OSSR Request Thread
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I know it's not really possible due to the absurd quantity of content, but nevertheless I humbly requests that someone makes an OSSR for Ptolus. If this hypothetical OSSR would also look into Ptolus' purpose as a testing ground for D&D 3rd edition and if there are any clues left in either the setting or the system as such, I'll make a happy face.
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Yep, one of the first GURPS books I looked at, I think. It's exactly what it says on the tin, with Phil Foglio illustrations. It'd an entertaining review to say the least.Longes wrote:That exists? O_oAntumbra wrote:Illuminati University could also be quite amusing.
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I want more non-British/America reviews. How about something from Brasil or Mexico or Japan or Russia? I know that the translation gap is sort of an unfair handicap for a rageview, but, if the OSSR tries to be fairly even-handed then I think that people will generally just gloss over it.
Josh Kablack wrote:Your freedom to make rulings up on the fly is in direct conflict with my freedom to interact with an internally consistent narrative. Your freedom to run/play a game without needing to understand a complex rule system is in direct conflict with my freedom to play a character whose abilities and flaws function as I intended within that ruleset. Your freedom to add and change rules in the middle of the game is in direct conflict with my ability to understand that rules system before I decided whether or not to join your game.
In short, your entire post is dismissive of not merely my intelligence, but my agency. And I don't mean agency as a player within one of your games, I mean my agency as a person. You do not want me to be informed when I make the fundamental decisions of deciding whether to join your game or buying your rules system.
I'd like to see Wraith oWoD review. People tend to praise it for innovative use of troupe mechanics and interesting plot, but never ever play it.
@Lago. I only know of two russian RPGs: "Age of Aquarius" (Эра Водолея), which is something between anime WoD and Cthulhu tech, and "World of the Great Dragon" (Мир Великого Дракона), which, from the description, seems to be an AD&D hack. I've played neither of them, so there isn't much I can say.
@Lago. I only know of two russian RPGs: "Age of Aquarius" (Эра Водолея), which is something between anime WoD and Cthulhu tech, and "World of the Great Dragon" (Мир Великого Дракона), which, from the description, seems to be an AD&D hack. I've played neither of them, so there isn't much I can say.
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Here's a vote for Wraith oWoD, then. You know what phrase keeps popping up when I hear about this game? 'the best game you'll never play'. Well, let's see if it can handle the title.
Josh Kablack wrote:Your freedom to make rulings up on the fly is in direct conflict with my freedom to interact with an internally consistent narrative. Your freedom to run/play a game without needing to understand a complex rule system is in direct conflict with my freedom to play a character whose abilities and flaws function as I intended within that ruleset. Your freedom to add and change rules in the middle of the game is in direct conflict with my ability to understand that rules system before I decided whether or not to join your game.
In short, your entire post is dismissive of not merely my intelligence, but my agency. And I don't mean agency as a player within one of your games, I mean my agency as a person. You do not want me to be informed when I make the fundamental decisions of deciding whether to join your game or buying your rules system.
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Actually the troop mechanics are what destroy Wraith as a "playable" game. You're playing both the self-destructive inner voice of another PC and your PC who has a self-destructive inner voice.Longes wrote:I'd like to see Wraith oWoD review. People tend to praise it for innovative use of troupe mechanics and interesting plot, but never ever play it.
If played RAW there really isn't any party cohesion. It's too difficult to shift gears that constantly.
Official options are to dump all the shadow responsibilities onto one player or get the MC to just do everything. The MC doing everything usually sucks since it's too much really to do to run the game and play 4 or 5 major NPCs.
Anyway I thought we did a discussion of wraith at one point. It might have been a comparison to Geist but it was pretty complete.
Edit: My bad it was Orpheus vs Geist.
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I wouldn't mind seeing more GURPS books getting the OSSR treatment.
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Our group had one player run all the shadows. It works pretty well if you have a player that is into scheming and being a puppet master, and if the group enters into the spirit of it and doesn't hold grudges. Plus the player officially gets to be called "The Shadowmaster" which is pretty boss.TheFlatline wrote:Official options are to dump all the shadow responsibilities onto one player or get the MC to just do everything.
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Tome item system and expanded Wish Economy rules.
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I doubt many people have played it but an OSSR on Killer would be interesting.
It's got an old pedigree and is socially probably one of the least acceptable LARP/RPG games out there now, especially since 2001.
I have fond memories of it despite it being one of the 2 LARPS that I've ever had the cops called on us for playing. The Vampire LARP though is what got LARPs banned from being played in downtown though.
It's got an old pedigree and is socially probably one of the least acceptable LARP/RPG games out there now, especially since 2001.
I have fond memories of it despite it being one of the 2 LARPS that I've ever had the cops called on us for playing. The Vampire LARP though is what got LARPs banned from being played in downtown though.
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Do we have a thread summarizing the failures of fifth, like we do for Pathfinder?
I'd like to be able to link to a single nice, concise list for those who may not be willing to read through all the old threads.
I'd like to be able to link to a single nice, concise list for those who may not be willing to read through all the old threads.
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Malformed singular possessives. It's almost always supposed to be 's.
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I recently acquired a copy of Green Ronin's d20 adventure "Death in Freeport", the first d20 adventure module ever. With pirates. Anyone interested in a review of this craptastic ENnie award winner? I'd like to try myself at an OSSR.
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