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 Mar 17 2005, 07:35 PM
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i don't often post, but i just wanted to start this as it's own beast (it's been touched on in other threads, but only as a tangent). it's actually 2 things:
1) i hope, for this time around, that they can cut the number of books down. i can remember when i first started playing SR and all you really needed was the core rule book. it was only if you enjoyed the game and just wanted to flesh it out a little more that you would pick up the supplements. 2) i really hope that they streamline. i'm all for organization and efficiency, but not change. i happen to think that you can keep something as in-depth and interesting as SR the way that it is and still make it efficient and easy to follow. i would hate for them to change things up in the name of streamlining, when really what they are doing is dumbing SR down for a broader market. in summarization, they would make SR accessible to more people not by dumbing it down, but by really combining and compiling all the necessary rules into the core book and making the supplements supplemental again. that way, 13-year-olds can go to the store and pick up 1 book and they will be well on their way to running the shadows and wanting more. |
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craigpierce Real Streamlining? Mar 17 2005, 07:35 PM
Pistons That's the general idea. Mar 17 2005, 07:47 PM mfb one of the ways this can be accomplished, i think,... Mar 17 2005, 07:57 PM GrinderTheTroll I'm sure one of the goals on FanPro's list... Mar 17 2005, 08:18 PM craigpierce QUOTE (GrinderTheTroll) I'm sure one of the go... Mar 17 2005, 08:24 PM Eyeless Blond I wouldn't call the newer D&D sourcebooks ... Mar 18 2005, 02:08 AM Kanada Ten Initiative as a success test... I like that. Mar 18 2005, 02:18 AM Slash_Thompson The old West End Games Prime Directive (star trek ... Mar 18 2005, 09:48 AM craigpierce QUOTE (Eyeless Blond) I wouldn't call the newe... Mar 18 2005, 12:20 PM brightlight I doubt they'll set out to alienate the curren... Mar 18 2005, 12:30 PM Eyeless Blond QUOTE (Kanada Ten) Initiative as a success test...... Mar 18 2005, 02:45 PM Sandoval Smith QUOTE (brightlight) Initiative is excellent the wa... Mar 18 2005, 03:06 PM mmu1 QUOTE (Sandoval Smith @ Mar 18 2005, 10:06 AM... Mar 18 2005, 03:14 PM craigpierce QUOTE (brightlight) ...but i'm not a fan of th... Mar 18 2005, 03:49 PM Eyeless Blond Honestly it shouldn't be either. Ideally the o... Mar 18 2005, 03:49 PM craigpierce QUOTE (mmu1) ...Of course, if you neutered those a... Mar 18 2005, 03:45 PM craigpierce QUOTE (Eyeless Blond) Honestly it shouldn't be... Mar 18 2005, 03:58 PM Mortax QUOTE (GrinderTheTroll) I'm sure one of the go... Mar 18 2005, 06:13 PM Jrayjoker QUOTE (Mortax) QUOTE (GrinderTheTroll @ Mar 1... Mar 18 2005, 06:18 PM brightlight Back to the initiative issue, and slow runners get... Mar 19 2005, 04:15 AM Arethusa D20 doesn't deal with alignments. You're ... Mar 19 2005, 04:18 AM brightlight Whatever, the classes and variable damage still ap... Mar 19 2005, 04:39 AM Arethusa Which is unfortunately pretty damn narrow minded.
... Mar 19 2005, 04:50 AM Kanada Ten That's too bad; a lot of d20 is fine material ... Mar 19 2005, 04:42 AM brightlight Thats valid, consider my mind officially broadened... Mar 19 2005, 04:50 AM Arethusa Characters are all about number sin DnD; don't... Mar 19 2005, 04:59 AM brightlight Cool, can you recommend a decent D20 game to play ... Mar 19 2005, 05:13 AM Arethusa I don't know of any D20 games that don't u... Mar 19 2005, 05:24 AM Kesh You might consider Blue Rose, then. Yes, the setti... Mar 19 2005, 06:36 AM Eyeless Blond Star Wars D20 has a Vitality/Wound system that I h... Mar 19 2005, 04:43 PM Club QUOTE (brightlight)
Do all D20 games use the HP ... Mar 19 2005, 05:43 PM Charon QUOTE (Club @ Mar 19 2005, 12:43 PM) It's... Mar 19 2005, 08:31 PM DrJest QUOTE (Club @ Mar 19 2005, 05:43 PM) QUOTE (b... Mar 19 2005, 09:24 PM Charon QUOTE (DrJest @ Mar 19 2005, 04:24 PM) EDIT: ... Mar 19 2005, 11:12 PM Kesh For the record, Blue Rose uses a modified version ... Mar 20 2005, 03:46 AM hobgoblin blue rose is indeed a interesting d20 rpg... Mar 20 2005, 04:51 AM Ombre QUOTE (Eyeless Blond) So do I, kinda. Except Open ... Mar 20 2005, 02:53 PM
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