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epweissengruber
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Space Opera Take on Well of Souls
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August 15, 2006, 05:28:26 AM »
I will be running a Space Opera take on The Well of Souls shortly.
I have posted my notes and my character sheets here:
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/files/Space%20Opera%20and%20Well%20of%20Souls/
The labels allow players to custom build characters very quickly. They just slap the characters on a sheet and away they go.
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Der_Renegat
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Re: Space Opera Take on Well of Souls
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August 15, 2006, 12:32:17 PM »
Hi!
How do you use the equipment in your game ?
Infiltration Suit (3w)
* Electronic Countermeasures
* Low-profile (heat, sound, radar, shielding)
* Explosive Devices
* Mini-nuke
* Mini-neutron bomb
Does this work as a keyword ?
And what does a Mini-nuke at 3w ?
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epweissengruber
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Re: Space Opera Take on Well of Souls
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August 16, 2006, 06:10:28 AM »
Most of the time I don't stat out equipment
- if you say you have Sword and Shield I assume you have the equipment.
- if you want to have "OrcSlaying Dagger" then we stat it out.
Sometimes I want a signature piece of equipment. As pure metagame I permit only one character to have that special piece of equipment.
Imagine that this specialized equipment is an Affinity.
- Within that Affinity are several Feats which may be used.
(Most of the time, I treat abilities as Abilities or sometimes as Spells from a Grimoire -- Abilities are broad, Spells are powerful but specific)
A mini-Nuke is a small thermonuclear device. So it blows stuff up. But in terms of resistance its not that hard to overcome. So my villains get a roll to escape the blast, and other PCs can find ways to survive it. I wanted the colour of characters being able to say "that building goes up in a vapour" or "the enemy ship ruptures inside of its force field, then the forcefield goes," but to not have ultimate power over all of the actants in the game.
It's just like a character having "Follower: Red Dragon (13)": sounds cool but it is not a game-breaker.
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epweissengruber
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Re: Space Opera Take on Well of Souls
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August 20, 2006, 03:41:13 AM »
The nuke didn't pose a problem -- the "Self-Destruct Key to the Fleet" did.
I mean, the conflict didn't obliterate the PC's -- notice that its rating isn't that good -- but I will leave it out next time.
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Re: Space Opera Take on Well of Souls
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August 21, 2006, 06:16:10 PM »
The discussion of the session is taking place here:
http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forum/index.php?topic=20981.0
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