Innocents Must Die? I think that is the title, worth looking at for Tarantino like stuff. Although it has been said before, I'll say it again, plain vanilla ...
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Feb 1, 2005 2:59 pm
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Okay, so in Risus, if someone rolls for improvement they can choose to use that die to start a new cliché at level 1. But what if they want it to be a...
... From: "Charles Frederick Goodin" <cgoodin@...> To: risustalk@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [risustalk] How would you all handle this? Date: Wed, 9 Feb...
... While #2 may seem the obvious answer, those who like #2 answer this: If someone has a cliche with one die and rolls for improvement successfully, would you...
I would think that I would give Jimmy the Apprentice Necromancer [1] right off the bat (but also give him a new hook - Apprentice to Bob the Necromancer that I...
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Feb 10, 2005 1:43 pm
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Why not just allow the player to "save" the die? Gain no benefit from it until they make another successful advancement roll and then use the two dice to get...
... I'd let the player do it this way only if you trust him and know he won't lean to the Munchy Side. Or if you like the Munchy Side (no wrong way to play as...
Hey all, I was just reminiscing about the second rpg I really got excited about (after AD&D, back in the early 80's), Car Wars. Well, CW was more of a hybrid...
... One of the things about Car Wars was that you had a "character sheet" for your car. In fact, the cars were more detailed than the drivers!!! To translate...
... sheet" for ... themselves ... Compact", or ... Yup. I was thinking already of using the concept of PC's "buying" vehicle's using the sidekicks and...
Hi There, <<"Okay, so in Risus, if someone rolls for improvement they can choose to use that die to start a new cliché at level 1. But what if they want it to...
Hallo There, I finally got the companion and have some interpretatorary problems with some of the very amusing 100 Clichés (I am not sure if I am interpreting...
... Derived from (or antecedent to) Armchair Quarterback. The quarterback is the leader of the offensive team in American football. The implication of being...
... Someone who looks into odd phenomena, like why frogs and other amphibians fall out of perfectly clear sky. The term "Fortean" comes from Charles Fort, a...
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Mar 1, 2005 3:29 pm
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... "Inveterate" means "Settled or confirmed in habit, condition, or practice" (among other similar things), so an inveterate coward would be someone who was,...
... Actually, that would make a pretty good cliche: Sluggo The Pirate Mascot Invertebrate Coward (2) Ship's Lucky Slug (3) Juvenile Space Slug with delusions...
... Hi, Stefan! ... I'll do my best! ... Somebody who prefers to run his battles in safety and comfort while somebody else does the fighting. ... Usually an...
... Dang! Somebody come up with a Space Pirate campaign! Guy -- "I installed a spam filter on my computer, but so far all it's catching is unwanted email."...
Hi, thanks for the help, this is much clearer now! I will probably be coming back with more questions or discussion seeds when I am through reading the...
I've been tinkering with a Risus adaptation of Car Wars/Autoduel, and I was trying to come up with a way to use the CW Prestige Rules. Here is what I've come...