RPGObjects releases Cold War
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Committed Hero
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The idea of using talent trees is a good one - I'm embarrased to say I didn't think of it - but wouldn't characters with advanced classes miss out?
Committed Hero said:
Actually, there's nothing to say an AdC can't have a talent tree. In theory, every class has a tree, you just don't get to select which order you take stuff in.
Chuck actually wrote a number of trees for Haven: City of Violence AdCs, and I thought that the use of trees for Advanced Classes was innovative. I don't think anyone else took off with the idea, but there's merit for it.
Committed Hero
Hero
Character class creation was never my strong suit; but Tradecraft talent trees just sounds cool....
dpmcalister
Explorer
How tied-in to d20 Modern is this? For example, would it be useful for other gaming systems (such as Top Secret/S.I.)?
dpmcalister said:
I'd say it's 50/50.. A good portion of the book is feat/skill uses. I don't know how much of that is convertable to TS/SI.
The first 20 pages or so are d20 rules based. The last 20-23 pages are more general, GM informational sections about agencies/sub-agencies, and a guide to running a cold war inspired spy type game.
FraserRonald
Explorer
Hey, glad to see this is out. Congratulations Mike and Chuck! If this is what I think it is (and correct me if I'm wrong, Mike), buyers won't be disappointed.
Sorry to hijack, but I'll keep it short. I've been using talent trees with recent SEP releases such as Roles & Classes, Modern Medieval and the upcoming Covert Forces Redux. Personally, I love talent trees. They allow so much more customization of characters.
Now, back to the cheerleading for Cold War. Yea!
jezter6 said:Actually, there's nothing to say an AdC can't have a talent tree. In theory, every class has a tree, you just don't get to select which order you take stuff in.
Chuck actually wrote a number of trees for Haven: City of Violence AdCs, and I thought that the use of trees for Advanced Classes was innovative. I don't think anyone else took off with the idea, but there's merit for it.
Sorry to hijack, but I'll keep it short. I've been using talent trees with recent SEP releases such as Roles & Classes, Modern Medieval and the upcoming Covert Forces Redux. Personally, I love talent trees. They allow so much more customization of characters.
Now, back to the cheerleading for Cold War. Yea!
Committed Hero
Hero
jezter6 said:
I'd even argue that the discussion about character archetypes is general enough for a non20 game. I played 1st edition TS rather than S/I, so I can't say if there were specific rules in the latter that the new book's mechanics cover.
Committed Hero
Hero
Thanks, Fraser - and you're right.
I wanted something that would work with the best d20 Modern has to offer - like the classes you and Chuck come up with regularly.
I wanted something that would work with the best d20 Modern has to offer - like the classes you and Chuck come up with regularly.
FraserRonald said:
Cool. Now I'll have to check out some SEP stuff. I like the flexibility of being able to choose my class abilities as well. It's one of the great parts of True20 (no abilities, just tons of feats).
And yes, I think some of the chargen info in the beginning may apply, however it gives suggested d20 modern classes (instead of creating a ton of new redundant classes) to fit the archetype. I'm not sure how well that translates over to TS/SI.
Either way, I think a non d20 modern game would get use out of this.
