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Bards most common source of death is role playing decisions. :ROFLMAO:

On one hand, I love the rank up by using the skill, on the other I've been moving away from XP type systems because play tends to become about just spamming skills instead of engaging the game narratively/organically. In a progression system like Traveller this might go over better as you dont...

That is an interesting idea and you could even link events between the main and secondary Traveller. For my last PoD game I made up a handful of NPCs to round out the ship crew in case somebody bought it and wanted to use one or at least to finish the session.

Yes, folks want 100 books. Why not a thousand? :rolleyes:

The first packet seemed like the designer's pet interest disguised as a speed of play benefit. This second packet goes a long ways though for making the game a bit better. Immobile definition change aside; water isnt a death sentence anymore, getting up is easier, you can walk backwards down a...

5-6 career terms (38-42 years old) seems to be the average for my games.

Yes, this. I feel like both 3E/PF1 and PF2 didnt find the Goldilocks zone for trained untrained, feat no feat. I think the 5E bounded accuracy is a better shot at it, but that game lacks anything beyond tools to interact with the skill system.

Its 30 years later so maybe not? Im more curious why 4 is the magic number?

For you or for everybody?

My players did have a very good time pimping out the Harrier ship. For Pirates of Drinax I made battle armour nearly impossible to get and no station was going to let you wear it anyways. The players never even tried to get it. Combat was like maybe every other session becasue there was so much...

Bautista lends a hand with the boat and looks at Desiree and says, "Tecnicamente, foi o tubarão que cometeu o assassinato."

Rough being a WR this year in the NFL.

As your appointed Comstar sideline reporter im pleased to announce playtest package 2 This time mobility rules! There is a lot going on here compared to last time so ill do it item by item. Water mobility changes. No longer a PSR for walking in water per hex, or at all. Can now run in water...