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Embassy Suites for me and the SWRPGNetwork crew. Damn good hotel, and the brisk morning walk to the convention center always made sure I was awake and had the blood pumping. There was nothing quite like running a Mutants and Masterminds game for JD Wiker, Christopher West, and Marc Schmalz only...

Indeed. This is quite irritating, though last year they converted both our single rooms to double rooms on-site. Perhaps they will again this year. Embassy Suites, here we come.

I can tell you that indeed it was a labor of love, at least for me. All of us authors are very, very saddened to hear this news (though to be fair we heard it about a week ago). Working on those books was an absolute pleasure, and it was a real blow to hear that I wouldn't be working on anymore...

I beg to differ. Really, the only thing it "doesn't do" is give you the large number of weapons you want (at least, for the ship from Andromeda you listed). That's just because the armament on spaceships differs widely from setting to setting, so a generic setting was used as the baseline. By...

Thanks for the link. After reading it, it seems like you could probably use the Jump Drive as a basis, and then add a random variable time in there for less-traveled routes. Maybe like a % chance for increased travel time, based on the frequency the route is traveled. If you roll unluckily and...

I couldn't find any data on the slipstream drive there -- do you have a relative speed for the drive, as compared to lightspeed? As for ignoring rules, well, I've yet to come across a system for creating anything that works with every genre or setting. It's not the Andromeda Roleplaying Game...

OK, looks like a Superheavy ship. You'll have to ignore the weapons systems/defense systems limitations for a ship of that size (since the compliment of weapons in d20 Future is kept low to reduce massive amounts of bookkeeping while using the generic ships). I'd give it 4 batteries of 6 missile...

With regards for FTL drives, yes, they seem slow at first, but for really fast sci-fi speeds you couple them with a Jump Drive/Jump Gate to essentially multiply their speed by a factor of 1,000. As for rebuilding ships from other genres, well, you just have to ignore the weapons...

It depends on many factors. If it's a battery of weapons, that provides a bonus to attack rolls. Also, some other systems provide attack bonuses too, as fits their description.

It's calculated by ship size modifier + ship's gunner attack bonus + targeting system bonus (if applicable)

God, I love a good fart joke. My favorite one so far. I just remembered another of my favorites: Hit the Morphine Button: Indicating that a certain player needs to stop talking about an already-decided matter and get on with the game. Origins: From our very first Star Wars RPG campaign as a...

Let me tell you, you do yourself a disservice if you do not pick up the Modern Player's Companion, either in print or PDF (both volumes). Some great stuff in there, a little bit for everyone. It's like d20 Modenr, but...more!

Wasn't knocking it -- I've just never seen it. I heard both good and bad things about it, so I passed in the theater and haven't yet rented it.

Yeah, it's been around. We just started using it after that playtest session. I think they even referenced it in The Core, but that's just what I've been told as I skipped out on that movie.

I'm actually really looking forward to this book. I had a conversation with Christopher Perkins at GenCon this past summer where I pitched a book just like this to him....only to find out that Battlefield Adventures had already been written and edited! D'oh! Still, from what I've heard both from...

I've got one... "Unobtainium" is used to refer to an object (or, more specifically, the material an object is made of) that is well beyond the reach and power level of the party. Origins: During the few months where we were playtesting d20 Future before its release, one of the players was...

Hey, I got called in to work. Sue me!

Yes, apologies! The lovely and talented Gary Astleford is my partner in crime on the FPC. I only did not mention this before because I was unsure of any part of my NDA that might prevent me from mentioning such facts (hey, you never know with the contracts in this world!). Plus, having not...

Sorry, no can do. The Implant and all. (Nondisclosure Agreements)