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with the combination of the monty python reference page and the whole strip with the players going off topic on caradhras I now have tears rolling down my cheeks amazin stuff John

One of the hard parts was dragging people into sci fi, especially something homewritten They all have a hard n bound n signed (!) copy of the 'players handbook' and now I am more or less happy with the 'NovaLords Guide' I have printed that out on very nice 140gsm weight paper to treat myself...

I know, the english they speak is such a foreign language..... I used to work for a companyy called BGS. They used to be in London but it shut down. They are know in Edinburgh and recently in wales...spookily like torchwood. I did wonder what all those extra buttons on the lift where for where...

Most pistols (auto, laser, etc) tend to be simple in my game Most rifles (blaster, laser, machine gun) tend to be martial Exotic/complex (impulse, tangle, sniper rifle, rocket launcher) tend to be exotic Some reasons are flavour, some are game balance (rather like D&D itself) JohnD

I havent run an aliens/startship troopers type scenario yet where big beasties with reach may be an issue regard AOO. (party are mostly 'rogues and greedy cowards' so that would sound way too dangerous and too much like working for a living!!) Good luck with your thoughts. I got bored of...

Dont own so didnt know that. Is is the same in D20 future. Doesnt seem very heroic or back compatible with D&D makes hp less abstract and more like an attempt to make them real? 10th level fireball would rule, even if saved against most likley JohnD

Thing to remember with modern/future weapons is they are mostly 'missile' weapons and you dont add in strength bonus 18 dex and a laser rifle is 3d8 damage, 18 str and a greatsword is 2d6+6 (which is more), so as the OP said, a bit low. In my scifi d20 laser rifles are 'simple' proficency and...

PoP system or Percent Off Percent, the only system you need I have 80% attack, you have 30% defence so I need to roll under 56% to hit you (you take off 30% of 80%) Works for I have 60% hide you have 50 % perception (I need to roll under 30% to sneak up on you) You have 50% armour, I do 20...

Epsidoe 1 was excellent good humour (i.e CSI Cardiff) Epsiode 2 wasnt so good as it didnt seem way much diff from eps 1, and not a lot seemed to happen Will keep watching JohnD

Just got back from excellent 5 hour session Almost an AOO when a party memebr was being chewed up by a Mos'Hed Chitin (sort of Huge preying Mantis) but it got nailed before the character did something to provoke AOO The only other near melee moment was in a robotics factory where if the party...

Like many above i thought this was a great episode and was one of the best of season two JohnD Only 5 hours away from Torchwood premier.....

I enjoyed this the best of the three so far. Much grimmer and grittier with highish body count. I liked the nightwatchmans costume (looks like the scout piccie from Com Adv) Awful pun on the sheriff/deputy joke. Again the merry men had some of the best lines. JohnD

I think turning useful into it got powered up by allowing divine metamgics and other overpowered uses, IMO The cleric in our party uses the turn variant in CD. It means it is useful against all undead (rahter than being all or nothing like it was). He rarely blows undead to pieces but often...

Yeah, i did write a horrible sentence. We do use AOO but as i think about it it doesnt come up very often. It seems discussed a fair bit when we play a fantsy d20. What i meant is as it is used so little, you ( or me or anyone) could opt to do away with it, but it may impact on other things...

our party warmage 1 / scout 1 can do quite a lots with PBS/Pr Sh and a 0 level spell d3+4INT+d6Skir+1PBS is average=10 pts acid or cold or 9 damage against undead with a disrupt. Even up to having 2nd level spells 0 level have their uses. Can be inventive with them and if it doesnt work it...

To be honest Id either run with it as is (as we do in our sci fi d20 homebrew) or abandon it. Both for the same reason That is situations requiring AOO dont occur very often. Most of he time you are trying to blow each other away at small arms ranges of up to 1000ft or very long ranges in the...

I agree, the editing, especially in Ep 1 was not good I liked Ep 2 betta than 1 Im not keen on the pacifist robin hood, i can see why from his time n ordeals in the holy land, but not for me really Also it does get a bit A-Teamy during the battle scenes as nobody seems to die on camera. I...

I dunno, Im big Dr Who fan, but from the trailers im not sure about Torchwood I guess I will find out very soon. Then again I disliked intently the new Robin Hood episode 1, but nearly like episode 2, so i am open to chnage John

The PC's mostly kill themselves Be it awful tactics, greed or sheer stupdity, all seems to get them in the end Very few 'heroic deaths' IIRC But no TPK in the last 4 years of my current group either JOhnD

makes human warmage with ag ood INT a creature for fear for the BBEG in the 1st level dungeon scorching ray for 4d6+INT+PBS....yummy John