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Message: <blockquote data-quote="greywulf" data-source="post: 3284594" data-attributes="member: 4285">I go an leave the net for a few hours and look what happens......Microlite20 ends up with another magic system, an O/AD&D conversion system and the makings of a revised combat system. Ouch! I better not leave next time. There's no predicting what you guys will do <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Getting rid of initiative....hmmmm.....ok. Convince me. Come up with a set of simple rules and we'll stick it in the Macropedia. I love the idea of simultaneous combat too, but I've yet to see one that works as well as good old fashoined cyclic rounds. I dunno.Talking of the Macropedia.... I've put some work into the Macropedia pdf, codename Big Shiny. It's largely Big, Shiny but Empty right now, and there's still a tonne of stuff to push in, but it's getting there. The Core Rules are in, the Intro is written, optional races and classes are there, as is the Big Skill list, the Critters and a load of pregenerated characters. That might sound a lot, but I've still got to drop in the equipment, spell lists and monsters. That's a LOT of tables. And I hate tables, expecially in Open Office. Then there's the optional combat rules, and magic, and the campaign settings, and the adventures. I'm guessing 64 pages by the time I'm done.This might take a while <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />The layout is in a style roughly how I envisage it to end up, with two columns and a wide gutter to add in comments, cross-references and rationales for the rules being the way they are. It's reminiscent of Ptolus and the HERO system layout, and I like it. In between pouring in content and making minor changes to the text along the way, I'm also on the lookout for a decent cover image. Volunteer assistance in this respect is more than welcome!Do you want to take a peek at how it looks so far? Do you? Do you?Ok, you asked for it. Here's <a href="http://home.greywulf.net/files/BigShiny01.pdf" target="_blank">Big Shiny version 0.1</a> (148k pdf) AKA "I told you it was empty".</blockquote>

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