@Tempest said in Fires of Hope: A Star Wars Story:
Everybody wants to be the action hero.
I'm pretty sure that Han was involved in just as much action as Luke.
Not to mention that action he got with Luke's sister.
"You got some skills with that stick, kid, but your sister likes my stick skills more."
@Tempest said in Fires of Hope: A Star Wars Story:
Even without autofire, there's nonsense like a wookiee in rage, with a couple of the Feats that make rage way stronger, and maybe some of the grappling feats, etc.
You need to get off-planet? You need a pilot.
You need to get information quietly? You need a slicer.
I know that a built-properly FU can take down a similar-leveled PC one-on-one. However, that's the fault of the non-FU; you don't go fighting Jedi one-on-one, ever, and everyone knows that. But Jedi generally have the fewest skill proficiencies, so if they want to be able to do anything except wave their light-penis around, they need to rely on others. Catch them alone with a small squad, and they will go down. Force them to have to defuse a bomb, and they will go down.
So, no. I don't think FUs are over-powered. They aren't even on Rahu-level when it comes to being OPed relative to the other classes.
To be fair, you haven't really posted a political thought here either.
@Warma-Sheen said in Fires of Hope: A Star Wars Story:
This is the problem with Saga. If everyone starts at 4 and you have force users with SF: UtF, force users are OP. But if you don't allow SF:UtF, they're easy targets. And the higher levels you go, the worse UtF will scale.
So, how exactly are Force Users OP'd in SAGA? I want to understand a contrary perspective.
Yeah, I'll still take a soldier with a nice blaster rifle over a Jedi.
Sorry, old chap. I'll amend.
Regardless of what that Norwegian goof said, I still think this is a silly idea for all of the reasons I've previously stated. Whatever you do, don't do what the Scandinavians recommend.
@Tempest said in Fires of Hope: A Star Wars Story:
And then on top of that it looks like you are /completely/ neutering the FUs you do allow, mechanically speaking.
SAGA does a good job on making Force Users mechanically gimped as is too. Let's not forget that. Force people into starting at Level 1, and, believe me, you should have few Force Users when folks start seeing how easy they can be capped by a Soldier.
@SunnyJ said in Game Concept: Paying for rare things:
The Rarity System from the vampire game I played was used to allow the hyper rare Bloodlines to remain rare, and to give players incentives to play 'the norm'.
In the oWoD, there is a built-in reason to play the norm: not getting killed because you were weird. No matter how rare the bloodline, you simply do not traipse around flaunting yourself as an Old Clan Tzimisce, as that should get you killed real fast by the two major factions. Gargoyle? Be prepared to be assraped by Tremere. I'm not even going to start with our good friends, the Salubri.
In the nWoD, it makes more sense to simply restrict a bloodline based on location. It is highly unlikely that a Csalad is going to show up in Podunk, Iowa, so you can just ban them outright.
I side with @lordbelh here. This is going to cause more problems than it will solve. The norm in nWoD is just to let people be what they want to be, and this seems sensible to me.
Honestly, I think this is a terrible idea. It's like having to pay extra for some special rifle to play an online-mostly FPS.
I didn't like Fallen World's idea, and I didn't really participate in it.
I thought we had passed the days when we ridiculed concepts based on perceived speshulness. I thought we all came to our senses and realized that it's not the concept that makes someone a snowflake, but the player behind it.
@Cobaltasaurus said in Tales of Cobalt-Colored Woe:
Life's rough, but I'm still kicking.
Life's not rough. It's seriously trying to anally rape you with Lucille.
Holy fuck.
Took him 60+ years, but my dad just now discovered what internet trolling is.
I wouldn't hesitate to unfriend him. My feed is cluttered enough as it is.
I don't mean to be political, but this really did tickle me the right way.
Largely because I don't want someone to only show me affection on one day out of the year.
True, but pon farr is appealing to those who get nothing.
@surreality said in RL Anger:
Fuck. This. Day. I hate this day. I refuse to call it a holiday. It is a helliday,
I love St. Valentine's Day.
I love watching people deck their loved ones with gifts and affection, as if that makes up for the remainder of the year's shallow sullenness and petty squabbles. I love to hear the stories of love-lost and chagrin as lovers realize that love is, in fact, transient and intransigent when it comes to scorn. I love the misery it spawns: the awful, grueling realization that nothing is permanent. That death is upon you. That this day is but a single day of ephemera in a lifetime of loneliness and ostracism.
It is especially appealing to watch younger people wrestle with this truth. When they finally break into tears and sobbing, that is when they become acceptable members of my inner circle.
So, enjoy your falsehoods and frauds!
I will be waiting.
My lawyer has advised me to not answer any questions about this. You know the drill.
Unfortunately, this is a deposition, and the question is reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of salacious evidence. You must answer it, but your lawyer's objection is noted for the record. If you still refuse to answer, I will call the judge for a ruling on the matter.
Have you tried turning your toe off and on again?
I'm not sure this will do the trick. Does it work with your spouse?
I assume you went to a doctor since you can name it. Get well soon.
Of course I can name it. I have the internet. Plus, this isn't the first time I've had turf toe.
It's getting better, but I'm still damn grumpy.
Also, you get used to medical terminology when you review medical records as part of your ordinary course of business.
@surreality said in Mass Effect MU*?:
I am super happy to hear this. If I am in a headspace-place to help you out with wiki things (if you want me to, obviously) when it's time for that stuff, I would be happy to help out.
Oh, yes. Oh, heavens, yes. I suck with wikis.
@Thenomain said in Mass Effect MU*?:
The roller would be stupid simple, tho we will see what the Talents do to it.
Add a bonus here and there for particular rolls. That's about it.
@surreality said in Mass Effect MU*?:
Paging @Ganymede (hopefully)...
@Thenomain has flogged me back into working on this. We're on Version 3.0.
Stripped down the system again. Die rolling / resolution will be simple: Blood Bowl simple. If he can get the roller working with the stats, that'd be great.
Planned features:
This seems to seriously be on the move. No kidding. We may be looking for play-testers soon. Like, in six months -- but hopefully much sooner.