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  1. TheHand

    Payn;s Ponderings@ Battletech General Discussions

    The Blood of Kerensky trilogy would be the natural follow up!
  2. TheHand

    Gate Pass Gazette Here's Gate Pass Gazette #9!

    If I may be so bold: is there an ETA when Issue #9 here goes on sale on Drivethru RPG? Thanks!
  3. TheHand

    Level Up (A5E) I have a ridiculously homebrewed 5E campaign and I’m debating on whether to convert it to A5E

    There's already a lot of excellent answers here, but I wanted to throw in my thoughts for whether to go 'all-in' on A5e on not. I tend to view A5e as a toolset, where one has the option to use all the tools, but one does not need to. I run two regular 5E based campaigns; in 1, of them my players...
  4. TheHand

    What book would you like to see become a movie/mini-series?

    I saw it got mentioned earlier, but I'm casting another vote for Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber as a short series. I think Streaming is the perfect venue for it, and the technology is there to do some of the more fantastic sequences. Other positives for Streaming: Good mix of lower budget scenes...
  5. TheHand

    Payn;s Ponderings@ Battletech General Discussions

    Those Macross designs are timeless beauties. I'm also a bit partial to the aesthetics of the "Dougram" Mechs (Shadow Hawk, Griffin, Scorpion, Wolverine, Thunderbolt, Goliath, Battlemaster).
  6. TheHand

    Payn;s Ponderings@ Battletech General Discussions

    Seconding on the HBS BattleTech game. It's turn-based, top down, and while it's not a simulation of the Tabletop Game (like say, MegaMek is), it really captures the strategy and spirit of the original imho. And if you want to really go insane, you can track down the 4GB "RogueTech" mod and...
  7. TheHand

    Payn;s Ponderings@ Battletech General Discussions

    We kind of intended it to be a bit of fun satire at the 'real' tournaments going on around us at the same convention, where fiercely determined players were running math formulas to calculate the most Battle Value efficient designs (4 goshawks were the winner that year).
  8. TheHand

    Payn;s Ponderings@ Battletech General Discussions

    Oh, that's really creative! I like how it has an advancement system but doesn't lock out new players. Recently I've only played small games with friends (diving into the rpg Mechwarrior: Destiny a bit now), but back in the late 90's I ran a casual tournament we called the "Junkyard." Everyone...
  9. TheHand

    Payn;s Ponderings@ Battletech General Discussions

    That's pretty great! How does the tournament work? Can you just pick any 4 Mechs or is there more to it?
  10. TheHand

    Gate Pass Gazette Here's Gate Pass Gazette #9!

    Message received! Thanks for all these answers!
  11. TheHand

    Gate Pass Gazette Here's Gate Pass Gazette #9!

    Yay, thank you @Steampunkette! This looks perfect. Sold! Any thoughts how you would allow a Hexblade access to these? House-rule "handwavium"?
  12. TheHand

    Gate Pass Gazette Here's Gate Pass Gazette #9!

    I will probably grab this issue when it uploads on DriveThru because it sounds like the Arcane Knight maneuver tradition might assuage my table's ongoing withdrawals from 4e's Swordmage. @Steampunkette, not to put you on the spot, but is there any hype teaser you could throw our way? Perhaps a...
  13. TheHand

    Homebrew Playtest: Mysteries and the Mysteriarch

    This is very cool! I'd offer to do some proofing/playtesting, but life has gotten so busy for me all I can give right now is encouragement!
  14. TheHand

    What's yer favorite genre?

    #1 Supers #2 Fantasy #3 Post Apocalyptic (Gamma World in particular) #4 Sci-FI #5 Modern-Near Future Paranormal* #6 Kaiju One-Shot Games** #7 Horror * This includes things like World of Darkness, but also games where people have unusual abilities but they're not living in a super-hero world...
  15. TheHand

    Planescape How do people play these days?

    When the Pandemic hit, I transitioned my live Planescape game over to Roll20, but we used Discord for voice. I ended up running a Planescape-flavored interpretation of Descent into Avernus. Even though we have resumed live games, the convenience of short online sessions wound up in me running 2...
  16. TheHand

    D&D General DND survey! (gathering data Statistics) Please help, 30 second survey!

    1) What is your favorite DND class? Rogue 2) What is your favorite race? Wood-Elf 3) What is your favorite setting (if own setting such as a homebrewed one, just write homebrew)? Planescape 4) What is your favorite alignment? Neutral good 5) How many hours per session do you typically play...
  17. TheHand

    Homebrew Level Up Roll20 Character Sheet is live!

    Two things came up in our last session: We couldn't find a way to apply a static bonus to either Saving Throws or Initiative (these bonuses were thanks to magic items acquired by the party). I ended up writing a separate macro for the initiative item, but let me know if there's something we...
  18. TheHand

    Homebrew Level Up Roll20 Character Sheet is live!

    Ah! Thanks. This makes it much clearer!
  19. TheHand

    Homebrew Level Up Roll20 Character Sheet is live!

    Oh and 1 more feature request, if I may (sorry if this is a repeat): - A "Roll" button for Hit Dice would be very helpful! Thanks!
  20. TheHand

    Homebrew Level Up Roll20 Character Sheet is live!

    Thanks for continuing to update the sheet! I have a question about how Expertise dice with skills. If I have a character who should get +1d6 expertise when using her Athletics "Swimming" specialty (just arbitrarily making that up), but not for general athletics checks, how should I go about...
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