Previous Topics 9/24/2007 John Harper: Shield Ability: What it's good for
You can use the Shield ability to defend other people. The book doesn't explain this, which is totally my fault. Every ability in Agon has its own "special thing" right?…
In one.seven design
Participants: John Harper, Marhault, Mel_White, NathanFrund, Troll66, Aaron, Ben Robbins, skyla, Particle_Man.
6/8/2007 John Harper: Ocean's 13: Great SotC example
In the trailer for Ocean's 13, there's a great example of a high Rapport/Contacting character doing his thing.
Al Pacino threatens George Clooney:
"I know people who really know how…
In Evilhat Productions
Participants: John Harper, iago.
4/23/2007 John Harper: [Build-A-Monster] The Kraken
Let's build a monster. I'll start with a few details. You guys add on. Don't worry about Strife cost for now. We can total it up when we feel like…
In one.seven design
Participants: John Harper.
2/14/2007 John Harper: Healing Clarification (FAQ updated)
After reading a few AP reports recently, I realized that the Healing text is poorly worded. So, I updated the FAQ with a clarification. Here it is:
Healing
Q. The…
In one.seven design
Participants: John Harper.
2/6/2007 John Harper: Go Play Northwest : Seattle, June 22-24
Hello Everyone,
We have dates and a location for Go Play Northwest.
What sort of event is GPNW? It's going to be very much along the Forge Midwest model, with…
In Conventions
Participants: John Harper, Jake Richmond, b00jum.
9/23/2006 John Harper: House Rule: Another way to read the dice
Here's something I'm toying with.
The result of a roll is the highest die in the pool. Add one for each extra die showing 4-7. Add two for each extra…
In one.seven design
Participants: John Harper, Alan, demiurgeastaroth, iago, Skywalker, Camtha.
8/29/2006 John Harper: [Agon] Under Consideration: Helping dice that really help
Here's a rule that I'm seriously considering for a Semi-Official Rules Change.
Advantage, Helping, & Creative Ability Dice
When you use an Advantage die, a Helping die, or a…
In one.seven design
Participants: John Harper, demiurgeastaroth, iago, Valamir, GreatWolf, Shreyas Sampat.
8/27/2006 John Harper: Agon: Actual Play Index
Post links to Actual Play here. I'll start with a few.
The Bronze Chimera (Shreyas Sampat)
http://njyar.thesmerf.com/blog/2006/08/food-agon/
First Among Equals Session Zero (Fred Hicks)
http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=282403
In one.seven design
Participants: John Harper, demiurgeastaroth, Emily Care, hix, MikeSands, Mel_White.
8/26/2006 John Harper: Darren's Hydra with Minions for Heads
This is so cool. Darren has designed a Hydra that has a bunch of extra heads treated as minions in the game system. This is so brilliant, I just wanted…
In one.seven design
Participants: John Harper, iago, demiurgeastaroth.
8/23/2006 John Harper: Agon: Post Your Islands Here
Post the Islands and associated Quests that you've created here. Quest-specific NPCs can also go here, though you may want to also post them in the NPC sticky thread. If…
In one.seven design
Participants: John Harper, iago, Ignus, Darcy Burgess.
8/23/2006 John Harper: Agon: Post Your NPCs Here
This is the place to share your NPC builds. Only NPC posts here, please. If you want to discuss anything in this thread, start a new thread for commentary.
In one.seven design
Participants: John Harper, demiurgeastaroth, Willow, DainXB, NathanFrund, Excellence.
8/20/2006 John Harper: Oath "House Rules"
In another thread, Darren asked some good questions about handling oaths. I don't think I quite gave a complete answer there, so I'm starting another thread to offer some "house…
In one.seven design
Participants: John Harper, demiurgeastaroth, Valamir, Shreyas Sampat.
8/19/2006 John Harper: Agon Semi-Official Rules Changes
This thread will collect playtested rules modifications that I think improve game play.
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Highest Position Roll
The combatant with the highest position roll gets to make two moves instead…
In one.seven design
Participants: John Harper.
8/17/2006 John Harper: Agon Resources
[url=http://random.average-bear.com/Agon/HomePage][b]The Agon Wiki[/b][/url]
[url=http://random.average-bear.com/Agon/HomePage]http://random.average-bear.com/Agon/HomePage[/url]
Please feel free to add your Actual Play links (or posts) or whatever else you like to the wiki. I'll manage the FAQ and the Semi-Official…
In one.seven design
Participants: John Harper, Silverback, Felon.
8/17/2006 John Harper: Agon FAQ
The current version of the FAQ can be found on the Agon wiki:
http://random.average-bear.com/Agon/AgonFAQ
As questions crop up here and in Actual Play, I'll expand the FAQ.
In one.seven design
Participants: John Harper.
8/15/2006 John Harper: Agon (print version) now available!
My game of ancient Greek heroes, Agon, is now available in printed form, thanks to the good folks at Lulu.com.
You can order the book here.
The game website has…
In Publishing
Participants: John Harper, demiurgeastaroth.
5/13/2006 John Harper: [TSOY] Shodan Play
Ron has mentioned "black belt" play before, and we got a good taste of it in our last TSOY session, courtesy of Brandon. I'm calling this shodan rank play --…
In Actual Play
Participants: John Harper, Judaicdiablo, r_donato, Albert of Feh.
4/21/2006 John Harper: Timing actions: Burning Muse points and restoring Arete/Hubris
This is a question of action sequence. I don't think the rules specify anything here, so I'll throw it out for general discussion.
Let's say my Archon gets womped by…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: John Harper, Vaxalon.
4/19/2006 John Harper: Greek Names PDF
Here's another resource I put together for my upcoming Nine Worlds game: a large collection of Greek names, male and female. You can grab the PDF here:
http://www.onesevendesign.com/9w/greeknames.pdf
In Chimera Creative
Participants: John Harper, jporrett.
4/17/2006 John Harper: Thinking about Metamorphosis
So, I'm thinking about Nine Worlds in preparation for starting a series this Sunday, and I think Metamorphosis is kind of a problem.
When I played 9W at Forge Midwest,…
In Chimera Creative
Participants: John Harper, Vaxalon, coffeestain, Matt Snyder, Paul Czege, Ben Lehman, Iskander, Ron Edwards.
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