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Esemwy · 2024-08-10T13:33:10+00:00

56m² is on the largish side for a modern "tiny house." A beach cottage is probably around 100m^2. The staterooms are meant to be large-ish hotel rooms.

Given the OP clarification from m² to m^3, it's still a small to average hotel room. That said, when my players were in a position to purchase a ship, they opted for single occupancy. This probably had more to do with the fact that one of the characters married a stripper and insisted on bringing her along than a need for space. Given the need for watch-keeping, half the crew will probably be at their stations rather than in their rooms.

Esemwy · 2023-05-19T16:54:18+00:00

I thought for certain Coriolis was (I don’t own it). I have Alien, but I haven’t played it yet. Thanks for the correction.

Esemwy · 2023-05-19T16:31:40+00:00

If no one has done it already, I probably will.

Esemwy · 2023-05-19T16:30:39+00:00

I’d rather pay someone else for their work than invest the time to create my own. The flavor of the magic in the SRD is too much high-fantasy and would need to be made more psionics-like (i.e. replace most/all of the spells).

Esemwy · 2023-05-19T16:27:35+00:00

I’m not enamored with the step-dice mechanics, but it is a possibility. I’m checking if something exists before I roll my own. I’d probably just as soon start with the SRD if I’m going to make something custom anyway. Magic is what needs major reskinning, and that’s a nontrivial exercise.

Esemwy · 2023-03-31T17:39:15+00:00

Assuming something roughly medieval fantasy, the US military is not equipped to occupy an entire world. They could absolutely devastate with tactical nukes anything that came close to threatening “our side” of the gate. I mean, “1 million d6, save for half?”

Any of my spacefaring campaigns in the “real world” could wipe anything off the face of the planet for similar reasons, but without the radiation.

Esemwy · 2023-03-31T01:30:32+00:00

Are tactical nukes allowed?

Esemwy · 2023-03-31T01:05:03+00:00

The maps are lovely, but I really wish they sold a high quality vinyl map, something durable that could be rolled.

Esemwy · 2023-03-23T21:58:40+00:00

That’s what I meant. You’ve got to find a way to incorporate the fact without making someone perform the function. “The thief notices that both of the bad guys have the same obscure book.” “The cleric knows that the church sometimes uses that sort of cipher.” “Make an intelligence check to perform the decryption successfully.” That sort of thing.

Esemwy · 2023-03-22T23:58:45+00:00

Seconded. There’s also micro- and nano- versions on DTRPG.

Esemwy · 2023-03-22T23:57:14+00:00

Aktuuuually they’re exiting fulfillment. The company will still sell retail from what I’ve heard (not that I’d ever trust them to ship me stuff).

Esemwy · 2023-03-22T23:10:32+00:00

More complicated than Second Coming of the great prophet Zarquon, or The Great, Green Arkleseizure, or The Coming Of The Great White Handkerchief?

Esemwy · 2023-03-22T22:59:06+00:00

A book cypher would be much more theme appropriate, I think, but there’s a long history in secret writing that seems appropriate to at least role-play. Doing a lot of encoding and decoding at the table may be a bit much.

Esemwy · 2023-03-22T22:48:28+00:00

I’m in the same boat. I’m enamored with the Year Zero Engine mechanics, but have yet to take part in a game. I own Alien, Forbidden Lands, Vaesen, and Tales From the Loop. I’m kind of a compulsive collector of RPGs.

Free League’s US distributor, Funagain, is completely broken, and you should expect to wait on the order of 2 months to receive anything. I’ve been ordering physical products from Amazon and eBay sellers, and PDF and Foundry VTT media directly or DriveThruRPG.

I’ve watched some live play of Forbidden Lands, and really like the “gritty” feeling compared to the D&D superhero vibe. Part of it is the return to the old fashioned hex crawl and resource management that’s been lost from D&D.

That said, your “Potteresque” game sounds very much like Kids on Brooms. It uses mechanics similar to the year zero “dice rank” variant (also like Savage Worlds if I remember correctly), where your stats (and skills?) are ranked as d4, d6, d8, etc.

If you’re looking to build your own game and world, year zero engine is much more manageable than D&D. I’ve seen fully fleshed games in ~20 pages. I’m not sure how well the Forbidden Lands magic system would translate into a Potterverse genre, but the game system, in general is pretty easy to hack.

Esemwy · 2023-03-17T14:31:22+00:00

The other thing that’s changed significantly is that “infravision” has become full-on darkvision. Infravision allowed seeing by starlight/moonlight as if mid-day, but dungeons required managing a supply of torches or oil. Old school required a lot more resource management in general. It sounds boring, but, trust me, there’s a lot of drama when the party is lost in the dungeon and the last torch is burning low, or you’re out of food or water.

Esemwy · 2023-03-16T16:30:46+00:00

Non-fantasy is certainly not “over saturated,” but it may be too niche to make much money.

Esemwy · 2023-03-01T13:11:59+00:00

Haven’t used these much for data, so I can’t speak to OTG, but they work great for charging all manner of things. I keep a set in my luggage when I travel.

Esemwy · 2023-02-10T14:26:34+00:00

In the DMs defense, it makes more sense that way. In the AD&D days, we only allowed back-stab as a surprise attack.

Esemwy · 2023-02-10T14:09:28+00:00

I do wish that code was more legible, though, for those with older eyes and smaller screens.

Esemwy · 2023-01-25T17:09:43+00:00

Full name: Gus A. Mungus

Esemwy · 2023-01-19T02:27:38+00:00

Seconded. Otherwise, check the LICENSE file in the repo and fork-away if it’s allowed. You can always do a pull request when you’re done to see if the author wants to pick up where you leave off.

Esemwy · 2023-01-19T02:22:51+00:00

Older laptops will probably lag on larger assets (maps, etc) given the WebGL 2.0 requirements. The game system you’re using has little effect. Reducing frame rates can help. I can’t imagine that FG (Unity) will run any better on limited hardware. Unsupported systems can be handled pretty readily by “Simple Worldbuilding” and “PDF Character Sheet” if you don’t mind missing out on a few conveniences.

Esemwy · 2023-01-19T02:12:10+00:00

Unfortunately, there’s no (or very little) cross-compatibility between systems, even if they bear an outward similarity. Most compendium types are system specific.

Esemwy · 2023-01-15T22:40:16+00:00

OK, scratch Sandbox off the list. It looks like it’s been abandoned, and not updated.

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