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 Apr 18 2006, 12:19 AM
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I'm going to be starting an online campaign with some friends of mine, and I was looking for some opinions to think on.
Time-frame: 2-3 hour weekly sessions, plus individual character development time as necessary. Rules adjustments: - 100 build points (to curtail munchkins) - Only one six allowed in each category: Attribute, Skill, Spell-Force. (this obviously does not apply to derived/base skills, such as Magic or Essence) - Canon initiative. (I'm considering capping initiative passes at 2, and converting the third into an "interrupt" or some-such. Or perhaps a combat-skill bonus.) - Unlimited successes (keep throwing 6's and keep racking up successes.) - Three starting contacts: 2 randoms, 1 shared between the group to get it started. - Additional item; special V.R. electrodes/Matrix apparatus. Not as good as Decking but useful to allow non-Deckers a chance. Thoughts on these rules? Think it'll work? |
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frostPDP Online Campaign Rules Apr 18 2006, 12:19 AM
James McMurray At only 100 build points there won't be much n... Apr 18 2006, 12:26 AM Kagetenshi The good parts:
The shared contact. Nothing inher... Apr 18 2006, 12:32 AM Wounded Ronin I don't know the SR4 rules but I don't und... Apr 18 2006, 12:40 AM Kagetenshi Wait, what? Is this SR4? I thought SR4 already had... Apr 18 2006, 12:43 AM James McMurray I missed that. Ignore the 100BP comment from me, a... Apr 18 2006, 12:49 AM Kagetenshi Too low. Not the crazy-insane-low total it would b... Apr 18 2006, 12:51 AM hyzmarca Also, with a 100 BP limit in SR4 very few characte... Apr 18 2006, 01:00 AM mmu1 Having only 100BP (as opposed to the standard 123-... Apr 18 2006, 01:01 AM James McMurray The only way to curtail munchkinism is through str... Apr 18 2006, 01:03 AM Kagetenshi QUOTE (hyzmarca) Limiting BP just ensures more spe... Apr 18 2006, 01:05 AM ragingonanist as to this Additional item are you thinking of tro... Apr 18 2006, 01:22 AM Taran QUOTE (Kagetenshi)QUOTE (hyzmarca @ Apr 17 20... Apr 18 2006, 01:29 AM Kagetenshi I don't disagree with you, I just don't co... Apr 18 2006, 01:34 AM frostPDP Okay, few things that were I guess unclear:
Its g... Apr 18 2006, 01:54 AM Kagetenshi A lot of the time those 25 extra points actually g... Apr 18 2006, 02:03 AM James McMurray Well said. Apr 18 2006, 02:04 AM Taran QUOTE (frostPDP)The reason for the low skill cap i... Apr 18 2006, 03:29 AM James McMurray Depending on the tone of the campaign, I might eve... Apr 18 2006, 03:33 AM Kremlin KOA streetsam with theSkillwires CED combo is the way ... Apr 18 2006, 04:00 AM James McMurray Anyone who takes the million should be shot. Apr 18 2006, 04:03 AM Kremlin KOA wellthere goes my rigger/decker concept where bein... Apr 18 2006, 04:12 AM Wounded Ronin QUOTE (frostPDP) =
The reason for the low skill ca... Apr 18 2006, 04:30 AM frostPDP LOL I don't think any of my players that know ... Apr 18 2006, 04:41 AM Lindt Id post my own reason Ill never let players use BE... Apr 18 2006, 04:47 AM Wounded Ronin QUOTE (frostPDP) LOL I don't think any of my p... Apr 18 2006, 04:47 AM frostPDP Maybe I'm really misconciving things, but I fi... Apr 18 2006, 04:55 AM hyzmarca What we are saying is that reducing resources will... Apr 18 2006, 05:25 AM Kremlin KOA Keep in mind most of that million was never seen i... Apr 18 2006, 05:56 AM Voorhees Whoa whoa, nevermind my post, I was thinking about... Apr 18 2006, 07:37 AM Kagetenshi QUOTE (frostPDP @ Apr 17 2006, 11:41 PM) Reme... Apr 18 2006, 07:58 AM Taran Isn't there a cap of 60 attribute points at ch... Apr 18 2006, 12:39 PM Kagetenshi There's a recommendation to that effect, thoug... Apr 18 2006, 12:42 PM frostPDP *Whips out his old NSCRG*
100 BP
Troll PhysAdept... Apr 18 2006, 01:47 PM Kagetenshi "Free skills"?
Other than that, it look... Apr 18 2006, 01:58 PM Backgammon In my experience, in SR3, Stealth 5 is the minimum... Apr 18 2006, 02:35 PM mmu1 QUOTE (frostPDP) But its vulnerable to enough thin... Apr 18 2006, 03:14 PM Kremlin KOA Here is what I would consider a reasonable backgro... Apr 18 2006, 03:21 PM frostPDP Maybe I'm simply doing chargen wrong...? But ... Apr 18 2006, 06:16 PM Kagetenshi Ah, I see re: Body. He's actually got Body 11—... Apr 18 2006, 06:50 PM frostPDP Time to go back to old charsheets, yay! *Danc... Apr 19 2006, 12:03 AM Kagetenshi I spent a bit more than half a year working as a C... Apr 19 2006, 12:06 AM James McMurray Just say no. If something doesn't fit the camp... Apr 19 2006, 12:09 AM Taran Again, it's ultimately your game. But if your... Apr 19 2006, 12:13 AM Wounded Ronin QUOTE (frostPDP) Granted, its annoying that everyo... Apr 19 2006, 12:31 AM frostPDP Umm, Robin, thank you for assuming the worst inten... Apr 19 2006, 12:56 AM James McMurray Quite an amusing rant. Thanks for sharing.
EDIT:... Apr 19 2006, 12:57 AM James McMurray frost: One thing you could do is limit starting sk... Apr 19 2006, 01:04 AM Unrest Can't really say much else that hasn't bee... Apr 19 2006, 01:06 AM James McMurray QUOTE It is just a game, there isn't some priz... Apr 19 2006, 01:09 AM Wounded Ronin QUOTE (frostPDP) Umm, Robin, thank you for assumin... Apr 19 2006, 01:38 AM Taran I mean this in the nicest possible way: have you c... Apr 19 2006, 01:45 AM James McMurray It seems to me that his problem isn't so much ... Apr 19 2006, 01:49 AM Wounded Ronin Just one t3h r34l based nitpick:
Unless concealin... Apr 19 2006, 01:54 AM Kagetenshi There is no "maxed out" for skills.
~J Apr 19 2006, 01:54 AM James McMurray There is at character creation. Apr 19 2006, 02:21 AM frostPDP Well, the group of people I'm going to be play... Apr 19 2006, 02:29 AM Wounded Ronin QUOTE (frostPDP)
Dude two: Managed to make the ... Apr 19 2006, 02:55 AM eidolon frost:
I hear what you're saying, and I think... Apr 19 2006, 02:58 AM mfb yeah, i've basically always ignored the book d... Apr 19 2006, 03:05 AM Kremlin KOA Frost if your problem is that the entire group are... Apr 19 2006, 03:32 AM SL James QUOTE (Kremlin KOA) then have the corpsec guards t... Apr 19 2006, 03:38 AM hyzmarca QUOTE (Wounded Ronin)Seriously, dude. Thinking bac... Apr 19 2006, 03:42 AM James McMurray For Dude one: is he the type that will try to ream... Apr 19 2006, 03:50 AM Kremlin KOA or get the services of one of the more skilled rul... Apr 19 2006, 03:54 AM Taran QUOTE (Wounded Ronin)Conventional theory goes that... Apr 19 2006, 03:54 AM hyzmarca Most self-defense situations do occur in or near t... Apr 19 2006, 04:02 AM Shrapnel QUOTE (hyzmarca)Unfortuantly, it is rare to carry ... Apr 19 2006, 04:14 AM Crusher Bob The ability to deversify without gimping your char... Apr 19 2006, 04:34 AM eidolon QUOTE (mfb)yeah, i've basically always ignored... Apr 19 2006, 04:39 AM hyzmarca QUOTE (eidolon @ Apr 18 2006, 11:39 PM) QUOTE... Apr 19 2006, 05:13 AM eidolon You make some good points, up to where you start t... Apr 19 2006, 05:28 AM frostPDP First, a reference to dude 2: I obviously wouldn... Apr 19 2006, 05:53 AM Kremlin KOA okay so you don't want characters whose backst... Apr 19 2006, 05:58 AM eidolon QUOTE (frostPDP)Lets see if I can BEGIN to phrase ... Apr 19 2006, 06:06 AM hyzmarca There is one misconception there. The statistical ... Apr 19 2006, 06:33 AM frostPDP Hyz; Granted, as always, that I'm not a very g... Apr 19 2006, 01:38 PM Kagetenshi Let me see if I understand your system right. If a... Apr 19 2006, 02:25 PM Austere Emancipator I'm think he means that you get one additional... Apr 19 2006, 02:32 PM Kagetenshi Ah. Well, that's vaguely sane at least.
~J Apr 19 2006, 02:40 PM Austere Emancipator It's a bit of a problem in unresisted success ... Apr 19 2006, 02:44 PM Kagetenshi Yeah. I don't like the idea, but the part I do... Apr 19 2006, 02:48 PM John Campbell QUOTE (hyzmarca)That's because NATO does it wr... Apr 19 2006, 07:05 PM langolas If a player comes up with a character like the rig... Apr 19 2006, 08:02 PM James McMurray Definitely. If a Steel Lynx doesn't fit your i... Apr 19 2006, 08:17 PM Wounded Ronin QUOTE (frostPDP @ Apr 19 2006, 08:38 AM)
Pl... Apr 19 2006, 11:46 PM frostPDP Robin, seriously, be cool, eh?
There's a diff... Apr 20 2006, 02:19 AM hyzmarca There is your problem. You've been playing a f... Apr 20 2006, 02:32 AM Kremlin KOA QUOTE (frostPDP)
Kremlin; A new PC could be an e... Apr 20 2006, 04:52 AM frostPDP Hmm, but on the other hand we've wound up hitt... Apr 20 2006, 06:11 AM Crusher Bob This is a 'feature' of the SR system, not ... Apr 20 2006, 07:40 AM James McMurray The "lay some for your team" is my favor... Apr 20 2006, 02:29 PM Wounded Ronin QUOTE (frostPDP @ Apr 20 2006, 01:11 AM) Hmm,... Apr 21 2006, 12:51 AM mfb well, sheesh, just because they have low skill doe... Apr 21 2006, 01:04 AM Wounded Ronin QUOTE (frostPDP @ Apr 19 2006, 09:19 PM) Robi... Apr 21 2006, 01:06 AM frostPDP QUOTE They represent anything a character may have... Apr 21 2006, 07:22 AM Kremlin KOA Frost did you read my earlier link to a char backg... Apr 21 2006, 08:39 AM mfb QUOTE (frostpdp)But every nuyen.gif1,000,00 has to... Apr 21 2006, 10:30 AM Kremlin KOA because tech is BAAAAD
and magic is GOOOOOOD Apr 21 2006, 11:18 AM
mfb maybe in order to be a full mage, you have to incl... Apr 21 2006, 06:28 PM  |
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