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    Celebrim reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread Space Travel? with Like Like.
    Mechanical options within the field of operation the skill covers. For example, you could construct a subsystem for climbing that dealt...
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    Celebrim reacted to Thomas Shey's post in the thread Space Travel? with Like Like.
    I've gone on record as suggesting this is the problem with most skills outside combat (and sometimes within) in general in most games...
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    Celebrim replied to the thread Space Travel?.
    More precisely, the problem is that most ship related skills are merely pass/fail maintenance of the ship that only involve dice-rolling...
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    Celebrim reacted to delericho's post in the thread What Do You Need From Publishers? with Like Like.
    Very little. What I lack is time. So the thing I need from publishers, I guess, is materials (notably adventure materials) that I can...
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    Celebrim replied to the thread Space Travel?.
    It's got about 5 good episodes - the first 3 of the first season and the last 2 of the second season. It's got maybe three other...
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    Celebrim replied to the thread Space Travel?.
    The general rule in the game is that ships normally jump one planetary diameter away from the planet in order to minimize the turbulence...
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    Both the recent starter sets from WotC, and the Cosemere one someone in my group is running, have made me realize how incredibly nice it...
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    Celebrim reacted to TheSword's post in the thread How do you like to start a campaign with Like Like.
    I always thought Pathfinder did some good opening scenes. Rise of the Runelords starts at a market featival Curse of the Crimson...
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    Celebrim replied to the thread Space Travel?.
    This is a problem in my experience with every single Sci Fi RPG in one way or the other. The solution in my opinion actually draws...
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    Celebrim replied to the thread Space Travel?.
    This does create weirdness though. Typical Star Wars space travel involves a ship leaving the planet's surface and getting a few...
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    Celebrim reacted to payn's post in the thread What Do You Need From Publishers? with Like Like.
    Adventure modules/paths. Sure I could write my own entirely from scratch, but I'm not good at it. I do better with a foundation with...
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    Facetiously, I need them to publish things that I would like rather than things that would sell for a profit. More seriously, I need...
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    Celebrim reacted to payn's post in the thread How do you like to start a campaign with Like Like.
    I use campaign players guides (even if I have to write them myself). Even my sand boxes have meta-goals to avoid the aimless wandering...
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    I will say that working up how everyone knows each other works best for less mature players but I by no means agree that intraparty RP...
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    It is desirable to establish connections between characters, but you can come up with scenarios that don't require that. Disasters are...
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