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Chris is pretty much dead on there. The relationships are key. I would also recommend not using the gears they recommend in Jungle Drums Redux. They are just way to powerful. Go with basic gears. If it calls for a specialty model (i.e. Command Jager) just go with the regular chassis (i.e. Jager). Al...

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Michelle and I are flying in on Wednesday night and staying in Mission Beach. I have plans to attend all four days. I am in San Diego until Sunday evening.

I have no idea what is going to be at the Con. I am just going to figure it out a little bit ahead of time.

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[quote="mrlost"]I have no idea where to start this game.[/quote] Look at his beliefs. They should be written in such a way that they are actually goals. Basically, you will have three goals with which to build an entire campaign around. Look at his instincts. Create situations which test those inst...

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Gotta admit Mike. I am pretty jealous. There really is no excuse for why I have never finished the stuff I am working on.

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This might provide a little help: http://www.rdinn.com/town_generator.php

Obviously not a random chart but it might inspire some ideas.

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Here is one of the keys to Burning Wheel, it isn't really a game that can be run if only the GM knows the rules. All of the systems require the player to be familiar with the rules. One of the key things that makes a game not work well is when one player knows the rules and the other has no clue wha...

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[quote="BlanchPrez"]Starlost I don't remember at all, but I have to admit, that's an awesome set-up for a show. I'd be great to see it brought back, given this day of re-imagining. Electra Woman and Dyna Girl have the coolest theme song EVAR! [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz2nSSdzXYc&feat...

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~~[quote="devlin1"]~~You have no soul.

How could you hate this?

~~[img]~~http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs513.snc3/26922_10150140873590707_516170706_11665560_5134956_n.jpg[/img][/quote]

Problem is that once you feed it, you just get more. :P

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Hmm... that isn't a bad idea, but I am not sure if I want to go that route. I will consider it.

I think the thing I am starting to run into is that I am doubting the design overall now. Maybe I am approaching the fundamental mechanic the wrong way. Not sure... will have to look at it some more.

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[quote="Uber_snotling"]Do you hate the idea of having damage/punishment causing greater variability in future results? The idea behind 2b was a mechanic that made higher and lower rolls more likely as additional damage is taken, which meets your conceptual Superman-Doomsday fight test. You can alwa...

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[quote="Skyman"]Just a side note. Six sided dice are kinda blah... as in generic board game blah IMHO. so for me coin and a six sided are not the prefered but that is my preference. carry on[/quote] Yeah... I have considered that too. I kept thinking that. Why use a D6 when I have all these cool di...

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[quote="Uber_snotling"]Two ideas. 1. Why not use coins rather than dice if you want the binary solution of 1,2,3 vs. 4,5,6? Heads you win, tails you lose. Then you can use different denominations for the different types of dice. 2. How about if the successful attacks just get added as FUDGE DICE (+...

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[quote="Dragonmaster Zoc"]If I'm understanding that correctly, Electron normally uses three dice (his fighting skill) whenever he wants to hurt someone; if he's doing something electricity-related, he has the option of adding up to six more dice (his Power), but those dice would be drained until he...

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I imagine an average character to have a couple of skills at 4-6, but most about 2-3. An average power level of 5-6, a recovery of 3-5, and a three powers (one at +1, +2, and +3). So Electron, an electrical power based character might look like this: Power: 6 Recovery: 4 Super Abilities: - Electrica...

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[quote="Dragonmaster Zoc"]Mechanically, I like the idea, but it just seems like there are more unjustifiable situations than justifiable ones. A lot of that really depends on the nature of the powers; the Punisher pretty much just has a lot of guns, so those can be knocked away or recovered pretty ...

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[quote="devlin1"]Or! Every time you're hit (or unsuccessfully defend, I guess), you have an opportunity to earn Grickle Points with some sort of recovery roll. These Grickles accumulate over time, but can only be used within the same scene. (I.e., you can't accumulate Grickles from one fight and sp...

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[quote="Dragonmaster Zoc"]I'm not terribly familiar with the other games you're mentioning, but if I'm understanding it correctly then damage done to your dice pools would make you less capable of fighting back; as you start to lose a fight, your powers become weaker, causing you to take more damag...

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[quote="Skyman"]How about having stages of condition and powers having cosmetic effects like blow back I only say that because some things that I see with comics that is not reflected in RPG is the part where some folks actually get stronger the more punishment they take. Maybe instead of damage yo...

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[quote="cczernia"]I think damage should reduce your recovery dice pool.[/quote] Hmm... that's a good idea. So when you imagine it on the character sheet, do you see it as boxes of damage like on white wolf character sheet? So basically, each wound reduces your recovery? Do you see it as a one for o...

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[quote="mordraine"]PDQ handles it by letting the player controlling the PC being attacked distribute the damage to whatever stat he wants. You could handle it that way too. Alternately (I like this idea) you can have the attacking player decide where the damage is applied (maybe only if he got a ce...

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[quote="mordraine"]What if damage is applied directly to the dice pools the character has? This idea is totally a rip-off from PDQ, but it's pretty elegant. Narratively, your guy is weakened by the attack, and mechanically that's shown by the fact that his dice pool is smaller.[/quote] Yeah... I wa...

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One of my labors of love right now is creating a Superhero game which doesn’t try to simulate powers in the vein of Mutants and Masterminds, Hero System, or Wild Talents, but isn’t narrative as in With Great Power… or Capes. I want players to be managing resources and thinking about timing for their...

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~~[quote="devlin1"]~~Let me ask the baby.

Baby says no.[/quote]

I hate your baby.

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Want me to give you some Austin locations and such? I could go take some pictures or track down some locations for you. :P

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Hey Guys,

I was looking at picking up tickets for GenCon and I was wondering who was planning on attending.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/pargon/set ... 594187379/

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Doesn't look very steampunk to me... just pulpy.

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Congrats from Michelle and I. I could have sworn Emily wasn't that pregnant.. man the time flies.

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This is something I have been tackling myself. For my superhero game I want to have characters of varied powerlevels. I was looking at Mortal Coil as one way to do that. I was actually thinking of having an aspect-like system, where the players can freely activate them as they see fit. There are no ...

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I'll buy it... but then I buy almost every superhero game.

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Well, I am trying to post to a game design blog I am using as an experiment. I thought I might share it with you guys. I am not posting as often as I would like. I tend to post more often when I am running games.

http://www.letsgetthosenerds.com/

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[quote="Dragonmaster Zoc"]To associate D&D with gang like behavior is... silly. On the other hand, why should criminals get to have as much fun as good law-abiding citizens?[/quote] Well, it keeps them occupied. Idle hands are the devil's playthings. I would much rather have them playing D&...

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I played in a really great Burning Empires one-shot at Endgame in Oakland.

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Happy Birthday P.K.

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It sounds like they took a decidedly simple system and made it insanely complex.

I haven't had the chance to read the book yet. So, I can't really make any statements about the designer's intent.

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[quote="cczernia"]I'm not sure I get it. So, the object of the game is to go into fantasy worlds and convince people that the fantasy aspects of the world don't really exist. My problem is this concept is too over the top. My question is, is this a game you would want to play and why. What makes th...

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~~[quote="devlin1"]~~Which of those fairly baffling images are you using? I like the themes, but the images feel like a necessary evil.[/quote]

I was going to use image 6 and the Last Outpost Theme

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So I am looking at participating in one of the other game design contests. Based on some of the design requirements I was looking at designing a game with this concept. Humanity achieved its greatest achievement: Unified Field Theory. It was also their undoing. For some unknown reason, humanity unde...

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I got a goat, a flock of chickens, and a trio of rabbits for a family in a third world nation. I also got crab and lobster for dinner and two left-wing political books. Finally, I got to give away my TV and refrigerator to charities so it saves me money on my move. I plan on buying a few traditional...

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[quote="devlin1"]This sums up about 75% of Aces & Eights for me, to be honest. "So [i]that's[/i] what a palomino horse looks like!" "Sweet! Rules for running a jury trial!" "Wow, Accounting is a hard skill to learn -- and appropriately so, for this is a Wild West game, where skill in Accounting...

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~~[quote="mordraine"]~~Nope. Way more obscure than White Wolf.[/quote]

There was some Ravenloft monster book which was written like some monster hunter's diary. I wanna say Von Ritchen's something or another, but I honestly don't remember the title.

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I am.

~~[quote="BlanchPrez"]~~So, is no one interested in this idea of co-creating an RPG using Wave?

-Chris[/quote]

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~~[quote="mordraine"]~~

~~[img]~~http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y210/mordraine/art6.jpg[/img][/quote]

Wow.... how useless.

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~~[quote="mordraine"]~~Hey! Bastard.

One of those is correct.

Yup.

The one that hasn't been guessed yet is kinda unfair cuz it's a pretty obscure game.[/quote]

I am pretty sure it is A-State

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I think the last one in Chris's set is from Grey Ranks.

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+5 to a single roll.
+2 to all Defenses
+10 XP for every one left at the end of the session
+1 movement point or shift one square

Also, you could just increase the difficulty of the encounters so they burn through the healing surges.

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[quote="cczernia"]This might be true but I have heard Austin referred to as the jewel in the cowpatty. I have both a cousin and old gamer friend who love it there and it is also the home of Steve Jackson Games.[/quote] I have heard pretty much the same thing. Everyone says, "Oh God! Not Texas, but ...

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That sounds like a good idea. I was talking with a friend and his group was thinking about running a game with it. [quote="BlanchPrez"]Done. Hey, I was thinking that we should try and put this thing through it's paces, and get a bunch of us together in Wave to cooperatively write up our own RPG sys...

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I have managed to do the one thing I promised my wife wouldn't happen. I got a job in Texas. I just accepted an offer with KingsIsle Entertainment to work on a new kids MMO they are developing. So, as of Jan 4th, I will be in Austin. I may be in Texas, but I hear Austin as great. So I plan on never ...

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I would also be interested. Send it to jonathan.breese@gmail.com

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