Well, when I bought Icons, I was greatly relieved to see the way Qualities and Complications were handled. I had played SotC before, and I found the endless...
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Tommy Brownell
thefamoustommyz
Jun 11, 2010 8:05 pm
I agree. The Fate-style "tag everything" stuff is a bit excessive for me and my group. I bet we could handle the ICONS version of just characters having...
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jaerdaph
Jun 12, 2010 2:50 pm
You can roll six times or choose them yourself, according to the text. If you have Supersenses of 6, you could take (roll or choose) six different Supersenses...
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Steve Kenson
talonstudio
Jun 14, 2010 1:30 pm
... Really. Characters with Supersenses often have a lot of them: take Superman or Daredevil for example. It seemed kind of crazy to treat each one of them as...
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eric troup
blindgeek07
Jun 15, 2010 1:52 pm
I see that. A friend and I got into a discussion along the same lines as what you said below. I am converted. ;-)...
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Fred Furtado
patchlord
Jun 16, 2010 2:40 am
Hi, When you are using the point-buy generation, how do you calculate how many points the normal version is built on? And does each version of the character...
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Steve Kenson
talonstudio
Jun 16, 2010 12:21 pm
... Actually, Fred, Alter-Ego got changed at the last minute (I was on the fence about it and had a chance to make the change, so we did). Make sure you've got...
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Fred Furtado
patchlord
Jun 16, 2010 12:27 pm
... OK, so if you don't ask for any shared traits, each gets its own assortment of Qualities and Challenges, right? Tchau! Fred Furtado fred.furtado@... ...
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yorrick99
Jun 16, 2010 7:59 pm
So I finally got a chance to play ICONS today with my two kids (11 and 7, out of school) and my wife (college professor with a part-time summer schedule). The...
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Tobias Loehr
the_bard_of_...
Jun 16, 2010 9:28 pm
Wonderful recap. I love reading these. Makes me jealous that my kids aren't old enough to play the games yet :) Â OGC Â ... From: yorrick99...
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yorrick99
Jun 16, 2010 10:45 pm
Thanks! I wanted to do this earlier and other stuff just kept getting in the way. It helped to have my wife on board; the kids naturally look to her as the...
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yorrick99
Jun 16, 2010 10:48 pm
The random roll method makes character generation fast, but having come from a point-buy character generation background, it's hard not to want to tweak it...
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Tommy Brownell
thefamoustommyz
Jun 16, 2010 10:55 pm
For my part, I have long maintained that game balance is only relevant as long as people are having fun. If it's "unbalanced", to switch things around? Go...
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yorrick99
Jun 17, 2010 12:43 am
Thanks, Tommy. I've been thinking that way about balance, at least in heavy point-buy systems, ever since I read an article called Pointless Champions by...
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Mike Olson
stabbysideways
Jun 17, 2010 12:54 am
... Actually, it's another roll -- the attack's damage (I believe; either that or the attack's Level), vs. the target's Strength. That may be what you did, now...
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eric troup
blindgeek07
Jun 17, 2010 3:55 am
As I understand the rules for slams/stuns, it's only if a PC gets slammed or stunned that there's a roll to resist the stun/slam. So since the GM doesn't roll...
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yorrick99
Jun 17, 2010 4:17 am
That's what I thought. I did this once, but the other time I had one of the players roll for the bad guy. Seemed to work all right either way, but...
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yorrick99
Jun 17, 2010 4:20 am
Well, the random roll process does generate some strange results!...
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Mike Olson
stabbysideways
Jun 17, 2010 6:24 am
... I'm not talking about the results themselves -- I'm talking about their * interpretation*, and what the RAW say the different origins actually mean. But...
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Steve Kenson
talonstudio
Jun 17, 2010 12:28 pm
... Yes, they do. _____ Steve Kenson stevekenson@... www.stevekenson.com...
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Steve Kenson
talonstudio
Jun 17, 2010 12:29 pm
... Thanks, Mike, that is very clearly explained, and indeed how it is intended to work! _____ Steve Kenson stevekenson@... www.stevekenson.com...
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Hollis McCray
ascensionschild
Jun 17, 2010 4:37 pm
Just some FYI updates from the RPG.net boards and the Adamant Twitter feed: -Print versions should be arriving in the warehouse tomorrow, and shipping to...
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Ron Frazier
einor
Jun 17, 2010 4:47 pm
On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Hollis McCray ... W00t! ... You have my wallet, Adamant! ... Wait, what? I thought this was going to be free? Am I confused? ...
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robert fv
Robtfv
Jun 17, 2010 5:03 pm
Excellent update! Has there been any word on when & where the print version will be available for non-preorders? ________________________________ From: Hollis...
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daDiceGuy
dadicedude
Jun 18, 2010 2:17 am
Anyone pick this up as yet? Saw this on RPGNow today.Unkindness<;http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=81820> -- You're a bit hard to miss love....
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yorrick99
Jun 18, 2010 2:39 am
Thanks! I never thought that only heroes could get slammed or stunned, I just wasn't sure if an additional roll beyond the attack roll against the villain was...
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yorrick99
Jun 18, 2010 2:57 am
Ah, I see. True enough. Well, I think that process of shaping concept to random results is actually quite a bit trickier for new role players than for seasoned...
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eric troup
blindgeek07
Jun 18, 2010 6:06 am
I just bought "Unkindness," an adventure which says it's for Hero Sixth Edition and Icons. Looks very interesting indeed, but I can't find much Icons info for...
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eric troup
blindgeek07
Jun 18, 2010 6:07 am
Whoops ... Just posted a message about it myself. Could've just replied to yours. That's what I get for starting an email before leaving for an errand and...
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Greg
ronin84sbc
Jun 18, 2010 2:21 pm
Hello, I have a son who wants to play his own version of the Dark Knight, how might I go about modeling the utility belt. Right now I have given him the...
