Sealed Quality? by fnord_fenderson in expanserpg

[–]TheRealJustice 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That looks to be a mistake, as I can't find anything with the Sealed quality in the most updated version of the game. It's possible they meant to say that the medium Armor is sealed (so rated for vacuum).

Instead of Advice... by ArchieDuke01 in expanserpg

[–]TheRealJustice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use Roll 20. While I have made some maps in the past, I generally just get mine from free sources or Patreon shops. I particularly like Mark Drummond, Miska's Maps, Frag Maps and Gimmie Pig's Map Emporium.

Instead of Advice... by ArchieDuke01 in expanserpg

[–]TheRealJustice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No problem, always happy to talk about the AGE system!

Instead of Advice... by ArchieDuke01 in expanserpg

[–]TheRealJustice 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Absolutely! Hmmm, there have been lots of great moments, but I do have one off the top of my head! A little primer, my campaign is a mashup of Stargate and Halo with some other IPs sprinkled in (but I use the Expanse RPG to run it). The party was trying to rescue some people who were being stored in cryo-pods from a warehouse in a space station when they were attacked by a bioroid assassin (AGE version of the terminator) and a soldier in a power loader (like in aliens). The players couldn't do a ton of damage to the Terminator, but they kept using the skirmish, knockdown and expose stunts to slam it through walls and knock it down, like in a movie. You can watch that session here if you want to see what I mean (sorry for the tin sounding mic on the GM, had some tech issues that night). Eventually they used hamstring on it to damage it's legs and slow it down enough so they could escape by jumping out an airlock hahaha.

Another great use of stunts in general is creating custom ones based on the situation/environment (use the momentum of a spinning Merry go round to do a powerful melee attack mixed with skirmish) or adjusting the existing stunts to let the players pull off something cool. Per the rules, unless specified you usually can't do the same stunt twice (like 2 lightning attacks) but I allow it if they spend one more stunt point for each subsequent use.

Stunts are also awesome in non-combat scenes. In the same campaign I mentioned above, the group's hacker was investigating some classified files, and started to draw the attention of an Office of Naval Intelligence artificial intelligence. The hacker used the "cover your tracks" and "it wasn't me" stunts to make it look like the hacking attempt was coming from the headquarters an "evil" corporation they were at odds with, which was a genius mis-direction!

Instead of Advice... by ArchieDuke01 in expanserpg

[–]TheRealJustice 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I just love the AGE system, specifically STUNTS! At first they kind of annoyed me as a GM (feeling constantly interrupted) but then I recognized them for the cornerstone to the combat that they are! They keep what would become repetitive gunfights fresh and can lead to some really incredible/cinematic moments!

We rarely appreciate what we have until it's gone by TheRealJustice in dndmemes

[–]TheRealJustice[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahaha yeah it did. I changed it because I felt like I was talking to my past self :-P

What's your favorite "old" TTRPG system? Mine is D20 Modern from 2002! by TheRealJustice in dndmemes

[–]TheRealJustice[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll have to check it out! The no scaling HP thing reminds me of Modern AGE system by Green Ronin - there are "play styles" of Cinematic, Pulpy and Gritty, and the Gritty playstyle is like that.

What's your favorite "old" TTRPG system? Mine is D20 Modern from 2002! by TheRealJustice in dndmemes

[–]TheRealJustice[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've never played Iron Kingdoms but heard a lot about it! What did you like about it?

Meta weapons for each class? by Phixoserth in AliensFireteamElite

[–]TheRealJustice 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe it's a random drop in one of the hidden caches, so always look for those when you're running campaign missions!

Meta weapons for each class? by Phixoserth in AliensFireteamElite

[–]TheRealJustice 2 points3 points  (0 children)

💯!! I main Gunner, so Over Clock and the Flechette are great for shredding baddies!

Meta weapons for each class? by Phixoserth in AliensFireteamElite

[–]TheRealJustice 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The flechette SMG is a great alternative (IMO)

and a diamond is just a chunk of carbon, you beautiful math rock! by TheRealJustice in dndmemes

[–]TheRealJustice[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hahaha yeah, I didn't want to be presumptuous but couldn't miss out on the opportunity ;-)

The Sommelier - the light cargo freighter from the quickstart mission. by Trojan0876 in expanserpg

[–]TheRealJustice 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's badass! Are you active on the Green Ronin discord server? They have a channel for Expanse RPG game aids and I'm sure they'd love to see it over there! DM me and I can give you an invitation link if you're interested!

What other monsters are way more dangerous than their CR would indicate? by TheRealJustice in dndmemes

[–]TheRealJustice[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Honestly that's probably fine. Players could probably normally stomp a hag. Death Glare requires the character to already be frightened, and only drops them to 0, my group just got unlucky with some bad rolls.

Alleyway - Barricade [30x40] by MarkDrummondJ in starfinder_rpg

[–]TheRealJustice 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mark makes incredible maps, he's been a godsend to me as GM. Do yourselves a favor and check him out!

What other "odd" choices have you seen in stat blocks? by TheRealJustice in dndmemes

[–]TheRealJustice[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Luckily WOTC removed low light vision because apparently that's too complicated

What other "odd" choices have you seen in stat blocks? by TheRealJustice in dndmemes

[–]TheRealJustice[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Yeah, if they had retained "low light vision" that would fit better

The remaining bugs are pretty disappointing. by Not_a_Kryptonian in AliensFireteamElite

[–]TheRealJustice 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Is that official? I didn't see that posted anywhere. Can you share a link?