TG September Chat Thread: #baldursgate

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LongDarkNight: Oct 25, 2010; It's like watching the collapse of Western civilization in fast forward.; Oven Wrangler

The grog tax is the greatest oppression in modern times.

# ¿ Sep 1, 2014 14:34

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# ¿ Apr 24, 2024 00:43

LongDarkNight: Oct 25, 2010; It's like watching the collapse of Western civilization in fast forward.; Oven Wrangler

Alien Rope Burn posted:

It turns out there have been a lot of them sent out, but they never get playtest reports back.

It sounds a lot simpler than Morton's List, no pesky tables.

# ¿ Sep 4, 2014 17:14

LongDarkNight: Oct 25, 2010; It's like watching the collapse of Western civilization in fast forward.; Oven Wrangler

MadScientistWorking posted:

Yeah as I said earlier dyeing foods and artificial smells are on par for a lot of foods.

The difference in color between what I see at the grocery store and the fish market is astonishing.

# ¿ Sep 6, 2014 14:17

LongDarkNight: Oct 25, 2010; It's like watching the collapse of Western civilization in fast forward.; Oven Wrangler

ManMythLegend posted:

Yeah, for real. This state is terrible.

# ¿ Sep 7, 2014 01:30

LongDarkNight: Oct 25, 2010; It's like watching the collapse of Western civilization in fast forward.; Oven Wrangler

Evil Mastermind posted:

The other problem is that no matter how bad it is, it'll get a ton of players simply because it has the word "Pathfinder" on it.

Hopefully between this and "Unchained" I look forward to the Paizo fan base eating their own.

# ¿ Sep 8, 2014 04:05

LongDarkNight: Oct 25, 2010; It's like watching the collapse of Western civilization in fast forward.; Oven Wrangler

It'd be funny. Like if the South had won the Civil War then 6 years later Alabama attacks Georgia.

# ¿ Sep 8, 2014 04:26

LongDarkNight: Oct 25, 2010; It's like watching the collapse of Western civilization in fast forward.; Oven Wrangler

remusclaw posted:

This brings to mind my recent info binge on Mountain climbing, facilitated by the Everest threads of the last few years. What would be a good rpg for the sake of running campaigns based on expeditions up high mountains and other hostile environments? Would Burning wheel do well for that? The only product I can ever recall seeing in rpg's for this kind of thing is Chaosiums "Beyond the Mountains of Madness", and I am not sure CoC is best suited for that kind of game, alongside the fact that BTMOM it is out of print and commands a high price these days.

For a mountain climbing game I think Cortex+ Drama or Fiasco. For a K2 expedition Fiasco might be best since everyone dies. Cortex+ for something more nuanced, you could play up the poo poo that goes on between different climbing teams (maverick Russians, thieving Italians, do-gooder Brits) and the mountain has built in Complications, HAPE/HACE, frost bite, avalanches.

# ¿ Sep 15, 2014 03:21

LongDarkNight: Oct 25, 2010; It's like watching the collapse of Western civilization in fast forward.; Oven Wrangler

Darius099 posted:

So I have an encounter for my fantasy game that I want to run, where a famous researcher bard is trying to reconstruct the true happenings of an ancient battle/siege. He has commissioned a powerful spell that will allow him to look through a specially prepared lens and see what the things/places on the other side looked like in the distant past. I wanted to set this up as a fun investigative scene and use props for it but I don't quite know if what I want exists.

I was thinking that I could draw or print something up on a big sheet of paper with some kind of ink or preparation that makes it invisible to the naked eye, and then create some kind of like round "lens" that has a type of filter of some kind that reveals the hidden ink/drawing when it's placed over top of it/looked through.

Kind of complicated for an encounter but I thought it could be neat if I could figure out how to do it. Does anyone have any ideas? I considered that whole lemon juice/invisible ink stuff but it doesnt work with a filter. I tried searching around and found a few things (some "cheat a poker!" stuff on ebay) but it didn't seem like it was real. I'd be fine with it being monochromatic since in my head that's how it feels like it would have to work. Anyone have any experience with stuff like this, or any ideas? I could easily have overlooked a more elegant/simpler solution.

http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Tech_Spec#Generation_1

The decoders are the first thing that came to mind.

# ¿ Sep 27, 2014 18:11

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# ¿ Apr 24, 2024 00:43

LongDarkNight: Oct 25, 2010; It's like watching the collapse of Western civilization in fast forward.; Oven Wrangler

I played a Cortex+ game at GenCon that the guy had updates Justifiers. I was worried it would be some wierd furry thing. It was good fun instead.

# ¿ Sep 29, 2014 22:21

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