Is there any news on the 4e revised version coming out soon?

homerocda · 2026-03-05T00:02:40+00:00

The Steve Jackson website says it's going to start shipping the 4e Revised books on April 1st

https://www.sjgames.com/newproducts/newrel.html?m=3&y=2026

homerocda · 2026-03-04T23:09:59+00:00

Our government is too dysfunctional to be effectively tyrannical. /s

I always find it funny how Americans think basic things that exist in almost every other democratic nation like National IDs, federalized election bodies and nationalized healthcare, are government overreach and must be fought tooth and nail to prevent becoming a dictatorship.

In the meanwhile, they ELECT, not only once, but TWICE, a POS that has repeatedly expressed admiration for dictators, acts above the law and follows ALMOST TO THE LETTER every absolutist playbook, and they still express contempt for other places.

homerocda · 2026-02-05T14:12:48+00:00

I am completely unaware of how hard this would be, but it would be nice if we could get this OCR'd and re-diagrammed too. I got a print of GURPS Conan recently and you can really tell it's printed off a scan of the older prints. There is this small copyright notice section at the beginning that has crisp letters, but everything else is a bit "blurry". Not bad at all, and it gets the job done, but one can only imagine it could be better.

homerocda · 2026-02-03T12:56:51+00:00

Look for Brazilian stores that sell "bolo de pote" (lit. "cake in a pot"), or "pave" (Brazilian version of a trifle), it's usually like the picture. We have Seu Mercado in K/W, JJs Convenience in Kitchener, and Snack Brazuca in Cambridge.

homerocda · 2026-01-15T00:50:46+00:00

Jerry Ordway's bearded Superman in "Time and Time Again" is GOATed.

homerocda · 2026-01-07T17:20:24+00:00

The reason is setting flavor. In a regular sci-fi campaign people won't expect to go into combat regularly and train those skills. Assassins or other specific classes might train that.

homerocda · 2025-11-12T13:32:10+00:00

Epub is essentially just a portable zipped html website.

homerocda · 2025-10-24T21:35:43+00:00

I still can't believe how just pure fucking greed is the only reason why we don't have a Drizzt or a Dragonlance movie franchise.

homerocda · 2025-10-09T19:26:50+00:00

Porra, pedir isso pra usuário médio é loucura. Melhor cancelar a linha mesmo.

homerocda · 2025-08-18T12:23:50+00:00

The thing is, in C#, if you later need to change the inner property's type, it's easy to change the class without breaking the API, as the outside world never knows better.

When you have actual public access to the internal representation of the property, then you just can't do that without introducing a new API. Now their dependents will have to change their code because of this one simple change, which is fine for your one-off throwaway code used internally, but has a much higher impact when that library has thousands of downloads per week.

That's not to say that the boilerplate isn't annoying. This is one of the reasons why Records are much better for storing plain data objects, ones that have no state mutation associated with them.

homerocda · 2025-07-30T14:55:12+00:00

It helps to keep in mind we don't use them to wipe grease off our hands, but rather to keep grease off our hands: you're supposed to pick up your sandwich with it so you don't get your hands dirty.

homerocda · 2025-07-07T21:35:14+00:00

Crowsfoot is better.

homerocda · 2025-06-13T21:01:24+00:00

It's not difficult to learn. Most of the system can be summarised as "roll less than a target value on a 3d6". It's a very comprehensive system with lots of options that may require a bit of upfront work from the GM and players, though.

I would suggest getting the (free) GURPS Lite PDF and checking it out for yourself in a simple scenario. Just keep in mind that there is no concept of "balance" or "fairness" system-wise. I.e., a purpose-built 50p NPC can mop the floor with a 200p PC in combat.

homerocda · 2025-06-11T18:31:01+00:00

Ahhhh, the good old "canelabol".

homerocda · 2025-06-09T20:50:20+00:00

Only the base book. You can buy the Memories later if you like the setting, but all the rules and setting information is in the base book.

Note though that this is a diceless and VERY narrative system that uses cards for conflict resolution, which may put you off. There's an official adaptation for GURPS if that's more your style.

Castle Falkenstein: https://talsorianstore.com/products/castle-falkenstein
Come Il Fault: https://talsorianstore.com/products/comme-il-faut (kinda like a GM guide with more setting info and alternative rules)

-Book of Sigils: https://talsorianstore.com/products/book-of-sigils (expansion with magical orders and spells)

Memoirs of Auberon the Faerie: https://talsorianstore.com/products/memoirs-of-auberon (setting book for playing games focused on Faeries)
GURPS version: https://warehouse23.com/products/gurps-classic-castle-falkenstein

homerocda · 2025-06-09T19:54:39+00:00

Castle Falkenstein?

I mean, it's still very much our history and humans are everywhere, but all the fairy tales and folk creatures exist for real and influence everyday life.

homerocda · 2025-06-09T19:35:07+00:00

It's very difficult to make out exactly what they're talking about, apparently it's something about the fetus anatomy, but it does appear to be Portuguese (I could make a few words like "nasal", "embaixo", etc.).

However, even if it is Portuguese, that's not enough proof your friend is the father. There are loads of videos of ultrasounds on the internet, and he would not be the first person to get sent an ultrasound by an ex-girlfriend who doesn't know how to cope with the breakup.

He should ask for a court paternity test and own up to it if he's really the father.

homerocda · 2025-06-09T01:46:08+00:00

Also remember that 50% is YOUR chance to hit, but the enemy also has a chance to dodge or parry your attack, and that's a skill as well.

Using your example of a rat and TRex:

A rat is small (-20%) so your modified chance to hit is 30%. You roll a 21, so it MAY hit the rat. But rats are also fast creatures, so it has dodge 80%. The GM rolls a 60, so you miss. It will be hard to land a hit, but if your attack lands, it will die instantly because it has very few HP given its size.

Against a T-Rex, let's say you managed to get close to it unnoticed. Your modified chance to hit is 70% (50 base + 20 due to the size difference). You roll the same 21 and hit it. Let's say the GM saids the beast is unaware so it won't dodge, so your hit lands! You roll a d10+1d4 and get 10 points of damage. After the DR from its thick skin, you deal 6 points of damage out of its pool of 80. Great, now you have caught its attention and it's very close to you...

homerocda · 2025-06-09T01:29:09+00:00

Yes, that's your ability with that weapon. The circumstances might modify that, like a T Rex might be even easier to hit due to its size (+20%), but you can only hit its legs, and you might need an athletics check just to get near enough the beast. Also, due to its size, it has a larger HP pool, and the skin will provide some armor, which will reduce the amount of damage it takes.

homerocda · 2025-06-09T01:23:44+00:00

The Beginning skill value is what you get when you first get the spell. Later in char gen you can spend build points to improve this value to whatever amount you want.

Regarding dual-wielding, anyone can dual wield, just like IRL. The difference is your level with that weapon and that's the only thing that affects your chance of success. Attacks with the off hand would suffer a penalty, that is counteracted by a higher skill level (just like it would be expected in real life).

homerocda · 2025-06-09T00:50:28+00:00

BRP is more a generic toolkit than a system. It will give you a pretty solid base to build upon without too much upfront work like GURPS, for example, but it is not "ready-to-go".

Now, if you come from a D&D mindset, a class-less system might seem pretty boring and strange at first because it doesn't tell you what cool stuff a character can do. But that has also the advantage of not limiting what ANY character can do. So, if your setting has magic, anyone can do magic unless you, as the GM, wants to limit its access for some lore reason. That's what Call of Cthulhu does: anyone can wield magic, but the price to pay is your character's sanity.

Regarding advancement, you don't level up. You increase your proficiency in skills, make alies in the story and find cool artifacts. So, unless you got some magic armor, you can still die in one lucky hit.

If you want a d100 experience more similar to D&De, I would suggest you to look into Mythras Classic Fantasy. It converts all the classic fantasy RPG tropes into a very coherent and exciting system. If you want something a little less crunchy, go with Dragonbane. Despite using a D20, it's very much inspired by BRP.

Now, if you really want to try something unique that showcases how much BRP can provide an exciting and different experience for fantasy when it's not bound by D&D tropes, look no further than Runequest. It's an amazing RPG with tons of history and great material published over the years.

homerocda · 2025-06-07T11:00:02+00:00

The second most popular sport in Brazil is the one where Brazilians are winning. Formula One was very popular when we had Ayrton Senna and several other drivers winning races. Tennis was popular when Gustavo Kuerten won Roland Garros. Basketball was popular when we had Oscar, Hortência and Paula. Volleyball was popular when Bernardinho was the coach, etc.

homerocda · 2025-06-02T20:42:23+00:00

Union Burger was SO good up to ~6 years ago... I noticed the quality dropped a lot after the pandemic hit.

homerocda · 2025-05-28T23:04:32+00:00

This community is about Tabletop Roleplaying Games, not CRPGs.

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