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Grex > Oldrpg > #68: What would it be like if ...? | |
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starwolf
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What would it be like if ...?
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Oct 26 18:40 UTC 1995 |
This is the item in which to speculate what would happen an a game universe
if one or more certain specific historical events did not occur.
For example, Battletech: What if Kerensky never left the Inner Sphere?
AD&D< Spelljammer: What if the elves lost the Unhuman wars?
Storyteller, Werewolf: What if the War of Rage and the Impergium never
happened?
All opinions welcome.
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orinoco
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response 1 of 36:
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Oct 26 19:28 UTC 1995 |
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kain
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response 2 of 36:
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Oct 27 02:35 UTC 1995 |
<kain has never played any of these so he will not comment>
<MAN! I wanted to be first
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starwolf
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response 3 of 36:
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Oct 27 18:12 UTC 1995 |
Orinoco, I can't read #1...
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orinoco
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response 4 of 36:
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Oct 27 20:13 UTC 1995 |
That's ok, starwolf, I couldn't write it...
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willett
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response 5 of 36:
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Oct 27 23:46 UTC 1995 |
I play whitewolf games, if the war of rage never occured it would be amazingly
boring. I can't remember the arcanum right now but I'll take your word that
it was importent. Another thing what if the Garou were right and the real
world and umbra were once one, if that never split then that would be one
seriously screwed up (But fun!) world.
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hoagy
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response 6 of 36:
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Oct 29 07:44 UTC 1995 |
What if....
TSR had kept its brain and left the game world simple?
Would we then be able to not be suffocated with
tons of stupid supplementary books and "how to be
an orc" reference materials?
Would we be free, indeed?
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orinoco
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response 7 of 36:
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Oct 29 14:51 UTC 1995 |
if only.
I don't know, there is an advantage to all the supplements. After all, they
have already been thoroughly tested, making it easier for a DM to add new
things to their campaign without worrying about disturbing the power balance
too much. I personally would rather play without them, and make such additions
myself--remember, a DM doesn't HAVE to use the supplements. You can be as
free as you make yourself--just ingore all the "stupid supplementary books"
and make your own rules
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bjorn
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response 8 of 36:
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Oct 29 15:48 UTC 1995 |
Precisely! It seems that Rune Master has forgotten that the GM/DM is God
in whatever game is being played.
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starwolf
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response 9 of 36:
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Oct 30 16:58 UTC 1995 |
The only Rules Supplement books for AD&D that I have found totally useless
are the Historical Reference books. If I wanted to play in Ancient Earth,
I'd play Ars Magica!
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bjorn
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response 10 of 36:
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Oct 30 20:04 UTC 1995 |
They're not entirely useless when one is running Planescape. A Trollborn
on Earth isn't nearly as disturbing as a Plane wandering Trollborn. Rune
Magick is a good addition to AD&D magick systems, too, especially since
Runecasters are Sub-class of Warrior.
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hoagy
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response 11 of 36:
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Oct 31 09:05 UTC 1995 |
I haven't "forgotten" that the DM is the ultimate law - I am
making the point that if TSR had kept the game simple
(K.I.S.S. law was avoided!), and not try to be money-whores,
they'd have the old awe and respect they used to have.
In short, mine was a "what if" bash against TSR.
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bjorn
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response 12 of 36:
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Oct 31 16:13 UTC 1995 |
That is economically unreasonable. People do things for money.
It is the fault of the world. Money is the root of all evil.
The game is simple, if you decide *not* to allow sourcebook
characters.
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starwolf
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response 13 of 36:
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Oct 31 17:09 UTC 1995 |
Then players who have the sourcebooks will bitch at the iron-fisted DM's lack
of options. (!SEt Drift = OFF)
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bjorn
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response 14 of 36:
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Oct 31 20:04 UTC 1995 |
If people didn't want the sourcebooks, TSR wouldn't make them.
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orinoco
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response 15 of 36:
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Nov 2 01:13 UTC 1995 |
lack of options, my ass!
You can play a bard without the complete bard's handbook...in fact, with a
DM interested in an interesting game, not the rules, you could make a
character that suited your idea better than any from the complete bard's
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starwolf
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response 16 of 36:
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Nov 2 16:46 UTC 1995 |
We're getting a bit off the subject here....
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eldrich
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response 17 of 36:
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Nov 2 17:35 UTC 1995 |
re #12
AMEN!
The subject suits me just fine, lets keep going!
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orinoco
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response 18 of 36:
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Nov 4 01:31 UTC 1995 |
<orinoco uses tyranid bio-technology to weave a protective warp shield around
the topic>
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eldrich
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response 19 of 36:
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Nov 4 15:50 UTC 1995 |
Obsess much?
<Eldrich sighs>
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setzer
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response 20 of 36:
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Nov 4 22:19 UTC 1995 |
RE #17
Keep going where?
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orinoco
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response 21 of 36:
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Nov 5 22:04 UTC 1995 |
sorry eld...I had to...
why, to the abyss in a handbasket, setzer!
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eldrich
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response 22 of 36:
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Nov 6 21:07 UTC 1995 |
Don't worry, I don't understand him much either.
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orinoco
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response 23 of 36:
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Nov 6 21:43 UTC 1995 |
you've never heard the phrase, "going to hell in a handbasket?"
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starwolf
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response 24 of 36:
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Nov 7 18:11 UTC 1995 |
Inat Basket took a left turn at Gehenna.
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