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I am new on this rpg and i have (perhaps stupid) questions. The game engine seems very good except for two points. The average habilities value for human is 7....
PascalS
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Apr 8, 2009
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I'd agree too, statistically speaking 5 seems to be the actual average from character creation. You can increase your statistics through the following steps:...
Brian
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Apr 8, 2009
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Morning, We have just announced the next Thousand Suns book which will be released in August. You can read about here: ...
Richard Iorio II
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I think this is a typo in the rules, average human ability should be 6. 25 ability points plus 10 bonus points....
Marquis de Carabas
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Apr 8, 2009
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... This is indeed a mistake in the rules. James...
James Maliszewski
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Apr 10, 2009
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600
So then players start with 40 ability points then? Not 25 as listed in the book?...
Brian
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Apr 10, 2009
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... Not exactly. The original intention was that the characters would be created with 25 Ability Points to start and that, through the acquisition of Career...
James Maliszewski
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Apr 10, 2009
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What do you think of 35 points for abilities (average of 7) ? Raskal...
PascalS
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Apr 11, 2009
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Don't look too hard to the Star Trek supplement as the best example of how to strategically create player characters in TS. I often did not apply the bonuses...
Robert Saint John
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Apr 12, 2009
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Characters act in initiative order. They can do more than one action per round with a -2 TN to every action beyond the first. The rule says that they can dodge...
PascalS
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Apr 14, 2009
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... My personal approach would be to allow characters to Dodge or Defend any attack on or after their Initiative Rating, subject to the multiple action...
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Apr 14, 2009
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If Greg's around, just wanted to compliment him on the latest EG entries. Love the Space Ranger! --Robert...
Robert Saint John
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Apr 17, 2009
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... This is almost identical to my approach as well, for what it's worth. James...
James Maliszewski
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Apr 18, 2009
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... I think it'd work just fine in many types of campaigns. In the end, it depends on what approach you prefer. Were I to do it over again, I would probably...
James Maliszewski
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Apr 18, 2009
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In the campaign I ran I gave 33 points for the starting abilities.  This allowed them to be a little better than the average human (they are after all the...
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Apr 18, 2009
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So we've just seen the 3rd excellent pdf release for Thousand Suns sibling game Colonial Gothic. All of which have been well worth the $1 price tag. Any...
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Apr 21, 2009
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... Yes we will. James is working on some now, and I have a few ideas as well. We just got a little side tracked as of late with a lot of projects on our...
Richard Iorio II
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Apr 21, 2009
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When Thousand Suns was released, there was some talk here about wanting books that expanded certain subsystems found in most campaigns (world creation,...
Keith Johnson
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Apr 21, 2009
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... On the immediate horizon, no, mostly because I've been swamped with other work and have (wisely, I think) been trying to get more important TS projects...
James Maliszewski
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Apr 21, 2009
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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the transmission_thousand_suns group. File...
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Subject line says it all. I am working on it. I will keep you all posted. What a great way to start a Monday. :\ Anyway, thanks for your patience. Richard -- ...
Richard Iorio II
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May 11, 2009
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Howdy. Been busy, namely with getting the next book out the door to layout. James and I have been doing a lot with it, and now it is done and we can breathe a...
Richard Iorio II
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May 24, 2009
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Gotta say I'm looking forward to this, it sounds like a lot of grist for the mill....
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Jun 1, 2009
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... There is. It is a collection of cool bits, and though the contents seem "random" I really wanted this book to be a collection of cool things. If Thousand...
Richard Iorio II
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Correct me if I'm wrong (our GM owns the book) but isn't it: 25 points +10 points, but you pay double for attributes So you really start with an average of 30...
Jon Lemich
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Jun 12, 2009
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Without taking 1s or 2s, you can get a stat up around 10. And if you take a veteran career you can have a specialized skill of 8. So you can have a...
Jon Lemich
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Jun 12, 2009
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Another question: Creating a character with the skills I want has been vexingly hard. Has anyone created a spreadsheet with every race/homeworld/career...
Jon Lemich
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Jun 12, 2009
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Let me give you my purely personal take on your questions, YMMV. "Correct me if I'm wrong (our GM owns the book) but isn't it: 25 points +10 points, but you...
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Jun 13, 2009
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Have you checked out my Char Gen spreadsheet in the files section? Files > Character Sheets > 1000SunsCS_XCL03.xls Easily lets you play around with "What if?"...
Robert Saint John
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Jun 14, 2009
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I was hoping for something that auto-populated the complex calculus of skills acquired through race, homeworld, career1, career2, and career3 so I could easily...
Jon Lemich
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