The Gaming Den

If you want to do Matrix-gives-bonuses, it makes me think of the end of Snow Crash, where Hiro Protagonist is attacking the Raft with a concrete tactical advantage because he's also got his computer and broad scanning/detection sweep going so he's got a map of the ship in his HUD, and pretty much t...

I must say I find it odd, to say the least, that the "Everything has a price" principle lead to first fixing the price, then deciding what 'everything' would be on a specific, case-by-case, basis. If anything, it sounds more like "Every sacrifice has a reward". But that would be ...

The political system and society of a D&D world would differ greatly for Medieval Europe. The establishment of an hereditary military nobility is the result of ethnic and familial loyalties. Invaders from the Germanic tribes established themselves as a ruling military minority class, and passed ...

Working fields really happens in spring and fall, so summer is legitimate, but depending on climate it can be a seriously bad time to fight. Anywhere that gets significant rain is going to be a muddy disaster. Winter means the ground is frozen, and thus easier to fight Battle of Hastings, William a...

-Invasive raids: although uncommon in England by the late medieval period, raids by 'vikings' is not uncommon earlier. This does little to disrupt the actual base of the economy, since raids typically happen in winter (because the vikings also have fields to work and don't raid during those times)....

If I recall correctly, the Lightsaber thing got even more crazy in the following editions. You had a specific skill you could level up called Lightsaber Combat, and you'd use it for parrying shit and would also add it to your 5D damage code. In second edition at least, the Lightsaber Combat power r...

-Dodging is pretty ubiquitous, which means its hard to actually hit because the dodge roll gets *added* to the base difficulty, and dodge code is frequently at least equal to blaster code, so the firer is generally at a disadvantage. As I recall, didn't Dodge replace the range target number unless ...

This is basically why Bull and I aren't friends: fundamental disagreement on the nature and direction of the game. Bull is fairly conservative as Shadowrun goes, and I don't think SR4 ever really sat well with him. Granted, even the freelancers that did consider me a friend think I have a mind like...