WJMacGuffin · Nov 1, 2012

Buzz,

Unfortunately, the dreaded Work Change has hit me and I will not be able to make it on Saturday. Please remove me from two games I'd love to play but cannot. And yes, I'm a bit pissy about it all. Thanks.

-- WJ