Yes, yes!!! Remember how some of us feel. Your story deserves to be read. Not to mention a deluxe leatherbound volume with silk bookmark!!! Missus and health first!!! Have heart I will!!!Originally Posted by chirine ba kal
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Yes, yes!!! Remember how some of us feel. Your story deserves to be read. Not to mention a deluxe leatherbound volume with silk bookmark!!! Missus and health first!!! Have heart I will!!!
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They kept making more and more amazing claims about their publishing expertise and connections in the industry, and the vast sums of money at their disposal. Like any bad con-artists, they didn't know when to shut up - and they failed to understand just how much information is available to the patient researcher.Yeah, exactly like those guys.
Well, sorry to hear that. It's good they made an obvious mistake and alerted you.
...and the plot thickens.
I either don't even understand what "cultural appropriation" is supposed to be, or if I do understand it, I don't get why it's a bad thing...so I'd vote for "writing stories"
It will; oh, it will...
It seems to be one of the new 'buzzwords' in some gaming circles; it seems to be a way to complain about something or someone that the complainer does not like. Cultural politics, gender politics, seuxal politics. Not in my basement, thank you...
Thank you! I'm writing as best I can, but being dyslexic it does take time. We'll get there, sooner rather then later...
I strongly prefer incompetent con artists, they're easier to catchThey kept making more and more amazing claims about their publishing expertise and connections in the industry, and the vast sums of money at their disposal. Like any bad con-artists, they didn't know when to shut up - and they failed to understand just how much information is available to the patient researcher.
It will; oh, it will...
It seems to be one of the new 'buzzwords' in some gaming circles; it seems to be a way to complain about something or someone that the complainer does not like. Cultural politics, gender politics, seuxal politics. Not in my basement, thank you...!
Not in my sessions, either! What I wonder is whether that's the misuse of the term, or the term itself was created as a misuse of common sense
"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward." - Rocky
Agreed. What I'm unhappy with was the two years of my life that were wasted dealing with them, and all the stamina and energy that I could have used for more positive things. They screwed up a lot of things, and we're still dealing with some of the after-effects.I strongly prefer incompetent con artists, they're easier to catch
Not in my sessions, either! What I wonder is whether that's the misuse of the term, or the term itself was created as a misuse of common sense
Same puzzlement here. I see this kind of thing go by on the Internet, and heaven forfend if one asks the user of these kinds of terms for an explanation or clarification. The usual results that I've gotten is confused babble, as they don't seem to know themselves, or else dead silence. These days, a lot of them often post somewhere on the web, which makes my visitor screening process a whole lot easier. And it cuts down on the losses from the collection, too, as most of these kinds of people that I've had to deal with also feel very 'entitled' and as a result seem to feel that helping themselves to what's on the shelves redresses the injustices of our society. I freely admit that I could be mistaken about all this, however; having a couple of Amnesty International activists and some people of color in the family may have gotten my expectations up too high.
Uncle,
How did the Professor handle encounters with computer-like technology during game play(if any)? Did you ever encounter anything similar to the device mentioned in The Prince of Skulls, that the Sarku worshippers went to ask their questions of?
Thank you,
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We had lots of encounters with various artificial intelligences - or, rather, non-living-tissue-based beings of one sort or another. These ranged from single Ru'un and Yeleth to the powerful AIs that run Kashi and the South Pole military base. Phil would just 'role-play' them, playing them as yet another NPC. I do not think he ever rolled stats for the more powerful AIs - how do you roll up a sentient planetoid? but I know he did for the lower-level ones. Our rule of thumb was that once the object (whatever it was, or looked like) started talking, we treated it as an NPC to be respected and to be polite to, just as we would for any other life-form we ran into. We did shoot back if shot at, but otherwise tried very hard to talk through the encounter.
They were all part of Phil's meta-game; they all had their own objectives and goals, and for all intents and purposes where just as much 'real people' as our PCs were. Phil was a gifted actor, and could play any 'part' he needed to. As for actual game mechanics, he used what he had on the table 'as is', and simply rolled percentile dice as needed when there was any sort of options on offer. There is nothing in any of his rules sets that I have copies of (both published and unpublished) on this specific situation - he just did it, treating it as he would any other encounter and being.
And I will say that we got very, very careful about handling ancient technology, as the number of times that the supposed 'dumb box' turned out to be both sentient and active was pretty high.
I'm not if this has been mentioned elsewhere, but I see S&G v.2 Players Handbook has been released on Drivethru RPG.
Shemek.
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Mark Twain
Thank you, Lord Shemek!
Wait, what is that 32 page summary? And why are there 2 more, 16 pages each?
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"Let me tell you something you already know. The world ain't all sunshine and rainbows. It's a very mean and nasty place, and I don't care how tough you are, it will beat you to your knees and keep you there permanently if you let it. You, me, or nobody is gonna hit as hard as life. But it ain't about how hard you hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward." - Rocky
Thank you. Just wondering if you can remember off hand any names used to refer to ancient technology in game, such as "life-stones" and "dumb box", etc? Thanks.
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