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...
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...
That sounds ok, except for the character generation angle. Why would I buy a rank and one lucky shot instead of spend that die on the three lucky shots? I do...
I don't know for how long I'll be able to keep it going, but I've started a new thing on my blog ( http://homepage.mac.com/unearthed/ ) to showcase Risus...
Bullock, Larry A
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Mar 4, 2005 5:44 pm
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... would ... three ... I forgot to mention that I was going to modify the original character generation rules, in that you wouldn't be able to "buy" three...
I never really see the reason to add any "stats" or even one "stat" to Risus. That is what "Prestige" seems to be. If we start adding stats, it ain't Risus...
I tend to agree with Karl, but I kind of like this one. I don't really think of it as a new stat, just a variation on the Lucky Shots. Based on something Karl...
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Mar 7, 2005 6:00 pm
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Ok, gang, here it is. This is the first version of the notes I have been tinkering with to adapt Car Wars to Risus. I still have some other ideas I want to ...
Iasked you to be gentle, not to be silent <g>. C'mon folks, anybody have any criticisms (constructive or otherwise), suggestions, questions, comments? Hank ......
Two comments: I find that descriptions of what it is "exactly" a Cliche is used for are helpful. And, A note as to what, if any Advanced rules are in effect...
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Bullock, Larry A
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Mar 10, 2005 3:49 pm
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It looks promising; I haven't had a chance to go over it yet, but I've got all of next week off to take another look. I don't know anything about the Car Wars ...
... I think it looks spiffy. I love the whole Mad Max/Fallout/Gamma World thing... but Iif I ran it I'd spend as much (if not more) time on stuff besides the...
Folks, thanks for the comments. I spent this past weekend mulling over some of the thoughts (as well as some others I came up with...), as well as some others...
... I think this is a good idea. Prestige did seem to be a little too focused on a specific character type (and a given's character's specific cliches at...
... <alternating between beaming and blushing> Well, I aim to please, if I aim at all. I worked on cliche descriptions last night. I'll try to post them later...
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