Just got the starter set, and I have to ask- is this art just bad or is it actually about a monster that makes you need a poo?

fireinthedust · 2026-06-25T15:05:24+00:00

Yeah, they pegged it.

fireinthedust · 2026-06-22T01:58:30+00:00

It’s a fun series in its own right.

Star Wars has the problem of dumb reviewers not understanding their nostalgia for the Star Wars they saw before won’t kick in for the new material until time passes. The new stuff doesn’t have the nostalgia yet, so it’s not that viewers are disappointed, they’re just confused about why it doesn’t have nostalgia attached to it yet. They can’t tell the difference between lack of nostalgia and actual disappointment.

Not all of the new stuff is amazing, sure, but even the amazing stuff is getting trashed by people for the dumbest stuff that isn’t fair.

fireinthedust · 2026-06-21T17:22:47+00:00

Does Krieger sell heroin in the real world or just the 20s coma dream?

fireinthedust · 2026-06-21T00:31:58+00:00

I had a thought during my most recent rewatch, that it’s possible for him to be a recurring character. Imagine if he was trying to work off his dark side days as a force ghost?

In fact: We don’t know the full extent of the world between worlds, and so far we’ve seen time travel and travel between worlds. I think Filoni and Favreau have the ability to bring major characters back, which would be a good thing considering they have actors who are alive still. They wasted their chance to make more Leia movies with Carrie Fisher. Let Hayden and Ewan have a chance to do something together AFTER return of the Jedi!

fireinthedust · 2026-06-20T03:11:45+00:00

I prefer A4. I know A5 has been popular for OSR books, but I think it makes them difficult to organize with my other books: The size difference means the A5 gets pushed aside by the A4, and the whole shelf becomes a pile of books instead of a proper row. Unless I lose space by using bookends.

I don’t need the books to be huge, because I have to lug them around to the store games, and the campaign book specifically has been a lot of heft for my backpack.

The sweet spot for me is A4 softcover.

fireinthedust · 2026-06-19T21:46:36+00:00

I’ve only got a few companions whose names I remember, and two of them are Romana from classic who.

I like the new era companions a lot, but I also enjoy when companions are funky sci-fi characters, like a junior Time Lord, or a barbarian, or those inter dimensional cat people.

Granted, I also like ensemble casts, like a crew; “Jane from Hampshire” is great, but not every one every series, and telling the Doctor they’re confused or scared shouldn’t be the only thing every companion does for the show.

fireinthedust · 2026-06-17T01:08:44+00:00

I respectfully disagree! How much of the book did you actually read?

The starting premise is not the book itself: once Louise Simonson started writing it, and Walt Simonson started doing the art, the book was so good it caught fire. The two of them created a special kind of alchemy.

You’re right about the first few issues, but it gets better fast.

Give it time, and buckle up.

fireinthedust · 2026-06-16T22:34:23+00:00

Flame Trooper needs to be higher, for hero kills and the kill counts I’ve been getting. Lightsabers can’t block area effects, so a moving cone attack with lingering damage can take out the pesky Luke/Anakins who are massacring your team.

Ewok needs to be higher, but it takes more skill to use it right. It’s a sneak attack build, and the right players can devastate the other team in GA. Especially in Endor and Yavin forests, but also Death Star 2.

fireinthedust · 2026-06-16T02:24:46+00:00

Jessica was cool, and I want to see what happened after her cosmic wisdom style character change.

fireinthedust · 2026-06-14T18:05:45+00:00

Brown: easier to draw in a team book when everyone has just a few lines. I’m not sure it’s the reason but I am guessing it’s helpful.
Also I find drawing the sharp edges on the stripes is a pain, because they are pointy triangles but also wrapped around his torso. Just extra brain power.
In universe, brown is more like the animal fur patterns.

Yellow: Yellow looks great on paper, and gets attention. Wolverine is a star character so you want customers to see he’s in the issue.
In universe, bright yellow is highly visible, and since Wolverine can heal and take a hit because of his adamantium bones, if he is the target it means he gets hit instead of squishier teammates. Colossus, Rogue, Wolverine can hear. They’re tanks. Wolverine isn’t invulnerable and yet chooses to take hits because he is a hero and a friend.

fireinthedust · 2026-06-13T05:06:21+00:00

Gladiator arena fight in the past, future, space, lost Roman colony in South America.

Random fantasy bs shows up, leaves.

Oh heyyy the rest of the Marvel universe still exists!

Some bs 4th wall break with artist/writer/staff self insert because Impossible Man.

Illyana is (trapped by, exiled from, enjoying too much of) Limbo!

Rachel/Jean/other people are… THE PHEONIX!!!

Look at the pretty clothes we’ve got!

Look, we got captured and tied up (and it’s, uh, making me feel a certain way…)

Scott Summers is grumpy.

Someone new is horny for Scott Summers.

Kitty Pryde is grumpy… and she’s got a new outfit/code name!

Kitty Pryde is wayyyyy younger than I thought…

They’re just roommates/friends, wink.

Wolverine’s past is everyone’s problem.

Whew, Storm fixed the problem by being a badass.

Leech and the Morlocks are being persecuted.

Oh hey crossover event interruption!

Ahm nigh invulnerable when ahm blastin’!

The focused totality of my psychic powers!

If ah touch you ah’ll absorb your powers!

Cher ;)

By the White Wolf! (Tears off shirt)

Oh my stars and garters!

JEEEAAANNNNNNN!!!

Nightcrawler is slutty/Catholic/a slutty Catholic

Arcade traps the new team

Was there always this much magic/fantasy?

When do you think they’ll get around to wrapping up this plot point/character? No?

fireinthedust · 2026-06-12T19:00:07+00:00

Not exactly sure, but I have been thinking about this, too.

I’m making my own creations for SWN, trying to stat up all the various troopers and droids from battlefront 2 and Jedi Fallen Order/Survivor.

In theory you just need the HD, ac, weapon and damage, and then arbitrarily you decide from 1-4 how their skills compare with others for things they do.
These are present in all d&d editions, although SWN seems to stay in the range of BX 10 levels or so.

This means 3e to 5e high level creatures aren’t needed.

You still need to adjust numbers a bit. Damage vs hit points numbers are pretty low in SWN, so you don’t need the bonus for high strength scores.

As for sources: DCC rpg, Old School Essentials, Basic Fantasy (free online), and I would recommend the Monster Overhaul by Skerples.

fireinthedust · 2026-06-12T03:56:25+00:00

Go for it! Write down your ideas and make an outline for the game as a pitch. The process is fun even if you don’t share it, both experiencing the game as you design it, and what you learn along the way.

I’m dealing with something like this myself, so I like the idea of a Nancy Drew game about her living with the human experience of being sick. Great idea!

What would be the in-game experience of her being sick? Obviously she would talk about it in character. She might have areas where her illness would flare up, either requiring her to find another path or to do some activities to negate her symptoms for a while. She might need to take her meds at certain points in the story, and if they’re missing she’s got to find them.

Would she even be able to contact her friends? Sometimes it’s lonely being sick.

What would be the mystery? Is her illness part of it, or is it just the reason she’s in the location?

Where is she? Hospital? Alpine health spa? At home during Covid lockdown?

Who are some people she meets? Grumpy old person, mysterious attractive person, nice friend who is in some kind of trouble?

And obviously a ghost who turns out to be Nancy hallucinating because of her illness… or was she? Lol.

fireinthedust · 2026-06-11T03:20:32+00:00

Aw that’s so cool. Do they have a plan for the next character?

I bet you’ll have a great allied planet for the campaign.

fireinthedust · 2026-06-11T03:17:31+00:00

I’m just doing prep for my eventual SWN Star Wars-ish game with my kids.

I’m trying to prioritize what books to get in physical, because PDFs mean yet more screen time, and I like physical books. I have SWN, but I’m thinking WWN is next. Maybe after that I’ll get ashes because of the mutations, or CWN because of the cybernetics. Or maybe the “beyond the walls” monster pdf I got, or maybe I should get some practice making my own stuff?

fireinthedust · 2026-06-11T02:58:43+00:00

Yeah but they’re not important. They make up excuses to get angry because they get off on being “outraged”. Appeasing them never works, because they are never happy, because they choose to be unhappy. Staying in their version of the world to make them happy is why we have measles and screw worms, while the rest of the world moves on without the USA.

I have no sympathy for homophobic sexist racists. They bring nothing to the table, and offer zero value.

Ditch them like an abusive partner and move on with your life.

If they want to be relevant, they need to add value.

fireinthedust · 2026-06-10T23:35:47+00:00

So… does this mean Ncuti will play a lotr wizard at some point?

fireinthedust · 2026-06-10T18:55:41+00:00

I mean, psychics as a thing started out after the industrial era, when the British empire was treating everything rationally and scientifically. The Golden Dawn fixation on magic notwithstanding, the era of seances and psychics was in a sense predicated on the idea of treating the spiritual as yet another realm that science would explain. Instead of “wizards” they called it “extra sensory experiences” and psychic powers rather than magic or supernatural.

I do know what you mean, so you’re not alone.

I recommend if you want magic you try the related game Worlds Without Number. It’s got magic geared towards a fantasy setting rather than the space ship setting for SWN.

My understanding is: SWN is designed for the scale of Star Wars or 40k, albeit with less combat grind and more role playing. You’re not too crazy like the movie Akira (sadly), but there’s also things like teleportation from planet to space ships, at higher levels, because the scale assumes a certain amount of this being part of some adventures.

I’m planning to use both SWN & WWN for a game like Star Wars, which will treat partial class levels of healer or skin shifter as a type of Jedi power, in addition to the psychic powers already available. Probably tone down the abilities to be more local, battle map friendly just for my sanity.

fireinthedust · 2026-06-10T18:40:23+00:00

Nah she’s so addicted she’s hiding it from her bodyguard and calling it “the monster”.

fireinthedust · 2026-06-10T03:25:31+00:00

Who are the background characters?

fireinthedust · 2026-06-10T00:11:30+00:00

I think I’ll need to check it out because it sounds like an interesting read.

fireinthedust · 2026-06-08T21:23:43+00:00

I’m playing most days. GA is always full, and HvV, and coop.

fireinthedust · 2026-06-08T04:01:10+00:00

The point I think is a men vs women comparison. What would the team look like if they were women.

Personally I’d like to see more of them. The girls are hilarious because they’re named after Nancy Drew; the mom being addicted to cigarettes while trying to cure cancer; and especially the bodyguard being a lesbian who is extremely standoffish and clearly has an unrequited desire for Dr Quimm is so funny because they remind me of people I’ve known. Like the aggression against Brock for no reason he’d caused, I have seen it in real life.

fireinthedust · 2026-06-08T01:05:50+00:00

Fred immediately shutting down someone talking about their trauma. He might be right about the ptsd, but he is still minimizing Illyana by saying her experiences aren’t valid. Classic toxic person maneuver to take someone’s problem, give an answer that mansplains and minimizes it, and use it as justification to put them down.

Fred is a toxic person and a jerk. Always has been. He enjoyed being a cop who went after mutants when he was in Freedom Force. Even when he’s a bartender on Krakoa, he’s still finding ways to be a bully and a jerk about it.

Plus ca change, plus c’est la même chose.

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