juberberry
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Posts: 132
Preferred Game Systems: Traveller, VANGUARD, Shadowrun 4, CP2020
Currently Playing: Traveller - rarely
Currently Running: Traveller, Shadowrun 4, VANGUARD
Favorite Species of Monkey: Ressus
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Hubris
Sept 30, 2015 8:40:07 GMT -8
Post by juberberry on Sept 30, 2015 8:40:07 GMT -8
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juberberry
Journeyman Douchebag
Posts: 132
Preferred Game Systems: Traveller, VANGUARD, Shadowrun 4, CP2020
Currently Playing: Traveller - rarely
Currently Running: Traveller, Shadowrun 4, VANGUARD
Favorite Species of Monkey: Ressus
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Post by juberberry on Aug 4, 2015 7:34:13 GMT -8
Hmmm
I'd have to say my current *favorite* is Numenera. A lot of fun with very little GM prep needed. That said my Numenera games are infrequent so the current favorite in the terms of being able to play would be my D&D 5e game.
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juberberry
Journeyman Douchebag
Posts: 132
Preferred Game Systems: Traveller, VANGUARD, Shadowrun 4, CP2020
Currently Playing: Traveller - rarely
Currently Running: Traveller, Shadowrun 4, VANGUARD
Favorite Species of Monkey: Ressus
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Post by juberberry on Aug 4, 2015 6:15:46 GMT -8
OneNote on my Surface Pro 3. Unbeatable for me.
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juberberry
Journeyman Douchebag
Posts: 132
Preferred Game Systems: Traveller, VANGUARD, Shadowrun 4, CP2020
Currently Playing: Traveller - rarely
Currently Running: Traveller, Shadowrun 4, VANGUARD
Favorite Species of Monkey: Ressus
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Post by juberberry on Aug 4, 2015 6:13:40 GMT -8
I played 40k back in second edition in the 90's and this is not the game I lovingly remember. Sure, I shouted DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA FOOM! as my shock attack cannon teleported it's snotling ammo into the inside of a Terminator - but that was because I was having fun. The entire premise of this is just a foul taste in my mouth and it's the reason I left the hobby. Each new edition making a goodly number of older units under-powered or obsolete altogether. I understand the business model but honestly it drove me out of the hobby.
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juberberry
Journeyman Douchebag
Posts: 132
Preferred Game Systems: Traveller, VANGUARD, Shadowrun 4, CP2020
Currently Playing: Traveller - rarely
Currently Running: Traveller, Shadowrun 4, VANGUARD
Favorite Species of Monkey: Ressus
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Post by juberberry on Jul 8, 2015 15:26:26 GMT -8
So far I have been lucky with my group.
My 5 players are 3rd level (almost 4th) and sporting some pretty lackluster stats in at least 2 ability scores. They consist of Fighter, Paladin, Bard, Warlock/Wizard, and Sorcerer/Cleric.
To this point I don't think a single heal spell has been cast during combat. The Sorcerer/Cleric spends her slots on offensive spells much to the chagrin of other players. We've had 2 significant battles to date in addition to the usual fare but nowhere even close to 6/day. Each of these encounters has been "Deadly" and each time the party has come out with at least one person unconscious and licking their wounds feeling like they lived by the skin of their teeth.
That said I appreciate this discussion because I can see how this might be an issue dow the road. This gives me some ideas for how to deal with it.
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juberberry
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Posts: 132
Preferred Game Systems: Traveller, VANGUARD, Shadowrun 4, CP2020
Currently Playing: Traveller - rarely
Currently Running: Traveller, Shadowrun 4, VANGUARD
Favorite Species of Monkey: Ressus
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Post by juberberry on May 18, 2015 14:16:30 GMT -8
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juberberry
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Posts: 132
Preferred Game Systems: Traveller, VANGUARD, Shadowrun 4, CP2020
Currently Playing: Traveller - rarely
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Post by juberberry on Mar 11, 2015 5:39:10 GMT -8
Hello everyone! I am posting this not because Tim Westhaven is an awesome guy and a great developer (even though he is). I am not posting this because this game is AWESOME fun (even though it is)! I am not posting this because my meatspace and G+ groups have loved everything about it (and they have)! I am posting and backing this game because the game has the MOST IMPORTANT GOAL in mind. Bringing young players into our hobby in a fresh and exciting way. I have run the Code Red on Nimbus 6 intro adventure Tim first produced twice at conventions, twice online, and once for my son. Needless to say fun was had each time. My convention table had boys and girls from the age of 7 through 13 and they all had an amazing time! So, BACK THIS KICKSTARTER . . . please! That is all www.kickstarter.com/projects/1200892680/vanguard-varmisk-fallen
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juberberry
Journeyman Douchebag
Posts: 132
Preferred Game Systems: Traveller, VANGUARD, Shadowrun 4, CP2020
Currently Playing: Traveller - rarely
Currently Running: Traveller, Shadowrun 4, VANGUARD
Favorite Species of Monkey: Ressus
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Post by juberberry on Feb 10, 2015 3:13:31 GMT -8
That's a cool idea! I like that. It's not strictly combat, has a great deal of complication that's possible. Thank you!
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juberberry
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Preferred Game Systems: Traveller, VANGUARD, Shadowrun 4, CP2020
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Post by juberberry on Feb 9, 2015 12:58:24 GMT -8
So I tried to send this in time to be addressed on Saturdays 'cast but it was 6AM Saturday and I had a feeling it would not make it.
I need some ideas for a game I have coming up this Thursday and I am drawing a complete blank. This necessitates some explanation.
I am just starting up a D&D 5e game in a homebrewed setting that my players and I constructed using Microscope. Think Steampunk meets Lord of the Rings meets Final Fantasy's "Magic Technology". It will be a high fantasy campaign with floating cities, islands that fly through the sky, airships, and all sorts of crazy. My players wanted something completely opposite after our 2 year hard Sci Fi Traveller campaign.
My players all started their characters at level 3 and so we used microscope to outline their first 2-3 levels together. The "conclusion" to the microscope was that one character dies in self sacrifice to bring about a good end. This was proposed by one of my players and everyone signed up with enthusiasm. At the end of a microscope session the players all rolled a D20 with the death going to the highest role, and the Dragonborn Sorceress / Priestess sacrificed herself to save the party and a small village.
A couple relevant details: There are no gods. At the end of the recent era there was an apocalyptic war and the gods were killed or thrown down, but so were the powers that challenged them. Instead the theistic characters worship ideals and the magic that is unfettered by immortal coils is what gives theistic players the magic they wield. Afterlife is whatever the GM defines it to be so long as it fits thematically with the character and am using that players race and personal beliefs, this is important because,
In an effort to make character death meaningful without ruling out returning a character to life if the player wishes, when a player is resurrected instead of that character coming back from the dead immediately, the people who are trying to retrieve that character journey to that characters afterlife and somehow recover them. When a character enters the afterlife of another, they are transported to the location of their companion, and they take on the form of that characters race in some way.
So the first adventure will be the group attempting to retrieve one of their companions from that companions afterlife. That said, remember there aren't any gods. So I see the afterlife being full of different divine beings who, after the loss of their direction (i.e. god), are each trying to advance that afterlife in a direction that they see as right.
The character who died was a Dragonborn Sorcerer/Cleric of the Knowledge domain who seeks to clear her family name (they were accused of performing magical experiments on humans). My general idea for her afterlife was that her afterlife would include her as a Dragon. This made me think to have everyone in the players play as Dragons based on their characters. The rogue player will have a small quick dragon like silver while the Paladin is obviously Gold. When they enter the afterlife they find themselves embroiled in some sort of conflict central to the dead player. They must resolve this conflict to allow their companion to come back from the dead. While they are pretty much assured that this attempt will succeed, in the future if this is needed I really feel like there must be a chance of failure here to keep the tension up.
I am having a mental block on what this conflict could be. I have both the RP and Combat types in my group. Hopefully you'll all have some ideas because I'm drawing a blank and the game is in 3 days.
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juberberry
Journeyman Douchebag
Posts: 132
Preferred Game Systems: Traveller, VANGUARD, Shadowrun 4, CP2020
Currently Playing: Traveller - rarely
Currently Running: Traveller, Shadowrun 4, VANGUARD
Favorite Species of Monkey: Ressus
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Post by juberberry on Sept 28, 2014 14:21:15 GMT -8
Stu
I knew something was up when the podcast hadn't appeared in my feed for a few weeks. I figured that, as they say, "real life happened". Everything you said about people "taking sides" not helping anyone involved is truer than truth.
All my sympathy and heartfelt encouragement goes out to you and everyone else involved.
My Downcast app will be dutifully waiting for when the podcast resumes.
All my best
Jerry in Oregon
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juberberry
Journeyman Douchebag
Posts: 132
Preferred Game Systems: Traveller, VANGUARD, Shadowrun 4, CP2020
Currently Playing: Traveller - rarely
Currently Running: Traveller, Shadowrun 4, VANGUARD
Favorite Species of Monkey: Ressus
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Post by juberberry on Aug 13, 2014 9:09:00 GMT -8
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juberberry
Journeyman Douchebag
Posts: 132
Preferred Game Systems: Traveller, VANGUARD, Shadowrun 4, CP2020
Currently Playing: Traveller - rarely
Currently Running: Traveller, Shadowrun 4, VANGUARD
Favorite Species of Monkey: Ressus
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Post by juberberry on Apr 25, 2014 19:57:06 GMT -8
I think Oscar is going to be a former soldier - his implants were removed when he was court marshaled out of the force. He now works as hired guns for any of the local gangs of crime syndicate.
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juberberry
Journeyman Douchebag
Posts: 132
Preferred Game Systems: Traveller, VANGUARD, Shadowrun 4, CP2020
Currently Playing: Traveller - rarely
Currently Running: Traveller, Shadowrun 4, VANGUARD
Favorite Species of Monkey: Ressus
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Post by juberberry on Apr 25, 2014 19:54:47 GMT -8
Elmo is a tough midget gang leader and Zoey is his sister who's now a Glampunk rocker!
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juberberry
Journeyman Douchebag
Posts: 132
Preferred Game Systems: Traveller, VANGUARD, Shadowrun 4, CP2020
Currently Playing: Traveller - rarely
Currently Running: Traveller, Shadowrun 4, VANGUARD
Favorite Species of Monkey: Ressus
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Post by juberberry on Apr 25, 2014 19:53:10 GMT -8
I like those - esp Cookie Monster I think I'll steal . . . I mean "repurpose" them
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juberberry
Journeyman Douchebag
Posts: 132
Preferred Game Systems: Traveller, VANGUARD, Shadowrun 4, CP2020
Currently Playing: Traveller - rarely
Currently Running: Traveller, Shadowrun 4, VANGUARD
Favorite Species of Monkey: Ressus
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Post by juberberry on Apr 25, 2014 19:28:01 GMT -8
T his is taking form in OneNote.
A Noire RPG setting based on Sesame street.
I think I am going to run it in Technoire because I am a scifi/cyberpunk junky.
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