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- Sat Feb 13, 2021 5:31 pm
- Forum: MPSIMS
- Topic: The Biden Administration (No Lago)
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- Sat Feb 13, 2021 10:28 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Vampire the Masquerade 5e- Actually a huge step up?
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Re: Vampire the Masquerade 5e- Actually a huge step up?
The Nazi Question[/size]While Paradox did all it could to put that fire down, the damage is already done. The well is poisoned to the point Paradox had to bring Justin Achilli back from the grave to helm the game line in-house once more since no 3PP dares touch it with a 10 foot pole. This makes me...
- Sat Jan 09, 2021 9:24 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Vampire the Masquerade 5e- Actually a huge step up?
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- Fri Jan 08, 2021 9:48 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Vampire the Masquerade 5e- Actually a huge step up?
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In Fall of London the Second Inquisition is run by a detective inspector of Scotland Yard with True Faith 3. But he has a crack team of navy seals trained in gorilla warfare at his beck and call (they have combat dicepools of 10 and thus mop up the floor with any vampire), as well as the british wi...
- Fri Jan 08, 2021 8:12 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Vampire the Masquerade 5e- Actually a huge step up?
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Personally, I'm of the opinion that the Second Inquisition is idiotic. Vampires have mind control powers that mortals have no reliable way to resist. A single Ventrue could completely take over the organization in a week. He wouldn't even need to do it in person, he could appear on Maury pretending...
- Thu Jan 07, 2021 10:26 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Vampire the Masquerade 5e- Actually a huge step up?
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The big difference in the hunger mechanics from previous edition is how powers are rationed. In previous editions, you were better off using spamming low-cost powers in non-combat scenes and feeding to keep yourself topped off, but budgeting yourself in combat because you lose when you run out of b...
- Wed Jan 06, 2021 6:32 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Vampire the Masquerade 5e- Actually a huge step up?
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- Thu May 28, 2020 1:31 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Drunken Review: Shadowrun 5
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- Sat May 09, 2020 8:18 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Musings
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Dwarves: Deep Roots Dwarven society runs on a caste and clan system with Royals, Merchants, Soldiers, Workers, and Agricultural workers as the 5 broad castes. Dwarven leadership hordes wealth but their people always seem very well fed and well supplied which leads me to believe Dwarves have good un...
- Fri May 01, 2020 11:45 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [OSSR] Cyberpunk 2020
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- Thu Apr 30, 2020 7:06 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Mike Mearls is out
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I thought he quit RPGs altogether like twenty years ago. He did . According to his LinkedIn he started working for Microsoft in 2001 and stayed there for 10 years before doing product development work for a string of tech companies (including and most recently Amazon) until August 2018 when he came...
- Tue Apr 28, 2020 8:26 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Plagues in cyberpunk and space opera's, maybe fantasy
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- Tue Apr 28, 2020 8:25 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Drunken Review: Shadowrun 5
- Replies: 641
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- Tue Apr 28, 2020 12:18 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Plagues in cyberpunk and space opera's, maybe fantasy
- Replies: 37
- Views: 8240
- Tue Apr 28, 2020 11:35 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: [OSSR] Cyberpunk 2020
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Is it wrong of me to think that if Cyberpunk Red plays its cards right it'll eat Shadowrun's spot now that 6e has failed completely? IMHO, this is ultimately a meaningless question. According to Roll20's Orr Group Industry report for 2019, Shadowrun games represent 0.5% of all games on Roll20. D&am...
- Tue Apr 28, 2020 11:26 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Drunken Review: Shadowrun 5
- Replies: 641
- Views: 272036
- Sun May 26, 2019 11:14 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Orientalist Fantasy Settings
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- Wed May 22, 2019 3:54 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Orientalist Fantasy Settings
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There's plenty of non-ritual magic in historical folklore. Sir Kay from the Arthurian myth threw fireballs at people. Simon the Sorcerer would fly around Rome until Apostle Peter counterspelled him. Christian saints in general would do all sorts of non-ritual magic, like teleporting, commanding anim...
- Wed May 15, 2019 3:17 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Greek Mythological Settings
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- Wed May 15, 2019 2:15 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Greek Mythological Settings
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While that's not a bad idea, those sorts of cults and secret societies don't seem to fit the Greek setting very well. Cults and secret societies get in vogue in late greco mid roman period, from 5th BC onward. That's when mystery cults blossom and it is normal for a cobbler to be a secret christian...
- Wed May 15, 2019 8:42 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Orientalist Fantasy Settings
- Replies: 272
- Views: 34566
IMHO, the best way to go is to have schools as very flexible build-your-own-bruce-lee affairs. It's good if schools have a theme and a signature maneuver, but it's even better if a player can build a wide variety of characters within this theme. I'd say each school should have a apprentice/journeyma...
- Tue May 14, 2019 10:18 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Greek Mythological Settings
- Replies: 85
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Most of what you said about greek fantasy as being distinct from medieval european fantasy is also untrue. Sir Kay of the Round Table grows as tall as a tree, throws fireballs and needs to eat only once a week. Sir Gawayn has the strength of three men during the midday. Bogatyr Volga Svyatovich shap...
- Mon May 13, 2019 7:49 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Orientalist Fantasy Settings
- Replies: 272
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It's time that we address the elephant in the room. Actually, not specifically an elephant, but any real world animal. Assuming a fantasy world with Kirins and Dragons and stuff, does crab and scorpion make sense? At some point you'd think that real world animals would stop mattering when you've go...
- Mon May 13, 2019 2:38 pm
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Orientalist Fantasy Settings
- Replies: 272
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But across Lord of the Rings and Silmarillion people have: * Commanded an army of the dead (Aragorn, Witch-King) Magic sword power. Literal witchcraft on the side of witch-king (it's in the name for Eru's sake!). And Aragorn's army of the dead was a result of Isildur cursing kings who didn't honor ...
- Mon May 13, 2019 8:59 am
- Forum: In My Humble Opinion...
- Topic: Orientalist Fantasy Settings
- Replies: 272
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I'd actually argue that KOTOR as a period was successful because it took everything people liked about Star Wars and doubled down on that. People like jedi, so there's a ton of jedi running around. People like sith, so there's a whole sith empire and sith academy. Because if you are playing in the R...