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Covok posted:I literally thought you were talking about the recent Supreme Court retirement and the nature of the two party system in the United States of America before I realize you were talking about something a lot less important. I don't know how to take that. You're in the Traditional Games forum, not the politics one.
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drrockso20 posted:Well I just got literally robbed, gently caress my life Ugh, that’s horrible.
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Kai Tave posted:You're in the Traditional Games forum, not the politics one. Every forum is the politics one
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Kai Tave posted:You're in the Traditional Games forum, not the politics one. I know, but the comic book forum was also talking about it in their chat thread so I conditioned to expect it.
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Covok posted:I know, but the comic book forum was also talking about it in their chat thread so I conditioned to expect it. I refrain from posting about the World Cup in this forum and I expect this kind of courtesy from other posters
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What especially sucks is what got stolen, was my backpack and I had ten books in it, six of which were RPG books, as well as most of my dice Indeed that's what pisses me off about this, that stuff isn't going to be of value to the guy who stole it, so it's probably been tossed in a ditch or dumpster by now
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As is traditional, all talk here turns to D&D.
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remusclaw posted:As is traditional, all talk here turns to D&D. 
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Well I just pitched two ideas to the Spire devs, wish me luck!
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clockworkjoe posted:I want sci-fi, not dark urban fantasy. Think Fringe, or Global Frequency. In fact, Global Frequency is very close in terms of game framing/structure that I want todo. I think you'll be happy with MotW if you have a strong, clear vision for the atmosphere and tone of the game and your players are on board. MotW's biggest weakness in my opinion is that it doesn't establish these things on its own. Like, is it Buffy? Supernatural? Ash vs. Evil Dead? X-Files? Twin Peaks? I was also thinking you might want something where every character gets special powers, like the way WoD games are set up.
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Joe Slowboat posted:Well I just pitched two ideas to the Spire devs, wish me luck! Ideas for Spire supplements or something else? Got details you can share?
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Kai Tave posted:Ideas for Spire supplements or something else? Got details you can share? They've asked for small pitches for supplements/campaign stuff. Little corners of the Spire to fill out for people to slot into their games, like Eidolon Sky and Blood and Dust, what they call campaign frames. My pitches were, basically, Sam Vimes as an antagonist and opportunity (a dedicated, heroic guardswoman is trying to start a movement to apply the laws equally and fairly. She's utterly doomed, and even if she succeeded she's a rival to the Ministry, so the Ministers will need to subvert or undermine the Guard). And 'there's no vampires in Spire - how about vampires who steal prayer, devouring the flame of magic divine and occult from their victims' - as an antagonistic cult who specifically are pursuing the Ministry because the Varcolac, their incomplete god, wants to devour the weakened dark moon. You know, that kind of stuff. E: It's an open call https://rowanrookanddecard.com/spire-call-for-writers/
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Joe Slowboat posted:They've asked for small pitches for supplements/campaign stuff. Little corners of the Spire to fill out for people to slot into their games, like Eidolon Sky and Blood and Dust, what they call campaign frames. Huh, neat. Best of luck. I'm all wrapped up in LANCER stuff at the moment but if inspiration strikes maybe I'll toss an idea their way my own self.
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Ewen Cluney posted:I have a whole rant about how Siembieda saw a show about love and humanity during an interstellar war and made a bland military RPG with giant robots. Like, even with the Palladium system you could at the very least include rules for how pop music messes up Zentraedi but I guess it's too much Now I want to see an extremely anime and also crunchy mecha RPG system that includes idol singers, genetic engineering and misc space magic.
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Now I want to see an extremely anime and also crunchy mecha RPG system that includes idol singers, genetic engineering and misc space magic. Battle Century G includes rules for anime magic and such
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gourdcaptain posted:Are there any good generic-ier Mecha Tabletop RPGs? Looking for something for a group and all the stuff is old and clunky, or just clunky, that I know of. I also heard good things about Tiny Frontiers: Mecha and Monsters.
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Kai Tave posted:You're in the Traditional Games forum, not the politics one.
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The Spire is so good and atmospheric and if they don’t at least try to talk China Mieville into doing a New Crobuzon version I will feel betrayed. It could be so good.
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Xiahou Dun posted:The Spire is so good and atmospheric and if they don’t at least try to talk China Mieville into doing a New Crobuzon version I will feel betrayed. It could be so good. Honestly I'd rather he didn't, they already have enough of his influence and his Pathfinder writing wasn't as good as I'd hope, from what I remember of reading it one time. Just not as good at plot hooks as he is at actual plots and storytelling. ...also, like, Pathfinder? He has extremely D&D tastes in RPGs, and Spire is fine as itself.
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Xiahou Dun posted:The Spire is so good and atmospheric and if they don’t at least try to talk China Mieville into doing a New Crobuzon version I will feel betrayed. It could be so good.
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Foglet posted:Considering stuff I heard about Mieville, I'm not sure I'd want his name associated even tangentially with anything I like even slightly. I'm scratching my head here. Are you just really, really anti-socialist or something?
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Otherkinsey Scale posted:I'm scratching my head here. Are you just really, really anti-socialist or something?
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Foglet posted:Nope, there are accounts of him being an abuser. Well gently caress
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I just reread Perdido Street Station the last two weeks, and I liked it markedly less than the first time, which was already so-so. Make up your mind whether you want to write a novel or an RPG setting book, man. e: we played a Bas-Lag based Fate PBP here once and it owned a lot because I got to play a cactuar e2: thinking back on the plot, frankly, stick with the RPG setting book My Lovely Horse fucked around with this message at 07:37 on Jun 28, 2018 |
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Foglet posted:Nope, there are accounts of him being an abuser. Yup, specifically gaslighting women about how committed he is to the relationship and then callously discarding them the moment they realise something's up. Sucks a whole bunch, and makes the already somewhat unpalatable ending of Perdido Street Station even worse.
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Flavivirus posted:Yup, specifically gaslighting women about how committed he is to the relationship and then callously discarding them the moment they realise something's up. Sucks a whole bunch, and makes the already somewhat unpalatable ending of Perdido Street Station even worse.
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(They're also pals with you-know-who but honestly, that looks like a pretty minor slight in comparison)
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Oh, drat, I had no idea. I'm reading up on all this now, thanks for cluing me in.
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Well that's deeply disappointing. And morally gross.
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Foglet posted:(They're also pals with you-know-who but honestly, that looks like a pretty minor slight in comparison)
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My Lovely Horse posted:I really don't. Voldemort?
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Jesus, just use his name, who cares if the dude relentlessly ego-searches for himself.
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Voldemort can't google all of usKai Tave posted:Jesus, just use his name, who cares if the dude relentlessly ego-searches for himself. agreed, that poo poo is childish as hell
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Well I don't know poo poo and y'all are coming across like gatekeepers of the secret knowledge right now, which is the last thing this hobby needs. On the other hand it does feel like it's the kind of secret that I'd happily file under "stupid RPG politics that I don't need to give a poo poo about" anyway so gatekeep away. Is it one of the rear end in a top hat 5e "consultants"?
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My Lovely Horse posted:Well I don't know poo poo and y'all are coming across like gatekeepers of the secret knowledge right now, which is the last thing this hobby needs. China Mieville palled around with ZakS, who is a serial harasser and sexual reactionary that likes to cloak himself in performative wokeness. Mieville went as far as offering an endorsement blurb for one of his products. ZakS, yes, is also one of the credited consultants for D&D 5th Edition, which was a cynical ploy by Mike Mearls to try and gain some kind of street cred with the grognardy OSR crowd. People don't like to say ZakS's name out loud because it's at least suspected, if not explicitly known, that he likes to name-search himself and then turn his harassment crowd against people who poo poo-talk him.
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gradenko_2000 posted:China Mieville palled around with ZakS, who is a serial harasser and sexual reactionary that likes to cloak himself in performative wokeness. Mieville went as far as offering an endorsement blurb for one of his products.
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Didn't China Mieville also give ttrpg rights to his Bas-Lag universe to GMS anyway, therefore ensuring it will never see official publication?gradenko_2000 posted:People don't like to say ZakS's name out loud because it's at least suspected, if not explicitly known, that he likes to name-search himself and then turn his harassment crowd against people who poo poo-talk him. These forums are hosed and don't show up in google searches anyway, but he probably has an alt or two he uses to lurk here like he does on every forum he was ever banned from and every person who blocked him on social media Nuns with Guns fucked around with this message at 12:05 on Jun 28, 2018 |
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