Posts made by Rainbow Unicorn

The Beatings will continue until traits improve.

Cool idea. I dig it.

So what kind of 'gifteds' are we talking about allowing here?

So any updates on this? Is it still upcoming?

Well.

We knew there was something funny about Jill.

...more funny.

I can't help, I'm afraid, but I am looking orward to playing some V:TM.

How newbie friendly is Shadowrun these days, anyway?

One of these days, I really ought to get caught up on GMC stuff.

@Lithium It's a level of front-loading that's offputting, to be sure.

HERO would do okay, I guess, but it strikes me as a bit too complicated a system with too much up front time investment behind it for something like Fallout.

You know, I have never even heard of that. I'll have to check it out.

My tabletop group has tried Fallout with both Fate and Savage Worlds. We didn't really feel either system captured the setting particularly well, but Savage Worlds worked a little better of the two.

I am currently in a Dragon Age tabletop game. The system is pretty solid. Not sure how well it'd translate to MUSH, though.

Any additional news?

@WTFE It's a simple system that has a certain style, that fits a certain spread of genres and can be used to do a lot of different things. I can swords and swashbuckling or space opera, and Savage Worlds will play in a way and at a pace that compliments both. It's simple in a way that lets you do a lot with a little.

I do me some Savage Worlds. Another great system not being used enough.

From what I hear, yeah, 2.0 does dive into the same territory. I've not dug into it too deeply yet.

@Bobotron See, I think FATE is founded on trust. When the ST screws you over, you get a FATE point. That allows you to spend it later and say 'Now, I'm getting back at him!'. That's a basic bottom line. And then, if the ST wants his bad guy to get away, he offers you a FATE point you can take. I think it's a system that encourages coopeation and trust between players. It can't force it, but I do feel it builds a bottom line that can help foster more positive attitudes and give and take.

That said, FATE is a very popular game system in the tabletop world with a lot of people generating content for it. It's interesting to me that it hasn't penetrated the MU* world very much.

@Tempest Fate isn't as without crunch as some think, but it's certainly narrative driven. That's hardly a bad thing, in my view. More importantly, I think it's system of balances between storyteller and player encourage a high degree of cooperation that's often missing on a MU*, especially when it comes to PVP conflicts.

Personally, I'd recommend FATE. The Dresden Files RPG seems to me like it'd serve as a fantastic basis here and is a popular system.