by Yugblad

In this game, the 1 and the 6 do special things.
On the wild die, I'd have designed it for the "1" to have a monkey symbol, and the "6" be omega.
Also, the omega symbol to be on the standard dice makes no sense to me - it just complicates the visual clarity of a roll for no reason (those dice cannot explode, etc).

by nemesis13

All the players and GMs that are out there. Without them, there wouldn't be any game.

by Whymme

Backstories can help. It all depends on how and whether they are used - but very often they are nothing more than an exercise in creative writing, with neither the GM nor the player working with them.

In theory, they could be used:
- by the player, to explain his character’s motivations
- by the player, to guide his character’s behavior and character
- by the player, to explain skills and stats
- by the GM, as a source of plot points
- by the group, if shared backstories explain the bond between characters.

by drb1004

Wow - that blew up! Well, with apologies to everyone else, I've always been a first-come first-served kind of guy, so...

Riley
Jeff G
Stymie

...come and join us in the OOC thread :)

by maartenvz

Related Item: Herald's Call

Hi Rachel, at least you were very focused on that last encounter!

by Novatheorem

My team laid a goose egg today, so that's nice. *shrugs in rebuilding year*

A new episode has been added to the database: The Second Manifest | Article 21; Ever Onwards

by Luisjoey

by aramis

JLongden wrote:

Kevin Siembieda for being the eternal kid of RPGs. He's sort of like Todd McFarlane in that regard, but much less successful. (Talent's a can of worms that I'll avoid right now.) Heroes Unlimited, Robotech, and Rifts were a major part of my youth.

Much as he's notorious for toxic attitudes and creating a hostile work environment for his freelancers, the man does know how to world build.

The Palladium Role-Playing Game, Robotech (original line), Rifts, The Mechanoid Invasion... on Robotech: he fleshed out the timeline and background quite a bit... sufficiently so that the RTRPG was the bible for the authors who wrote the novels (Jack McKinney is a joint pseudonym of James Luceno and Brian Daley as a writing team, per Wikipedia and a few other sources I've read.)

My favorite setting of his is The Mechanoids... but I've a soft spot for Robotech, too.

by Serpentine_C

An item RPG Item: A Land Once Magic has been added to the geeklist Games/Campaigns I Want to Run

by aramis

pdzoch wrote:

There are a lot of people involved in the RPG who makes it as successful and popular as it is. Most of them are relatively unknown working in thankless jobs. Who would you like to thank for making this hobby great?

The late Mr. Dave Arneson, and the (last I heard, still alive) Dave Wesely... for starting it all off.
The late Samantha Downing, for her editing and design work with Deep7 Press. And especially for Arrowflight (1st Edition).
the late Loren K. Wiseman for all his editing and layout at Game Designers' Workshop (GDW Games).
Ken St. Andre, Liz Danforth, Jim "Bear" Peters, Steven S. Crompton, Rick Loomis - The folks behind Tunnels and Trolls.
John Wick - for the most innovative game I've ever run, and thanks to the women in his life who kept him well edited and on task.

by nb9j

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