 What rules don't you bother with?, C'mon, everybody does it... |
 Dec 6 2004, 07:23 PM
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So, just out of curiosity, which rules do you tend to ignore in your game, and why? I know there is no way to run a game completely by the book, and I wonder which rules people find most expendable.
I tend to ignore the increased heal times for bioware and cyber now that the two have been errata'd to effect essence the same, though I still do some other excessive bioware stuff. Decking and Rigging have never been popular with my players, but I usually have at least one who dabbles, so I tend to speed the former up (similar to MJLBB) and simplify the build and control rules on the other. Thoughts? |
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Deadeye What rules don't you bother with? Dec 6 2004, 07:23 PM
Toptomcat With pen-and-paper games, I don't roll Knockdo... Dec 6 2004, 07:28 PM Deadeye Knockdown...I always try to do that one, but alway... Dec 6 2004, 07:32 PM Mercer Knockdown and the Manuver Score are two things we ... Dec 6 2004, 07:34 PM Kagetenshi I admit it, I don't do Knockdown either. I... Dec 6 2004, 07:35 PM lorthazar I tend to ignore the cyberware and bioware strees ... Dec 6 2004, 07:40 PM Doctor Funkenstein QUOTE I tend to ignore the increased heal times fo... Dec 6 2004, 07:42 PM Backgammon Yeah, Stress I never do... No manoeuvre score eith... Dec 6 2004, 07:52 PM GrinderTheTroll QUOTE (lorthazar)I also allow players to move per ... Dec 6 2004, 07:52 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (Doctor Funkenstein) QUOTE I tend to ignore ... Dec 6 2004, 07:56 PM lorthazar yeah according to many people you move only so far... Dec 6 2004, 07:56 PM Kagetenshi So how fast you react changes how fast you run? A ... Dec 6 2004, 08:05 PM lorthazar Yeah, but he tends to trip more often. Dec 6 2004, 08:08 PM Bigity Ugh, just say he can move .1 meters per phase or w... Dec 6 2004, 08:12 PM GrinderTheTroll QUOTE (lorthazar) yeah according to many people yo... Dec 6 2004, 08:13 PM Bigity Hm.
I forgot about cyber/bio stress frequently, a... Dec 6 2004, 08:17 PM lorthazar Actually group I had learned to play with a person... Dec 6 2004, 08:22 PM Kagetenshi I do so love being able to walk just under 24 mile... Dec 6 2004, 08:25 PM GrinderTheTroll QUOTE (lorthazar) Actually group I had learned to ... Dec 6 2004, 08:28 PM lorthazar realistic to whom! Dec 6 2004, 08:31 PM John Campbell I tore the entire "Martial Arts" section... Dec 6 2004, 08:34 PM Kagetenshi To me, for instance. Check out my calculation of t... Dec 6 2004, 08:34 PM lorthazar Well then by your logic you should only be able to... Dec 6 2004, 08:38 PM Tarantula Theres a great deal of difference of being fast en... Dec 6 2004, 08:40 PM GrinderTheTroll QUOTE (John Campbell) I tore the entire "Mart... Dec 6 2004, 08:44 PM lorthazar Not really, if you can send the signals to the sys... Dec 6 2004, 08:44 PM John Campbell If someone with one action points an LMG downrange... Dec 6 2004, 08:46 PM lorthazar Actually if you are just as one player put it ... Dec 6 2004, 08:49 PM GrinderTheTroll Here's that "gotta add realisim part... Dec 6 2004, 08:50 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (John Campbell) If someone with one action p... Dec 6 2004, 08:52 PM Tarantula QUOTE (John Campbell) If someone with one action p... Dec 6 2004, 09:00 PM Cable Seems that knockdown and strress are the two most ... Dec 6 2004, 09:22 PM GrinderTheTroll QUOTE (Cable) Seems that knockdown and strress are... Dec 6 2004, 10:45 PM mintcar Jepp. Stress rules and knockdown go out the window... Dec 6 2004, 10:45 PM Voran Disliked the wound/stress/healing rules from Man a... Dec 7 2004, 02:22 AM U_Fester QUOTE (Kagetenshi) I'm spotty on Stress, too, ... Dec 7 2004, 02:50 AM FrostyNSO - No Stress Points
- No Knockdown
- No Electronic ... Dec 7 2004, 03:22 AM iPad All this sounds familiar.
On the walking running ... Dec 7 2004, 03:31 AM U_Fester QUOTE (FrostyNSO) Don't worry about contact up... Dec 7 2004, 03:38 AM FrostyNSO Have you tried having them generate their characte... Dec 7 2004, 03:43 AM FrostyNSO We tried the 'make them together' theory o... Dec 7 2004, 03:45 AM U_Fester QUOTE Have you tried having them generate their ch... Dec 7 2004, 03:57 AM FrostyNSO You could try letting one of them GM?
Or find mor... Dec 7 2004, 04:05 AM U_Fester QUOTE (FrostyNSO) You could try letting one of the... Dec 7 2004, 04:10 AM Deadeye Sorry 'bout that, Doc, it wasn't a misread... Dec 7 2004, 04:33 AM algcs QUOTE (FrostyNSO) You could try letting one of the... Dec 7 2004, 04:38 AM Fortune I occasionally use the Stress rules, but ignore th... Dec 7 2004, 04:43 AM U_Fester QUOTE (algcs) Player A and player B get into a fis... Dec 7 2004, 04:54 AM hyzmarca QUOTE (U_Fester @ Dec 6 2004, 10:57 PM) I thi... Dec 7 2004, 05:10 AM FrostyNSO Wrong Bundy familiy =)
How old (on the average) i... Dec 7 2004, 06:37 AM Wounded Ronin I don't use the advanced martial arts rules be... Dec 7 2004, 06:42 AM Kagetenshi The rules I mentioned not using are all rules that... Dec 7 2004, 06:47 AM Wounded Ronin It was. The guy swung in commando style through t... Dec 7 2004, 06:52 AM Silverserpent I hate the purchasing rules to fraggin pieces. A c... Dec 7 2004, 07:08 AM Shrapnel QUOTE (Silverserpent) I've just adopted the fa... Dec 7 2004, 07:27 AM Stumps I think if I actually made up a list of all the ru... Dec 7 2004, 10:02 AM Halabis Ditto to pretty much everything stumps said. I on... Dec 7 2004, 10:43 AM Fortune Oh yeah, that reminds me ... I definitely have don... Dec 7 2004, 12:00 PM algcs QUOTE (FrostyNSO) How old (on the average) is your... Dec 7 2004, 02:56 PM Sokei my group generally manages to keep their contacts ... Dec 7 2004, 03:27 PM iPad QUOTE (Silverserpent) I hate the purchasing rules ... Dec 8 2004, 01:31 AM U_Fester QUOTE (algcs) When electric cords attack!. Th... Dec 8 2004, 04:26 AM Voran I kinda like the idea of continuing to use paper/h... Dec 9 2004, 08:34 AM U_Fester But how do you justify it in such an electronic ag... Dec 9 2004, 01:07 PM Jérémie QUOTE (Deadeye) So, just out of curiosity, which r... Dec 9 2004, 08:12 PM PiXeL01 I dont use KnockDown, since I keep forgetting it a... Dec 10 2004, 12:04 AM iPad Knockdown rules are ace. Its the only way to quick... Dec 10 2004, 12:21 AM Brazila Knockdown get used, but we forget about half the t... Dec 10 2004, 04:04 AM Shockwave_IIc QUOTE (Brazila) We also cut out the implied rule t... Dec 10 2004, 04:19 AM JongWK I curse the day someone decided every f***ing Shad... Dec 10 2004, 12:17 PM Omer Joel QUOTE (Toptomcat) With pen-and-paper games, I don... Dec 10 2004, 01:02 PM apple QUOTE (JongWK)I curse the day someone decided ever... Dec 10 2004, 01:38 PM JongWK You're not getting me. I obviously appreciate ... Dec 10 2004, 01:54 PM DarkShade hmm.. we ignore all number rules when deemed not t... Dec 10 2004, 02:56 PM Link Since knockdown seems popular yet tedious why not ... Dec 10 2004, 03:56 PM Mercer There's two things I don't like about the ... Dec 10 2004, 08:45 PM hobgoblin sr vehicle combat works better then what you have ... Dec 10 2004, 08:51 PM Paco As seems the theme my group also seems to forget k... Dec 10 2004, 10:41 PM Method I've always thought the body test to self heal... Dec 10 2004, 10:53 PM Method QUOTE (Fortune) Oh yeah, that reminds me ... I def... Dec 10 2004, 11:09 PM Necro Tech Many people do away with the stress rules but I wo... Dec 11 2004, 01:25 AM iPad Not to keep harking on about ED (which I actually ... Dec 11 2004, 02:35 AM Fortune What makes the Stress rules just so much bullshit ... Dec 11 2004, 07:15 AM Eyeless Blond QUOTE (Method) QUOTE (Fortune @ Dec 7 2004, 0... Dec 11 2004, 09:07 AM Voran I never did like the way they split the firearms s... Dec 11 2004, 11:27 AM hobgoblin the manuver score is a open test, in fact i think ... Dec 11 2004, 02:10 PM Spook Rules I don't use?
Vehicle anything. Nobody ... Dec 11 2004, 02:49 PM iPad QUOTE (Spook) Nobody plays riggers really, and the... Dec 12 2004, 03:47 AM apple QUOTE (Eyeless Blond)But that's honestly the o... Dec 12 2004, 10:37 AM Starfurie QUOTE (hobgoblin)...in fact i think it was in rigg... Dec 12 2004, 12:40 PM Voran Dumped the SR3 language rules and houseruled somet... Dec 13 2004, 02:55 AM Solidcobra Knockdown, stress and, in some games (the ones i l... Dec 13 2004, 01:19 PM Kagetenshi QUOTE (Solidcobra) the rule that you can only star... Dec 13 2004, 01:41 PM
Method QUOTE (Eyeless Blond) Honestly though, where *are*... Dec 13 2004, 06:49 PM  |
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