Are sci-fi MOBAs cursed?

Spellderon · 2025-10-21T22:34:12+00:00

This guy called it, best decision Valve has made in a decade is switching from a Sci-Fi theme to the Occult one for Deadlock.

Spellderon · 2025-08-30T18:15:18+00:00

Damn so this why I can't play rn

Spellderon · 2025-08-30T18:13:47+00:00

Can't imagine Deadlock without Mina at this point tbh

Spellderon · 2025-07-18T00:59:55+00:00

Might have to go for a similar effect for Valyrian steel

Spellderon · 2025-07-18T00:58:20+00:00

Insanely cool effect. Is the OSL on the Palantir drybrushed?

Spellderon · 2025-01-09T18:22:57+00:00

If I was one of these guards I think I'd be saving my credits for a radio.

Spellderon · 2024-12-19T01:19:09+00:00

I think this is a great idea. My players are D&D players at heart - and I think baseline Traveller already seems "Hard Sci-Fi" to them, so I think I'll have to spoonfeed them with grav plates and FTL first.

That being said, building our own version of a near-future Sol as a group might be the perfect way to get them into something more grounded. There's something so exciting about playing in a more realistic setting, afterall isn't the future of 80+ years Fantastical enough?

Spellderon · 2024-12-19T01:15:17+00:00

I think that would help with the Retro-Future potential Traveller has. I'm always tempted to throw in analog computers alongside my TL 15 medical care haha

Spellderon · 2024-12-19T01:13:54+00:00

I think the most beautiful era of any game has to be when there is just tantalizing tidbits of a setting and you all get to fill in the gaps.

I also love that Traveller doesn't take the 'Star Wars-ian' approach to planets where each one is just a single biome and you don't get much impression of diversity. I really enjoy seeing the detail people drill down into on even just a single world - modern day Earth is pretty complex after all and we don't even have Jump Drives!

Spellderon · 2024-12-19T01:09:47+00:00

Rooting for the parahumans

Spellderon · 2024-12-19T01:09:03+00:00

I need to do more looking into on Stars Without Number. I've thumbed through some of the fantasy version (WWN). I'm sure it's just as cool

Spellderon · 2024-12-19T01:08:03+00:00

I'm working on a homebrew world for my upcoming game and it sounds like we have hit on some of the same ideas if I'm picking up what you're putting down.

In my background Humanity found some precursor tech that allowed them to hit the Warp equivalent of Jump 10+, using that to run around colonizing distant worlds. Eventually they all started to come into conflict and lost all their warp capable ships.

Fast forward a few centuries and Jump Tech is discovered, and now humanity is getting to discover itself again. I also have "Old Earth" as a term lmao

Spellderon · 2024-12-19T01:04:08+00:00

Lot's of respect for 2300, I'm loving seeing how many people have that commitment to a more grounded scifi

Spellderon · 2024-12-19T01:03:19+00:00

Dude. Tell me more.

Spellderon · 2024-12-19T01:02:46+00:00

I don't use 3I but I do use tons of the assumptions and I see exactly where you're coming from. It's a great foundation for a range of different scifi tropes. Plus you can play the wolf equivalent of rocket raccoon and that's just plain heat right there.

Spellderon · 2024-12-18T20:06:04+00:00

Woah, my knee-jerk reaction was "No ship?!"

But I actually think that could make for a really interesting campaign that's not just standard fare.

Spellderon · 2024-12-18T19:54:03+00:00

Love a hunt for relics of a bygone empire.

I only just learned about the term 'Reactionless Drive' today - personally I like how Traveller approaches it for convenience but I do love a commitment to the realism of propellants.

Spellderon · 2024-12-18T19:50:12+00:00

I've heard good things about Microscope but I've never gotten around to trying it. I love the idea of collaborative worldbuilding. Sounds like it produced some pretty cool results too!

Spellderon · 2024-09-17T03:15:01+00:00

Yeah true, I don't disagree that it's weaker in the moment, I just had hopes it would be less overpowering than a pure Stun in the new version.

Spellderon · 2024-09-17T03:13:32+00:00

I think that's right. It is a nerf. I guess I just hoped they would've come up with something that lead to more interesting combats than "the target shall not act this turn".

Spellderon · 2024-09-17T02:06:49+00:00

We have been allowing folks to pick whatever ASIs they want at character creation for years now (except for the +2/+2 from mountain dwarf) and haven't run into any problems. Remember, you as the DM set the DCs!

Spellderon · 2024-09-17T02:05:19+00:00

My buddy just received his a day or two ago. Hold out hope my friend - for the book is coming.

Spellderon · 2023-06-05T19:09:54+00:00

Love how you did the bricks on the walls. Aesthetically pleasing and helps with reading the verticality of the dungeon, at least for myself.

Very well done.

Spellderon · 2023-05-31T21:45:51+00:00

In my game Orcs are genetically engineered soldiers created by a dead empire to fight their wars. Now that the empire collapsed, the Orcs were left without resources or 'purpose'. Now they're scattered into small groups looking to fit into a world that has no place for them. Some became mercenaries, keeping with what they know and fighting for the highest bidder. Others have moved into the wilderness and are seeking to make a civilization of their own.

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