tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69394361275387932732024-03-13T20:44:42.726-07:00Crawdads and DragonsWherein I blather on RPG design, play, and stuff I design, as well as rules-lite games and classic D&D and Traveller (and others), proving that while I don't have a life, I do have a keyboard.Doc Grognardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084635785043015262noreply@blogger.comBlogger206125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-1182327881598726652021-05-16T14:46:00.005-07:002021-05-16T16:18:08.356-07:00<p> Wow. That was a weird 5 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I'm semiretired now, and after the last job, which made a lot of money, but almost killed me , I'm loving it. </p><p><br /></p><p>Survived two elections,a pandemic, and numerous family catastrophes, and still gaming. Lockdown was tough, but our core group finally bit the bullet and moved online. Details to follow otherwise, but one campaign is an ironman OD&D Basic Fantasy campaign. </p><p> Roll 3d6 in order, roll HP, start at level 1. The rules seem to combine the gratuitous hardassery of original Gygaxian ODD+/ withe skimpy experience and stats of 1e original. </p><p>Saves vs Death or die. </p><p>Dead at 0. </p><p>Rolling a 14 is a GOOD stat roll, 16 is good enough that when I rolled it for INT, I played an MU, despite zero survivability for 1st level fighters this far...... Yow. </p><p>Minimal staring resources</p><p>Clerics with no spells at level 1.</p><p>MU have one spell and one spell only other than read magic. Choose wisely ! (spoiler, I didn't) <br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So, lots of deaths, and no second levels yet. Still, fun and fun. Its been a while since I've seen a character die from failing to jump a pit, or having my own being immolated in what is essentially a grain elevator explosion. Good times. 5 sessions, five players, 5 deaths (I think). Almost 6 (my 2hp mage/thief made a save vs death at 0 HP, lets see if he falls off the mule on the way home) .</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I stopped naming my characters until we hit second level. Vietnam FNG syndrome. Now they just get given cold war NATO identifiers; and actiually, it gives them names a good as any from oldenshool: my nearly dead mage is "Blowlamp Flogger", previously "Frogfoot Forger". another player was "flipper gadfly". t works so well, I made a table to randomize it, and decided to hand it off to you all. Enjoy !</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmPG5nfDbHl3SqnnqwNzSqR77qh-kpRK3t-XJfKmDx4srAA2gwAVnnRkLRqK_CdYcnOKm1P5OSM7dCnVeKmX-BBPhuI85q8F575Gq_CBtjOBBDuPl_Pa0PucHkDsvDIpi3eD1O1KRejc/s749/FNG+tool.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="713" data-original-width="749" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjmPG5nfDbHl3SqnnqwNzSqR77qh-kpRK3t-XJfKmDx4srAA2gwAVnnRkLRqK_CdYcnOKm1P5OSM7dCnVeKmX-BBPhuI85q8F575Gq_CBtjOBBDuPl_Pa0PucHkDsvDIpi3eD1O1KRejc/w573-h546/FNG+tool.JPG" width="573" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Doc Grognardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084635785043015262noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-43545609805846419892016-01-08T16:35:00.000-08:002016-01-08T16:35:30.158-08:00Two years before the dice.<br />
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So, I've been gone for a while, and while it's traditional to make a big deal about being alive and all, I thought I'd post a fudgeton * of pictures and text about what has been going on. Stay tuned!</div>
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<br />Doc Grognardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084635785043015262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-64447117886358109172014-04-11T18:23:00.002-07:002014-04-11T18:25:25.817-07:00An A1V type star....<br />
An A1V type star orbited by a stellar remnant walks into a bar.<br />
Bartender asks, "Why so sirius, eh ?"<br />
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Thank you, thank you ! I'm here all week, tip your waitresses, they're greatDoc Grognardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084635785043015262noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-25722527772025862272014-03-07T15:44:00.000-08:002014-03-07T15:44:22.236-08:00Now that I am, how do I have? (or, Stuff) <- More rules.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Oh Yeah. Throw in a mask, and I'll drive it off the lot !</td></tr>
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</span>The career you use is citizen, unless your adventuring career would be
more appropriate. As a guide, your social class is defined by your <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CITIZEN career.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Millionaire Hobo<br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">(rejected player character)</span></td></tr>
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single success citizen roll each adventure to keep it. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it is <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">blown
up</i>, you now have a new hobby –paying it off !<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ha ! Thought you were safe up here ! <br />
Luckily I have<br />
<strong>MY VERY OWN HELICOPTER !</strong></td></tr>
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the above number of dice, adding the citizen rating to each.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Yes, the rich can have it all.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As ever, each 7+ is a success.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you have enough successes, you have it
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possible, a player can gain one free success <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">before</i></b> rolling by
reducing your Citizen by one . Two successes requires lowering it by<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>TWO levels. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">OUCH ! </i></b>If you get it, you
lose it between adventures, but regain your <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CITIZEN </b>points.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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is bought using your CITIZEN skill, career specific stuff can be
different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Any time you need to roll for
an item, instead of your CITIZEN, you can use an appropriate CAREER . The adds
are still the citizen rating, but the number of dice rolled is determined by
the career.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thus, a BUM (1) would
normally<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>be unable to obtain a pistol
(cost 2) as he can only roll one dice at +1 (CITIZEN dice +CITIZEN) ; however,
an ex Army (3) BUM rolls three dice for +1 (ARMY dice +CITIZEN). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Two successes and hes a Hobo with a pistol ! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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of CITIZEN, your effective CITIZEN is BUM.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Use careers where you can, Tarzan. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In his case “RICH BASTARD HEIR” turned out to
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<span style="font-family: "Special Elite"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">NOTE: that Items rated at 6+ require either being WEALTHY, or reducing you CITIZEN or CAREER, or being an NPC villan or patron, who can have a citizen higher than 5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Characters, never. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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1 <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Old clothing, gum, shiv,
smokes, Poison Liquor. flop</span></div>
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2<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Zip gun, , Cheap Booze, Old
Car. hardscrabble, apartment</span></div>
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House, Car, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>good stuff Booze, farm<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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House, fancier car, sm airplane,country estate Military arms (BAR, Grenade) top
shelf Booze:</span></div>
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5 <span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Mansion,Yacht, fighter, race
car, lab, big/new plane, tank, plantation,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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6<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Secret base, rocket, flying
yacht/HQ</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Daring dudes doing stuff doingly !</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Special Elite"; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><strong><u>How do I play this?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What
do I do ? Where is My Butt?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve used
both hands and I can’t find it !!</u> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Special Elite"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></strong></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Okay, here
is the topline: You pretend to be a someone else having a bad day, otherwise
called a HERO having an ADVENTURE.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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</span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Since adults argue even more than five year olds playing cowboy
(got ya !<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nuh UH!) we have numbers and
rules to make decisions easy and (sorta) impartial.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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and how well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The better you are at
stuff, the more dice and higher numbers you generate –which is good, because
harder stuff needs bigger results. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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jump a chasm (you fall to your doom), or fail to not be punched (you get
ouched).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In which case, since no one here
is very creative, usually this means you get hurt or lose cool stuff. Sometimes
you die.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, we have numbers and
rolls to determine when or if this happens (see: playing cowboys). <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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by a referee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everyone says it isn’t
player vs GM, but we all know the truth after our first game. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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you do, or learn new things. Plus, you get to keep cool stuff, especially when
the bad guys “don’t need it any more”. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Special Elite"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Here is the quickstart
version for those too excited to actually read the rulebook before play;
nowadays, this is invariably described as the universal resolution mechanic,
which, as far as I’m concerned, illustrates much that is wrong with RPG design
these days (future rants on this topic will include the terms “engine”, edition
versioning, rules “patches”, GNS (?) theory, “standard modifier”, “immersive
fiction”, fiction as example”, "cultural models", "quickstart" and probably more….)<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Special Elite"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">So, to do
stuff, you roll some six-sided dice, add modifiers to each dice, and determine
how many get a 7+. These are successes. Then add automatic successes for the
final total.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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dice you roll is 1 + the career relevant to what you are doing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Basically each career is rated from 0-5
indicating how long you have been doing that, or how good you are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Special Elite"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">If you have no relevant
career, and you cannot whine beg and rationalize a way to use one that you do
have, you roll only the one dice. Plus, you should be ashamed to call yourself
a gamer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Special Elite"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">The modifiers
to each dice are whatever stat is relevant to the task.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, they are rated from 0-5, strictly
indicating how good you are at that kind of task.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note that having a stat at 0 = kinda screwed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Special Elite"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Roll your
career dice, add your stat to each one.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>All rolls that get a 7+ are a success.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Special Elite"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Special Elite"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Harder things
need more successes, extra successes mean you succeed elegantly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Special Elite"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p> </o:p></span></div>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Special Elite"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Finally, if you
have a relevant advantage, and an advantage is anything from a prop to an
amazing physical ability, you get a free success.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Multiple advantages can give you multiple
extra successes. Yay team ! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Special Elite"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p> </o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Special Elite"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">So, easy tasks should
either only require one success, or be a gimmie. A skilled task (one an
unskilled character couldn’t be able to do) should require 2, 3 or 4. Note that
with a six dice max roll, hitting a 4+ for successes pretty much requires
having some free successes from advantages. Plus, there are mechanisms to burn
GRIT to get better results. Read on. Or play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Doc Grognardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084635785043015262noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-33498828934929802982014-02-25T14:37:00.001-08:002014-02-25T14:37:54.263-08:00On random character generation<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">On random character
generation<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I like it random*.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
like being surprised by what the numbers mean –or finding out how to make sense
of them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em><span style="font-size: x-small;">* shut up.</span></em> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I also like point buy systems – I like being able to hit the
ground with the character I feel like playing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">At one end we have the roll 3d6 in order & suck it up
(OD&D)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">On the other we have complete customization down to the last
.1%; nothing is randomized (Champions/TFT, GURPS).<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">I've seen it argued that Random vs allocation systems are at the heart of what makes one a true roleplayer, and worthwhile and self assured person; It works both ways, too: random players are innumerate boobs role who play to play a loser, allocation players are "compensationg for personal powerlessness".</span></span></div>
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For me, the problem is thatwhile I like playing what i am handed, <em> I cannot help but be a munchkin, </em>given the chance. <span style="font-family: Calibri;">, while I love getting to play exactly the character I want, I know myself.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
can’t help but look at allocating numbers as an optimization problem. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">All the supervised generation characters tend to revert to
the basic type I like to play –all combat guys end up as Thrudd bigaxemann , the
VERY strong of the strong hills of strongaria <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>; all wizards are Bored-Flak the pyromaniac genius,
living platoon support weapon; all thieves as Batman. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Period. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Also, it doesn’t have to be numerical optimization per se: I
had to have a GM limit my character choices in a 3.5 game to only base classes
and feats because I kept locking up with options, and I could never quite
finish the damn character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, I tend to want to design games with random generation; but, with
rules lite gaming (which I prefer) there is a stats problem I’ve never seen
mentioned:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><em> if you only have two or three stats, it is very easy to get screwed
by one low probability roll;</em> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">and the likelihood of getting a low and a high to
balance out are not excellent with three possibilities. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And yes, I know one can get gifted by a single
outlier roll which is good –or even two.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>But, one, no one complains about that, and two, it can screw the other
players in terms of fun or participation <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>if one guy can handle all the mental
tasks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But the real problem that messes
with both is the character who cannot function.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>So that’s what we worry about, essentially falling off the left side of
the bell curve, which for only a few rolls is surprisingly steep. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Less stats is always at the heart of Lite RPG design, but more
stats at least means more hope of an acceptable distribution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So rules lite typically are point buy/allocation
systems, with or without numbers. Let’s call them <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Supervised.</i> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, to even
things out, we could call the random ones Stochastic, but that is
pretentiousness of a level barely tolerable after using “Supervised” so let’s
stick to calling it <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Random</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The first version of BAGS used a pair of D6 to generate 0-5,
skewed ((roll 2 d6, subtract the high from the low.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most frequent roll is a 1 with 5 being least
frequent (1/36).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Good, right ?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nope.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At
least one character could not roll above a 1, and indeed had a 0,1,0
character.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With the original BAGS rules,
that meant that for any action or interaction test, he needed a 6 to succeed.
Hes a good roleplayer, so he sucked it up and played thru until I changed to 7+
for success –then he complained.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At
which point, the party (and me) realized that despite his best efforts, he couldn’t
do jack , so any situation which was complicated by more of the players failing
a roll pretty much was always the case.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">But crap.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I give
players 5 points, some dork invariably goes for 0,0,5.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If I require at least a 1, the number of
different characters is vastly reduced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>More than 5 means you need to limit the max, so basically all you get is
Mr average, and miss onestat wonder. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If
I change the value of a 0, whatever number it becomes is going to be the most
frequent one, and there is no granularity for low stats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">IIRC, I wussed by allowing players to pick a profile instead
of rolling.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which is okay, but balance
in small numbers of permutations equals (for me) boredom. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Okay, here is my new thought. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Mongoose traveller (see, a motion to discuss traveller is
always in order) originally included ironman rules.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This harked back to the old “you can die in
chargen” rules for Traveller classic/original.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Normally, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in MGT, a failed survival
roll left your character alive, but physically messed up –missing an arm, one
stat massively reduced, permanent high tech tattoo of LOSER or THE THIRD
IMPERIUM SUCKS or ALL SPACE MARINES ARE FILTHY COWARDS on your forehead kind of
thing. In the draft of MGT, you could opt to have survival rolls kill your
character, and in exchange you got some kind of a reward. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I think it was essentially a level of Ironman per term you
rolled for, and in play, you could always use your ironman skill instead of any
other skill. Or maybe it was a number of rerolls.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Whatever</i>,
it got left out of the final version (boo hiss) because I think the stodgyest
members hated it worse than death because it made no sense.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Or was unrealistic, scientifically.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(As decreed by a <fill aeronautics="" blank="" expert="" in="" or="" planetology="" rocks="" say="" the=""> which <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>qualified him to have authoritative say on
social issues, probability and trade economics, as well as play balance. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>)<o:p></o:p></fill></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Anyway, rant over, the point is that it allowed you to be
more random and get rewarded, just like one gets a reward for supervised
chargen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Which I like. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, guess what is next up on BAGS revision planning ?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">for each stat you roll randomly, you get a
free point of GRIT.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Wasn’t that a lot to say to justify a simple design choice ?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Doc Grognardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084635785043015262noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-84261864486329382742014-02-21T14:18:00.001-08:002014-02-21T14:21:15.526-08:00design factoid: humans do not intuit probabilities or statistics very well at all ; no math version<br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We see and choose based on perceived <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and thus not quantified</i> extremes, not the highest probability; in other words, what we want, or what we fear has a BIG influence on how we think about chance. Thus, State lotteries, thus, too, much superstitious behavior; also, much criticism of game design (see, actual relevance !).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Normally this works well enough, since
the universe of avoiding cave bears and such is far from perfectly random and
probabilistic, and there is a big bias represented by getting it wrong(eaten) simply
based on choosing the average return. So we maximize the best outcomes, and
avoid the worst, regardless of likelihood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">But, when it is highly probabilistic, and we don’t crunch the
actual numbers, this don't work so good. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The left side of the probability distribution for most of Human history</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Thus, looking
at a probability tree (such as <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> in </span>Traveller
chargen), and deciding “Yuck, chances are I’ll get a one skill wonder or die
before I play” Is usually waaaaay wrong. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> *</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bottom line: it isn’t rocket science, but it isn’t as easy
as speaking. It’s more like reading.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Barring accident or mutation, everybody learns
to speak eventually, just by virtue of hardwiring; reading takes work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But almost anyone can get there.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rocket science, apparently not so easy, given how often
Rocket scientists incinerate themselves and the local area code. </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span></div>
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So, let’s look at Traveller more (any excuse will do):<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>original traveller handled Random/allocated
chargen on a direct and a meta level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Mostly
random, but with a big dollop of allocation at a leverage point. Your stats
were random, and your character history was dice ruled <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">after you pick the career you are going to play.</i> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And that choice was absolutely critical –
most stat profiles could find a good fit in a couple of careers, so you have
some choice –however, a bad fit made it very unlikely that you would have a
successful resolution before you started play.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Originally, this meant that you either “mustered out” (were fired) early,
with few skills and benefits, or <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Died</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After the first edition, the vast beeping and
squeeking about dying before play became so loud that even without the internet
opinion amplipolarizer, that got changed to “fired with consequences” .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But still. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>If you’ve actually sat down and generated
tons of Classic style characters (LBB1-3 + COTI for those who know) you find
out that, yes indeed, choosing a good match for career and stats does give you a
fairly good range of options, and boosts your survival (or non-termination with
prejudice) significantly.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And, well, Scouts
always die.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But that is on the label. <o:p></o:p></div>
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</span>So, while it looks insanely stochastic (see! real technical jargon) it isn’t even
close to as random as the armchair Pseudotravellers (those who only read or
skim <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the rules before posting and/ or
making up their mind) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>would have you
believe.</div>
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This relates to the next topic: random vs purchase chargen design in rules lite systems (like, say, BAGS)</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">*For instance, did you know that by fiddling with the reenlistment roll typically to make it easier, one can actually increase your likelihood of dying ?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can, trust me –and there is a sweet spot that optimizes the two positive outcomes (survival and retention) .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Interestingly, the tables are often already there.</span> </div>
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Doc Grognardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084635785043015262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-32504906652861044872014-02-19T16:25:00.002-08:002014-02-19T16:54:30.587-08:00Rules development interlude<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Some thoughts on combat:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Thought one:</b><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">It’s
been done to death at almost every level of granularity possible.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Thought Two</b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">: It’s the place where RPGs often dive into
complexity of the most baroque kinds imaginable</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Thought Three:</b> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Rock paper
scissors, while the simplest and most lite resolution possible lacks a certain
amount of flavor.</i> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, the koan for RPG combat is this: what is not a shameless
ripoff, has the same <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>level of
granularity, complexity and crunch as the rest of the system, and is fun and flavorful.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Answer:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Very little.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, rather than just plug in a simple Roll initiative, To
hit , Damage by Weapon, Save As Needed, Next round - <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>type system <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(which you’ll probably do anyway), I hoped to
do something that addressed each of the points; and not test it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mean, come on, this is a gaming blog, right
?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Keep in mind that part of the motivation for this system is
good old “lets try something different for a change ” .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, that’s the answer when the inevitable
question “why did you do this differently than usual ? ” is asked. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, thusly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">First up, does the combat system have to use the same mechanic
as the task system ? </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In fact, no it doesn’t,
and in fact probably shouldn’t.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> T</span>asks
are about skills, and knowledge or athletic training and planning.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Combat is and trying not to get killed whilst
doing the same. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most skill use involves
concentration, thought and planning; combat is about reacting in “panic hindbrain
adrenaline reflex mode” and wetting yourself. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">That said, they should be expected to overlap,
some… but the main point is this: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>use of
a rifle at a range, or a foil in a contest, or a punch in a boxing match is
different than what you do when there is somebody firing back and trying to
kill or maim you for real, and probably should use a different skill at the
very least.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, as a broad generalization, I’d like a combat system to
use two different resolution systems to reflect this. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, I’m not in love with different dice
rolling procedures or tables just for the sake of adding flavor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So I’ll start off with the following base
mechanics: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All actions are either combat or normal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Normal resolution emphasizes what you know
and are capable of when no one is trying to kill you ; , and combat resolution
is when someone is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You use different skills when in combat<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">, even if you are using the same tools to do
the same things</i>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">For BAGS, use very broad categories wherever
possible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Combat skills are
used to resolve an attack when in combat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Combat skills are mostly a measure of how well you keep it cool in a
given type of combat; weapons limit range and modify damage, but do not modify
the chance to hit when in combat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Combat skills are based around four basic types of combat,
which consider range, and type of action required. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Skill</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Range</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">MORA*</span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Action</span></strong></div>
</td><div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<td class="xl67" rowspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: solid; border-width: 0.5pt 0.5pt 1pt 1pt; width: 48pt;" width="64"><div style="text-align: center;">
<strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
</span></strong><strong><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Typical weapon</span></strong></div>
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</span><div style="line-height: normal; margin-right: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">Wrasslin and rolling</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">grappled</span></div>
</td><div style="text-align: center;">
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<td class="xl72" rowspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; width: 48pt;" width="64"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"><strong>C</strong></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"> (contact)</span></div>
</td><div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<td class="xl72" rowspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; width: 48pt;" width="64"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">wrestling</span></div>
</td><div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<td class="xl73" rowspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 1pt 1pt; width: 48pt;" width="64"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">
</span></div>
<div style="line-height: normal; margin-right: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">Forehead, teeth</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">
</span></div>
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</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
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<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt; mso-yfti-irow: 2;"><div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">Fist City</span></div>
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</div>
<td class="xl72" rowspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; width: 48pt;" width="64"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">Arms reach</span></div>
</td><div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">
<strong> </strong></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"><strong>H</strong> </span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">(Hand to hand)</span></div>
</td><div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<td class="xl72" rowspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; width: 48pt;" width="64"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">boxing</span></div>
</td><div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<td class="xl73" rowspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 1pt 1pt; width: 48pt;" width="64"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">
</span></div>
<div style="line-height: normal; margin-right: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">Fist, fungo bat</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">
</span></div>
</td><div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">Horseshoes and Handgrenades</span></div>
</td><div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">As far as you can throw</span></div>
</td><div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"><strong>T</strong> (Throwing)</span></div>
</td><div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<td class="xl72" rowspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; width: 48pt;" width="64"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">throwing</span></div>
</td><div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<td class="xl73" rowspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 1pt 1pt; width: 48pt;" width="64"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">
</span></div>
<div style="line-height: normal; margin-right: 0in; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">Rock, football</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">
</span></div>
</td><div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
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</div>
</tr>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<tr height="19" style="height: 14.4pt; mso-yfti-irow: 4;"><div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">Sling Lead</span></div>
</td><div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">About 100 yds</span></div>
</td><div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"><strong>S </strong>(shooting)</span></div>
</td><div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<td class="xl72" rowspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt; width: 48pt;" width="64"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">Shooting in a firefight</span></div>
</td><div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
<td class="xl73" rowspan="2" style="background-color: transparent; border-color: black black black windowtext; border-style: none solid solid; border-width: 0px 0.5pt 1pt 1pt; width: 48pt;" width="64"><div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">
</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">Any firearm</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">
</span></div>
</td><div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
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</div>
</tr>
<div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">Country mile.</span></div>
</td><div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">
</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Anything more<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></span></div>
</td><div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">
<strong> </strong></span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"><strong>L</strong></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"> (long)</span></div>
</td><div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">Shooting at range</span></div>
</td><div style="text-align: center;">
</div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">Mortar, machine gun</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;">
</span></td>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">* Mandatory Obsessive Range Abbreviation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, in combat at range T, your H&H skill is used,
regardless of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">what</i> you are trying to
throw (rock, empty pistol, Native Javelin).</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Similarly, when you are holding a rifle, but are in combat
at H range (hand to hand) you don’t use your rifle skill but rather your Fist
City skill. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If it isn’t a combat
situation, such as an assassination at close range (a rifle ?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>come on…but still) use your rifle skill.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But…the moment someone is tryoing to kill you
back you use the combat skill.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ammo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, some weapons have ammo –when used at various ranges they
use up ammo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These are a function of the
weapon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If a weapon is at a range it
cannot use its ammo, or does not have ammo, it, itself may be used as ammo <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">–once</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
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<u><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Weapon effects:</span></u></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Weapons modify two things: damage, and what ranges can they
be used.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Damage: The number of hits that a weapon does
when you succeed in a combat skill roll (or, a weapon skill roll when not in
combat). Some do more, some do less. </span></div>
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Doc Grognardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084635785043015262noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-34669391255754309872014-02-16T17:17:00.000-08:002014-02-16T17:17:05.208-08:00more pulpy goodness; now with actual RULES !
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Actual rules: Creating a character</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Characters have GRIT plus three
stats; some Careers (loosely defined) and Advantages.</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">GRIT </span></b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">is about not getting kill-hammered. Grit keeps you alive and in
the fight. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Try GRIT today !<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Keep some GRIT at hand for whatever !</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">The three
stats</span></b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"> are <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Action,
Wit, </b>and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Interaction</b>. They
define how well a player does stuff, not physical ratings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Careers</span></b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"> define what a player’s skillsets are.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note that while these are freeform, they
should be fairly broad; specific skills should be treated as advantages.</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo11; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><u><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Everyone has the career of<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">
CITIZEN</b></span></u><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">This covers all the normal stuff you need to do to get by in civilized
society: drive cars, cook, dress yourselves, have a mundane job.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The higher, the more you are integrated and
advantaged in society. Which brings us to point 2:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Citizen
determines your access to resources. </span></b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Plus,
in theory, whether you come in the front or back door, and if you need to use
the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">third </i>bathroom.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l9 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">ADVANTAGES </span></b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">are unique attributes of a character that aren’t career based
–such as great strength, lighting fast, dead shot. These<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>come into play if the action is appropriate to that advantage. If
so, the roll is resolved with one additional success per advantage (explained
later).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note that advantages <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">are</i> cumulative, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and</i> stack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Having an
advantage multiple times gets the bonus for each.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Dude, where’s my Dex ? </span></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Don’t have it. For physical ratings (such as the classics STR, DEX,
INT)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the assumption is that the player
is at least average, and only extraordinary levels need to be noted, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and are represented as advantages. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So stop whining that this is a statless story
game.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It isn’t. </span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Stats</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">You have three stats: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">ACTION, WIT AND INTERACTION</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Stats are rated from 0 to 5. </span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Average is 2, impaired is 1, and 0 means you are unable to use
that stat; this is usually bad.</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l12 level1 lfo13; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-bidi-font-size: 9.0pt;">For those who care, a two
covers 1 Standard Deviation (SD) on each side of the mean, or about 68% of the
population. A one is anything more than 1 SD below the mean; the bottom 16% of
the population (about 1 In 6). A three is from 1 to 2 SD greater than the mean,
which suggests that you are better than about 2.3% of the population for that
stat. A four is from 2 to 3 SD which means you are in the top 0.14%.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>five
is > 4 SD, or<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the top 0.003 %. </span></i></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l6 level1 lfo4; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Generate the stats by either</span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l14 level1 lfo14; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Rolling Hd-Ld, and making any zero a two. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Choose a basic hero profile:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>3-3-2, 4-2-2, 5-2-1 ; assign numbers to the stats as you wish. </span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l14 level1 lfo14; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Most grown adults are <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">at
best</i> 3-2-2 (one stat well above average).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Many will be a 2-2-2 or 2-2-1, Some will be 2-1-1 (teenagers or aged) or
1-1-1 (child, very old).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t worry too
much about them, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">pay attention to that
medium Dinosaur right there, man</i> ! (A7, W0, I1, G3).</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">GRIT:</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">You also have<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> GRIT</b>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Grit starts at 5 but can be reduced to buy extra stat points, career
points<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>or advantages. Note to
Minimaxers: Grit keeps you alive, so be careful about spending it. </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Using GRIT.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">If you must absolutely must
succeed, you can trade a GRIT off for a free success <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">after </i>you roll.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This GRIT <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">cannot</i> be recovered during the current
adventure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo12; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Also, you can <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">push</b>
any successful task roll (not resource rolls, though) <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">beforehand</i> by declaring your intention and then making a GRIT roll
– if you succeed, you gain an extra success, if you fail, you lose a success
from your final total. Sure, you can mix and match these, as long as you always
note the before and after roll state. </span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">You can always trade a GRIT in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">before </i>an adventure to gain an advantage for that adventure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At the end of the adventure, lose the skill
and regain the GRIT.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Recovering GRIT.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">All GRIT points lost are
recovered at the end of the adventure or serial.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">During an adventure, Grit lost as damage recovers 1 point any
time you heal a level.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: .25in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l4 level1 lfo5; text-indent: -.25in;">
<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Note: you cannot recover to a GRIT higher than you started the
adventure with. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Increasing GRIT:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">
</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">After the adventure, all
should get one point of GRIT.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Success
may justify more. Excellent play can get a specific player a point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Epic level play can get an immediate
point.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">GRIT cannot exceed 5 when play starts. </span></div>
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saved in the GRIT bank 401k (and are unusable during the adventure) . </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">GRIT points may be spent between adventures or serials to gain
an advantage or a career dice. One GRIT adds one dice to a career,except for
CITIZEN (or NATURE) Existing careers of advantages may only be increased by one
between adventures. No more than one dice can be added to careers, or one
increase to an advantage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Any number of
new advantages or careers may be added at value 1, but not increased until
after the next adventure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Between Adventures, one designate a resource with value no more
than one higher than CITIZEN, and spend a GRIT to receive it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This stays until lost due to game activity,
but does not count as<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>being linked like
a GIZMO. </span></div>
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CITIZEN or NATURE: the cost is the new value. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Hit Points ?</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">None.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just health in one
of five states: FINE, HURT, INJURED, WOUNDED, OUT</span></div>
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get hurt. See the <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Punches and Perils</b>
section for details</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Careers</span></u></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">The main things that drive
your adventurer is their career, The longer you’ve been in it, or the better
you are at it, the more dice you will roll when doing stuff related to that
stat. Typically they should be about this level of detail and specificity of
the old childrens’ skipping rhyme: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Tinker,
tailor, soldier, sailor, Doctor lawyer, Indian chief (etc.) </i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">For 193nazi pulp, we have: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Soldier,
Drifter, Pilot, Trader/ Rich man, Newsman, Daredevil<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thief/ Doctor, Lawman, Engineer, Chief</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Notes:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for Doctor,
specify MEDICINE, SCIENCE or PROFESSOR</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Chief is exactly what it suggests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You spent time as a native or otherwise
uncivilized leader of other savages.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Now divide up six points between them – max four, min one (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">no 0 point careers to take advantage of the
always roll 1d6 roll, you frikkin’ munchkin</i>). You can have as many (or as
few as you want, as long as you allocate a point. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Everybody has an additional skill: <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CITIZEN</b>. Some of you may have <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NATURE</b>
instead (chief, drifter) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">CITIZEN</span></b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"> is used for anything to do with normal civilization that isn’t
covered by your career.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also, for stuff.
See below.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This adds to your” one dice
for everything default” if it is, in fact, related to everyday life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you want, you can specify a mundane career
which uses CITIZEN for tests. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">NATURE </span></b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">is the opposite of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">CITIZEN</b>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">NATURE</b>
is the equivalent of CITIZEN for situations in the wilderness (round
down).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can have both if you have two
relevant careers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Initially, you roll for one; if you have a career that allows
the other, it starts at half. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">You can either assume a 2 or roll Hd-Ld – and start with 0-5 </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Advantages</span></u></b><u><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Start with 1 free advantage,
each extra one costs 1 GRIT (higher level campaigns start with more for free)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Quick partial list of advantages without explanation: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">STRONG, TOUGH, INDOMINABLE, FAST, DEXTEROUS , AGILE, ACADEMIC,CUNNING,
GENIUS, WEIRDNESS, WILL, CHARM, CON, LEADERSHIP, AUTHORITY, ORGINIZATION, SIDEKICK,
GIZMO, LOOKS, FAMOUS, PATRON, CONNECTIONS, RESOURCEFUL, WEALTHY, EXPERT
(),LOWLIFE, UNDERCLASS, SOCIALITE, DRIFTER, THUG, BURGLER, SURVIVAL, STEALTH,
SHARPSHOOTER, BRAWLER, GUNSLINGER, KEEN, SPELLCASTER,PSYCHIC (ignore the last
two for now; <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">this means you, Joel</i>)</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Some explanations now available !</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">EXPERT () </span></b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">You are expert in something specific which is what you fill in
the ( ) with.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It may be a specific
academic discipline (Expert(Psychology), say) or a very granular subset of a
career e.g. Expert(Airship pilot), (Tommy Gun), (Safecracker), (Demolitions),
(Boxing) .</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">GIZMO:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"> you have a very cool signature item; often unique, it is yours
and yours alone. You have an extra success when using it to do stuff.; </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">if it is lost or destroyed, it is regained by the next episode. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">if you intentionally decide to lose the use of it for the rest
of the episode, you can </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Add a second success to any test that includes the Gizmo.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Stop all damage from one source <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">before </i>you roll GRIT.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Recover all your GRIT</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">§<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">NOTE: only one GIZMO can be lost per episode, even if you have
several. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">SIDEKICK: </span></b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">You have an extra loyal character that you control. Can be
expended as above, but is lost for good.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You (and he) have an extra success on any task that you work together
on. The SIDEKICK Starts as either </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">a 221-G5 with any mix of three advantages or one dice careers,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">a 222-G4 with three career dice and one advantage</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">o<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">In almost all cases, the only stat above 1 is action. Advantages
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powerful or influential group and have an ADVANTAGE when dealing with them.
Generally the more likely you are to encounter a member, the less power they
will have. Examples: mob, police, FBI, Radar Secret Service, Comintern, NKVD, Masons,
Illuminati</span></div>
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LOWLIFE.</span></b><span style="font-family: "Courier New"; font-size: 9.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The former is being a member of an oppressed
or disenfranchised but insular minority that looks out for each other as a
result (Poor, Black, Romany, Jews) ; lowlife is being either part of, or very
familiar with the underworld/criminal world (street gang thug, wiseguy, beat
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corners, look out for number one, possibly are on the wrong side of the law in
a minor way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Note that this isn’t necessarily
criminal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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have Saintly and Straight above Steadfast, with Criminal and Evil below
corrupt.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Those are for NPCs; generally
if a player gets there, it is out of the game. </span></div>
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Doc Grognardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084635785043015262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-3805284496968741382014-02-04T13:39:00.000-08:002014-02-19T16:36:23.925-08:00Nineteen Thirty Nazi pt. IISo that was the cover and intro for the rules I wrote for a pickup pulp adventure campaign I ran for a few weeks. I'll be posting it here over the next while. It has some facets to the rules I think I like, so, guess what, I'm gonna share it here for your edification.Doc Grognardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084635785043015262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-80452367972097625102014-02-03T17:34:00.003-08:002014-02-19T16:34:44.628-08:00The year is Nineteen -Thirty-Nazi !<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Special Elite"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">BAGS is a game for bags,
written by bags.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As such, the design
goals were to be:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">The inspiration was a boardgame and lots of random cards to
create adventures, perils, villains, treasures, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Plus, Pete wasn’t ready for the western game,
and this got thrown together. See: Baggishness.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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is PULP ADVENTURE, set in Nineteen-thirty-Nazi.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You are playing a character in a roleplaying game. I am running it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you don’t know what a roleplaying game
is, get the hell out of my house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Come
back when you don’t have a life, okay ? </span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Special Elite"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">That ill defined period of
time for pulp adventures which includes:</span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Special Elite"; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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mooks and plots and bizarre occult investigations (either as an
actual government or just nearly about to be); <o:p></o:p></span></i></li>
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and African wilderness with big game hunting, lost tribes, cities and
treasures; often forgotten by time.<o:p></o:p></span></i></li>
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Great depression, <span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">maybe</span>
post prohibition, but still lots of gun running, rum running, and
Mobsters. <o:p></o:p></span></i></li>
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do I do ? Where is My Butt?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve used
both hands and I can’t find it !! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Special Elite"; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: "Courier New";">Okay, here
is the topline: You pretend to be a someone else having a bad day, otherwise
called a HERO having an ADVENTURE.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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(got ya !<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Nuh UH!) we have numbers and
rules to make decisions asy and (sorta) impartial.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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and how well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The better you are at
stuff, the more dice and higher numbers you generate –which is good, because
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jump a chasm (you fall to your doom), or fail to not be punched (you get
ouched).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In which case, since no one here
is very creative, usually this means you get hurt or lose cool stuff. Sometimes
you die.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again, we have numbers and
rolls to determine when or if this happens (see: playing cowboys). <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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you do, or learn new things. Plus, you get to keep cool stuff, especially when
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</span>Minimalist chargen, stats as skills. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Retro-Stupid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Gamist. Genre simulation, non-narrative, screened (gamemaster
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<br />Doc Grognardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084635785043015262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-21412967097500201692013-12-24T20:22:00.000-08:002013-12-24T20:25:39.116-08:00NORAD and Santa So, Christmas Eve, 2013 <br />
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http://www.noradsanta.org/<br />
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In some very odd way, having North America Air Defense Command, who's main job was to let us know we were about to be cremated alive, tracking Santa, every year of my life, seems to encapsulate the experience of growing up as a cold war kid living at various ground zeroes <br />
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There are a very few things that also capture that: Age of Aquarius, William Barton is one. Hes a bit older than me. But it still moves me profoundly.<br />
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Obviously, I'm really glad we made it, and am still surprised that we did. Nice to be wrong occasionally.<br />
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I am also delighted that my kids<i> don't </i>get the whole cold war eve of destruction- ten-minutes-before-midnight-thing. I wouldn't wish that on most of the people I hate (except <i>maybe </i>Richard Nixon).<br />
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Okay. enough. Glad we are all alive. Merry effin' christmas. Doc Grognardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084635785043015262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-64122603266051970142013-12-03T20:16:00.001-08:002013-12-03T21:39:04.469-08:00 Reviewsday: Romulus Buckle and the City of the Founders I generally cycle from SF to fantasy on about a six month cycle; I seem to be switching over again, as I found a new SF (abeit pulp SF) book I got to share.<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Romulus-Founders-Chronicles-Pneumatic-Zeppelin-ebook/dp/B009PS42YI/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1" target="_blank">Romulus Buckle and the City of the Founders !</a><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Richard-Ellis-Preston-Jr./e/B00CXS99OU/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1386130381&sr=1-1"><span style="color: #004b91;">Richard Ellis Preston Jr.</span></a> <br />
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Zepplins, Martians, post-apocalyptic earth, swords, robots, and giant cool hats !<br />
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Season with the LA basin, cults and technoclans, lots more zeppelins, evil neofascists, missing sisters (did I mention robots ?). <br />
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Honest to god, what more do you need ?<br />
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A good, fast read, tight story, good characters, excellent dialogue and brisk writing style, all contribute to it being awarded the coveted 2013 prize for best use of zeppelins in a post apocalyptic setting without elves or gratuitous use of Tesla.<br />
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..AND, the second book is now out, in which the devilish plot and trechery is further revealed, along with blood-thirsty Martian Saber beasts, and a Mysterious Mountain hideaway ! <br />
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<br />
Again:<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Romulus-Founders-Chronicles-Pneumatic-Zeppelin-ebook/dp/B009PS42YI/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1">http://www.amazon.com/Romulus-Founders-Chronicles-Pneumatic-Zeppelin-ebook/dp/B009PS42YI/ref=pd_sim_kstore_1</a>Doc Grognardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084635785043015262noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-8740273365981494932013-11-09T20:34:00.000-08:002013-11-09T20:35:00.232-08:00This Stuff is GREAT ! Other than keyboards and bathrobes (tm) my most popular posts seem to be reviews. So, here is another one <strike> some more.</strike><br />
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So,
there's this guy (I guess) who goes by"Lars Dangly" over on one of the
big RPG forums. So what? So he is kind of a random RPG encounter - out
of the blue he has posted two free excellent RPGs.<br />
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One of them is <a href="https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8azW7IbtcxzalBIRUl0VW5zY1k" target="_blank">"Balrogs and Bagginses"</a>
a set of original (and early) edition rules for playing in middle earth
-and clearly channeling the adventure ethos of "The Hobbit ".<br />
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It is really<i> really</i> good, and this is coming from a massive JRRT geek. The rules are concise, freestanding (mostly spells are still a bit beta) and very nicely developed from bog standard OD&D.<br />
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So, it scores two hits in<br />
1. Successfully pulling off a Middle earth RPG without being wildly concerned with microdetails, and<br />
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2. is another excellent example of what I think the OSR is doing (or should do) starting with the very basics of D&D and evolving it in a different direction.<br />
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Plus, the cover uses one of the best "adventure and get treasure" pix, evar. <br />
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Seriously, I love me some MERP, and tolerated me some whatever the second one was, and pretty much poked at the new middle earth RPGwith a stick, - but, this is at least as good as MERP for feel, and given that MERP was tied to the mondotablequest engine has a<i> much </i>more elegant system.<br />
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No kidding: it's a take on old style D&D that gets around the three class model very elegantly and avoids race as class (which I despise, <i>thank you very much</i>) . <i>Very </i>elegantly. Seriously, check it out -I'd go into it in detail, but as it is free, you can download it and decide for yourself. Plus, my beer is getting cold. <br />
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Again:<br />
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B8azW7IbtcxzalBIRUl0VW5zY1kDoc Grognardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084635785043015262noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-22777206963404374722013-08-05T12:39:00.000-07:002013-08-05T13:05:42.661-07:00Onward To VENUS !<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<b><i><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Space 1889 kickstarter edition calls to you urgently ! </span></i></b><br />
<b><i><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">If you were dithering, now is the time to step forth ! Indeed, at this juncture the noblest of the noble are Urgently needed to sur-pass the threshold of sub-scription that will allow the publication of the Venus Source-book, perhaps one of the Finest Supplements ever since......</span></i><u><i><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">ever</span></i></u><i><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">, which is to include the Wonderful and fabulous cover illustration depicted above ! Should any more details </span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">prove necessary </span></i></b><b><i><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">than are provided by the above illustration, or the below advertisement, please consult this hyper-link to the kickstarter page of this fine and necessary project,<a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/440453703/space-1889-sf-role-playing-in-a-more-civilized-tim" target="_blank"> placed here for your convenience.</a></span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">LOCKED £34,000</span></i></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> - The Venus Sourcebook!!! The Venus
Sourcebook will be roughly 190 pages and will not only feature expanded
information about the history, geography, flora and fauna of Venus but also
take a close look at the human settlements of the German, British, Italian and
Russian colonists as well as the native population of lizardmen (and
dinosaurs!). We’ll also be revealing ancient secrets that lie beneath the
impenetrable jungles and dangerous swamps that surround them. This book will
feature information about living, exploring and conquering the wilderness of
Venus, as well as new rules, new archetypes, and hints for gamemasters to run
extended campaigns on the greenhouse of our solar system. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/440453703/space-1889-sf-role-playing-in-a-more-civilized-tim </span>Doc Grognardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084635785043015262noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-26830790870410174712013-07-30T15:11:00.000-07:002013-07-30T15:13:56.560-07:00"Ugly Bugger with the Wings, Private Jones 261. Three rounds rapid if you please ! " Only The First And Best Victorian SF RPG ever written coming back ! <span style="font-size: x-small;"><i> In which our tardy correspondent from the blog-o-sphere does gush forth his fanboy affection for a very different kind of role-playing game; various components of other less satisfying systems discussed; comic British public school wallah accent attempted; main advantages of 1889 enumerated; a picture stolen to good purpose; commands to the reader; to which extensive informational and educational afternotes are appended</i></span><br />
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So, Space 1889 is back (again), and no surprise, it's a kickstarter, with the same setting, but a new rules system. I think its the same rules system as Hollow earth adventures, so, cool there - at least they know how to do pulp right. me, I actually liked the old (much berated) system, even the combat, but hey. In this case, the game is the setting. <br />
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Seriously, probably the best actual Victorian SF game with the possible challenge of Forgotten Futures. - See, shortly thereafter Falkenstein and Amazing engine took it off to Vicotrian/Gothic Science fantasy by adding in the supernatural, Airships, brass, leather corsets with goggles and called it steampunk. Or Spells, wizards, Elves, Dwarves,Sprites, Pixies, Lady Cottingly's unpressed Fairies and making it all Romancey* Gothicy Victoriany. and No complaint, and a favorite genre of mine, but as an old colonial miniatures player, this is always my go to game for Victoriana. Not Punk, nor neccessarily Steamy, it simply says, "I say, what if all the boffo chaps in the labs made some ships that let us bring the benefits of modern plumbing, education and heavily favorable trade to the poor benighted Martians and what not, eh ? Whizzers, I say !" And off we go with an electric Ether flyer, a red coat** and a Webley pistol.<br />
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1889. No Elves. No Magic. Steam Optional. Science, Rifles and unabashed colonialism in the solar system.<br />
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This game is great. I'm backing it****. Read about it here (and back it. So let it it be done !)<br />
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* Romance in the older use - a fantastical adventure, without the ripped bodices and bad boy seduction now associated with the term <br />
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** yes, yes, for the three of you who spotted this, I know that the well before 1889 the British army was no longer using Red for service uniforms -going over to mostly Khaki, with Red or Blue for most units on home service. But see, Mars is the RED planet, so a RED service coat will clearly blend in just smashingly, eh wot? <br />
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*** As long as one is British, at least. I mean, we all know that savages begin at Calais, after all. <br />
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****I also bought the Savage worlds adaptation, and while it was mostly excellent (for my money it underplayed the role of class in Victorian society which messes up the flavor, but far from fatally ), but it seems to have lost support.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Orbital</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">A traveller setting & sourcebook</span></div>
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Paul Elliott & Ben Lecrone </div>
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From Zozer Games</div>
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From the blurb: <b><span style="font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Orbital</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
is a science fiction setting for Traveller with a fairly realistic (TL 9) feel
that is set within our own solar system.</span></div>
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Yeah, well I say, Orbital is great !<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is<i> exactly </i>what<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Open source Traveler should be (and is) creating.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>New campaigns in new settings, with all the
bells and whistles; chargen, ship building, planetary info, etc. It’s a TL 9
setting<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>confined to the solar system –
no FTL, no gravitics and actual rockets instead of grav thrusters – so,
although they are super efficient &<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>advanced fusion rockets, fuel use and burns are important. </div>
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It includes rules for chargen appropriate to the setting, necessary
modifications to ship design (spin-grav modules and fusion drives in
particular), planetary lift off , re-entry and orbital travel rules; a bunch of
stuff that does a very good job of adding granularity to the low tech levels in
any traveler game, even one set in the Third Imperium.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It probably worth getting for that alone if
you are a 3I purist. </div>
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The setting is cool, although I have to admit I freaked when
I saw it described as Cold war (” Dammit ! pipped again ! ) – but, it turns out
to be a late 80’s type cold war tech +100 years – and the main cold war is
between earth nations and Luna.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So, cool;
my retro cold war<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>setting is still viable (see
this blog for details) (assuming it ever wakes back up)</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A very 1980’s SF
setting, no cyberpunk, no transhumanism, just corporate greed and nationalism
in space.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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Chargen is well modified for the setting, and presented with
a minimum of “look it up in the core rules”, and a good selection of hardware
and “stuff” is included.</div>
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Orbital tells you the events and timeline, discusses
politics and society, and does it in an engaging and detailed manner;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s harder to do well than it seems –I’ve
read quite a few attempts that seem more like an unusually dry<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>sixth grade social studies report copied from
the encyclopedia than I care to think about.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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I heartily recommend Orbital. </div>
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Get it here at <a href="http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/109160/Orbital" target="_blank">DTRPG</a></div>
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http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/109160/Orbital</div>
Doc Grognardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084635785043015262noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-14410721124994385302013-07-13T17:28:00.001-07:002013-07-13T17:40:45.329-07:00In Case You Were Confused....(AKA Dog headed opinion time)<style>
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To all want-to-be RPG designers, I feel it is my public duty to point out an issue that seems to be being overlooked in many new RPGs, and that seems to confuse
many recent authors: <b>RPG rules are not a venue for publishing
your short (or interminable) gaming fanfic</b>.<br />
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Not
only is it blatantly inflating the page count (and price), but publishing your own fiction <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in your own game is self
indulgent vanity wankery of the first water<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">.</span><br />
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I understand
that a setting has to tell a story (really, I do) and yes, adventures need setting up – but neither
of these are effectively accomplished by including interminable short stories about the
tragic hero with a long duster, a shiny gunswordpowerthingie, and a tragic
backstory attempting to make up for incomprehensible motivations stereotyped
personality traits and pathologically confused<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>social relationships<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">. Okay ?</span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Repeat after me: "A good RPG author is not automatically a good fiction author, <i>and vice versa</i>." </span><br />
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">Rules need playtest; stories need editorial criticism. One doesn't substitute for the other. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>Cut it the hell out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I want crappy adventure fiction, I’ll
read Gor; for crappy SF, there’s always Blake 7.<br />
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As an afterthought, the lack of actual fiction sections <i>alone </i>can be considered a major strength of the OSR and pocket/lite RPG design schools. Even if I hated everything else about them, (and I don't) that alone would endear them to me.</div>
Doc Grognardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084635785043015262noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-89402710099100189412013-07-04T17:12:00.003-07:002013-07-04T17:12:39.414-07:00Post game thoughtsSo, actually, it went pretty well. Yeah, they got thru exactly one random overland encounter, and two rooms in the dungeon in a 6 hour run, but what the heck. No timeouts, no tears, no threats. And to be fair, at least three to four other rooms in the dungeon came to them - they were not really the most stealthy group, no they were not.<br />
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Highlights include:<br />
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The orc berserker ignoring the golinoids that charged in from the next rooms over in favor of looting corpses from the previous fight (for several turns), until one party member promised him 100GP to join the fight<i> right now </i>-he did, and kept the party from being rolled up but got torn up, <i>badly</i>; when he demanded payment, the answer was "I lied, and by the way, how does it feel to have only four hitpoints left, hmmmm? Tell you what, I'll sell you this heal spell for 100GP" <br />
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The huge Legolas vs Chuck Norris fight when the bosses main minion hobgoblin monk mook (MMHMM) smashed thru a door and got all "boot to the head" with the Elven ranger. Turns out that a +1 bastard sword and good armor beats long training and mystic martial arts -although it was close.<br />
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(It was initially suggested that it was Bruce Lee vs Legolas, but everyone pretty quickly agreed that no way could Bruce Lee lose a fight, period. One of them even referencec the dragon movie where Bruce kicked Chuck's ass, which, true or not, impressed the hell out of me for geekery above and beyond....)<br />
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The final fight ended with two epic crits <i>on the same round * </i>just as the two really tough mooks were about to win ; one delivered by a 1HP fighter at -3 from a concussion (the other to the Chuck Norris hobdude). There was massive high fiveing, fist bumping and general jpyful end zone dances. <br />
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Now thats a way to end a game ! Yeah. <br />
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And this, is apparently, post 200. Wow. <br />
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* both legit nat 20s rolled in the open, same round; double damaged followed by a max damage roll. I described everyone in the room as looking like they had exploded a can of dinty-moore beef stew.Doc Grognardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084635785043015262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-91562028207207268632013-06-30T12:24:00.001-07:002013-06-30T12:24:13.217-07:00I go now, to the fate of all men.....who game and have kids......It is perhaps the greatest gift that the human mind is unable to correlate the whole of its contents, and thus remain in blissful ignorance of what unspeakable chaos will will surely ensue when one volunteers to run a OD&D for one's newly 13 year old child and his tween friends. I go now, the the place that all gaming parents must surely go, to face their own karma and spiritual payback for all the ruined campaigns, enraged DM's and total party screwups that said parents have inflicted in their formative years as dungeon delvers.....I go to <i>munchkinland</i>.<br />
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Dear god. The one who shows up an hour early for everything that he doent forget is, I think, arguing to roll up a paladin or a monk with my son. Emergency !Doc Grognardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084635785043015262noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-62249415647577180542013-06-28T16:46:00.002-07:002013-06-28T16:46:50.738-07:00So, T5.........The gods of distribution finally smiled at me, and my order came up -and I got it about a week back. I promised myself I wouldn't say anything until I had it, especially in the argumentative sense - and now, from what I see, I'm going to not be participating in the discussion by virtue of reading it -which I am truly enjoying. Much more rewarding that taking on an argument that has gone back and forth for 10+ years, on either side.<br />
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Still, I want to thank those (such as S4) who added a lot of actual review and potential fixes to their critical opinion of the work; and to those who said "I like it" and not much else, thanks for keeping the morale up in the face of a very few who ....well, lets just call it are comitted to a battle for implementing a pre-determined reactionary narrative.<br />
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Now. On to design a gemini medium interceptor to fight that pesky Soyuz orbital bomber...... <br />
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Doc Grognardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084635785043015262noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-44864433590508754882013-01-28T21:51:00.003-08:002013-01-28T21:51:47.789-08:00What...........do you get if you spill ganja into your italian soup ?<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">........Rasta-fazool !</span><br />
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Thank you, thank you. You're a great crowd !Doc Grognardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084635785043015262noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-57822543221185582052012-12-21T21:20:00.006-08:002012-12-21T21:20:50.090-08:00Did I ever show this to you guys.....?As near as I can figure, it's in an alternate universe where world war III <i>happened</i>, and Devo <i>won</i>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKD7g56DNN0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKD7g56DNN0</a><br />
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Post-post-modern-apocalypse- ; and, if this is what the Myans are predicting for today, <b>Sign Me Up </b>!<br />
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<br />Doc Grognardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084635785043015262noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-82276058209927600722012-12-17T14:38:00.003-08:002012-12-17T14:38:36.411-08:00Thoughts on Blog postsSo, once again, I learn the lesson that this blog at least is entirely my hobby, and that (for me) part of hobbies pleasure, and thus motivation, is in the lack of obligation. <br />
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See, I've sat down to post stuff from time to time in the last couple of months, and what happens is that I realize I haven't finished the DCC review/game report, and since I don't happen to feel like doing that, I don't do <i>anything</i>, feeling some odd obligation to complete what I said I would, before I do something else. <br />
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So, the rest of the DCC game will have to wait for its muse, and no more lining up projects here, as opposed to my real life/career, where such is mandatory. And, no more "up next" ends to posts. Doc Grognardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084635785043015262noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6939436127538793273.post-45277463941341921812012-11-06T22:19:00.001-08:002012-11-06T22:19:04.092-08:00Ahem....... is this on ? (tap tap)<br />
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<b>Wooooo - hooooo !!!!!</b><br />
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(cough) Heh. (cough cough) <grins><br /></grins><br />
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Thanks for putting up with that.<blush></blush><br />
'night. <br />
xxxx<br />
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MeDoc Grognardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04084635785043015262noreply@blogger.com1