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With that, I'm going to have to draw this to a close. It's been a lot of fun--lots of walks down memory lane--and lots of good questions. I really appreciate your time, and all the very kind words. Gamers are awesome. I do hope you'll check out my new work. You can find that ongoing at...

Awesome! Thanks for the kind words.

1. Not really. I don't have time to go looking for that stuff. I can barely keep up with all the "official" stuff. I do like to see people's reports of how their game went posted on social media or whatever from time to time. It's gratifying to hear that people are having a good time. 2. No...

The official rule is the rule as written in CSR. But as you can see from the answer you've copied, in my own games I do allow this. But there's NO edge when you do so, so it's really costly. This only really comes up with sort of "we've got to pull off this one last task or we're all going to...

1. I'd approach Charles Ryan at MCG in regards to the license. It's hard to get noticed in the world as a brand new creator, particularly if you're doing something similar to what someone else is doing but there's no direct link. 2. Not 100% sure what that means, but both of them have a full...

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NTYE is very much Cypher simplified, which is saying a lot since it's already a simple system. NTYE would convert "up" fairly well, though. You'd have an extra stat called Awesome, that exists to enable you to better help your friends, which doesn't exist in The Strange, but you know, maybe it...

1. Very likely. But also stuff having to do with aquatic environments and interdimensional ones as well, because it will apply to the whole line. And the KS reached that goal today, so the book will be a reality! Backers will just get that added on to their stack of books. (I love that part.)...

I would (and have!) use the vehicle rules. I think they work well because they're all about damaging systems rather than whittling down hit points, which feels more like vehicle/giant robot combat in sci fi to me.

Cool. I'm familiar with Symphony X but not Redemption. I don't listen to prog nearly as much as I used to, but I'll make a point to check them out. I bet my friend and fellow designer Rob Schwalb is familiar with them. I'll ask.

1. It was great and it was awful. Great because I loved the people and I learned so so much. Awful because the company's fortunes were always on the rocks and there was nothing resembling job security or even necessarily steady paychecks. 2. I lived in Charlottesville for two years, and worked...

Well, thanks for those kind words. I'm glad you enjoyed it. The advice I usually give is, play in a game with a good GM. You learn so much by watching someone else and seeing what they do that it's quite difficult to put in a book. But the other thing is, I tell people to just give it a try with...

Well, I do, of course. But I'm afraid it's not for sale and won't ever be. Sorry.

Almost never, unless you count other dimensions. Or the moon. There was a series of adventures that happened in the third campaign where the PCs left the city and went into the nearby woods, dealing with the elves and other goings on there. Honestly, I don't remember why. Thanks for all the...

That happened because a player really, really wanted to play an Arcana Evolved giant in a Ptolus campaign. So... more or less the idea was that the Diamond Throne was to the west, but it wasn't quite as literal as that. I guess, as you say, more of a nod.

1. I know it's disappointing to hear, but that was... 15 years ago or so for a lot of that stuff and it's difficult to remember. I remember that the three claimants to the throne were a big part of one of the campaigns and that there was conflict amid the PCs themselves as to who they supported...

Okay guys! Thanks! I'll stop back in later in the day tomorrow and wrap things up. So if you've got questions, get them in now. And if you are interested in Numenera, whether you're a current player or someone who's just curious, please check out our current Kickstarter called Into the Ninth...

It all depends on what you mean by spreading your ideas around. If you mean submitting ideas to publishers, then yes, you're worrying too much. A real publisher wouldn't do that. Even if you don't want to believe in their good nature, it's simply not worth the time or trouble. If you get hired...

Concepts from Dark Space have creeped into my work here and there, but I don't currently have a plan to redo the book. Sadly, I couldn't bring myself to finish the new Thomas Covenant books. They just didn't appeal, as difficult as it is for me to admit that. I read Runes of the Earth and the...

I think any of those three systems would be really cool. I think the Cypher System Rulebook has a lot of horror-specific tools and mechanics that would make Masks pretty fun--specifically the Horror Mode mechanic. I've already begun mulling over the places I'd use that in Masks. Your idea of...