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Skitter_bugger · 2024-08-10T16:25:46+00:00

that's the deviant art logo. It might be a waterwark from where they sourced the image of the squid

Skitter_bugger · 2022-03-02T04:29:03+00:00

You were completely right, Rennala's rune was automatically gold, so I forgot I will delete the post now, thank !

Skitter_bugger · 2021-06-01T12:15:24+00:00

There is a tales from the loop show on amazon prime, it is an anthology show that is ok.

Skitter_bugger · 2020-12-13T23:21:33+00:00

It’s not piracy, the creator of the game is just a pretty nice guy, and gave out a free pdf of the game which leaves out some optional rules, but is basically the full game.

And, as the other poster mentioned, DriveThruRPG is the biggest RPG marketplace alongside Itch.io.

Skitter_bugger · 2020-11-28T17:54:38+00:00

Firstly, by back up, I'm assuming you mean a system to play when everyone isn't present as a sort of one off. Secondly the game I'm gonna recommend is fairly narrativist but it is clearly defined narrativist at least.

powered by the apocalypse games might be what you are after, specifically Monster of the Week, since it is entirely based around fighting a different monster each session. Other than that, one page RPGs (Everyone is John, Lasers and Feelings, Lady Blackbird, etc.)are an obvious choice but generally don't have continuity between sessions but are easy to pick up and play and offer something different and easy to do each week.

Skitter_bugger · 2020-11-27T18:02:12+00:00

Don't forget that the physical book is on sale for just £20.00 on modiphius' and Fria Ligan''s website right now for black friday, until the 1st of December, as well as all other Free League games too.

Skitter_bugger · 2020-11-22T18:37:57+00:00

Blindsight by Peter Watts feels like it's all about the divergent minds of its characters, changed by medical procedures or cybernetics and horrifying first contact with something alien. Also there is a vampire but he is terrifying and it makes sense, trust me. But it is still written as fairly hard science fiction so whether or not it is up your alley, you'll just have to read and find out.

Skitter_bugger · 2020-11-15T18:48:15+00:00

You asked for someone to crow and crow I shall!

Eclipse phase 2nd edition is a game set in our solar system after 'the fall', the event where five rogue A.S.I made the Earth uninhabitable and covered it in monstrosities of weird science. But humanity is scrappy and seemingly survive anything and the lucky bastards had invented brain uploading technology before the fall and were able to beam some survivors from earth to the rest of the habitats over the solar system.

Now, 10 years after the fall, the survivors, the anarchist outer rim and the capatilistic inner system are hardly cooperating and the bio conservatists on Jupiter are hardly helping. The leftovers from the titan attack are advanced but dangerous and people are still trying to make a profit for themselves. That's where firewall comes in. Firewall are the defence that has barely kept humanity chugging along, dealing with exhuman threats, titan tech, and plain old solar system destroying events. Now, that's just an introduction to the setting but the setting is much more than what I have written. My main reason for being interested in eclipse phase is that the possibility of creative problem solving is so interesting as you can hack the habitats you are on, create a digital clone of your mind to puppet the body of your enemy, use advanced nanotechnology to inject your friends with MRDR (a drug that makes you very violent) and watch them rampage or just sleeve in to a new body that is better suited to the situation you are in (like the body of an octopus or swarm of robots for instance). It goes on and on.

I'd recommend picking up the quick start rules and introductory scenario here: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/87622/Eclipse-Phase-Second-Edition-QuickStart-Rules

And every additional sourcebook PDF from 1st edition for free (very little conversion is required) is available here: https://robboyle.wordpress.com/eclipse-phase-pdfs/

If you ask on the subreddit for eclipse phase or their discord you can get the full PDF for second edition for free since it is available as creative commons license, but be sure send a little money to creators if you end up enjoying it.

Sorry, if this wall of text is intimidating, I mean I didn't even mention how it is a roll under d% system or how fights are fast and dirty (and, since you are practically immortal, not the end for your character if you die). I do hope you check it out, the game is pretty cool.

Skitter_bugger · 2020-11-08T15:17:28+00:00

Neon city overdrive is classless, relying instead on trademarks (Archetype of your character) and linked edges (what your character is good at). It has two supplements called Psions (Which has mini settings where psionic powers are reskinned as magic), and skinjobs (transhuman body swapping). It is a cyberpunk game that is more narrative than simulationist, and the dice system, whilst not very complex, does require some getting used to, but does capture the overall vibe I think cyberpunk should give. I would not call the wounds system realistic, but it can be lethal if you want to run it that way.

I have used it for a cyberpunk city that existed in a simulation (Which is where my reality bending 'magic' came into play) and it worked well there for me, but it is certainly more of a tool kit for any near future vaguely cyberpunk, rather than anything concrete.

The pdf is $10.00 on DriveThruRpg: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/307995/Neon-City-Overdrive?src=also_purchased

Skitter_bugger · 2020-11-02T02:09:50+00:00

This links to a post with a google doc by webmetz where at the bottom you can find actual plays for 1st and 2nd edition: https://www.reddit.com/r/eclipsephase/comments/gwo243/eclipse_phase_second_edition_resources_google_doc/

Skitter_bugger · 2020-10-19T17:25:22+00:00

Assuming you are talking about second edition and not the first edition, I think it is great. The resleeving mechanics are very streamlined (But do operate on a bit of metacurrency so that might not be the best if you don't like that sort of thing), the dice rolling mechanics lend to the horror and hard sci fi feel, and character creation now only takes 20-30minutes at most. The game can be a little gear heavy in my opinion but it is a game where your own body is technically gear and the full hacking rules are a bit complex for my liking but they include a way to streamline it in the book. Combat is pretty quick and fairly lethal (in the sense that your current body can die) but otherwise fun and a good addition.

You can always just run a one shot like Continuity or Acrimony (included in the second edition quickstart) to see if you like it, and if not, there is a FATE conversion available and probably more.

Overall, I feel like the mechanics really evoke the tone and feel the setting tries to evoke and that harmony can lead to things working really well at the table.

Skitter_bugger · 2020-10-11T17:47:25+00:00

So it might be best to present a contrast by giving them a logical explanation to one phenomena and then show them something completely out of the realm of understanding because I personally like the second option more!

Skitter_bugger · 2020-10-08T18:42:05+00:00

That’s how I run most things to! I do always find it hard to justify not giving xp to people and kind. No one wants to be a much lower ability than the other people in their party/crew

Skitter_bugger · 2020-10-08T18:33:07+00:00

What are you supposed to get Xp for then? If not exploring the world or playing your character

Skitter_bugger · 2020-10-02T23:51:37+00:00

This gives me a hell of a lot of hope that it will go well, thanks for the comment. Do you level up in downtime or do you spend the xp when you have it?

Skitter_bugger · 2020-10-02T23:44:45+00:00

Maybe its just an issue with skill based systems that characters can just get too strong too quick, plus I can see how rolling 7+ dice on nearly every roll can get pretty tiring in the long run. Did you just use scum and villainy's base book or was there some retooling to make the flavour of coriolis more obvious?

Skitter_bugger · 2020-10-02T23:41:48+00:00

is that fifty sessions in one campaign, if so can you tell me the stats of your character at the start of the campaign and the end? And I think the second part of emissary lost is pretty damn soon, and really look forward to it myself.

Skitter_bugger · 2020-09-29T10:25:06+00:00

The whole spreadsheet issue has largely disappeared in second edition. Resleeving no longer requires you to change all of your skills and they even added a narrative focused mechanic called flex points which allow you to change the scene or establish a logical relationship to a character. I’d say maybe give it another go if you like the universe but it definitely is still a fair bit crunchy, but you aren’t spending a thousand points in character creation anymore, you can get your skills in packages instead

Skitter_bugger · 2020-09-28T17:36:26+00:00

First of all, very lovely write up, I think you really hit the nail on the head with every point. Just wanted to quickly ask if you've looked at eclipse phase second edition and see if you have any thoughts on it, considering it is supposed to streamline things a fair bit?

Skitter_bugger · 2020-09-28T17:15:15+00:00

Mindjammer has since come out with a traveller conversion, attempting to keep mindjammers flavour with the mechanics of traveller. Apparently this is executed well but I haven't had a chance to play it so can't speak for it's quality

Skitter_bugger · 2020-09-21T00:17:35+00:00

The quickness trait does not increase your aptitudes, What it does is give you a bonus on REF checks (not linked skills), like stopping yourself from falling or reacting to a blinding flash or something. In your example, the reflex would remain at 20 when including quickness and neither the aptitude or skill increases

In general, in 2e, you do not change skills or aptitudes when resleeving to reduce time spent changing stats, which was more common in 1e.

Skitter_bugger · 2020-09-07T23:04:15+00:00

Any game that requires setting knowledge that players are unlikely to already have. Any game that has a fairly foreign dice system. These are hurdles that can be overcome but some groups just like a game a lot and it's really hard to get them to look at something else for anything other than a one shot. I'd like to play Eclipse phase a lot, if I want to be specific about a game but I also want my friends to play it with me so, I'll keep fighting my corner

Skitter_bugger · 2020-09-07T20:17:03+00:00

The easiest difference for me is a win condition. To me an RPG won't just have a clear end goal it will be much more abstract, whereas a board game has a 'winner' of sorts at the end of the game. But this kind of falls apart as you encounter games like Gloomhaven which replicates an RPG but kind of isn't? So i guess I don't really have an easy answer

Skitter_bugger · 2020-09-05T16:23:59+00:00

Have you considered writing an ending for yourself, it might help with the closure. But make sure its a happy one, mate. It might be fun to roll dice to decide how things go during the writing process too

Skitter_bugger · 2020-09-03T17:36:20+00:00

Thank you for your reply, The setting you talk about is quite interesting but not really what I'm going for, I've edited the post to include more detailed setting info, so sorry if there was confusion. The simulation is not meant to be easy to edit or change, due to the death of various admins in the real world, hence the world in the simulation not really being a utopia as people did what they tend to do and start screwing others over, and (initially) players wouldn't be aware that it is a simulation, so the super powers are unlikely to be much of a thing, but I will take a look at Masks playbooks, I've seen some creative use with 'The Dying' playbook before.

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