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    Babylon 5

    Sorry Matt, just to clarify ... I already own the 3 supplements to ACTA, I was looking for a free PDF of the back covers of each so I didn't have to cut up the books (as opposed to having to pay for each of them again in electronic format!)
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    Babylon 5

    Visit the Mongoose B5 forums for more info on 2nd edition ... My own campaign I started during the Dilgar War, with players being fresh recruits into Earth Force. They played through that, the Earth/Minbari War and are now senior figures in the background of the series. I originally used the...
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    Babylon 5

    Matt, Neo, I never suggested that the 2nd edition was going to invalidate the current books. I simply suggested that the guy wait and see what 2nd edition will bring before committing his cash. I bet it DOES replace the current 1st edition core rule book (which is most likely going to be his...
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    Babylon 5

    LOL - I hope that was sarcasm :) I have the complete range of B5 RPG material released to date, and I intend to purchase the 2nd edition when it comes out (at least, the core rule book - I'll see what follows in terms of overlap). My point was that - *if* I didn't already own all this...
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    Babylon 5

    Hold on to your cash for a little while longer ... the 2nd edition is in the works and won't be backwards compatible with (or at least, there's no conversion to) the current edition. The current edition is D20 System and requires a WOTC PHB. The new system will be OGL and will be standalone...
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    Hey RPG Objects!

    I'll second this. I have the complete range of Blood and Guts, plus Blood and Fists, Blood and Space, Blood and Relics etc and have just ordered Legends of the Samurai in print. These have all been excellent products - great quality material, with some truely superb mechanics as well as...
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    Iron Heroes...what's your opinion?

    Does anyone know if the upcoming Mastering Iron Heroes fixes the magic system? If so, I'll consider buying it, otherwise I'm going to wait for Iron Heroes Evolved - there's a player in my group who always loves playing a spellcaster, so I can't play IH without a better magic system (she's my...
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    Hit Locations

    I have. Although I've not used it at the gaming table, it flooded back memories of the old MERP critical hit system - tables of different damage types per hit location. I can't remember the exacts of the S&S mechanics, but it something along the lines of generating a Critical Value (based on...
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    Hit Locations

    I use a hit location system for my Spycraft campaign. Basically, armour has no bonus to defence, but acts as damage reduction only (obviously only certain hit locations - jackets covering chest and abdomen, helmets covering head etc). Hit Location is a single D10 roll. Each body part has...
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    When your DM asks you how many hit points you have left...

    Turning this slightly on its head ... A while back during a particularly nasty encounter, one of the Rogues took a hit and then declared "right, that's me dead" (I don't track the PC Hit Points myself). So I asked him what he was down to in terms of minuses (cos that's what I consider my sole...
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    Cut To The Chase

    Just bought the updated version (was holding back as I only want to print off one copy). Is there any chance the ZIP file can be updated with a more printer friendly version of the document (minus all those red borders???) Alternatively, does anyone have recommended printer settings for...
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    Subtle Brilliance...

    Wulf, First of all, congrats on an excellent product - after hearing all the positive comments and reviews on Enworld, I grabbed a copy off Amazon (no local game store here ... everything I buy for RPG has to come off the web!). Secondly, just a quick question - any ideas for when the Vehicle...
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    Help - Complete Warrior Clarification (Historical Tactics)

    Hi All, I recently got Complete Warrior, and am a bit confused about the Historical Tactics on p124. If this has been covered before, just point me to a link, otherwise any help would be much appreciated! Arrow Volley There are a couple of issues I have here. (1) It states that the...
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    Building Criminal Underworld

    I've got Hogshead Crime Scene The Mob and its definetly worth taking a look at. There's an excellent blend of flavour and mechanics in there for handling running an organised crime syndicate. You may also want to check out either their Crime Scene Forensics or Crime Scene Police Investigation...
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    Gygax's views on OGL

    I completely disagree with Gary's views on the OGL. I personally think its been a breath of fresh air to the gaming industry. It may not have been all things to everyone, but it has certainly rediscovered my love for DnD. I've also started 2 groups of completely new players (playing one night a...
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    B5 - (Un)Official Errata Available?

    Hi All, Is anyone aware of any official, or unofficial errata for B5 (core rules plus any expansions - I have all the Mongoose books released to date)? I'm not subscribed to Signs and Portents, and I'd really like to get up to date with my rules... there doesn't seem to be any official errata...
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    Drinking While Gaming? Warning -- mature content (I hope)

    No drugs. Smoking is done in another room for those that can't go half an hour without a cigarette. Drinking is up to the individual :) We normally play with a working day the next morning, in which case its usually only a few beers / glasses of wine. But if we're off work the next day, we...
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    A new Twilight:2000... how would you do it?

    Its great :) There are several versions of the game: 1.0, 2.0, 2.2. These are all out of print, though Far Future Enterprises has reprinted the 1.0 rules, bundling it with some adventures. Its worth picking up for the adventures, but my advice would be to get the 2.2 second hand on ebay or a...
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    A new Twilight:2000... how would you do it?

    The fractional maths was a bit misleading - cos 2300AD weapons started off doing 0.x damage - so it would be easy to simply map this to "x". So if you wanted to do this for Twilight, I'd take the average damage for the weapon (say 10 for a 3D6 assault rifle), and then use a D20 for the...
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    A new Twilight:2000... how would you do it?

    Thanks :) As interesting idea, but I'm not sure this really resolves it to my likeing. TW2K's task difficult levels are definetly not a linear approach - its a stepped approach. For a Formidable (x1/2) task, the steps are 2:1 ratio (asset increase: chance of success increase), ie Total...
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