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... The starship combat system is being revised, yes. Greg Videll is hard at work on the starships book and the revision will include a stripped down version...
James Maliszewski
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Sep 6, 2009
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How's this for an idea? What if certain skills listed more than one governing Ability, with the GM deciding which one is most pertinent for a given action? For...
James Maliszewski
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Sep 6, 2009
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This is a good plan. Keeping a "primary attribute" for each skill should keep things relatively simple, but the flexibility of being able to assign alternate...
Bruce Rusterholz Turner
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Sep 7, 2009
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Howdy, Sorry for the cross posting, but I figured I'd kill two birds with one stone this morning. Last week, the Rogue Games website went through a DNS change,...
Richard Iorio II
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Sep 8, 2009
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I like how the Trinity RPG handles it. In Trinity, every skill is assigned to the stat that is most commonly used, so when your storyteller tells you to make a...
Keith Johnson
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Sep 8, 2009
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... This sounds very similar to what I have in mind, actually. Good to know! James...
James Maliszewski
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Sep 8, 2009
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To the Rogues: Is there any update on when we should expect Thousand Suns Revised? I promise that I won't hold you to a firm date. Thanks, solomoncane p.s. I...
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Sep 22, 2009
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... It's scheduled for next spring. I believe May is the date, Richard? James...
James Maliszewski
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Sep 22, 2009
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On Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 2:53 PM, James Maliszewski ... May is the date, yes. :) Richard -- Richard Iorio II President/Main Rogue Rogue Games Games so good they...
Richard Iorio II
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Sep 22, 2009
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There had been quite a bit of discussion in the past about the total number of starting Attribute Points in Thousand Suns being too low and resulting in...
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Oct 9, 2009
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Interestingly, the revised edition starts new characters off with 30 Ability Points. That seems a good compromise between the original 25, which was too low,...
James Maliszewski
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Oct 12, 2009
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Here's a question for everyone. I'm toying with the possibility of changing the degrees of success mechanic slightly, since there's a small bit of confusion...
James Maliszewski
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Oct 12, 2009
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I'd go with option #2. Tidy and simple to explain, and leaves players happier for getting the slightly better roll. BRT...
Bruce Rusterholz Turner
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Oct 12, 2009
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Option #2 -- _____________________________ Rev. Keith Johnson keithalanjohnson AT gmail.com http://keithalanjohnson.blogspot.com/ "We are what we repeatedly...
Keith Johnson
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Oct 13, 2009
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Option 2. Option 1 requires people to remember a special case, whereas 2 doesn't. Option 2 also lets you play with the damage curve on things--you can have...
Kevin Brennan
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Oct 13, 2009
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Option #2, as long as the Max Damage Values (or something close to them) remain. Is this just for combat and DV? I want to make sure I understand this. If we...
Robert Saint John
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Oct 14, 2009
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step 1: roll 3 d100, 1 for each column put these into details 1 axial tilt [50%] balkanized overpopulated 2 day length [50%] important trade nexus orbital...
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Oct 29, 2009
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I like this. This is the type of chart I like: simple, direct and to the point. I know James has told me that he is thinking about doing more of this type of...
Richard Iorio II
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Oct 29, 2009
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... Yes, these are ideas similar to ones I'm currently adding to the revised edition (which is moving along well). I'll be posting excerpts to it probably next...
James Maliszewski
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Oct 29, 2009
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I was looking over this and saw 'surfing battle site'. I want to thank you for the image this inspired- Cowabunga! Vince the alien zookeeper, browncaot otaku...
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Oct 29, 2009
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OK, now that you mention it, what is a "bullwinkle world"?...
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... "i admire the surreality of the underlying metaphor..." heh, heh, heh... all because yahoomail can't format columns... will post (properly) formatted PDF...
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... why obviously, sir - a companion to/replacement for a "rocky" world... : ) and if i ever post my random timeline events tables, i'll probably have to...
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Oct 29, 2009
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OK, the file is now posted: NARFS retrieved2.pdf something from way back, it's an unfinished generic world design article for SHADIS (anybody remember that...
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Could I post this on the wiki as well? Richard ... -- Richard Iorio II President/Main Rogue Rogue Games Games so good they sneak up on you.™ ...
Richard Iorio II
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Oct 29, 2009
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... sure, that would be fine... : ) j...
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Awesome. I will have it up this week. ... -- Richard Iorio II President/Main Rogue Rogue Games Games so good they sneak up on you.™ www.rogue-games.net ...
Richard Iorio II
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Oct 30, 2009
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Thanks! I remember Shadis fondly... Anyway, wish me luck, I'm gonna try NaNoWriMo again, maybe a space opera, maybe a space western, but it will definitely...
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Oct 31, 2009
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Hello! Rogue Games is going to be doing a lot of play testing over the next few months. This month, we will be kicking off three different play tests. The...
Richard Iorio II
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Nov 4, 2009
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Ok, an idiot. I gave the work address for the form. Here it is: http://www.rogue-games.net/storage/pdfs/Rogue_Games_Idea_Submission_Agreemen.pdf Sorry about...
Richard Iorio II
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