Sunday, 5 July 2009
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| Anyone here buy stuff from Cougarrinard on ebay? Heroic Adventure 17:23:08 |
| | I paid a LONG time ago, and still nothing. Anyone else having problems
with this guy?
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Monday, 9 March 2009
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| The Shards of Orn Guest 22:28:30 |
| | I doubt you're still looking for a LARP two years later, Achbar, but
for anyone happening on this post, there's the Shards of Orn (<a
href="http://www.ornlarp.com/">http://www.ornlarp.com/</a>) in
Raleigh, NC.
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Friday, 6 March 2009
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| Dark Knight Zachary Zulkowski 13:07:06 |
| | Dark Knight was really good, but it was more of a crime thriller, than a
super hero movie. My only regret is that the newer movies couldn't use the
stylization from the older Burton movies. I did not like the design of the
Joker at all, and the Jack Nickolson one looked a lot better. There was a
hint of sylization of Gotham City in Batman Begins, but that was total gone
in the second movie when the filmed it in Chicago.
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Thursday, 5 March 2009
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| SCION HERO - Long Road to Heaven - HELP!!! Skyblind 06:38:52 |
| | I'm just about to run the next to final session of the long road to
heaven from Scion Hero - and I just now realized there are no stats
for Canopus (the giant snake titan) in the book
Now normally, I would just make up my own stats with d20 - but I'm
very new to White Wolf games and Scion is the only white wolf game
I've played - and I KNOW whatever I try to do on my own will either be
a) too weak and need me to cheat to make it fun
b) too strong and need me to cheat to not have a TPK
If anyone could help with some advice on what would be a good
challenge - soon - it would be a REALLY big help!!!
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Wednesday, 18 February 2009
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| Re: RPGs Ben Finney 16:00:09 |
| | Zyndell <zyndell@hotmail.com> writes:
I have not seen a link to posting rules.
This is an un-moderated forum on the distributed Usenet system. There
may be a FAQ document, but no enforcible rules.
I am looking for a place to look for players for an IRC game. Is that a problem here?
Sounds entirely appropriate to me.
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\ “I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.” |
`\ —Groucho Marx |
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Ben Finney
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Tuesday, 17 February 2009
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| music for epic adventure campaign Susan Miller 15:03:45 |
| | I'm trying to get some discussion started, as well as getting some
good ideas.
I'm going to be running a long-term treasurehunting adventure in 2nd
Edition Mage the Ascension. Some sources of inspiration - Indiana
Jones, Drake's Fortune, the Librarian, Tomb Raider. Basically, solving
puzzles, collecting priceless artifacts, and martial encounters with
thugs, Ninjas, and Somali pirates.
Any suggestions as to music. Key groups include the above-mentioned
pirates ("bad guys"), an Illuminati-like inner circle of powerful
Arcanum movers and shakers ("good guys"), and lots of underwater and
ship travel (cobbled from Blood-Dimmed Tides).
I'm looking for musical suggestions to help set the tone of assorted
sessions...
Sue
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Susan Miller, modestly experienced Storyteller...
...running a 2nd edition tabletop Mage: The Ascension game
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Friday, 6 February 2009
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| Primetime Adventures: Different page counts Ben Finney 06:13:30 |
| | Howdy all,
Primetime Adventures is sold (though currently out of print) at Indie
Press Revolution, in print and PDF forms.
The PDF product page
<URL:http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/product.php?productid=16594>
says it's 8.5in 11in, 48 pages.
The print product page
<URL:http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/product.php?productid=16280>
says it's 5 in 8 in, 112 pages.
Which one is right? If both are right, is there any substantive
difference in the content (as opposed to format) between the products?
Would I be missing something from one if I buy only the other?
--
\ “Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?” “I think so, |
`\ Brain, but if it was only supposed to be a three hour tour, why |
_o__) did the Howells bring all their money?” —_Pinky and The Brain_ |
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Sunday, 1 February 2009
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| Re: Favorite 3rd Edition Setting? Ben Finney 07:01:18 |
| | librarian <auctions@superfuncards.com> writes:
What's your favorite 3rd Edition GURPS setting?
I'd be hard-pressed to pick a single favourite. Pass.
Very high on my list would be: Black Ops, Cabal, Traveller, Gernsback,
Cthulhupunk, Phoenix Project, Reign of Steel, Blue Planet, Black Ops,
The Dragons Return.
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\ Legionnaire: “We have their leader captive!” C sar: “Is he |
`\ bound?” Legionnaire: “Of his health I know not, sir.” —The |
_o__) Goon Show, _The Histories Of Pliny The Elder_ |
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| Authors and myth parallels Steven Jones 02:13:29 |
| | In the commentary on the Spider-man dvd, one of the producers mentions that
Stan Lee had visited the set, and she had given him a tour of it. She said
that it was quite odd, showing the creator of Spider-man around the world of
Spider-man. It got me thinking that this set was something like a man-made
myth parallel, and that in IW, it would make sense to do the exact opposite.
If a myth parallel is found based on a work by a still-living author, the
Patrol would benefit a great deal from having the author show them around.
Who better to understand a world than its creator?
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Saturday, 31 January 2009
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| Re: Would GURPS work as open source? Charlton Wilbur 19:37:42 |
| | "l" == librarian <auctions@superfuncards.com> writes:
Wouldn't it be cool if there were lots and lots of 3rd party books that described many different settings, but used GURPS rules?
I don't see what difference it makes whether they're third-party or
not. You have all of the third edition books at your disposal.
Sure, there was a lot of drek, but a lot of good stuff that came out too.
There was (and is) a great deal more drek than good stuff.
And it certainly moved D&D and d20 back into the dominant position in the FRP market- and mind-space.
D&D and d20 never *left* the dominant position.
Charlton
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Charlton Wilbur
cwilbur@chromatico.net
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| Tactical combat vs aerial foes Bent C Dalager 01:04:25 |
| | On a hex-based tactical combat map you can normally be attacked by up
to 6 enemies with reach 1.
If these enemies have a high degree of flying/hovering capability so
that they can stay in hexes above you and attack from there, how many
additional reach 1 attackers can fit into this 3D battlespace? Just
one from the hex immediately above, or also one in each of the 6
periphery hexes above you? That is, do you end up with 7 guys
attacking you or 13?
The Attack from Above rules on B402 don't seem to say much about this,
nor do the Flying Combat rules on B398.
Cheers,
Bent D
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Bent Dalager - bcd@pvv.org - http://www.pvv.org/~bcd
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Friday, 30 January 2009
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| Spell-Archery Bent C Dalager 01:36:00 |
| | In Dungeon Fantasy 3 The Next Level, p.41 starts by saying this about
Spell-Archery:
"This spell imbues an arrow or a sling stone with any spell that could
be cast by touch."
Now, "could be cast by touch" seems a little vague. Would this cover
missile spells? Those are cast on the caster's own hand, which could
be construed as being "cast by touch". If so, then using Bow/Sling
skill with Spell-Archery would be an alternative to using Innate
Attack (Projectile) skill to hit.
Cheers,
Bent D
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Bent Dalager - bcd@pvv.org - http://www.pvv.org/~bcd
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| Enhanced Tracking and Extra Attack Bent C Dalager 00:29:22 |
| | Powers p.49 says the following about Enhanced Tracking (Multiple
Lock-Ons):
"You can track multiple targets even if you have only one weapon, and
gain the benefit of your Aim or Evaluate maneuver if you attack /any/
of them."
Is the basic benefit of this for an archer that you can delay your
choice of target until the moment when you shoot? That is, you track,
say, 3 separate targets for 3 seconds, two of them go down from other
causes in the meantime and you shoot at the one still standing with
full Aim bonus. Without Enhanced Tracking you may have chosen the
wrong target to spend time aiming at.
(Also, if you can Aim at two different targets at the same time then
this implies that you can aim at a spot different from the one you are
actually pointing your weapon towards. This seems to be a perfect
excuse to use Ranged Feints (MA121).)
Would it be reasonable to allow a high-fantasy archer to buy this in
conjunction with Extra Attack (Multi-Strike) so that he could notch
(say) two arrows at the same time (fast-drawing them is a separate
discussion), aim at two targets for 3 seconds then attack them both
with his two arrows, at full Aim bonus?
Cheers,
Bent D
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Bent Dalager - bcd@pvv.org - http://www.pvv.org/~bcd
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Thursday, 29 January 2009
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| Crime / Mystery one-shot adventure MeaningWhat 16:12:16 |
| | Hi,
i think i want to give my board games group a taste of roleplaying.
However they may dislike a fantasy setting considering it childish and
get a false impression of the game.
i have never run a contemporary crime / mystery adventure and i am not
sure that i have that much time for preparation. I would prefer a ready
to use module.
Can anyone point me in the right direction where i can find it?
PS: i really want a module, i know that gurps mysteries, cops, swat, ...
exist.
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| so, who has a group? MeaningWhat 11:14:14 |
| | Hey,
just curious: who has a (maybe not so regular) group?
Unfortunately i am out of a group. I used to be GM most of the time. But
now i am out of time, out of players (moved to a new place) and so out
of roleplaying. At least board games are played regularly. Settlers of
Catan it is for me. And KODT the only fix of roleplaying i get right
now.. 
what about you?
MW
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Wednesday, 28 January 2009
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| FA: VINTAGE ROLEPLAYING BLOWOUT RETURNS! Guest 20:29:00 |
| | Just a brief reminder...
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www.gamersalliance.com
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Tuesday, 27 January 2009
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| Skeleton glass chins Bent C Dalager 12:46:07 |
| | B420 says about knockdown and stun:
"Whenever you suffer a major wound, and whenever you are struck in the
head (skull, face, or eye) or vitals for enough injury to cause a
shock penalty (see Shock, p. 419), you must make an immediate HT roll
to avoid knockdown and stunning.
"Modifiers: -5 for a major wound to the face or vitals (or to the
groin, on a humanoid male); (...)"
Fantasy p.133 describes Skeletal Undead with, among other things,
High Pain Threshold; Immunity to Metabolic Hazards; Injury Tolerance
(No Blood, No Brain, No Eyes, No Vitals, Unliving); Fragile (Brittle);
Vulnerability (Crushing x2)
Injury Tolerance (No Brain) says
"a blow to the skull or eye is treated no differently than a blow to
the face" (B61)
and Injury Tolerance (No Vitals) says
"Treat hits to the "vitals" or "groin" as torso hits." (B61)
Injury Tolerance (Unliving) only reduces wounding modifier for impale
and piercing (B380).
I cannot find any traits on skeletons that say to treat face hits as
anything other than regular face hits, meaning that skeletons get -5
to resist knockdown/stun from a major wound to the face and must roll
for knockdown whenever they take any damage to the face.
Am I missing something or are they meant to have glass chins (HPT
notwithstanding)?
Would Immunity to Metabolic Hazards (or anything else) prevent a
skeleton from going unconscious or getting stunned?
Cheers,
Bent D
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Bent Dalager - bcd@pvv.org - http://www.pvv.org/~bcd
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Monday, 26 January 2009
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| Re: SR GM Log? McV 20:46:45 |
| | In rec.games.frp.misc Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> wrote:
Does anyone know if there are any products out there suitable for logging a ShadowRun campaign? It would be nice if I had something to keep all my campign notes in one place.
A big random pile of paper?
mcv.
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Science is not the be-all and end-all of human existence. It's a tool.
A very powerful tool, but not the only tool. And if only that which
could be verified scientifically was considered real, then nearly all
of human experience would be not-real. -- Zachriel
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| dudes, TL issues not resolved YET? MeaningWhat 05:32:03 |
| | Hi there,
so.. the highlight of this group is the TL-discussion, right? it goes on
for about two monts now with no agreement or ending in sight. Dont want
to take the fun away from you, but.. tedium describes the discussion
pretty well.
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Tuesday, 20 January 2009
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| SJ Games responds to requests for Pyramid archives Ben Finney 02:13:22 |
| | Howdy all,
Credit where it's due: SJ Games have, finally, responded to the
complaints of those who weren't able to get the Pyramid archives in
the short window available.
I have, presumably like all others who were Pyramid subscribers at the
time the termination was announced, received a message from Steven
Marsh via email: the archives are available now until 2009-02-16, at
<URL:http://www.sjgames.com/pyramid/login/archives/zips/>.
That requires authentication, which worked for me with my account even
though I requested a refund on my subscription.
What isn't made clear in the message is that the downloads now
apparently include *all* the required files for reading the Pyramid
archives, including article images, comics, etc.
I'm downloading them all now; hopefully this time the downloads will
work properly for me.
Thanks, SJ Games, for giving access again and properly announcing it.
--
\ “I spilled spot remover on my dog. Now he's gone.” —Steven |
`\ Wright |
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Ben Finney
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Thursday, 8 January 2009
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| I have a small request of the group. Please read. Doc Who 04:16:29 |
| | I know there maybe some people that would not do this but.
Would everyone who might be looking for game to join or a group to join.
Please consider join this website.
http://nearbygamers.com/
If anyone know of a better way to find a game to join or to find player near me.
I would like to hear about it.
Thanks,
Docwho
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| REQ: looking to join a fantasy GURPS game Online. Doc Who 03:45:50 |
| | If you need players. I really would like to join a game using the 4ed books.
Thanks,
Docwho
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| Re: Discussion via standard protocols vs. site-specific forums Tobias Heidelmann 00:28:16 |
| | Ben Finney schrieb:
tobias heidelmann <tobias.heidelmann@cs.uni-dortmund.de> writes: hm, ok. so you prefer to wait "weeks or more" instead of registering, activating the account and logging in, which can be done easily in about 10 min? That's a false dichotomy. There would likely be a need to send a message to <errata@sjgames.com> *anyway*, regardless of whether I participated in the web forums. So it's not like I'm avoiding that by going through the web forum hoops. You also give the false impression that it's a single 10-minute cost. registering in fact should not even take a full 10 min. then looking up
the site takes... a click on your bookmark? so about 1 second. followed
by (if you want to contribute) a second click on the sign-in button.
another second.
For this issue, the single message would likely begin a discussion, like here?
which would not be available to me unless I frequently go back to that one specific site and keep using that site-specific identity. you mean unless you click on the bookmark and (maybe) on the sign-in-button?
I
already have standard discussion-participation programs that work fine: my email and NNTP clients. They allow me to access disparate discussions from arbitrary numbers of different places, not just one site; i guess you also might have a browser, which allows you to use a lot of
other sites where discussions are going on.
and they allow me to use an identity for any arbitrary number of
those discussions, not just one per site. you can use the same identity everywhere. unless of course your nickname
is already taken. but that problem also exists here. And whats worse,
here is no control of identity. Anybody could take yours. As has
happened to some guy in a chess group i sometimes read. Very annoying.
Any discussion that doesn't take place by a standard message-level protocol such as SMTP or NNTP is too much long-term fussing around to be generally worthwhile. hm.. the spread of these forums on the net might prove you wrong here or
at least show that lots of people disagree.
well, its your choice. i dont mind the forums. You sound as if a
"site-specific identity" is something complex or complicated. It is just
one or two clicks away. Bookmark the site, save settings for the sign-in
form and it is all just two clicks away. And nothing prevents you from
using the same identity. Unless another Ben Finney was there first.
So, starting your newsreader or whatever program you use and look at new
messages or starting your browser and clicking on a bookmark does not
sound that different (in regard to complexity / time / effort) to me.
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