Hey guys, just a heads up that for the next 24 hours, USHER Dossiers is on sale for 75% off! If you haven't grabbed it yet, now would be a good time. ...
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Tommy Brownell
thefamoustommyz
May 23, 2011 2:35 pm
You should get it...unless, you know, you hate the idea of a great superhero setting with at least semirealistic age progression. Seriously...it's good stuff. ...
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Brandon Blackmoor
bblackmoor
May 29, 2011 1:26 am
Update to my ICONS Character Builder. http://www.westguard.org/index.php?title=ICONS_Character_Builder Corrected Life Support bug; added Team Determination to...
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Soylent Green
gsoylent
May 31, 2011 12:15 pm
I've run Icons pretty straight so far and resisted the temptation to fiddle to much with the rules. There is one house rule I would like to propose though...
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abesapiens
May 31, 2011 2:49 pm
I approached it a little differently with my streamlined Stunning, Slamming and Killing rules: ...
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Brandon Blackmoor
bblackmoor
May 31, 2011 3:05 pm
... I might revisit those, the next time I run. ... If I were to alter Duplication, I would have gone the other way: huge crowds of duplicates. Kind regards, ...
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Soylent Green
gsoylent
May 31, 2011 3:32 pm
I'll have to check out the varialt stun/slam rules when I get home. And yeah I can see the appeal of having hordes of duplicates. But if I were to go that way...
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John Dunn
the_dunner
Jun 2, 2011 12:11 pm
Hi folks, Just a couple of quick updates regarding the Hope Preparatory School setting for ICONS. Some may have noticed that we're currently running a sale on...
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John Dunn
the_dunner
Jun 6, 2011 3:00 pm
Hi folks, Orientation, the first scenario for the Hope Preparatory School setting is now available for the ICONS rule system. As new students to Hope...
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Brandon Blackmoor
bblackmoor
Jun 7, 2011 5:50 am
Podcast of our most recent ICONS game. http://www.blackgate.net/blog/citadel-game-podcast-2011-05-27/ Kind regards, Brandon Blackmoor -- ...
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Gareth-Michael Skarka
gmskarka
Jun 9, 2011 10:00 pm
http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?cPath=&products_id=92326 Adamant Entertainment presents another pulse-pounding adventure for ICONS: Superpowered...
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Tim K.
lion_poet
Jun 9, 2011 10:03 pm
... Darn you! More stuff! Not good for my wallet at all. GMS, secretly the Gamemaster, stealing all our cash! On 6/9/2011 3:00 PM, Gareth-Michael Skarka wrote:...
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Curt Meyer
curtmeyer9
Jun 10, 2011 1:28 am
Gareth, are those of us who preordered Villinomicon still going to get a half-off coupon for this? Sent from my iPad ... Gareth, are those of us who preordered...
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Gareth-Michael Skarka
gmskarka
Jun 10, 2011 1:46 am
ACK. Totally forgot. Sending it now. -G ... ACK. Totally forgot. Sending it now. -G On Jun 9, 2011, at 8:29 PM, Curt Meyer wrote: Gareth, are those of us who...
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Soylent Green
gsoylent
Jun 10, 2011 7:08 am
That's okay, I forgot about it too so purchased the adventure already, like seconds after the its release was advertised :-) But I really do like this range of...
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JohnMcMullen
jhmcmullen
Jun 10, 2011 8:00 pm
I'm doing writeups of the characters in the systemless adventure "Small Town Hero" and for quite a lot of them it says "takes half damage from X". Suggestions...
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Brandon Blackmoor
bblackmoor
Jun 10, 2011 8:19 pm
On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:00 +0000, "JohnMcMullen" <jhmcmullen@...> ... First, I would use Resistance for that (Resistance 5, to be exact). You can have a...
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Brandon Blackmoor
bblackmoor
Jun 10, 2011 8:25 pm
I am having a serious problem replicating a certain type of character in ICONS. This is the "archer with trick arrows" or "ping pong ball gun" type character....
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;ohn McMullen
jhmcmullen
Jun 10, 2011 8:28 pm
I looked at Resistance but it didn't have the categories I want and I'm loathe to introduce them willy-nilly. Also, reading the text, I had come away with the...
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abesapiens
Jun 10, 2011 8:31 pm
... I'd have the player pay full points for the base attack, then one point for each optional effect. Just like M&M. Cheers! John Powell...
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Brandon Blackmoor
bblackmoor
Jun 10, 2011 8:34 pm
On Fri, 10 Jun 2011 20:28 +0000, ";ohn McMullen" <jhmcmullen@...> ... You might be right, but if so, I don't think that would make much sense. I'd rather...
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Gerry
urbwar
Jun 10, 2011 8:36 pm
... Not exactly. It says that you subtract your Resistance level from the level of the effect it Resists. If said Resistance reduces the effect to 0 or less,...
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Curt "Cripplepot...
curtmeyer9
Jun 10, 2011 9:45 pm
I'd like to see a Bubblegum Crisis / Macross inspired adventure, but that's just me. ... I'd like to see a Bubblegum Crisis / Macross inspired adventure, but...
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Curt "Cripplepot...
curtmeyer9
Jun 10, 2011 10:06 pm
Well, in the character codex on in the group's files, Hawkeye is written up like this, if that helps: Bow: When using his bow, Hawkeye has Fast Attack 6. His...
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Tim K.
lion_poet
Jun 11, 2011 4:06 am
... It is exactly what Wizardry (Gadgets) is for, while the heroes have limited arrows, they always seem to have the right one when needed. That's what the...
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Gareth-Michael Skarka
gmskarka
Jun 11, 2011 4:36 am
... Agreed. If you're looking to instead have a limited repretoire of arrows, simply do each arrow type as a seperate power (labeled as a device). ...
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Brandon Blackmoor
bblackmoor
Jun 11, 2011 4:37 am
... Yeeaaahhh... my game group is unanimous saying that Wizardry, as written, simply doesn't work. It costs a ridiculous number of points. It costs exactly as...
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Jakub
osiejator
Jun 11, 2011 10:22 am
... What? ... I don't know what game are you playing, but we treat 2 basic applications and any bonus powers as "spells/gadgets you always know/carry", and as...
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John McMullen
jhmcmullen
Jun 11, 2011 2:05 pm
It sounds like what they wanted was a multipower (in Hero terms), and for that, the house rule sounds fine. But the advantage of Wizardry is supposed to be...
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bblackmoor@...
bblackmoor
Jun 11, 2011 3:39 pm
Power stunts cost Determination. So far, the average Determination is 1. (I have a character who bought extra : she has 2. No one has 3.) So Green Arrow has...
