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Re: MORPHING UAV to cool Did anyone else think "Tin Man" from the movie Stealth? Its a bit creepy how far we've come in such a short time. Aroooo

Re: What's more pulpy than lost treasure hunting? I heard that searching for lost/forgotten German U-Boat pens is actually a big thing right now. Aroooo

Re: Shadowrun Check out this collection at starherofandom.com. http://www.starherofandom.com/h_shadowrun/index.php Aroooo

Re: Building Acid Blood Power? Here's another version on Surbrook's Archive: http://surbrook.devermore.net/adaptationscreatures/movies/alien.html

Re: Regression of Interstellar Civilizations So when you mean nomadic, you're looking for planet bound nomadic, not planet to planet/system to system nomadic? Since they are close (astronomically speaking) you could have a local star shed its outer layers in a nova-like 'explosion' creating a huge nebula that envelopes all the local system, thus causing the 'downfall' of tech, etc. Another would be some background psionic event that messes with the bulk of the populus - drives them mad, etc. Aroooo

Re: Regression of Interstellar Civilizations

This is the point scale I worked out for my current Traveller Hero game. Coming from a long time Traveller player/fan, I wanted a way to simulate age/career terms. And while the points may seem high, I run a very skills heavy game; plus we are using 'super-skills' so wanted to give the players room to work... Base Points = 100 plus (see age table) Age Terms Age Bonus Disads Total Max Disads <18 0 0 25 125 10 18-22 1 15 35 150 10 23-26 2 25 50 175 25 27-30 3 45 55 200 25 31-34 4 65 55 220 25 35-38 5 70 65 235 25 39-42 6 75 70 245 25 43-46 7 75 75 250 50 47-50 8 80 75 255 50 51-54 9 85 75 260 50 55-58 10 90 75 265 50 59-62 11 95 75 270 50 63-66 12 100 75 275 50 67+ 13 105 75 280 50 The way it works, you start with 100 points, plus the points from the age column, to get your starting point base. Add the disad points from the disad column and you have your character's total points. Max Disads is the max disad points from any one disad category. So, a 4 term Imperial Navy vet who just mustered out of service would be 34 years old and be a 220 point character. Aroooo

Re: An Open Request for Scenario Assistance point me to it oh local gamer

Re: An Open Request for Scenario Assistance I'm going to try to make it this year. Last 2 years I've had conflicts. Aroooo P.S. I'm in Alexandria/Springfield

Re: An Open Request for Scenario Assistance okay. give me a week and I'll work up some characters Aroooo

Re: An Open Request for Scenario Assistance been thinking about it... you on a tight deadline Aroooo

Re: Technology Report With Gaming Possibilities That was a cool report. Aroooo

Re: AI Calculation Delay Effect ? One relatively easy way to do this is with a Physical Limitation: Must spend a [phase/extra phase/turn/etc] while changing programmed orders (Frequently, Slightly Impairing); 10 points. Aroooo

Re: Who's Who on the Champions Online forums? I kept with Aroooo Aroooo

Re: Champions Online While I don't play online RPGs, I think this is great news for DOJ/Hero. Now if they could come up with a way to blend Champions Online with Hero Central, then I'd be likely to give money to someone... Aroooo

For those of you wondering what the _ _ _ _ ever happened to the starherofandom.com forums, its a long story. But the short version is they are back up!! And all the old content should be intact - including accounts and passwords. So head on over and check it out, for old time's sake if nothing else. Oh, for the uninitiated, its http://www.starherofandom.com/forum/ Aroooo

Re: Traveller Game Aids Its an incredible amount of work. I could probably set up a very basic system to estimate profit/loss based on the trade categories of the systems in question But there are too many random factors that get added into the formula along the way - character's trade skill when buying and selling, and a general market supply and demand roll when selling - to be able to figure out an exact sell price. Aroooo

Re: Intergalactic distance Ask Hunter. He's an astronomer. Aroooo

Re: Traveller Game Aids I'm currently working on two other major Traveller aids BTW. One is a stellar map, and the other is the trading rules from Traveller Hero Book 2; with them linked together of course. The map has been ready for a while, but I keep adding to it. The trading one is new (didn't like the spreadsheet version I did). I attached a screen shot of the map aid (I think) Aroooo

For those of you running/planning to run a Traveller game, here are two game aids I made for my current game. They are both MS Excel spreadsheets. One generates random starship encounters (useful when first jumping into a system for example), and the other is a starport rumor generator. The rumor generator will generate personal rumors, system rumors, and trade missions. These are the sorts of things starship crews would pick up on after a few hours in almost any starport. Some words of warning. First, the rumor generator still needs some work. I based it off of a fantasy rumor generator I found on the net. (I tried contacting the original author for permission to reuse/modify, but after months I gave up trying. His original info/contact info is included.) So, some of the locations and actual rumors are still very fantasy oriented. But, that might work for your campaign... Second, I included a lot of professions and race (Major and Minor) info, but there is no 'universe' logic built in. So you'll probably see some odd constructs. The K'Kree butcher is one of my favorites. Just ignore those, or use them as really strange plot twists. And they are not location aware either. Third, there is system data in there so that the mission tables and the like would be close to your current location (set your location at the top of the main page). Our game is set in the Dagudashaag Sector in the year 1250. Modifying that data for your own use should not be too difficult, but let me know if you need help and I'll do what I can. Fourth, for both game aids, there are references to Virus (yeah, I know - but lets not get into that conversation). If you don't want them in there, either ignore them or change them (I can tell you where they are if you can't find them). So, enjoy. If you find any errors or make functional mods please let me know so I can incorporate them back into my original. Aroooo

Re: 11 New Traveller Hero Products Approved! Excellent!

I'll toss in this question just 'cause I'm in an ornery mood Mac version eventually (though I suspect I already know the answer...)? But I have Parallels so I can live with a PC only version Aroooo

Re: Traveller Hero... What's Next? Excellent. I'll def. pick up the lot once they are released. Aroooo

Re: Useful pictures I can def. use these in my Traveller Hero game... Aroooo

Re: Post Apocalypse Resources Mechanoids! I loved that game. Apparently they are working on an update: Mechanoids Space. The URL has changed though from the above: http://www.palladiumbooks.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=320&Category_Code=M400 Aroooo