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Re: [crngames] Re: Lifepath V0.2

dinden...@gmail.com (Dave M) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:25:19 UT

Eero,
I have messed around with Chargen before in SoY. And to be honest, I
think it is simple and elegant.
But, my concern is that I know my players won't read the game before
chargen and that they won't absorb enough of it during chargen for
Maldor to be any more or less meaningful to them than Amani.

Re: [crngames] Re: Lifepath V0.2

dinden...@gmail.com (Dave M) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 19:16:04 UT

Judd,
That was a typo, thanks for the heads up!
Dave M

Re: [crngames] Lifepath V0.2

steelh...@gmail.com (Judd Goswick) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:36:33 UT

One thing I noted was the use of "Zeru" as opposed to "Zaru". Is that a
typo or was the name changed to avoid some unintended meaning?

Re: Lifepath V0.2

eero.tuovi...@arkkikivi.net (Eero Tuovinen) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:04:05 UT

On To 12.6.2008 19:45, Dave M kirjoitti:
Well, speaking for that, you seem to be largely missing a shamanistic
religious background, which is a big deal in Qek, especially. Although I
guess that might go under "apprentice".
Also, one thing you might want to seriously consider is having a generic
crunch list the player can pick from at any point. At least it seems to me

Re: [crngames] Re: Lifepath V0.2

dinden...@gmail.com (Dave M) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:45:01 UT

Eero,
Thanks for the quick reply. I guess I am trying to guide the payers
into the right mindset for this game. Trying to avoid D&D-isms of my
character is a Gandalf clone or whatever.
Honestly, I think the "you can make any character" approach might
not work with my group. I don't think they are going to read the book

Re: Lifepath V0.2

eero.tuovi...@arkkikivi.net (Eero Tuovinen) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:36:25 UT

On To 12.6.2008 19:22, Dave M kirjoitti:
To tell the truth, this set-up based on long, long lists isn't doing it
for me. Have you considered simply saying that the player can pick any
Ability/Secret/Key and have the SG verify that it suits the background in
question?
Which is a constructive way of saying that I couldn't really say which

[crngames] Lifepath V0.2

dinden...@gmail.com (Dave M) — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:22:21 UT

All,
I did some cleanup for readability and would like some feedback:
[link]
There are some design assumptions built into this system:
1) The system should create "adventure"-type characters.
2) The system should create characters that are mostly compatible with

Re: [crngames] Re: Anybody reminded of something?

moren...@tiscali.it (Moreno Roncucci) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:45:33 UT

Well, least they told us that they were playing Agon and Burning Empires...
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Ciao,
/\/\oreno

Re: [crngames] Re: Anybody reminded of something?

fireintheh...@gmail.com (Josh Culbertson) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:35:36 UT

Even more frighteningly, I don't know if you've all been following the
release of D&D 4th edition, but there's a "Bloodied" condition now where you
reach half your hit points, and all sorts of special options and powers
might apply, dependent upon characters. I mean, sure, it could all just be
coincidence, and lord knows there's lots of cross-pollenation in the game

Re: [crngames] Re: Anybody reminded of something?

wage...@gmail.com (Harald Wagener) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:16:34 UT

Upon re-reading, this looks more like roll-and-keep from 7th Sea … still the
whole thing vibes "just use TSOY!" to me.
2008/6/10 Clinton R. Nixon <crni...@gmail.com>:

Re: [crngames] Anybody reminded of something?

crni...@gmail.com (Clinton R. Nixon) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 10:27:55 UT

Wow - I do see it, Harald. Of course, I took that same idea straight
from Over the Edge, so it's real possible that they got the idea from
the same place.
- Clinton

Anybody reminded of something?

wage...@gmail.com (Harald Wagener) — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:29:44 UT

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Re: [crngames] Re: Communal Vignette Writing

dinden...@gmail.com (Dave M) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:49:10 UT

Eero,
Thanks for that. I will incorporate some of that into my upcoming
session, but I am sure it won't happen in time to make your press
time.
Dave M

Re: Communal Vignette Writing

eero.tuovi...@arkkikivi.net (Eero Tuovinen) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:50:24 UT

On Ke 4.6.2008 0:40, Dave M kirjoitti:
Sure I can! This has been touched upon at the Forge, and I've written an
extended explanation in the new Solar System booklet... hmm... it's
actually a bit too long to repost here, so just the high points:
******
The players will probably have some rough idea of what kind of characters

Re: [crngames] Communal Vignette Writing

dinden...@gmail.com (Dave M) — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:40:26 UT

Eero,
Um, there is a Finnish style of char gen? Can you elaborate?
Dave M
On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 3:27 PM, Eero Tuovinen