B5: The Long, Dark Night Of Achilles
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Hatchling Dragon
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Must add my Ditto! to this remark, hit the stem bolt (self-sealing of course) right on the head!Rackhir said:
Hatchling Dragon
Elder-Basilisk
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Not to be impertinent or anything but, to reference another story, should this be interpreted as saying "to me, all times are soon"?
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thatdarncat
Overlord of Chat
KDLadage said:
any day now?
Hatchling Dragon
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If this keeps up it'll be over 3 months between posts, something not even P-kitty's dared to do! Ok, he hasn't done it very often at least 
Hatchling Dragon
Hatchling Dragon
KDLadage
Explorer
Well... the night for the gaming session that would be part II of this storyline came... and all had a good time (for the most part). It was delayed (many times) due to personal time conflicts (work, school, significant others, and so on). It was delayed several times after I thought it would be in a couple of days -- and posted above that the next installment would be here soon. I hated having it get delayed after that -- my most sincere appologies.
Unfortunately, thanks to the fact that something has happened, it will be delayed a bit further.
During the game session, before things got really moving, we got into some rather lengthy discussions about Mongoose Publishing and the material they are putting out for Babylon 5. These discussions managed to consume much of the evening -- we got a few things accomplished, but for the most part, we decided that we would adjurn and pick it back up later.
...edited out for personal reasons...
Unfortunately, thanks to the fact that something has happened, it will be delayed a bit further.
During the game session, before things got really moving, we got into some rather lengthy discussions about Mongoose Publishing and the material they are putting out for Babylon 5. These discussions managed to consume much of the evening -- we got a few things accomplished, but for the most part, we decided that we would adjurn and pick it back up later.
...edited out for personal reasons...
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orangefruitbat
Adventurer
Could you provide specific examples of what rules you don't like in the B5 game? I agree that Mongoose's editing has not been the greatest, but scanning over the rules I saw no major problems. (Note: I haven't actually played the game yet).
I do like the D20 Modern rules (except for their non-lethal combat rules), but am wondering if it's worth all the effort to convert. If D20 Future was out, then a lot of the work would already be done. (Another alternative would be to use the rules from D20 Traveller - there's a similar level of grit involved, although the space mechanics and tech levels are slightly different).
Also, how is the Earth Alliance Fact book, if you remove the Nationalities section? I agree that it seems to be in poor taste. But what about details about the colonies, the nation blocks, history, government structures, technology, etc? Are the stats for the Earth Alliance spacecraft any good? Since Bruce Graw wrote the B5 Wars game, I imagine they're pretty solid, unless quality control issues got in the way again.
Best of luck on your retrofit. I'll keep an eye out for future updates.
I do like the D20 Modern rules (except for their non-lethal combat rules), but am wondering if it's worth all the effort to convert. If D20 Future was out, then a lot of the work would already be done. (Another alternative would be to use the rules from D20 Traveller - there's a similar level of grit involved, although the space mechanics and tech levels are slightly different).
Also, how is the Earth Alliance Fact book, if you remove the Nationalities section? I agree that it seems to be in poor taste. But what about details about the colonies, the nation blocks, history, government structures, technology, etc? Are the stats for the Earth Alliance spacecraft any good? Since Bruce Graw wrote the B5 Wars game, I imagine they're pretty solid, unless quality control issues got in the way again.
Best of luck on your retrofit. I'll keep an eye out for future updates.
(Psi)SeveredHead
Adventurer
Bester? Clark? Man that brings back memories. If I were a PC I would be trying to come up with reasons to kill Bester
Anyway, the mystery kicks butt, even though I have no idea what's going on (the Narn was killed by a Narn blade? Odd, that one...).
In the B5 Series they rarely showed anything going on in Earth (and Narn) ships, presumably because the zero-g nature is too hard to film on a budget. It's nice to see that pen-and-paper games have no such limitations. Did thte B5 game system have special rules for this? How about D20 Modern?
Anyway, I'll be cranking your view number up a lot for this story hour, and be leaving the occasional message to "update already, dammit!".
Happy Gaming.
Anyway, the mystery kicks butt, even though I have no idea what's going on (the Narn was killed by a Narn blade? Odd, that one...).
In the B5 Series they rarely showed anything going on in Earth (and Narn) ships, presumably because the zero-g nature is too hard to film on a budget. It's nice to see that pen-and-paper games have no such limitations. Did thte B5 game system have special rules for this? How about D20 Modern?
Anyway, I'll be cranking your view number up a lot for this story hour, and be leaving the occasional message to "update already, dammit!".
Happy Gaming.
(Psi)SeveredHead
Adventurer
Bump!!!
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