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3664
Remeber that hazards are like plot complications in GCW... if your groups MD is over 10, you need to take hazards to reduce it down. Also, a ref can always...
Tristan Heydt
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Apr 1, 2007
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3665
So I was flipping through the missions in Pax just to get an idea of what kind of things the crew might need to do and I was looking over the Fungatator Famine...
Brian Peters
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Apr 1, 2007
3:39 pm
3666
Hmmm... I'm still confused after all. For the Hazards with an Indicator Threshold, it says that if you roll it you should just skip it if Fate hasn't breached...
Brian Peters
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Apr 1, 2007
5:06 pm
3667
Good Find. The ref should reduce the MD with plot twists or hazards to 7 or lower. This kind of error tends to happen on the extremes. It is usually a good...
Jeff Siadek
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Apr 1, 2007
5:08 pm
3668
If your MD is higher than 10, you select hazards and apply the MD modifier to lower the MD to 10. If your MD is 13, you find hazards with MD modifier adding...
Tristan Heydt
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Apr 1, 2007
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3669
Umm... thanks, but this really doesn't answer my question. ... stupid. I ... we just ... switch ... and the ... unless...
Brian Peters
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Apr 2, 2007
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3670
Umm... yes, it does. You use a hazard under any of 4 conditions. 1. The Fate threshold for a given campaign indicator has reached 3 or higher. In this...
Tristan Heydt
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Apr 2, 2007
3:04 am
3671
... I appreciate your attempts to help me explain this, and it is most likely my own foolishness which makes this difficult, but the points you make above...
Brian Peters
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Apr 2, 2007
3:17 am
3672
Ok, I see where your confusion on situation 2 arises... I will wait for M. Siadek to weigh in on this issue for a definative answer, but I would imagine that...
Tristan Heydt
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Apr 2, 2007
3:33 am
3673
... I got'cha, and it makes sense... sort of. But at the same time, in GCW letting an enemy campaign indicator hit level 3 carried a penalty. If the only...
Brian Peters
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Apr 2, 2007
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3674
You guys have been working this out quite well, and I'm sorry if there's been confusion. The Hazard Chart has two functions: 1) The Hazard Chart provides an MD...
Jason Siadek
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Apr 2, 2007
6:14 pm
3675
Greetings all, A friend of mine highly recommended Battlestations to me and from what he's told me it's a very good game - complex enough to make things...
Jared
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Apr 4, 2007
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3676
Dear Jared: Check the GameKastle web site for the group there. John ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ ...
John Fox
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Apr 4, 2007
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3677
Just getting started with Battlestations. Long time DM - this looks to be the perfect combination of role playing & action. What drew me to the game is that my...
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Apr 4, 2007
10:44 pm
3678
Yes, "Boot Camp" is an extremely bad choice... It's the Kobyashi Maru of Battlestations. I always like the "Assault X" series, as they're very simple and have...
Tristan Heydt
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Apr 4, 2007
10:54 pm
3679
Ok, who's written up a Kobyashi Maru mission? :) The heroes receive a distress call from a disabled freighter. They warp in to investigate, only to find that...
Fred Schmidt
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Apr 4, 2007
11:36 pm
3680
I just cheat at that mission here is how. Flip the GM the bird take your books and go home since you bought them anyway and run the next game yourself. That is...
matthew penkava
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Apr 5, 2007
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3681
Below is a quote from the rulings posted in the files section. Does that mean that bots have hit-points to take the damage? Or is that a typo? Thanks. ...
bwc_wh40k
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Apr 5, 2007
2:24 am
3682
I didn't mean as a FIRST mission. sheesh. Fred ... From: matthew penkava To: battlestations@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2007 7:03 PM Subject:...
Fred Schmidt
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Apr 5, 2007
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3683
Well there is also that GCW mission Escape. That one is pretty nasty and just comes down to trying to survive. ... take your books and go home since you...
Brian Peters
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Apr 5, 2007
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3684
I couldn't find the reference in the official FAQ. I seem to recall something about this but August of '05 was a long time ago. Here's the official ruling as...
Jeff Siadek
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Apr 5, 2007
5:18 am
3685
Well, the thing with "boot camp" is that you get to do a lil' bit of everything. It's not an impossible mission, but a very difficult scenario. My first (and...
bwc_wh40k
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Apr 5, 2007
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3686
Okay, thank! That clears it right up :) ... time ago. ... Support damage die rolls of 5 or 6) is effectively broken. A subsequent damage roll will...
bwc_wh40k
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Apr 5, 2007
5:20 am
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At 06:44 PM 4/4/2007, you wrote: Just getting started with Battlestations. Long time DM - this looks to be the perfect combination of role playing & action....
Scott Smith
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Apr 5, 2007
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3688
... Will do - thanks! Best, -Jared- ____________________________________________________________________________________ Food fight? Enjoy some healthy debate ...
Jared Boyce
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Apr 5, 2007
2:48 pm
3689
Dear Jared: Try getting ahold of "Kris Miller" <traveller@...>. He knows more about the games than I do. John ... ...
John Fox
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Apr 5, 2007
4:55 pm
3690
If you use the Reflexive special ability to try to dodge a missile and fail, does it cause OOC?...
Brian Peters
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Apr 8, 2007
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3691
What happens when you have an enemy on your ship and then warp out with him on board the ship. Is he captured?...
exidor001
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Apr 8, 2007
4:44 am
3692
... I believe you're supposed to continue playing until he is dealt with or the crew is defeated by him. obviously the ship won't be doing much and no one...
Brian Peters
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Apr 8, 2007
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3693
I am looking for players in Illinios...
exidor001
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