Previous Topics 8/6/2008 demiurgeastaroth: [3:16] Gelatinous Cubes on Cezanne
PLANET 1: CÉZANNE
Arid world, Oozes, Highest NFA-1, no Special Ability
(I did give them the Enrage ability, but never used it.)
The bleak desolate planet was considered uninhabited, and…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth.
6/22/2008 demiurgeastaroth: [Polaris] Thou Art But A Hurricane: Event Meter?
In this thread about a game at Indie Hurricane, an interesting technique was mentioned:
She also added a little event meter, where every time someone (anyone!)…
In These Are Our Games
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Eliarhiman6, Arturo G., AXUM.
11/17/2006 demiurgeastaroth: House Rule: Helping Dice Revisited Yet Again
Remember the Helping Dice suggestion: If you roll a Helping Die, and it doesn't actually help, you get a +1 bonus?
Here's an alternative:
When you get a Helping Die,…
In one.seven design
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.
9/6/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Missing Thread
Where's the thread on terrain gone? I was about to respond to that.
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper, Valamir, Bankuei, philaros.
9/5/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Terrain in combat
A funny bit of synchronicity. Over in this post, Ralph asked if anyone had any ideas for using Terrain in combat.
At the start of our first battle in tonight's…
In one.seven design
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, iago, Bankuei, Banesfinger, NathanFrund, John Harper.
9/2/2006 demiurgeastaroth: NPC Cost error?
[b]1. NPC Point Costs[/b]
Is there a mistake in the costs of the three sample NPCs in the book? By my calculation, they should all be 1 point higher. I…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth.
8/31/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Character Sheet Request
Hey, John...
Would it be possible to get a new version of the character sheet with the armour box as a standard trait box (one of those with the four…
In one.seven design
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Shreyas Sampat, John Harper.
8/29/2006 demiurgeastaroth: [Agon] Oathbound
I've played Agon now twice with a group of 5 other players.
Tonight, I had two friends over for a game of PTA, but one of them wasn't feeling up…
In Actual Play
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.
8/29/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Yes, Yes, YES!!!! (and: NPC Heroic Abilities)
We played again last night, and during an epic battle one of the players reached Fate 12 and a Name of d10.
On the way home afterwards, I realised I…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.
8/26/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Invoking Hubris, and Non-combat Battles
There's a rule in the Hubris section that I wonder about:
After rolling in a simple contest (win or lose) any player has the option to “invoke hubris.” <snip> The…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth.
8/26/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Monster Killing
I have a couple of NPCs I plan to post to the NPC thread, but I'm having trouble thinking of special ways to kill them.
According to the rules, each…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, iago.
8/25/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Special Items
There's that section of the character sheet taunting me, tempting me, teasing me: Special Items.
What sort of thing is that box for, and if it's for special items accumulated…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, rafial, iago, Valamir, John Harper.
8/25/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Highest Legend Benefits
According to the rules, the Hero with the highest Legend gets a +2 Orate in leadership-type contests. I like this.
But, possibly inspired by Ralph's Greatest Deeds idea, I'd like…
In one.seven design
Participants: demiurgeastaroth, iago.
8/22/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Hero v Hero
The rules for contests explicitly cover things like Hero v NPC (Name + Ability) or Hero v Obstacle (Strife), but don't say anything about Hero v Hero.
In a Hero…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, Shreyas Sampat, John Harper.
8/22/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Divine Favor - Multiple Attacks
When spending the 2 point Divine Favor, Take an Extra Attack, can you do this multiple times within the same exchange?
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper, LordSmerf.
8/22/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Action order - tied ability
In Battles, the rules state that cgaracters act in reverse order of Positioning, and in case of tie, in order of Ability.
How do you break ties if the Ability…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.
8/21/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Achievements
When doing Achievements, do you get Glory for those contests?
Also, when doing achievements, can you Impair abilities to bring in other traits.
My gut feeling is no in both…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.
8/18/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Agon for Solo Play
I first started roleplaying when Traveller was the new kid on the block. Traveller actually had pretty good support for solo play, and I believe it was a deliberate part…
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8/18/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Beast Master question
The Beast Master heroic ability includes +2 Positioning against Beasts.
Does this include Monsters that happen to be Beast-like (or are you meant to make Monsters distinctly different from living…
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Participants: demiurgeastaroth, John Harper.
8/18/2006 demiurgeastaroth: Sailing
The first thing I wondered about when looking at the character sheet - what do you use for Sailing!
I understand that the game is set up so that it…
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