Dr Who RPG
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evildmguy
Explorer
I hope not just the Weeping Angles are back, but also the nice actress...
I definitely liked "Sally Sparrows" as well. I wouldn't mind her being a companion one bit.
I don't quite understand the issue here...the rules include characxter creation for Time Lords. I run two games of this and neither Time Lord is The Doctor...in fact, I studiously avoid using him. I ran an adventure during the playtest with multiple Time Lords (well, actually multiple incarnations of the same Time Lord). Worked just fine.
Oh, and breaking with canon works fine for Doctor Who since it doesn't really have a canon anyway
Allen
Ok, I've bought it. Hooray! (Last copy in Mind Games, apparently.)
The basic system is a winner. 2d6+stat+skill >= DC. You have Story Points that you can use to change the level of success as well as doing other cool things with. Character creation allows a wide variety of options and is relatively simple. 24 Character Points you spend on the 6 attributes plus traits, then 12 skill points to spread around the 12 skills.
The dice are very nice indeed.
A sheet inside advertises a GM Screen and an Aliens and Monsters book.
86 page Player's Guide
140 page GM's Guide
32 page Adventure book (2 short adventures and 24 adventure ideas - very, very cool!)
6 dice
1 sheet of 174 cardboard "Story Point" tokens
1 Read-this-first leaflet (ironically, packed last in my box).
3 sheets of punchout "gadget" cards - Psychic Paper, 51st Century Squareness Gun, Electronic Lockpick, Sonic Screwdriver, Engineer's Mate, Engram Eraser, Vortex Manipulator, Superphone, Sonic Lipstick, Wrist Scanner and 8 blank cards.
8 pregenerated character sheets: The Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith, K9, Captain Jack Harkness (yay!), Rose, Mickey, Martha (yay!) and Donna.
6 pregenerated character (template) sheets: Medical Doctor, Musician, Student, Unit Soldier, Torchwood Operative, Scientist/Inventor
6 blank character sheets.
This is some package. Alas, it's not larger on the inside, although you'll probably have problems getting everything back in the box.
The game makes a big deal about combat not being the main point of the game. In a round, you first resolve everyone who wants to Talk, then Move, then Act, and finally Fight. Then the next round begins.
I'm really, really looking forward to running this. When I do so, I'll post some session reports of how it goes.
Cheers
The basic system is a winner. 2d6+stat+skill >= DC. You have Story Points that you can use to change the level of success as well as doing other cool things with. Character creation allows a wide variety of options and is relatively simple. 24 Character Points you spend on the 6 attributes plus traits, then 12 skill points to spread around the 12 skills.
The dice are very nice indeed.
A sheet inside advertises a GM Screen and an Aliens and Monsters book.
86 page Player's Guide
140 page GM's Guide
32 page Adventure book (2 short adventures and 24 adventure ideas - very, very cool!)
6 dice
1 sheet of 174 cardboard "Story Point" tokens
1 Read-this-first leaflet (ironically, packed last in my box).
3 sheets of punchout "gadget" cards - Psychic Paper, 51st Century Squareness Gun, Electronic Lockpick, Sonic Screwdriver, Engineer's Mate, Engram Eraser, Vortex Manipulator, Superphone, Sonic Lipstick, Wrist Scanner and 8 blank cards.
8 pregenerated character sheets: The Doctor, Sarah Jane Smith, K9, Captain Jack Harkness (yay!), Rose, Mickey, Martha (yay!) and Donna.
6 pregenerated character (template) sheets: Medical Doctor, Musician, Student, Unit Soldier, Torchwood Operative, Scientist/Inventor
6 blank character sheets.
This is some package. Alas, it's not larger on the inside, although you'll probably have problems getting everything back in the box.
The game makes a big deal about combat not being the main point of the game. In a round, you first resolve everyone who wants to Talk, then Move, then Act, and finally Fight. Then the next round begins.
I'm really, really looking forward to running this. When I do so, I'll post some session reports of how it goes.
Cheers
I hope not just the Weeping Angles are back, but also the nice actress...
Carey Mulligan (who played Sally Sparrow) has been doing some good things of late; she played the role of Jenny in "An Education", for which she's been nominated for a Golden Globe.
She also appeared in "Public Enemies".
Alas, with her burgeoning film career, I doubt we'll see her in the near future in Doctor Who!
Cheers!
Just my $0.02
The "Weeping Angels" rank right up there with some of my other favorite Dr Who foes. Brilliant idea, well executed on screen.
The "Weeping Angels" rank right up there with some of my other favorite Dr Who foes. Brilliant idea, well executed on screen.
Mustrum_Ridcully
Legend
Well, if we will see her someone else, that's okay with me, too.Carey Mulligan (who played Sally Sparrow) has been doing some good things of late; she played the role of Jenny in "An Education", for which she's been nominated for a Golden Globe.
She also appeared in "Public Enemies".
Alas, with her burgeoning film career, I doubt we'll see her in the near future in Doctor Who!
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