what if we take the higer roll less the 2º higer roll and this is the number of oponents who less the die in her cliche? (some player may think not to play...
Hello again and again my excuse for my poor english! Again I have thought about the problem of different cliches in combat-situations (or in competitions). ...
Stephan, A question for this option, does the extra dice count in the cliche total or not? Does the Retired and Frustrated Policeman only have to lower the ...
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Mar 6, 2003 3:48 pm
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... I have a real difficulty with this example. If Paul is an "Excellent" Sharpshooter, why is his score only (3)? (3) is not an appropriate score for...
... Sharpshooter, why is his score only (3)? ... I think that "retired and frustated Policeman" and "Excellent Sharpshooter" are both the name of the cliches...
Hello :-) ... I have to admit the example is not very good, blame it on my poor English ;-) ... Because he is retired for a long time and he is very, very...
Hello! ... Sharpshooter" are both the name of the cliches involved, regardless of its effectiveness. ... Really? When it is _no_ combat-situation or...
Hello! ... It is very easy: It is like pumping a cliche (for the Excellent Sharpshooter (3)) every round without the additional damage (from the pumping of the...
I havn't done much rpg in a verrrry long time (10+ years), although I have tried to keep up with it, I don;t have time to do a lot of actual gaming. I recently...
... Um. I don't think Risus is the best place to start for players who are new to the tropes of the genre. Consider, if you have no concept of pirates, than...
... I think that by "genre" Hank means "the genre of gaming named roleplaying" and not the "setting of the RPG" as I gather you assumed judging from your...
... I think this is an interesting discussion. In my D&D group we once had a player who was completely new to D&D, and completely new to fantasy literature,...
... My response was aimed (fully) at this case. The person doesn't know Tolkien fantasy, or greek mythology or any other Fantasy trope. ... I didn't have this...
... Seems it wouldn't be too hard to do it for RISUS...maybe I'll get to work on it. Karl _________________________________________________________________ MSN...
"Seems it wouldn't be too hard to do it for RISUS...maybe I'll get to work on it. Karl" I would rise up and call you "blessed" if you did so. I am a high...
... Have you seen the resources at www.rpg.net/edu/ ? You might find something useful, but it looks like the page hasn't been updated for a while... Karl ...
... You'd probably want to show them how game mechanics work... right? What I did on one occasion was run characters through a storm (they were pirates on a ...
... monster ... and ... to work on ... Some people have put some online. Of course, I have to plug my own page: http://www.edlbauer.de/risus/roster.html Scroll...
Hank, As a plug, you might want to check out my Risus GM Guide at http://homepage.mac.com/unearthed/risus/guide.html -- there might be something helpful there...
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Mar 10, 2003 2:42 pm
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Paul Elliott, who posts on rpg.net as Mithras, has done a fair bit of in-classroom work using roleplaying. I'd suggest posting a query on rpg.net asking if...
Interestingly the Ars Magica Faerie supplement states that Orc historically is a type of Italian ogre. Slightly surprising, as it's not an Italian word, but...
... This is one of my big gripes with D&D, Karl. Especially when they use them in a fashion that is definitely wrong (their Gorgons, for example, are nothing...
Below is my rendering of Disney's Recess in Risus terms (I can't believe no one has done this yet, the entire show is based on clichés). I'd appreciate some...
Bullock, Larry A
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Mar 12, 2003 4:57 pm
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... Post it on the sight right away, man!! Mark -- _____________________________________ Sent by Mark. Check out his movie website at:...
Consider it posted: you can find Risus Playground, along with my other Risus stuff at http://homepage.mac.com/unearthed/ - for those of you who (like me) have...
Bullock, Larry A
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Mar 14, 2003 12:30 pm
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Oops. It might be helpful to have the URL to the Risus stuff since I added a bunch of stuff for other RPGs....you can get directly to my Risus stuff at ...
Bullock, Larry A
larry.bullock@...
Mar 14, 2003 12:36 pm
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Seems like a perfect match. Any resources out there? Below is a website that has an Ankh-Morpork adventure for Over the Edge, which is easily translated to...
... Not because I don't like it but the rule I most often play without is the rule about inappropriate clichés. I mostly play Risus in serious settings...
... Seems like a strange question to me!!! With any RPG, the GM & players, but mostly the GM, are free to change any rule or rules that they want to, who's...
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