Maelstrom

Re: New option: Absolute Abilties, help please I like this approach. Reminds me of Amber, and is a great deal simpler.

Re: Random Spaceship Generator Yeah, but it's still wicked cool. "You must spread rep . . . " etc.

Re: New option: Absolute Abilties, help please You seem to be using a lot of arbitrary terms: The Aim process? A Successful Target? Trumping? If I understand exactly what you mean, you don't need absolute anything to do this. Just buy No Range Mod, gain initiative, and define your attack to happen just as your opponent aims. Lot less expensive. I think you're working too hard to come up with a solution to a problem no one actually has. Besides, absolutes are boring. If your target is invulnerable: no tension, no drama.

Re: Random cave maps Thank you! Looking forward to the random starship generator.

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Re: the goblin glider Yeah, I prefer this approach to things that function without the conscious direction of the PC, or have skills the PC doesn't.

Re: Learning from the mistakes of others Love, mostly. And the books were cheaper. It was a better world. Steve Jackson made games you could buy for pocket money and play in an afternoon. Traveller books were, what, $10/supplement? Remember when Mercenaries and High Guard came out? That excitement? CCG ruined the industry. And as far as 3.5, don't knock what you ain't tried. But honestly, a good GM can use any system, or none at all.

Re: Spectre of 6e Too true! Try that in 4e!

Re: The Addams Family The feats of casual physical strength by Gomez and Fester, coupled with near invulnerability, and the utter, charming, ruthlessness of Wednesday. These are a few of my favorite traits. "She wasn't sick. She was sloppy."

Re: Clever Future Weapons

Re: URBAN FANTASY HERO -- What Do *You* Want To See? lol Repped

Re: Unreal Darwin Awards Not a death, but very fun: I was running a Star Wars game, and they had captured a mercenary. While kneeling, and tied up, he started to taunt one of the Jedi. She got so mad she hauled off and belted him. "Are you sure you want to do this? He's tied up." "I don't care, I'm really mad at him." She knocked him out, and I gave her a Dark-Side point. She looked at me like I had just killed a puppy. "What's this about?" "You FILLED YOURSELF WITH RAGE and then STRUCK A HELPLESS CAPTIVE!" Everybody started laughing, and she was just so pissed at me she couldn't talk. After that we started sort of a running joke: "I fill myself with rage and clean the refrigerator!" "I fill myself with rage and scrub the floors." "I fill myself with rage and brush my teeth."

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Wow, dude, too real. Toast is actually the larval stage of the creature known as the Bear Claw.

Re: Nanotech Jewellry and Clothing Amazing! I can't wait for more such jewelry! "Must spread" etc., etc.

Re: Clever Future Weapons "Thumb safety" my aunt Melissa and her Electric Rifle. The XD already has a trigger safety and a grip safety -- how much more safe does it have to be? :grumble:

Re: Random cave maps Can you post your Excel spreadsheet? I'd love to see how it was coded.

Re: campaign idea: Secret Service at a circus Dang, Sinanju! Harsh!

Re: Non Powered Superhero Campaign Sounds like a fun campaign to play in.

Re: What happens when a new GM doesn't understand game balance There are times I really miss it.

Re: Clever Future Weapons ??!! I have the 5" tactical .45 ACP with 10+1 even here in Kalifornia! Is it because they're coming out with the XD(M)?

Re: Clever Future Weapons It's all about use. Most of the Deputies I know carry Glocks, because they're issued. They were issued because they require little maintenance and are very reliable. Some of the tactical shooters I know use heavily-customed rigs. Some of these people are the same people. They don't compete with their service weapons, because accuracy is more important in competition than ease of maintenance. When I asked deputies about what gun I should buy, they recommended the Glock or the XD, because they are easy to maintain, and the polymer is hard to ding the way metal is. The competitors all recommended the Sig Sauer. All of them recommended the .45 caliber. I picked the XD over the Glock because the XD holds ten rounds in California, and up to fourteen everywhere else.

Re: Interesting superhero site You're very welcome.

Re: What happens when a new GM doesn't understand game balance That wasn't the Beresford group, was it?

Re: An idea I'm not sure how to build. Buying a vehicle, outside the multipower of course, is prolly better.

Re: Clever Future Weapons Cover that with a Trace Buster Buster, and you'll be a Big Hit.