Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the icons-rpg group. File : /ICONS...
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jaerdaph
Oct 2, 2011 5:16 pm
FYI: I've updated the ICONS Clarification Notes to a new version (v.2.0). I've switched now from a text file to a formatted PDF. I've also organized the topics...
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Soylent Green
gsoylent
Oct 2, 2011 5:17 pm
Thanks. It's great resource. To: icons-rpg@yahoogroups.com From: jjbardales@... Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2011 17:16:23 +0000 Subject: [icons-rpg] Re: New file...
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fabfranco
Oct 2, 2011 5:20 pm
Thank you very much for this. Greatly appreciated. 2011/10/2 Soylent Green <gsoylent@...> ... Thank you very much for this. Greatly appreciated....
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jaerdaph
Oct 2, 2011 11:54 pm
Thanks guys - I'm glad it's useful. :) And please let me know if you can think of anything or any way to improve it. jaerdaph...
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paul_jenkinson
Oct 3, 2011 1:58 pm
... I print all of my PDFs that I use regularly and bind them into a hardback. The initial set up cost (card, glue, I made my own bookpress out of wood I had...
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warrenss2
Oct 4, 2011 10:21 am
WOW!!! Dang, Paul. That is awesome. My friends think I'm eccentric just for the Kinkos/FedEx Spiral binding! I've gotten my hardcopy and spiral bound it....
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warrenss2
Oct 4, 2011 10:34 am
Ummm... With a printed out PDF one doesn't have to worry about the "on-device" reader running out of battery juice. ;-) Making ICONS printer friendly would be...
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jaerdaph
Oct 4, 2011 11:52 am
Very cool, Paul! This is one of those things I wish I had the time and patience for... jaerdaph...
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John McMullen
jhmcmullen
Oct 4, 2011 1:13 pm
It *is* very cool, and I will remember it for my PDF-only products. If a publisher sells both PDF and print, though, I rather feel like I should buy the print...
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dirkgentry2000
Oct 4, 2011 3:05 pm
That is 31 flavors of awesome, paul. Very impressive...
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Gareth-Michael Skarka
gmskarka
Oct 4, 2011 5:00 pm
Hey folks-- We've just released the newest ICONS adventure -- co-authored by ICONS Line Artist Dan Houser! "Somebody is supplying the local street gangs of the...
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John McMullen
jhmcmullen
Oct 4, 2011 6:09 pm
Thank you! Already purchased.... (I suppose, what with the unemployment thing, it's a good thing that Dan never got back to me about his commission prices. But...
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Soylent Green
gsoylent
Oct 4, 2011 10:36 pm
Excellent! Grabbing it now. To: icons-rpg@yahoogroups.com From: gms@... Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2011 12:00:10 -0500 Subject: [icons-rpg] New...
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warrenss2
Oct 4, 2011 11:17 pm
I found this funny as h#ll!!! But I doubt it would be much use to an ICONS game. Unless you want a stupid useless villain. ...
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Michael Hopcroft
seraphimguar...
Oct 5, 2011 4:53 am
I'm wondering how these guys would look as Icons characters? http://dresdencodak.tumblr.com/post/10979241054/rebooting-the-justice-league Icons would probably...
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Soylent Green
gsoylent
Oct 5, 2011 6:30 am
You know, I can deal with an albino Wonder Woman and even a ringless, female Green Lantern. But Power Girl without a boob window? I'm shocked! :-) To:...
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Cameron Mount
mountc.geo
Oct 5, 2011 11:32 am
His link to his redesign of Batman<http://dresdencodak.tumblr.com/post/7811124435/if-dc-ever-paid-me-to-do-a-batman-story-it-would>is better, I think. The...
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wee_ree_cat
Oct 5, 2011 12:48 pm
Hey Gsoylent, I know, I know, it's more than a year later, but : I'd really like to continue my MSH game with ICONS but my players are a bit cranky about the...
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John McMullen
jhmcmullen
Oct 5, 2011 12:51 pm
Is there a better way to model the "compel them to tell the truth" angle of the shield than Mind Control? Because Mind Control can be evaded by having...
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John McMullen
jhmcmullen
Oct 5, 2011 1:12 pm
I know this isn't directed at me, but... Well, it's two *starting* determination, if I'm reading it correctly. And it's really tough for my players to spend...
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wee_ree_cat
Oct 5, 2011 1:49 pm
... I'm sorry if you felt excluded. I just addressed him first because of the karma rules, the rest of the post was aimed at anyone interested. ... yes. I have...
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John McMullen
jhmcmullen
Oct 5, 2011 3:38 pm
Well, I can do the Starting Determination versus Determination thing. Determination is how many Determination points you currently have. Starting Determination...
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wee_ree_cat
Oct 5, 2011 4:57 pm
Okay, I understand the difference quite well now. Well, I seem to have a problem. Unless I give a lot of Determination during the game so that my players can...
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John McMullen
jhmcmullen
Oct 5, 2011 5:21 pm
Both Gareth and Steve have said that Determination flows "like water" so when playing, they apparently give out lots of determination and the players spend...
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Soylent Green
gsoylent
Oct 5, 2011 6:04 pm
Below is the chart I used. I'm not claiming it's particularly well thought out or that I would necessarily use it again. For what it's worth, over the 12...
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Tim K.
lion_poet
Oct 5, 2011 6:16 pm
If I ran Icons currently I might tend to treat determination like karma. Awarding it slightly differently--being its named determination, giving it when PC's...
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Soylent Green
gsoylent
Oct 5, 2011 6:22 pm
The catch however that Starting Determination is also the main balancing mechanic. A simple trained hero like Batman, the theory goes, can fight side by side...
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John McMullen
jhmcmullen
Oct 5, 2011 6:42 pm
Those two are somewhat contradictory, aren't they? Â John McMullen (Young old coot) jhmcmullen@... ________________________________ From: Soylent Green...
