Recent content by aramis erak

My pacing is slower than I'd like. Partly, it's due to my psych meds and the resulting aphasia.

So many movies of the 80's felt ripe for an RPG treatment, specifically to fill in the clearly missing chunks of lore that a crawl at the front could have helped the plot comprehension immensely. Then again, there are a bunch that were just excuses to put women in skimpy outfits. Most of them...

WED Fallout Raided Deathclaw nest for eggs.

There are used copies floating about for about $60. You can't get my copy! Well, not for that low. I'll note that the RPG has notorious math and clarity issues. My house rules are essentially a major revision of the rules.

Initiative: It's not just baggage from D&D; it's baggage from tabletop wargames of the 1960s onward, as well, both the chits on map and minis wargames. Also, note that initiative isn't always for combat. Many TTWG use initiative for movement; in side by side, it's often Move in low to high...

Cool. So far, at least. Does it affect the design? If not, it's wasted, IMO. If I'm playing a cleric, or if the cosmology includes accessible planes, yeah, I want a nice precis, and, ideally, more to read later If it is included past a couple paragraphs, yes. Never had the beverage... but...

The only things it had going for it were nearly/partly nude folk, and some of the fights. It's far from the worst of the Sw&So subgenre... but it's not nearly the best.

Several different kinds of dice pools.... Roll a number of dice by scores, total, compare to TN (WEG Star Wars, D6 system, T&T, M!M!) Roll a number of dice by scores, count successes, compare successes to TN (WoD, Arrowflight 1e, Burning Wheel, Mouse Guard) Roll a number of dice by scores...

I've played several variant initiatives... As noted elsewhere today, FFG Star Wars has slots for each side, but no individual owns a given slot; their side does. Flexible within that. Jackals has different numbers involved, but otherwise works the same. players often discuss who goes when...

I'll note that not many consider Classic Traveller to be rules light despite the physically small size... It's pretty crunchy, and fairly procedural. Most claiming it to be rules light are actually ignoring the skills chapter, where there's a special case rule for most of the skills. Its...

The writing team pretty much tries to beat one over the head with that obligation Yep! Let's not forget the option on page 89 in the sidebar: rounds are optional, and 3 spotlights per round per PC; the GM gets them only from the PC's rolls (directly, when they roll a fear, and indirectly, if...

Var 1: Living wage for the publishing & design staff. Var 2: widely played despite not providing a living wage Var 1: Traveller (Mongoose edition), Pathfinder Var 2: Savage Worlds.

No. No. For people very unlike me. it gets just as much, and just as deserved, hate. Deep7's 1PG line are not actually 1 page - most are a dozen pages, including adventures, but the player rules and the character sheet are on one side of one page, and the GM rules typically 1-2 sides. They're...

Do you know how Ableist that comes across? Most of the people I game with have trouble enough reading the GM, let alone the rest of the table. Half my current players are on the spectrum. My kids are on the spectrum, so am I. Reading the table isn't easy for me; it's the most tiring part of...

Walmart's out, too.