tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post4413560231482408880..comments2024-03-25T03:52:40.426-07:00Comments on The Ongoing Campaign: Flanaess Sectorfaoladhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post-19021166714803045002014-08-19T18:38:40.295-07:002014-08-19T18:38:40.295-07:00In fact, WoRP was on my mind, and I should have me...In fact, WoRP was on my mind, and I should have mentioned it. I picked up a copy nearly as soon as it came out, because that is definitely up my alley. That said, though, its features that are excellent for a pulp-style game of planetary romance don't really fit so well with the mostly-hard SF concept that I'm positing here. Someone else, though, might find that to be the best way to go, of course!<br /><br />To me, a cleaned up (as has been done several times, starting in Dragon magazine #78) psionics system, using "psychic powers" concepts mixed with a system of "spell points" in the form of psychic energy, combined with the mental combat system of AD&D psionics, helps give the feel of movies like Scanners and Firestarter, which seem to me to be the best cinematic approach to SF mind powers. I do want to include a sort of "Scientist" class, and am thinking on the best way to approach that. Perhaps something similar to the inventing rules in Space 1889, fixed up for AD&D…faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post-18326797784320555202014-08-19T15:27:53.893-07:002014-08-19T15:27:53.893-07:00I think some of your work has already been done fo...I think some of your work has already been done for you. If you don't mind some OSR-goodness and classes couched in Barsoomian trappings, you might check this out:<br /><br />http://warriorsoftheredplanet.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Warriors of the Red Planet is, in my opinion, how Mentalists (psionicists, which are essentially clerics reskinned) and Scientists (wizards reskinned) should be done! When I say 'reskinned," I mean in one of the most simple and coolest ways possible!<br /><br />The best thing? It's on Lulu.com for less than $4. LESS THAN $4!!! You get a nice, paperback book with a glossy cover and--despite this being a "beta" version--a mostly well-edited and well-thought out book.<br /><br />I bought 1 for myself, read it, and loved it enough to buy 3 more for my gaming group. Highly recommended.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04435677835749409066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post-61194255608446117762014-08-18T19:54:25.625-07:002014-08-18T19:54:25.625-07:00That's hot! Love it!That's hot! Love it!faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post-6713426612135935252014-08-18T13:44:22.421-07:002014-08-18T13:44:22.421-07:00And The Free City of Greyhawk is a renegade space ...And The Free City of Greyhawk is a renegade space station orbiting a enormous black hole called Nyr Dyv . . .<br /><br />- ArkArkheinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04197738947435750745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post-59462063448407894062014-08-17T20:22:45.008-07:002014-08-17T20:22:45.008-07:00Glad that you think so. I try to build settings th...Glad that you think so. I try to build settings that suit my own sense of fun, and it's always good to hear that other people enjoy them, too. Not that I hardly get a chance to use them these days.faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post-48435977708310863232014-08-17T07:30:37.163-07:002014-08-17T07:30:37.163-07:00Sounds like fun!Sounds like fun!Brutorz Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10261330634648140358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post-71610638871591934832014-08-16T21:36:21.266-07:002014-08-16T21:36:21.266-07:00Yeah, you got the spirit of it!Yeah, you got the spirit of it!faoladhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03691952430041394614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8116962779728480800.post-54056421658826530292014-08-16T21:22:19.425-07:002014-08-16T21:22:19.425-07:00Judging solely from a 5-second image search on Goo...Judging solely from a 5-second image search on Google, tyranids look a little bit like hook horrors. Galeb duhr could work as a silicon-based race, and the more familiar races (and animal races) could be genetic manipulation at work.Nathan Irvinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10748510598803702118noreply@blogger.com