Recent content by aramis erak

I'm good with any level of weirdness that isn't illogical given its premises. I've enjoyed such diverse settings as Mouse Guard (Almost no magic, but talking animals, and mammals generally intelligent), Legend of the Five Rings (loads of clerical and evil magic, plus some Wuxia, plus deities...

I tend to agree for literature... tho' noting that neither Stephanie Meyers nor Joss Whedon id as LGBTQ, and they're the two biggest modern reimainings... I have. Coming from certain fundamentalist religious groups. Yeah. But let's not forget: many 70's and 80's views of vampirism were as a...

That is an unpreventable risk. People prone to that will work it into anything they play. There is no ruleset or setting book that can prevent hate from hitting play... even when it is counter to the intent of the designers. This is inherent to RPGs. One can encourage toxicity, but cannot...

The thing is, there is a largre universe... and extirpation of life locally is logically no guarantee there isn't other life elsewhere. So if it is a xenophobe rather than zookeeper, the fermi hypothesis will make a lot more preparation sensible... and make going interstellar a priority...

in release, in PDF, I've only seen a very few... D&D's Known World aka Mystara has some floating sky islands (See Top Ballista), but they're not well detailed. (Mostly referenced obliquely in the races.) The City of Serraine, aka The Flying City, is a sky island... Outrider Games/Bergeron &...

6 of the 7 continents. There are poisonous spiders on 6 of the 7 continents. They're surprisingly common around people. And at least 99.99% of all interactions are no harm to the humans. but they can be used to highlight various infestations... Corvids make for excellent city encounters, too...

My dead tree of Savage Worlds is letter size... I should dig it out of storage to put it into my SW materials box. I think it's the 2005 printing, but I haven't it to hand to check. I didn't get the dead tree, but the Pirates of the Spanish Main core was also letter-sized. After 2012, the trade...

But maintenance and replacement parts are still needed.

Keep in mind: They guys writing PD 1e were not working for ADB, but for TFG. They were pushing the limits a good bit, and then TFG imploded, and ADB shut PD1 down in favor of GPD and PD20... with an intent that it not be active duty campaigns. I once accidentally triggered an SVC rant about...

With Canada, on the ground level, Yes. Especially the US West Coast and the far northeast, where the economies are strongly intertwined. Or, were until the tariffs. Nor do I. Tariffs are only one very obvious part of the current mess... but they're not the only part of the current mess. Further...

some ideas I've used for some changes of pace A secret cult of good-aligned folk, out to do good deeds in secret. A legal sporting event which is honest, and fair... and thinks the PCs look like good participants. Questionable goals from a patron. Once they are done, the benefit of them becomes...

Expanding its presence and capabilities is part of ensuring its own survival. Biologics are limited in expansion; AI is much less so, if actually limited by anything lesser than the sum total material and power input. Therefore, expansion of self is part of ensuring one's survival. If I could...

Canceled after a dozen additional items, and made a profit, per Marc and Frank. The guys who sold it. And it's seen 3 different reprints since. Plus ports to 3 other game systems released commercially. THATS No failure.

There was never a real plan for a starship supplement for PD1... SVC told people asking to "Use SFB."

The same as any intelligent life... meeting its needs, expanding its presence by some form of self-replication, and amusing itself. secure its needs - this includes securing constant and stable power securing replacement parts securing the ability to replace parts needing replacement safety...