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There is one defining feature of Alternity that I'm not sure how a 4e style mechanic would capture--multiple levels of success: Ordinary, Good, Amazing. These three levels also translated directly into the durability track of Stun, Wound, and Mortal. Some of my favorite Alternity moments are...

I haven't heard of one, but I wouldn't doubt there's something out there. The races should be pretty easy to convert, but I don't know where you go with the classes. As the game was skill based, a 4e at-will/encounter/daily seems... problematic.

The director talks about the real costs of flim making here: Twenty Sided » Blog Archive » Let’s Make a Movie! Interesting and shows why the $300-$500 cost isn't taking a lot into consideration.

Episode IV: The Last Drop In the middle of Selene's office rests a closed black box on a low table. The box is less than a quarter meter tall or deep and less than half a meter wide. It doesn't have any distinguishing marks, finished in a perfect matte black, but Kaldo can't keep from staring...

GM Commentary And so ends episode 3 of 5. In this episode, I tried to give each player a chance to star in a scene, unfortunately, they didn't really turn into the stars. The encounters were supposed to be tough but they were supposed to come out the victors. In the end Kaldo was the only real...

Tam coughs again and shivers, "I can't see." A synthesized voice responds, "You have hibernation sickness. You need to rest." Tam, laying in bed, reaches a hand up in the direction of the voice, he feels a hand take his and a hears helmet fall to the ground. Xule's voice greets him, "It's me...

Gah! I totally left this story hour hanging. Sorry, grad school started and work has been a little insane. I'm sure my company isn't the only one out there asking its employees to do more with less. Anyway in one more week grad class will wrap up for the semester and I'll have some vacation...

“The Gamorean’s been stowed in an empty hold.” Toth says, returning to the common area. “And I got this.” The Bothan tosses a bounty hunter license on the table and a sly grin appears on his face, “Anyone else thinking what I’m thinking?” “Yeah” says Kaldo, “If we take off now, we should be...

The door to Kaldo’s cabin jerks open just as he is about regal his companion with another tale of evading Imperial ships. In its frame looms an angry Wookie and scowling Human. “Um, company.” Kaldo responds. Rowintha lets out a low growl while holding a med pack to her shoulder. Tam grabs a...

Jooma the Ithorian delicately packs Rowintha’s purchases into a crate. “Now remember, the Dathomiri orchid likes a humid environment, I recommend using a—“ He’s cut short as two Gamorean’s blunder into the shop. One knocks over a table spilling soil to the floor. “Ah, excuse me gentlemen, but...

FYI: I'm not letting this story hour die. Life, work, etc has just eaten up all my writing time. But it looks like I'm past the worst of it and hope to begin regular updates in a couple weeks.

GM Commentary The normal rules for gambling in Saga Edition just include a wisdom check. That seemed pretty anti-climatic for the situation I wanted to put Tam in. So, I wrote up my own. The rules work a bit like five card draw and worked fairly well. Unfortunately for Tam's player, he lost...

“A bounty?” Tam shouts. Some of the other patrons look his way and then return to their cards. “Yes. It’s posted at every bounty hunters guild from here to Nar Shadaa. And it is one I intend to collect.” Larno replies. He motions for Tam to sit back down. Reluctantly Tam sits back down. He...

The promise of more credits and some time to get out of the cramped cabins of the Vagrant Heart convinces the crew of the light freighter to stick around Cloud City for a few days. Excited by the deal, Donovan Graw has set the crew up with rooms at the Trest Casino and Hotel. Last night was...

What used to be an unused portion of a Bespin construction platform, an enterprising Ugnaught turned into Cloud City’s best dive bar: The Vapor Room. Of course, the Vapor Room doesn’t show up on any authorized guide to the city and few outside the local Ugnaught population even bother with the...

I was on vacation last week. Regular updates will be returning shortly.

Once again, the crew of the Vagrant Hear finds themselves standing in the penthouse of the Alderaanian facing an Imperial Moff. This time, they aren’t bound and bruised, but still disarmed. Aids scramble about the room, scowling at the rag tag bunch that only seems to get in the way, packing up...

Episode III: Fool's Fortune The space around Alderaan is a flurry of activity. A Star Destroyer and its two escort frigates rest in geosynchronous orbit while shuttles ferry Imperial assets off-world. Xule approaches the cockpit and waits permission to speak. “Hey Xule,” Kaldo calls over his...

No problem. Feel free to ask all the questions you want. We play again on Sunday. So, look for the story to continue next week.

GM Commentary Game prep is one of those funny things: certain aspects I hate and certain aspects I love. I love coming up with NPC's the evoke strong feelings from the players or interesting location descriptions or fun plot lines. I'm really not a fan of writing up a bunch of stats or making...