... There's a phenomenon (and damned if I can ever remember the name of it) that basically points out that humans tend to observe outliers as common, because ...
On Tue, 01 Aug 2006 16:08:36 +0200, Mike Holmes ... I can't remember the name of it either, but it's at the heart of what makes people gamblers. Among the...
... Thanks again for pointing this out. I've reconciled Jet's aspects across the board. Hopefully there aren't any other hidden discrepancies. :) -- Fred Hicks...
... Yep, in addition to noting outliers, there are other psychological studies that say that people tend to remember negative reinforcement more than positive...
... See my later reply :) -- Fred Hicks * "Curse you iago and your fast fingers!" - Rob Donoghue Co-Author of Fate - Author of Pace - Jim-Butcher.Com Webmaster...
And sometimes one's model of what's going on seems to be right but is actually totally on the wrong track, particularly with emergent systems like traffic....
I mean it is text from page 12. Since my native language is not English I find it sound strange. if they know what the aspect is. Would sound better. However I...
... Sure. But not my wife, for one. She's just a hypocrite. :-) Yes, however, there are lots of problems with perception and behavior, and what works with all...
Oh! Right, that typo. It's been fixed. There should be no 'is' between 'what' and 'the'. ... -- Fred Hicks * "Curse you iago and your fast fingers!" - Rob...
... <snip> I ... added burden ... 3 plus ... that they ... irritates them. ... system the ... want ... die when 4+ or 4- is rolled. If that die continues the...
... Funny, but I was thinking of coming up with something like this. I just had no idea how easy it would be. Yeah, sombody has to have thought of this before....
On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 01:03:07 +0200, Mike Holmes ... Yes, they have :) Over on the fudge list, several variants of this approach have been used. I remember the...
Greetings, True, I do remember the times when the dice seem to 'roll bad' better because they cause the most interesting turns in the story (at least if the GM...
I'd recommend looking at Jess Nevin's Pulp Heroes site (which lists something like 1,700 characters) and is scheduled to be publishing as a book in November....
... Proverbs 16:33 might argue otherwise (http://tinyurl.com/zva2g). =) Overall, I'm a fan of 'exploding' dice. They certainly add an air of uncertainty to...
Greetings, Thanks for passing that along. ... <http://www.thequixoteproject.org/> <http://www.scifitvfans.com/polls/> ... -- James Husum The Quixote Project -...
I have been GMing role playing games for some 20 years now and I have recently run two different 1 shot adventures in Fate. If it were D&D or GURPS (my two...
... Hopefully. But, if there's any chance to use my Uptight aspect - I'm there. I'll try to reread Real Soon Now... :-) Bill Bill Kokal ... We pray for one...
... What you could do is give out a set number of fate points each session or adventure, and then treat compels as a bonus on top of that. This is essentially...
On Aug 2, 2006, at 8:27 AM, Darren Hill wrote: *Snipping much good advice* Darren speaks truth, so I just second it. That said, depending on your group, there...
No, this is not about the movie... With the upcoming release of SotC, I'll confess I'm not sure what everyone means with the term 'pulp'. Could someone help...
... I had each character start the session with 6 fate points and I intended to augment this with compels, however, I virtually never did a compel. I did give...
On Wed, 02 Aug 2006 15:42:14 +0200, Robert Donoghue <rdonoghue@...> ... Thanks :) ... This reminds me of something I'm astounded I forgot. My group took a...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_fiction Definitive descriptions of the genre are somewhat difficult, but they were stories serialized in 1920-1940s adventure...
... For me, they are stories which are: * Cheap * Fast * Fun * Occasionally zany * Occasionally bloody * Always chock-full of action * Embracing a sort of...
... It helps if you can get your players to work with you by making them more aware of aspects. So, using that situation as an example, if that exact situation...
I'm fond of this website: http://www.fantasylibrary.com/lounge/pulpavengers.htm It really helped me understand was "pulp" was, and how to incorporate it in a...
As a follow up to my post, this web page has some covers of the pulps: http://www.spiritone.com/~maxpax/pulp.htm Jon Moyer <doombringer333@...> wrote:...
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