Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is coming! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Looking into Star Trek Adventures
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 8942825" data-attributes="member: 6779310"><p> <ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Spend your threat liberally; encourage PCs to spend momentum. It's probably the biggest hurdle.<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">One particularly ugly session, I'd been spending threat, but not as fast as they generated it. They were disappointed to realize I had 15 unspent threat at end of mission, even tho' they succeeded. 3/4 of the ship off limits, half the crew dead, and they solved the case...</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Another session, they breezed through and I didn't spend much threat, so had a pile... this one was way more demoralizing...</li> </ol></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Don't change the threat rating unless things are dire and getting worse - it can lead to a threat snowball</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">every trait can be used for +1, -1, to prohibit some action, or to enable some action; these are not exclusive nor even per turn.<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">If it makes sense it would help, it reduces TN by 1</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">If it would hinder, but not prohibit nor severely curtail, it subtracts adds 1 to your TN</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">If it would make something unreasonably difficult, it prohibits</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">If you can't normally do something. but the thing makes it look like it should be doable, allow it.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Values are traits too! Just ones that let destiny be spent.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">NPCs can be represented as a trait in some cases. If all they are doing is providing needed bodies, the PC leading treats them as traits for a -1 TN...</li> </ol></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">It's not a sim of the characters, its a sym of the show style.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Advancement is PAINFULLY slow.</li> </ol></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 8942825, member: 6779310"] [LIST=1] [*]Spend your threat liberally; encourage PCs to spend momentum. It's probably the biggest hurdle. [LIST=1] [*]One particularly ugly session, I'd been spending threat, but not as fast as they generated it. They were disappointed to realize I had 15 unspent threat at end of mission, even tho' they succeeded. 3/4 of the ship off limits, half the crew dead, and they solved the case... [*]Another session, they breezed through and I didn't spend much threat, so had a pile... this one was way more demoralizing... [/LIST] [*]Don't change the threat rating unless things are dire and getting worse - it can lead to a threat snowball [*]every trait can be used for +1, -1, to prohibit some action, or to enable some action; these are not exclusive nor even per turn. [LIST=1] [*]If it makes sense it would help, it reduces TN by 1 [*]If it would hinder, but not prohibit nor severely curtail, it subtracts adds 1 to your TN [*]If it would make something unreasonably difficult, it prohibits [*]If you can't normally do something. but the thing makes it look like it should be doable, allow it. [*]Values are traits too! Just ones that let destiny be spent. [*]NPCs can be represented as a trait in some cases. If all they are doing is providing needed bodies, the PC leading treats them as traits for a -1 TN... [/LIST] [*]It's not a sim of the characters, its a sym of the show style. [*]Advancement is PAINFULLY slow. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
Looking into Star Trek Adventures
Top