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    Remember these MERP/Rolemaster critical hit tables?

    Worst move ever, All opponents out (some number) rounds laughing, pulled groin (some penalty until muscle repair done). Yeah, my warrior did that fumble. Though it was so embarrassing and painful for him, the foes laughing at him was enough of an edge to let the party win the combat. We also...
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    Worlds of Design: How "Precise" Should RPG Rules Be?

    I wouldn't call it precise, we don't even know if that grog comes in drams, pints, quaffs, kegs, hogsheads, old whiskey barrels, etc. With out the unit measurements, it's kind of meaningless, unless you are just after a ratio with something else measured in the same units. (I so couldn't...
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    Savage Worlds Adventure Edition Arrives!

    The PDF is currently available from Peginc.com and Drivethrurpg.com I think it's about $10. There are differences, and they are going to release an update or conversion sheet for the older version, but it's nice to have the latest version complete. Some stuff has been clarified, others have...
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    Starter Traveller (Classic circa 1980's) is free at DTRPG

    I figure the aging effect were more than enough to gamble with excessive terms. Killing the PC before even the 1st second of play is just insulting and a waste of everyones time in my opinion. It's even more so since the player will just make another character, which of course just increases...
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    Big Changes At White Wolf Following Controversy

    Can't say I've got those particular books yet, and will hold off making my own judgment before reading them. (If I ever get to see the controversial versions.) However, what's a conflict in the story without a villain to struggle against? Of course, Vampires, even in the WW games, aren't...
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    Worlds of Design: Fantasy vs. Sci-Fi Part 2

    For me Science Fiction is based on the idea of science, even if sometimes the science is speculative or even that of a different universal set. Fantasy on the other hand employs the supernatural and magic is supernatural. Psionics seems to be magic, but the idea that embodies it is that it...
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    Worlds of Design: Fantasy vs. Sci-Fi Part 1

    I'd say Ready Player One is just Sci-Fi. Just because they play a fantasy game doesn't make their world a fantasy world, otherwise our world is a fantasy world. :D
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    D&D 5E WotC's Nathan Stewart Teases New D&D Setting Book in 2019

    Seems rather mean to tease Spelljammer fans like that. But they keep teasing us, so either they're masochists, or they actually are planning to revive Spelljammer, just not yet. I won't rule out both ;)
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    Announcing STRONTIUM DOG and ROGUE TROOPER!

    Well, we knew those were coming eventually :) So it says we need Judge Dredd to play Rogue Trooper or Strontium Dog. That's rather disappointing. :( If you don't want to reprint all the rules, I'd have expected it to require the WOIN book, unless they were just addons, which you say they...
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    The New Savage Worlds Is Storming Kickstarter

    Savage Worlds grew out of the system used for the original Deadlands, which did use hit points. I agree that some people have trouble dealing with the shaken/wounds system, it's definitely a different way to deal with combat results. None of them are perfect, but HP allows you to whittle...
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    Unearthed Arcana Unearthed Arcana: Magic Items of Eberron

    I have to agree with the others about the armblade requiring attunement is just messed up. No way is it worth one of your precious attunement slots. The only advantage is you can't drop the weapon, and yet you can't use the hand either. I'd suggest to dump the attunement requirement, and...
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    Before Cowabunga: Palladium’s First TMNT Adventures

    I played some TMNT from Palladium, but I don't know if it was that printing. I can remember my character was a motorcycle riding flying squirrel mutant. His leather jacket had snaps on it so he could easily use his gliding membranes, and when wearing his riding gear and helmet people didn't know...
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    The Latest Pathfinder 2 Playtest Update Has Dropped!

    I still have to download and read the latest version of the PF beta, but that's a sidenote I just thought I'd point out in case there's anything in particular they've done in the new build.:blush: Aldarc, please don't take this the wrong way, but I don't know what kind of place you think that...
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    Anybody else excited for Esper Genesis?

    Star Frontiers can still be obtained, and I think I've heard someone is working on an updated version or something. (If you hit the Star Frontiers sites, you'll be able to find out for sure, or if it's just a fervent imagination playing tricks.) And yes, I think a 5th edition rules of the Star...
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    D&D's Going To The Barrier Peaks

    Barrier Peaks was always one of my favorites. First time I encountered it I was a player and hadn't seen the module. My character ended leaving there with a few toys, including a laser rifle he kept over his shoulder with the targeting goggles on so he had a constant rearview when like that...
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    New Survey

    They could easily cut that thing down by a third just by eliminating the obvious duplicates and easily inferred ones. For example, If you've already asked the date of when you encountered the game the first time, and then how much later than that you actually played it, you don't have to ask the...
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    WotC Wants You To Help Shape D&D

    They could easily cut that thing down by a third just by eliminating the obvious duplicates and easily inferred ones. For example, If you've already asked the date of when you encountered the game the first time, and then how much later than that you actually played it, you don't have to ask the...
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    News Digest: D&D New Releases, Savage Worlds New Edition, Sequel to Tales from the Loop, and more!

    Other products and other companies aren't relevant to the pricing. Of course, unless PEGinc has added a LOT of content of some kind, I can't see them justifying a tripling of the cost. Of course, world books or settings are where they really get their money, but we're talking about the rules...
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    News Digest: D&D New Releases, Savage Worlds New Edition, Sequel to Tales from the Loop, and more!

    I like Savage Worlds, and a real boost in it's popularity among the group I'm in is that the rule book (soft cover) is $10. Suddenly going up to $30 is NOT going to be popular with them. Some will still buy it, but if they're tripling the cost like that, I sure as heck hope they make it...
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    Here’s Waterdeep: Dragon Heist’s Disclaimer

    Well, there's the obvious plot complication right there :lol:
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