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Going to use this thread to post updates whenever there is a new Adventure Seed or one page story released for Metahumans Rising.
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I'm SO sure this has been posted before, but couldn't find anything on the searches. Pretty funny stuff: http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/GiantITP/ootscript?SK=1
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This thread is for storing and sharing any ideas related to rpgs. The level of detail or completion doesn't matter. It's meant to be a place to put in ideas so you don't forget it, or want to revisit it in the future, or just because your players wouldn't be interested in the ideas. I got this idea when rereading my Rolemaster books. There are so many different types of spellcasters, most of which specialize in one form of magic. So I thought about a possible campaign where all magic must focus on a single aspect. There won't be generic wizards casting fireballs. There will be healers, oracles, alchemists, and other specialists. Magic will be more utilitarian …
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Don't know how many people played/were familiar with "Empire of the Petal Throne"... The Fall of Tékumel
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I often use books not related to gaming as reference guides for my campaigns. I have a ton of MERP material for my Middle-earth campaign, but if I didn't I would be okay using just Karen Wynn Fonstad's work, The Atlas of Middle-earth and Robert Foster's book, The Complete Guide to Middle-earth. Likewise, I can use Bulfinch's Mythology and Le Morte D'Arthur as primary sources. Encyclopedias are handy resources. I once used an old edition of Encyclopedia Britannica to find out information for my Castle Falkenstein game. Has anyone else done the same thing? If so, which sources have you used?
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How cutesy is Marvel Multiverse? The game system is called the D616 system. The stats are Might, Agility, Resilience, Vigilance, Ego and Logic
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Does anyone know where I can find "usable" deck plans for 20s-40s merchant ships? I can find literally dozens on Pinterest and similar sites. But they are all low resolution and I cannot actually read the compartment labels. Any guidance would be appreciated.
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I'm asking this question because my experience with the D20 system is minimal (I briefly owned Silver Age Sentinels D20 but never played it) and never played D&D or Pathfinder. However, I know the basic mechanics involved with that use the D20 to roll for an action's success or failure based on bonuses versus a difficulty rating or opposed roll from reading a rules book or two. There's been published superhero RPGs that use the D20 system (Silver Age Sentinels D20, Vigilance) and the reviews have been mixed. On the positive note, the rules were fairly consistent with the D20 system, but the impression I got was that D20 in the superhero genre has a "square…
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Has anyone converted Powered by the Apocalypse stuff to Hero?
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I have a player in my Hero 6E campaign who has changed the character already once in the game prior to starting. We have played six sessions, which is maybe 1/4 or 1/5 of the way through the campaign. The player now wants to play a digressively different character, because he said it would be more fun. Would any of you allow this? As a GM, I am highly frustrated at this attitude period I believe it is showing a great disrespect for the effort that I’ve made to not only create this game, but I actually work with the players to create a backstory which will fit into the game and allow me to write their stories into the campaign material.…
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Hello all, I have this one Heroclix miniature. It looks like a Eastern Monk’s outfit except it’s in Blue instead of traditional yellow and he’s hold a staff. The thing is I rebase my minis and I have no clue as to who this character is. I’d like to get another one so nice this one’s staff is broken. So hopefully someone my have an idea of who it is. TIA
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Not sure if people are tracking what's going on in Texas, but there is a 5 dollar charity bundle, with almost 500 games, on Itch if anyone wants to donate. Some headlines if you are not: "Texas governor directs state agencies to investigate gender-affirming care for trans youths as ‘child abuse’" "Texas governor calls on citizens to report parents of transgender kids for abuse" Proceeds from this bundle will be split between two organizations: Transgender Education Network of Texas (TENT) and Organización Latina de Trans en Texas (OLTT). TENT supports gender diverse equality in Texas through educational efforts on an individual, community, co…
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A little backstory first. My home game is 1st edition 7th Sea and my players are going through a homage to "The Amazing Race". Basically, a race around the known world doing tasks & obstacles. Right now, they're in Vodacce -- which for those who know the game world is a rather sexist & classist country. Well, they're in the city of Laurentia (Caligari territory), where I throw a curveball in the form of someone's been going around killing people ala "Don't Look Now". Since they're heroes, they decide to investigate for a day. The evidence strongly implies that the killer is a 10 year old (which she is). There's been 4 deaths in order: a vagrant, a wine merch…
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This is more on an online gaming forum problem than face to face, especially since I don't know the other players or the GM. But, a D&D game just started, only 3 folks in the party and one player has basically said "I'm not gonna ask anything -- one of you make the decisions". And the other player isn't posting squat. Which leaves me as the last member feeling rather resentful having to carry everyone's asses. What is a tactful way I can bring this up to the GM? It will be in a private message (and no, it's no one here...the problem in question is happening way away elsewhere).
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What Is Chimera? Chimera is a hybridization between the OpenD6 ruleset and the HERO System ruleset. What Chimera Is Not Chimera is not and has never been intended to be a replacement for the HERO System. Why? The answer is complex and stretches back many decades of laughter, nerdy games, bad movie fests, and terrible puns. As succinctly as possible; I love the fast-playing, cinematic feel of OpenD6 and the amazing detail and granularity of HERO System games. I bounce between the two games a lot, so much so that I started to crave a system that had the high cards of both. I decided this was a good idea to try and play around with…
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RoleMaster -- https://youtu.be/8VZpzMWGmoo
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We’ve done articles on martial artists and we’ve done articles on mutant animals, clearly there is only one place to go next. Over the coming weeks we will be hosting a series of public polls to decide the various campaign elements. After we have collectively decided on everything going into our stew pot, we’ll put everything together for our shared setting along with some interesting NPCs and locations along the way. The first poll is now live. Time Period and Broad Setting https://housedok.com/ummac-poll-1/ If you want to contribute to the polls before they go live: Patrons get to see polls early, and contribute to the options. https…
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Has anyone ever seen any write ups of Bettencourt's Dawn of Amber?
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Brief Article At Sports Illustrated Saw this and thought I'd pass it along. Garrett and Stanton may not be as well-known to us as Vin Diesel or Felecia Day, but it's good to see role-playing being popular among those who have considered antagonistic to the hobby.
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I have found a real-life example of Chaotic Good. Enjoy.
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The biggest lunar eclipse in 300 years takes place in a matter of hours. Are any of our working GM’s using this as an element in their games? Or for those not currently running anything, what would you run, and in what genre?
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Has anyone ever played Wearing the Cape RPG? It's a superhero themed RPG based of a series of novels by Marion G. Harmon. It runs on the FATE game engine similar to ICONS and is fairly rules-light from my understanding. It looks interesting, but am curious if anyone here sampled it as a rules light alternative to something as structured as Champions. 🙂
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So, I'm looking through the Swords and Wizardry (OSR D&D clone) rulebook and I come across this spell. Isn't this just research? You'd think that a sixth-level spell would give better results than simply spending time in a good library.
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In most rpg systems I seen padded armour is almost nothing. Except maybe in the Hero system which is why I put this in general role playing. While padded armour is pretty much a thick mattress topper wrapped around you its still a lot better than nothing. Imagine if you are hit with a spiked club or a sword or whatever. You would be grateful for that mattress topper between the weapon and your body then! Further more while lots of armours would certainly save your life if hit it would often not save you from getting taking an injury to the point of not being able to fight. And that is what the padded armour does. It has the potential to save y…
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