Sam E.

2 hours ago, ThornPlutonius said:

it is quite intuitive to me. 

And to me.  It's fine if someone doesn't like it, but one ought not pretend one's subjective preferences are objective flaws by using fancy philosophical terms such as "counter-intuitive" ...

On a related note, in my own little BRP hack:

The Rule of One.  If the die representing the ones digit comes up a 1, that is a special result.  If the roll succeeded, it is a special success, henceforth known as a critical.  If the roll failed, it is a special failure, henceforth known as a fumble.  A critical is a better result than a success, which is better than a failure, which is better than a fumble, or: CRITICAL > SUCCESS > FAILURE > FUMBLE

On 10/15/2019 at 12:56 PM, Rick Meints said:

We are making no promises, but if we were to update the BGB, what could be improved?

NOTE: The printed BGB is available for sale still on our website, and certainly in PDF form on our website and DTRPG.

Honestly, I just want errata, as per below, and then a hardcover POD option.  That's it.

It sounds like AEther: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/56984/AEther-Core-Book 

4 hours ago, Raleel said:

Conceal is for objects larger than the character himself.

Is that right?  It thought the core book gave an example of hiding a scroll in a library or some such thing.

I did my part ... 

That's a good sign!    I'll keep an eye out, and perhaps this thread can serve as a place to report them.  Thanks!

Odd Soot is just plain neat ...

Any errata I should be aware of?  I've looked around, and if there's a document or a thread, I've missed it.

Thanks!

Hey, yo.

I dig Mythras' approach to skills, but I'm also wondering about the conceal skill.  I get what it's for in general, but it seems awfully specialized to devote a whole skill to.  On the other hand, maybe it has far more applications than I'm thinking of.  So, whaddya got?  I'll start with one:

Hiding a car off-road by covering it with branches ...

Your turn!

1 hour ago, g33k said:

TDM/Mythras is publishing a relatively-extensive Classic Fantasy line by Leary, and has licensed Redd of Frostbyte Books, who publishes  M-Space and Odd Soot, with more products in the pipeline.

Yah, the Mythras Gateway license - not OGL, but it  looks pretty straightforward:  

http://thedesignmechanism.com/resources/Mythras Gateway License Public.pdf

On 12/16/2018 at 9:51 PM, seneschal said:

“Oooooo-waaaaaaaaah!”

"Ooh-lah"? 

Sorry to hear that; I think BRPE would have been a nice little product.  Still, as long as I have my BGB, I'm happy. 

Me again; it's been a year and a half. Anyone find anything else?

I think I recall someone saying that Cthulhu By Gaslight had some advantage / disadvantage type traits, but don't quote me on that.  Someone else might be able to confirm or deny.

The Big Gold Book has powers that could cover supernatural / superpowered merits, and there some character failings in the superpower section that you could mine for disadvantages.  You could also look to the wound tables for material that could mimic physical handicap disadvantages.

In general, I think fans of BRP aren't usually too into the whole advantage / disadvantage thing, so there's just not a ton that I know of in official products, but it's certainly no harder to cobble together than for most systems.  Advantages just tend to be powers, or just bonuses to skills / attributes, or something that can be easily incorporated into a character's background (wealth, connections, etc.), or just plain roleplayed; disadvantages can just be the reverse of any of those.

Perhaps related to / inspired by: http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/WOTAN

Pg. 39: Did you mean "Aristoteles" rather than the more common "Aristotle"?  I know it's technically correct, but it might cause some confusion.

Pg. 168: "Psychic" is used instead of "Psionic" as per page 208.  Also in the powers list, the third term "psi" is used.  Obviously, all the same thing, but it might be better to avoid any potential confusion.

I agree completely.  I have plenty of other RPG materials to keep me occupied in the meantime!

That's a good question.  I thought I heard that the BGB would be available as POD at some point.  It would be lovely if there were some corrections added (they took care of quite a few between the softcover and hardcover, IIRC), but I won't get my hopes up - I'm sure they have plenty of more important projects to worry about right now.

Howdy.  It's me, doing my yearly check-in to see if anyone has caught any new errata from the hardcover BGB.  Anything new to add to the list in post #7?

Good catch, thanks.  I'll add the inconsistency to the list, but you're correct that we'd need a ruling to say which is the errata ...

It's been a while.    

Anything new for the list?

Also, is there any chance in hell that these corrections could be incorporated before the BRP BGB goes to Lulu for POD?

Very cool, thanks!

For a lo-tech version of planet and society random generators, check out Sine Nomine Publishing's Stars Without Number - the core rule book of which is free to download!

So, just to name a couple of examples, and I think most BRP games fall into these two camps:

The BGB does critical > special > success > failure > fumble; criticals are 1/20 the chance of success.

Legend skips the special and just does critical > success > failure > fumble; criticals are 1/10 the chance of success.

Preferences?  Pros and cons?  I'm especially thinking in terms of melee combat, attacks rolls v. parry or dodge.  Does one way or the other speed up or slow down combat?  What are your experiences with all that?

Thanks in advance.

I've only run the Savage Worlds version of Wellstone City, but having said that, it's basically real-world current day modern tech.  Mostly, the setting is just "fluff," in the good sense - background ideas, descriptions of the boroughs, etc.  The only crunch I recall was some new ammo types, and then a variety of NPCs.  Honestly, you could buy either the Aether or SW version and get lots of great ideas that could pretty much be run right out of the BGB.

I have it, though I haven't played it.  It's a pretty decent system - attributes and skills, roll high percentile (add relevant skill mod to d100 roll, beat a target number).  It's geared toward modern (and even includes a modern noir setting, Wellstone City, which I like quite a bit), but easy enough to hack.  I think there is a supplement in the works for various magic / power systems, but I haven't heard about progress in a while.