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OOC - Discussion.

Posted by JeddakFor group 0
Jeddak
GM, 57 posts
Threat: 5
Wed 30 Sep 2020
at 13:31
  • msg #71

Re: OOC - Discussion

Yeah it's kind of nice:

You want to do X?  Okay seems like these 2 stats would relate. Get Y successes

But I want to approach the problem this way.

Cool use that attribute instead.  Roll

Done.

Definitely up to the GM to figure out how things work out in a lot of situations.  For example...I was absolutely unsure what to do with a disarmed gladiator.  I mean, most of the time you disarm a foe they surrender and plead for their lives.  Or even run away, I can see that.  But in the middle of an arena combat with weapons lying all around with the intent to be picked up and used...

Other than those occasional "What the heck makes sense here" moments, it seems pretty easy and flexible to run.
Demetrius Esper
player, 45 posts
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Wed 30 Sep 2020
at 17:40
  • msg #72

Re: OOC - Discussion

I agree; it's much less crunchy than Conan.

Sorry for the lack of post yesterday; things have just been hectic. I expect to be able to update today.
Nantas
player, 56 posts
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Wed 30 Sep 2020
at 18:28
  • msg #73

Re: OOC - Discussion

I understand... I feel OK to play this ruleset as a player, but I still wouldn't feel comfortable as a GM.
Anyway, on this game I'm a player :)
Jeddak
GM, 58 posts
Threat: 5
Wed 30 Sep 2020
at 19:47
  • msg #74

Re: OOC - Discussion

Demetrius Esper:
I agree; it's much less crunchy than Conan.

Sorry for the lack of post yesterday; things have just been hectic. I expect to be able to update today.


I really want to play in a Conan game.  Would be my 1st choice of Modiphius 2d20 line.

No worries on posting, lord knows I've been slower than I'd prefer lately.
Jeddak
GM, 59 posts
Threat: 5
Thu 1 Oct 2020
at 03:20
  • msg #75

Re: OOC - Discussion

Alright, let's talk Eras.

Demetrius has made reference to John Carter so potentially we can be in the Jedak of Jedaks era.  All of the races know of each other, Helium and the Tharks have a cordial alliance and things are relatively stable.  John Carter, Deja Thoris and Tars Tarkas may still live and you might meet them at some point.


OR

These figures are gone.  Maybe they disappeared; after all Burroughs never got John Carter and Deja Thoris back from Jupiter in his final novel.  Maybe they're dead.  Maybe things have degraded and Barsoom is falling back into anarchy and isolation.


Any preferences?
Demetrius Esper
player, 47 posts
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Thu 1 Oct 2020
at 12:27
  • msg #76

Re: OOC - Discussion

Strong preference for them all being dead. I like the anarchy and isolation idea, or maybe some kind of new regime in the red lands. My character's premise is that he's from 2050 on Earth.
Nantas
player, 57 posts
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Thu 1 Oct 2020
at 21:59
  • msg #77

Re: OOC - Discussion

Happy with both options :)
Demetrius Esper
player, 48 posts
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A (C/F/I): 0/0/0
Fri 2 Oct 2020
at 20:22
  • msg #78

Re: OOC - Discussion

Crazy day; substantial contributions from me over the weekend.
Demetrius Esper
player, 52 posts
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A (C/F/I): 0/0/0
Tue 13 Oct 2020
at 20:26
  • msg #79

Re: OOC - Discussion

Demetrius Esper:
Crazy day; substantial contributions from me over the weekend.


Update from me no later than tomorrow.
Nantas
player, 64 posts
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A (C/F/I): 0/0/0
Wed 14 Oct 2020
at 18:34
  • msg #80

Re: OOC - Discussion

How is the presentation of Zodanga?
Does it match current state of things adequately?
Jeddak
GM, 64 posts
Threat: 5
Thu 15 Oct 2020
at 12:00
  • msg #81

Re: OOC - Discussion

That's awesome, Nantas! I'll have Aeryn give her...opinion...of Zodanga later today
Demetrius Esper
player, 56 posts
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A (C/F/I): 0/0/0
Sat 17 Oct 2020
at 22:17
  • msg #82

Re: OOC - Discussion

More from me tomorrow!
Jeddak
GM, 67 posts
Threat: 5
Thu 22 Oct 2020
at 00:45
  • msg #83

Re: OOC - Discussion

Demetrius Esper:
More from me tomorrow!


Real life sneak up on you?
Demetrius Esper
player, 58 posts
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A (C/F/I): 0/0/0
Fri 23 Oct 2020
at 00:04
  • msg #84

Re: OOC - Discussion

Yes, it surely did. It's been a bear of a week. Updated! Sorry for the delay.
Jeddak
GM, 69 posts
Threat: 5
Wed 28 Oct 2020
at 02:55
  • msg #85

Re: OOC - Discussion

I hope to have the next post up tomorrow...
Demetrius Esper
player, 62 posts
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A (C/F/I): 0/0/0
Thu 29 Oct 2020
at 19:13
  • msg #86

Re: OOC - Discussion

Are we bound/chained? And what else is with us inside our confines currently?
Jeddak
GM, 71 posts
Threat: 5
Thu 29 Oct 2020
at 23:38
  • msg #87

Re: OOC - Discussion

Added some clarification for the scene in my last post including a simple (and not complete, the wagon is huge so there are more cells on each row going off to the right and left) diagram of the level you're on to hopefully illustrate how your cell is one in a few rows and there are walkways on both sides.

Let me know if that helps
Jeddak
GM, 72 posts
Threat: 5
Tue 3 Nov 2020
at 01:31
  • msg #88

Re: OOC - Discussion

Demetrius/Nantas please let me know if you have any questions about the scene
Demetrius Esper
player, 63 posts
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A (C/F/I): 0/0/0
Tue 3 Nov 2020
at 02:25
  • msg #89

Re: OOC - Discussion

Crazy busy days; contributions from me tomorrow.
Demetrius Esper
player, 67 posts
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A (C/F/I): 0/0/0
Mon 9 Nov 2020
at 23:09
  • msg #90

Re: OOC - Discussion

Okay, couple of questions about the current post:
1. Is there an apparent way out through the outer balcony? I didn't know there were choices or I would have specified.

2. What's a Thark?
Jeddak
GM, 76 posts
Threat: 5
Tue 10 Nov 2020
at 01:50
  • msg #91

Re: OOC - Discussion

You would know that you were brought up to your cell by a series of stairs at the rear of the wagon.  You have no clear knowledge what is at the front.

Thark - one of the largest tribes of Green Men, Tars Tarkas was Jedak and John Carter became a chieftain taking the name Dotar Sojat (a combination of the names of the pair of chieftains he had killed to claim the title)


This message was last edited by the GM at 13:30, Tue 10 Nov 2020.
Demetrius Esper
player, 70 posts
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A (C/F/I): 0/0/0
Sat 14 Nov 2020
at 01:21
  • msg #92

Re: OOC - Discussion

Clarifying question: Nantas, were you asking me to free more prisoners?
Nantas
player, 75 posts
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Sat 14 Nov 2020
at 10:13
  • msg #93

Re: OOC - Discussion

Yes.
Jeddak
GM, 78 posts
Threat: 5
Sat 14 Nov 2020
at 15:10
  • msg #94

Re: OOC - Discussion

This is still viable, at least until slavers run around the level and can aim at you directly rather than through a bunch of bars...

BUT it will definitely require you to hurry your action.  Increase difficulty by 1

And who knows what will happen in the meantime that might focus their attention?
Nantas
player, 76 posts
Mom: 0 | S(C/F/I): 4/9/9
A (C/F/I): 0/0/0
Sat 14 Nov 2020
at 16:46
  • msg #95

Re: OOC - Discussion

How comes that guards can shoot somebody with no weapons? is this acceptable for the sense of honour in Barsoom?
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