FATAL & Friends 2014-15: The Neverending Storygame

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Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Doresh posted:

So, what should it be?

Silhouette CORE: The crunch and nothing but (though I could do the rules along with a setting)

Heavy Gear: Not-VOTOMS, though that was already partially covered here.

Jovian Chronicles: Not-Gundam

CORE Command: Our smallest fighter is as big as a Corvellian Corvette o_O

Jovian Chronicles please.

# ¿ Jan 30, 2015 13:15

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 19:11

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Bieeardo posted:

At first I thought it was a bizarre reference to a failed search engine. Then it abstracted itself straight up its own rear end.

It's an entirely new, intestinally-based plane of existence. :downs:

# ¿ Feb 2, 2015 06:03

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

MartianAgitator posted:

Define high gravity. Earth has a dense core of molten metal. Terrestrial planets that have cores as dense as Earth's are likely very rare. Higher density means higher gravity. Earth is a high-gravity terrestrial planet.

Given that they defined earth's gravity as "normal" and the only things in the solar system with higher gravity at their surfaces than earth are the gas giants and the sun, I'm gonna go with "higher than earth" here, fishmech.

Midjack fucked around with this message at 03:47 on Feb 9, 2015

# ¿ Feb 9, 2015 03:32

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Rangpur posted:

Along similar lines, did the Foglios ever put out that GURPs sourcebook for Girl Genius?

No, they haven't yet. It claims to be in production but SJG lies like that a whole lot.

# ¿ Feb 10, 2015 03:58

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

And now they're back to games, having concluded a Kickstarter for Heavy Gear Blitz miniatures last year, except that I guess they decided they needed more money because they're soliciting funding on one of the even shadier crowdfunding sites.

# ¿ Feb 18, 2015 01:51

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Doresh posted:

Jovian Chronicles Second Edition RPG Player's Handbook

Chapter 7: Mechanical Catalog
Stormrider

This ridiculous fellow is based on a configuration (aka Mekton Command Armor) for the Prometheus prototype exo-armor. Still more or less a prototype itself, the Stormrider has nevertheless shown some promising results.
If the huge particle cannons and the massive thrusters are any indication, the Stormrider's main purpose is that of a fast assault unit. It also comes with a chest-mounted scatter launcher aka shotgun, a ton of missiles (though I'm pretty sure that puny Damage Multiplier of 10 is an error; they typically have 16-30), and a point-defense laser system.
Overall, it doesn't really hit harder than the Vindicator, but it does so faster. Though I was honestly expecting more oomph from those oversized guns (they actually just have improved range over the saner models).

Fury

Taking a cue from the Dragonstriker prototype, this exo-armor is a straight upgrade of the Syreen. It comes with a more advanced laser system geared more towards missile defense than autonomous firing. The shoulders come with 8 hardpoints, making the design very flexible.

Since the standard Fury has lots of empty hardpoints, they fall into one of 3 variants, which are named after the three furies of Greek mythology:

Alecto, The Unceasing: The recon model, with better sensors and stuff and recon drones.

Megaera, The Grudging: The default model, comes with a shoulder-mounted sniper railgun and missiles for the shoulders.

Tsiphone, The Avenging: This one's used to take down ships. It has plenty of room for torpedoes, and it comes with two extra-powerful plasma lances that go through ship hulls like a hot knife through butter.
Sadly, you can't actually use the drones and torpedo bay without the "CHAOS" book.

I guess their artist was a fan of Stardust Memory. The Stormrider up there reminds me of the Dendrobium:

And the Fury resembles the Neue Ziel:

# ¿ Feb 21, 2015 21:41

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Nullkigan posted:

I've never seen Gunbuster so I'm guessing.

A shameful mecha fan.

# ¿ Feb 23, 2015 00:47

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

BatteredFeltFedora posted:

"Suppose you were shameful, and suppose you were a mecha fan, but I repeat myself." - Mark Twain

I thought that was Benjamin Franklin. :confused:

# ¿ Feb 23, 2015 05:02

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Pussy Cartel posted:

Funnily enough, Chaos Principle (the only Jovian Chronicles adventure published besides the old Mekton books they made) actually covers the whole Cold War gone hot angle, and shows exactly what happens when two mostly-planetbound powers with spacebound allies get into a real fight.

Christ, that adventure was poo poo.

Was Chaos Principle really the only one? Not doubting you - I remember seeing a fair number of Jovian Chronicle books in game stores but I guess most of them were faction books, then?

# ¿ Feb 24, 2015 04:19

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Doresh posted:

Oh well, then it will stay as a sign of my own stupidity.

You're hardly the first person on SA to have a double post, don't sweat it.

# ¿ Mar 22, 2015 15:36

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

God yes do it.

Also Fatal and Friends:We just want you to come and cry with us

# ¿ Mar 24, 2015 05:14

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

AmiYumi posted:

It took me three looks to notice that there was more than one person in that picture. Anyone else?

Same, I thought it was one person in a ghillie suit. And I'm still not entirely sure what's going on there.

# ¿ Mar 28, 2015 03:10

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Night10194 posted:

Well, that's a relief. I have no idea what the hell they were thinking in WtA with the wolf loving.

Same thing everyone who writes porn stories thinks. :fap:

# ¿ Mar 29, 2015 18:33

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Halloween Jack posted:

I actually forgot that I owned the box set. The box has long since collapsed and been thrown away, I didn't bother keeping the "Masterbook to D6 conversion guide" they included, and I even lost one of the 2 "blood-spattered" dice they included

I should dig out my hardcopy of the book itself; I don't leaf through it much because the binding has long since disintegrated. I don't know if that's a fault of paperback supplements in general, but all my WEG paperbacks are like that.

Early WEG binding was fairly durable but the late 90s and beyond went downhill. My copy of the Death Star Technical Companion from 1991 is still going strong after over 20 years of occasional moderate use.

# ¿ Apr 4, 2015 19:37

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

GimpInBlack posted:

Katanas and Trenchcoats, a glorious paean to the deep, brooding, tragic badassery of being a brooding, tragic, badass immortal in Darkest Vancouver, the most occult city of the 1990s.

This one.

# ¿ Apr 5, 2015 21:14

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Spears of the Dawn was reviewed earlier in this thread or a predecessor.

Also I appreciated your choices of smilies for the classes.

# ¿ May 13, 2015 23:16

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

This is a couple of years old but worth remembering :

http://www.somethingawful.com/dungeons-and-dragons/maid-gross-lolita/1/

# ¿ May 24, 2015 17:14

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Kurieg posted:

I haven't read ahead but I'm not sure if he's going to figure out a way to bring sexy elephant men into it.

What does your heart tell you?

# ¿ May 25, 2015 16:14

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

theironjef posted:

Your posts should be smaller, yeah. Not that the subject matter is uninteresting but you're going like 12 scrolls deep and it's hard to read on a phone that way.

This exactly.

# ¿ May 26, 2015 04:39

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Count Chocula posted:

Maybe the Warmachine pauldroons contain the neural interfaces and AIs for the Warjacks. It's a bi-cameral system, with each shoulder dealing with a different set of systems. The tiny human heads just coordinate, but after awhile they get overridden by the AI pauldroons.

Pauldroon Rim

# ¿ Aug 10, 2015 02:00

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Hedningen posted:

Well, that's all for Freebooter's Fate. If anyone is interested, I could continue on and do the next book in the series, Deep Jungle, which introduces a new crew, the Amazons, as well as some new mechanics, an advancing storyline, and quite a few new scenarios. Thanks for reading, and I'm glad I was finally able to finish one of these properly.

Do it please.

# ¿ Aug 14, 2015 00:29

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Halloween Jack posted:

Once combat started, the best gun was the one currently in your hand.

This is true in real gunfights. Cops (non-SWAT) typically only have a sidearm, with maybe a long gun in the car. Soldiers typically carry a long gun and sidearm. It's not common for anyone who expects a gunfight to have an arsenal strapped to them; much more likely to have a primary, a backup, and a bunch of ammunition for both.

# ¿ Aug 18, 2015 01:26

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Kavak posted:

Sometimes the shifters represent the popular (Western) idea of an animal, and sometimes not. The reason both happen is flurp durp fart this book is loving dumb.

FATAL & FRIENDS: flurp durp fart this book is loving dumb.

# ¿ Sep 6, 2015 04:24

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

# ¿ Sep 6, 2015 20:12

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

LatwPIAT posted:

For all that I spoke badly about CthulhuTech 2nd edition's beta, I do like how pleasant their PR person martian_bob has been in meeting concerns. I mentioned the parts about Trivia 5 and Hobby 5 mocking the players for taking them, and he replied "We're definitely not going for mockery or dismissiveness. I'll bring this up before our next editing pass for tone." Then when me and some other people raised concerns over "Seduction (Subjugation-in-the-sense-of-BDSM)" being an actual skill+specialization, he wrote "No idea why this was chosen for inclusion. You're not the only one who's concerned, we know that the eyes of the community are going to be on us especially in this area, we're making a concerted effort to stay away from the problematic depictions we had in the past."

It kind of feels like they're honestly trying to be good, and that's kind of nice?

Remember when Exalted tried to do it? :v:

# ¿ Sep 16, 2015 01:38

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Doresh posted:

TDE don't really explain what a standard wrestling attack (aka no lock or grapple, just plain one-shot damage) is supposed to be.

Elbow drop off the top rope.

# ¿ Sep 26, 2015 03:13

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Doresh posted:

Why put so much effort into hiding weapons? It's the Rift universe, where every vehicle is required by law to have at least 50% of its mass dedicated to missiles and their launchers.

Because Palladium rips off and recycles a lot of art, so if the missiles aren't pictured but KS thinks the vehicle should be more shooty, he just stats it with a hojillion extra missiles but they're ~~invisible~~ concealed.

# ¿ Oct 3, 2015 15:14

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

occamsnailfile posted:

_{this is actually by kevin long and it’s a decent piece though i feel like it’s from something}

Looks suspiciously like Space Battleship Yamato. Phone posting so no pic, but Google provides.

# ¿ Oct 20, 2015 16:04

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

wdarkk posted:

Goad the DM until he adds a second Mortiverse to the encounter, then throw one at the other.

yes

# ¿ Oct 28, 2015 03:01

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Nimsim posted:

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Spoiler that poo poo man.

# ¿ Oct 30, 2015 19:19

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Alien Rope Burn posted:

Lorica Wraith

SPAWN MORE OVERLORDS

# ¿ Nov 6, 2015 05:23

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Doresh posted:

Of course. They wouldn't be evil if they didn't do thinks purely for the evulz.

(Oh, and is anyone okay if I just continue ProfessorProf's TBZ review, or do you guys want a "reboot"?)

Just pick it up, link to the earlier one or the wiki if you want continuity.

# ¿ Nov 7, 2015 16:44

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

occamsnailfile posted:

Isn't there a paragraph in the core that says they never convert, ever? It mentions how you can rack up several hundred SDC in a round but this is basically meaningless, MDC material is simply so tough that your bullets are useless. It doesn't get into like, nukes or even cruise missiles but it strongly suggested that SDC guns were basically worth less than it cost to make them.

Yeah, there's no hard conversion. There are some words in some Palladium book about how some classes of SDC damage like big explosions can convert, and there are a number of weapons that have damage given as "2D6x100 SDC + 100 ft knockback (or 2D6 MDC)" but there's no rhyme or reason to which ones get MDC damage ratings. Nor is it clear how you decide whether to cause SDC or MDC damage - player choice per weapon or per shot, GM decision, campaign default?

# ¿ Nov 8, 2015 20:39

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

JohnnyCanuck posted:

Pfft. You're not thinking Palladium-y enough. They have an answer!

Blue green lasers? Or is that Car Wars?

# ¿ Nov 20, 2015 19:51

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Young Freud posted:

Because it's a real life term for people like this...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grinder_(biohacking)

I'm not sure where the etymology of the term came from, but it's probably a play on words for "organ grinder" and grinding in a RPG/MMO for experience. A lot of grinders will experiment with their own bodies to increase that experience of biohacking. People like Kevin Warwick, who implanted an RFID array into his arm to control various objects; Steve Mann, who has experimented with augmented reality and wearable computing; the performance artist Stelarc; and Lepht Anonym, who created a biopaste that would protect implanted neodymium magnets it implanted itself and was developing a GPS implant it would implant itself. There's a range of genius and crazy all in one when it comes to the grinders.

I'm not going to check but I'm guessing any of the people you just named who are biologically capable of doing so are sporting ridiculous facial hair.

# ¿ Nov 29, 2015 21:20

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

gradenko_2000 posted:

All that stuff about RIFTS supplements was just something you made up, right?

The Rifts Underseas review is happening right now in this thread.

# ¿ Dec 3, 2015 04:29

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

With Rifts just assume any weapon with no art looks like a Wilk's laser pistol, regardless of what it actually is.

# ¿ Dec 6, 2015 20:32

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Jon and Jef, thank you for Christmas Mastery. If it makes you feel any worse, the movie follows the book almost exactly, though I don't think Luther did botox in the book.

# ¿ Dec 7, 2015 02:24

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Alien Rope Burn posted:

Granted, Rifts has no real rules for nonmagical illness, so you'd just have to wing it.

Flipper it, more like.

# ¿ Dec 10, 2015 22:08

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 19:11

Midjack: Dec 24, 2007

Grnegsnspm posted:

I have the What If...? where he marries Sue. That's probably close enough.

Is that the one with the kinda gross/creepy panel of Namor feeling up Invisible Woman while they're skinny dipping? If so that was a big part of why I gave up on comics.

# ¿ Dec 14, 2015 00:18

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