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Post by inflatus on Dec 14, 2012 22:22:47 GMT -8
I want to apologize for the rambling voicemail. That hurt my ears. I won't be that repetitive again.
I am really thinking about running one-shots on google+. I hope it goes well.
When you run your GURPS game Stu, see if the others in the game would like to use On Air. I do not know what kind of bandwidth that takes but it seems cool.
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Post by D.T. Pints on Dec 15, 2012 18:59:54 GMT -8
So when Stu says the emails are getting too long, he means it. The Jedi Journalist took the mighty red saber of brevity (+2) to my lovingly crafted, verbose, monstrosity of an email that ended this episode. But two of the parts that got stricken from the record or at least not made clear by Storks fine reading were: 1) I really appreciate the opinions and shout outs regarding inspirational media brought up on the show and in the forums and it would be lovely to have it in a centralized thread (game/story inspiring books, music, movies).
2) The dynamic duo that is StuMan and Storkboy spent the first part of the show discussing having online games and then the part of my email where I invited folks to give the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay system a try via Fantasy Grounds (no charge to the players I have books/rules and an Ultimate license) also was surgically removed.
Oh well, I was warned about brevity...
Apparently I'm a slow learner.
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Post by muntjack on Dec 16, 2012 9:50:36 GMT -8
Stu's going to run a second session? GASP! Just kidding, if anyone knows about being busy, it's me...
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Post by uselesstriviaman on Dec 16, 2012 21:27:38 GMT -8
Stu's going to run a second session? GASP! Just kidding, if anyone knows about being busy, it's me... Back to grading papers, teacher-boy!!
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Post by bloodsparrow on Dec 17, 2012 5:56:00 GMT -8
When you run your GURPS game Stu, see if the others in the game would like to use On Air. I do not know what kind of bandwidth that takes but it seems cool. I use the broadcast function of G+ hangouts all the time. I've done it over the free wifi at restaurants. It doesn't take up much bandwidth in my experience. YMMV
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Post by malifer on Dec 17, 2012 13:58:30 GMT -8
Savage Worlds Runepunk has nothing to do with Runequest.
It's a Victorian Era, Urban, Dark Fantasy setting and would be a very good starting point for a Steampunk setting.
You might want to ignore some things depending on the flavor of Steampunk you want.
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Post by malifer on Dec 17, 2012 18:59:30 GMT -8
Dear Stork,
I know it may have just been an off the cuff remark, but there was one other movie Roddy Piper was in Hell Comes to Frogtown.
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Post by Kainguru on Dec 18, 2012 6:48:28 GMT -8
Savage Worlds Runepunk has nothing to do with Runequest. It's a Victorian Era, Urban, Dark Fantasy setting and would be a very good starting point for a Steampunk setting. You might want to ignore some things depending on the flavor of Steampunk you want. Yep you beat me to that 'opps'. RunePunk is an interesting setting though and could easily be adapted if you don't SW. It reminds me of some of 2000AD stories they were running several years ago - cant remember the name of it buy it involved a super huge ship with steampunk tech and the passengers had evolved a society on board: they come to realisation that they've been alive and on board for centuries and it's always foggy outside and no one knows what's in the engine room . . . Then the plot thickens and I'll say no more cause of spoilers (it's available as graphic novel) RunePunk = no sentient ducks Aaron
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Post by malifer on Dec 18, 2012 7:56:00 GMT -8
Yep you beat me to that 'opps'. RunePunk is an interesting setting though and could easily be adapted if you don't SW. It reminds me of some of 2000AD stories they were running several years ago - cant remember the name of it buy it involved a super huge ship with steampunk tech and the passengers had evolved a society on board: they come to realisation that they've been alive and on board for centuries and it's always foggy outside and no one knows what's in the engine room . . . Then the plot thickens and I'll say no more cause of spoilers (it's available as graphic novel) RunePunk = no sentient ducks Aaron lol. The sentient ducks is one of the few things I liked about the Glorantha setting. Now go and find out what that comic was because I am really interested.
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Post by SirGuido on Dec 18, 2012 8:18:45 GMT -8
The skill names in L5R are the way they are, I think, because they were trying to push flavor into the game from the beginning. In earlier editions "Spears" also had a japanese name of "yarijutsu." In later editions, for simplicity's sake, they lumped a lot of the different spears together into one category and called it Spears. Same thing happened with Heavy Weapons. The social skills were left in English because well... they are hard enough to comprehend as it stands.
There are four different levels of people in the hierarchy, they call it the Celestial Order. You have samurai, clergy, heimin(or "half-people"), and eta. Heimin are not really people in the eyes of the Celestial Order, but they haven't dirtied themselves enough to be fully non-people... that's what the eta are. Eta are the leather workers, the people who deal with dead flesh and are then "unclean." Among the heimin there is a bit of a hierarchy in and of itself. Farmers are the top of the food-chain because they grow the food that people need to eat, then artisans, and lastly merchants.
The funny thing about the books that you have mentioned before is the new quality. Previous books were HORRENDOUS with their editing quality. Things copied and pasted into the wrong places, whole sentences missing, entire schools with the wrong rules, horrible grammar mistakes, and worse. They have definitely gotten their act together to the point that they won the ENnie for best production a few years back.
Also, as I have posted elsewhere I think you guys did a great job with L5R. One of the things I noticed though, is I don't remember you guys using void points at all. Void points can really change the way things go in certain situations. Not sure if you just missed them or opted out of them because you weren't sure about them. I think they add a lot to the game. They kind of remind me of bennies in a lot of ways.
Emerald Empire is the best setting book I have ever read. Period. Its got great depth, and really helps you understand the intricacies of Rokugan. Love that book. I also recommend The Great Clans if you intend to play as full on members of a Great Clan. Nothing is better for fluff for individual clans than the old first edition splatbooks called the "Way of..." series(Way of the Crane, Way of the Crab, etc). You can't use the old mechanics of course, but the fluff is really good(if a bit out of timeline).
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Post by Stu Venable on Dec 18, 2012 9:16:55 GMT -8
In the second session (which will be released around Christmas day) we get to void points, as the party has a serious combat.
And we have a nice chuckle when we look up the game mechanic benefits for the Tea Ceremony skill.
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Post by shadrack on Dec 18, 2012 11:56:31 GMT -8
How cool would it have been if the crappy off screen death was replaced with => about 5 minutes of actual combat and then a GM voiceover along the lines of, "as you slay yet another of your foes, the blood from a multitude of cuts clouds your vision, but you can still see that your foes are massing and you are soon to be overrun. - Give me your sheet, and roll up a new PC"
Then the GM saves that PC to re-introduce him as a sub-boss later on after much mental re-adjustment. a la Homeland. Regardless, the PC needed some spotlight there. (s)he had earned it.
Savage Worlds Steampunk: Runepunk - various races, runic powered weapons/armor/devices, etc Space 1889 - victorian England, In space! (and Mars and Venus) Sundered Skies - a fantasy steampunk, lots of ship stuff. Rippers - this one you can augment yourself with monster body parts and 'essences' Deadlands - crank up the mad science
freebie - webcomic Clockworks, the author/artist is translating his savage steampunk campaign into this webcomic and a setting book (you can find most of the system stuff on the website, and can get a look at his google docs)
just depending on what kind of steampunk you want.
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Post by Kainguru on Dec 18, 2012 13:28:54 GMT -8
Yep you beat me to that 'opps'. RunePunk is an interesting setting though and could easily be adapted if you don't SW. It reminds me of some of 2000AD stories they were running several years ago - cant remember the name of it buy it involved a super huge ship with steampunk tech and the passengers had evolved a society on board: they come to realisation that they've been alive and on board for centuries and it's always foggy outside and no one knows what's in the engine room . . . Then the plot thickens and I'll say no more cause of spoilers (it's available as graphic novel) RunePunk = no sentient ducks Aaron lol. The sentient ducks is one of the few things I liked about the Glorantha setting. Now go and find out what that comic was because I am really interested. It was 'Leviathan' by Edginton from 2000AD which prints it's graphic novel extracts under their Rebellion brand. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leviathan_%282000_AD%29also check out 'Scarlet Traces' same authors from the same stable en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarlet_TracesAaron
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Post by stork on Dec 18, 2012 16:14:48 GMT -8
How cool would it have been if the crappy off screen death was replaced with => about 5 minutes of actual combat and then a GM voiceover along the lines of, "as you slay yet another of your foes, the blood from a multitude of cuts clouds your vision, but you can still see that your foes are massing and you are soon to be overrun. - Give me your sheet, and roll up a new PC"
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Post by rickno7 on Dec 18, 2012 16:53:05 GMT -8
I'm going to weigh in on the "Should we still do live casts" unofficial poll. This is all my opinion and i'm certainly not trying to put anyone down or trying to piss anyone off. This is meant to be constructive.
First off, I love the livecasts, I like to be in the chatroom talking it up with people. There is just something missing: show interaction. As a whole I feel like this is also why the forums haven't taken off as much as some podcasts with similar audiences.
I'll focus mainly on the livecasts first. Almost all livecasts, be it podcast or youtube, has someone on there to be the moderator of the chatroom. Believe me when I say that almost every topic gets a response, and every email is discussed in your chatroom. Most shows that really want to integrate chat into the show has someone that will read and respond, and the hosts may say "ok, that's what we have to say on the subject, any highlights from the chatroom?" and then that moderator/host will say some names and quotes.
If you want people to come to your chatroom, show mentions are a must... I know its silly, but its true.
I saw many a new name in the last 3 months I've been making it to all but one show, and a high percentage I don't see come back. I've heard it said, and I've said it to some disenfranchised people in the chat: to be fair this is a podcast, not a "interact with the chatroom-cast". I believe that. I'm not saying make the show about interacting with the chat, but a couple of winks and nods to it will do wonders for participation in it. It takes time and effort to make sure you're available for 1 1/2 to 2 hours on a Friday, then you have to create an account, and all that, some times the fan might feel ignored after that effort.
Now the forums. There was a time where Stork referring to the latest forum posts was like clockwork. Want to guess when I made most of my forum participation? It got to where if Stork was not hosting that week, I would groan "well that cool forum topic isn't going to get talked about, and next week when Stork is on, it'll be buried a few pages back". When Stu raised awareness to the forums because of an almost flame war, the forum erupted into huge diatribes about very heated topics. They might not have realized they were doing it, but they were basically saying "wait, Stu wants controversy? WE MUST PLEASE THE STU!". Knowing that some forum posts are going to be mentioned on the show will greatly increase forum participation around Thursday, with people hoping to get a mention.
Again, I want to be clear. I am not suggesting making either the forum or the livecast chat the focus of the show. I quite like that the emails supply the topics for most of the show, your listeners seem to be good at sparking conversation between the hosts. I'm just suggesting a chat moderator that people in the chatroom can speak to and feel like they are a part of the show, and maybe for the hosts to say hello to the people in there more often. Also bring back the quick forum review by Stork that he was doing.
You're my favorite podcast and the driving force to me keeping the dream of gaming alive among my friends in a time when its hard to get people assembled to play. Just remember that one of the reasons your podcast is as liked as it is, is because you are all like a group of friends we all know in real life, just talking about games and drinking some beer. We fans feel like we could sit down and have a conversation with you guys... and the forums and the livecast chat are where a few of us go to actually try and do that.
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