Thinking, as I do often, about other decks for other worlds, I have realised that many decks come up with more than the regulation standard-Everway fortune...
Cool idea. So it winds up being vaguely like Lensman, or the Green Lantern Corps, or the two factions in Leibers _The Big Time_, or the B5 Rangers... Hey,...
lots of good stuff here, all round... ... remember any of those! Maybe I should buy the new GURPS Lensman sourcebook :oP or the ... beginning... ... to ... ...
... I think it is important. Everway has a very coarse-grained character generation system and Virtue and Flaw help make the characters different and more...
On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 21:17:20 +0100 Paul Andrew King ... that is a principle, or motif, but not a card? Or are you saying that they have a card F/F/V, but it...
... I'm saying that it doesn't have to be a card to get the advantage of differentiating the characters. The tie to fortune draws is the most dispensible part...
... organization ... Who? ... Well, I actually had B5 in mind. (Half-hearted spoiler warning here- -after all, the show's been in syndication for a decade)...
On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 23:11:49 -0000 dr_jack_holcomb ... absolutely! Its my favourite sf show and I think that kind of Vorlon approach might work well. ... ...
I added my provisional space opera deck to the files section. I really would welcome any comments from anyone on new cards that should be there, cards that...
... competing ... the ... actually ... and ... unholy combination. What I am trying to work out now is how these ancients and their machinations link in to the...
Looks good to me, John. Given what you've said about your SF universe, though, I think the Mystic is more appropriate than the Psion. "Psion" just doesn't...
... *long descriptions of different sinister patrons cut* ... some ... that I ... each ... are ... transcendent ... new ... them ... Bodhisattvas ... acts ... ...
Instead of a transcended species, the patrons could simply be an ancient, wise and immobile one. One idea I've always liked is that Europa-like worlds (ie...
... opera meets cthulhu mythos, perhaps it should be NamelessDreadAeonSpaceWay. It does fit well with the concept of good and bad elder races, only they...
... I can see where you are coming from with that. I had wondered myself if they were too close I saw the Psion (or ESPer) as the commercial telepath style of...
... levels of ascension... Like when you get to be a 10th level alien mystic you get more fireballs? :oP ... the ... reveals ... that a while, cos they would...
I was just wondering, is it possible to come up with a list of things that every good rpg adventure should contain. It would be a handy game aid. I guess it...
_Climactic Reversal_ The villain the characters have been fighting the whole time turns out to be a misunderstood, but basically good being. Or, the ally who ...
RPG Author S. John Ross has on his web site a free pdf called 'The Big List of RPG Plots'. You can find it at http://www.io.com/~sjohn/plots.htm. While not...
... Big List of RPG Plots'. You can find it at http://www.io.com/~sjohn/plots.htm. While not exactly what you're asking after, it's a fun read. ... wouldn't...
I tried the link. It worked for me. As to the programming idea, I'm way ahead of you. A product I have called Tablemaster (which is no longer available, as...
... Hmm, how about just getting the PCs to pull cards off the fortune deck one at a time and letting them interpret the cards as events in the chase? I guess...
... that ... Some thoughts: CLONE: Lack of Individuality vs. Rebirth AI: Clear Thought vs. Murderous Apathy PSION: Mind over Matter vs. Arrogant Superiority...
Characters...a good adventure needs good characters. Specifically - a good villain, with a good motive and a good idea of what resouces he has. But that's me....
I have been Dming for almost 20 years now, but always D&D... I ran across Everway cards in a discount store and bought a pack for fellow RPGers. It must have...
... Everway has a lot of flexibility. Try and describe how your husband sees his character and stat it out from that. Or post the description here and ask...
Hours of discussion and study later, I think I'm getting this. Everyway Index has a neat assignment of parts of the living body to elements. Body as Earth,...
... Glad you like it ! ... I hope you'll find my essay on Magic in Everway useful in working that out. ... I would reduce some of these costs. I reckoned that...
That's right, that was your inspiration! Nicely done. I have read the magic section in the Everway Index several times, but I'm afraid that doesn't mean I...