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Ulfgeir reacted to Staffan's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 1 with
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Babylon 5 actually had consultants from JPL working on establishing stuff on the show, and humans had a tech level that didn't include... -
Ulfgeir reacted to Koloth's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 1 with Like.
The already mentioned Star Fleet Battles was influenced by being limited to the IP in ST-TOS and the animated episodes. Anything after...
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Ulfgeir reacted to Von Ether's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 1 with Like.
The answer is the same as it always has been, navies and armies conduct their missions with the technology they have at hand. On that...
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Ulfgeir reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 1 with Like.
Yeah it's important to avoid the temptation of thinking in straight lines about "the most efficient" or "most direct" method to dealing...
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Ulfgeir reacted to Sossij's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 1 with Like.
In fact, the range of any spaceborne weapon is effectively "infinite" barring detection ranges and evasive maneuvers. The book...
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Ulfgeir reacted to Purplesnit's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 1 with Like.
Modern aircraft have cannon, but primarily for ground-attack (the A-10's Avenger is for killing tanks, and only the F-35A has a built-in...
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Ulfgeir reacted to Cergorach's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 1 with Like.
Depends, what kind of story is being told, what kind of atmosphere is being set, and what kind of technical designs are being...
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Ulfgeir reacted to lewpuls's post in the thread Worlds of Design: The Problem with Space Navies, Part 1 with Like.
Picture courtesy of Pixabay. A Change of Space When I write a Worlds of Design column about worldbuilding I usually think in terms of...
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Ulfgeir reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread What are your thoughts on TTRPGs with non-standard dice? with Like.
Colour coding can be your friend there - only get green d24s, for example, yellow d16s, and so on. I don't at all mind dice of...
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Ulfgeir reacted to Ruin Explorer's post in the thread What are your thoughts on TTRPGs with non-standard dice? with Like.
Personally funky dice are a hard red line for me. A couple of reasons for this: 1) No king rules forever, and most don't rule very long...
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Ulfgeir reacted to Staffan's post in the thread What are your thoughts on TTRPGs with non-standard dice? with Like.
As an aside: if you're planning to make custom d6es as some sort of promo, put your logo on the 6 side. At one point, long ago, I was at...
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Ulfgeir reacted to Retreater's post in the thread What are your thoughts on TTRPGs with non-standard dice? with Like.
Or worse yet: Chessex's convention specials that actually replace the 1 AND the 20, making them completely useless.
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Ulfgeir replied to the thread What are your thoughts on TTRPGs with non-standard dice?.I am of mixed opinions. Dice with weird number of sides: Nope. As they will most certainly not be replacable, and are of...
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Ulfgeir reacted to ColinChapman's post in the thread What are your thoughts on TTRPGs with non-standard dice? with Like.
I'm not a fan. Generally speaking, you can use existing dice (or regular playing cards) to do all manner of different system tricks...
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Ulfgeir reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread What are your thoughts on TTRPGs with non-standard dice? with Like.
Different sizes of numbered dice you can get from several different manufacturers, fine. Proprietary dice with symbols you can only get...