Re: Got me thining

Part of thread: Got me thining · 1 reply ↳ In reply to Re: Got me thining — dcnilsen13 Re: Got me thining — Another Carpenter
Nope had it also stated it was boosted because of his suit. I think the
Stainless Steel rat was in there ,I forget who else was in there.

Wherever you go there you are-Buckaroo Banzai

We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to
visit violence on those who would do us harm. (Winston Churchill)

When in doubt I think of the immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I
just drank what?"

On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 6:12 PM, [Traveller_TNE] <
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> Thanks, Charles, I thought the other was "CotI" but then came over all
> self-doubty and impatient to hit SEND. Forgot about Vader. Did it include
> his Psi rating, or was Trav already burying that stuff in a shallow grave?
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> > He along with Vader was in Citizens of the Imperium
> > So was Conan, There was a bunch plus in 1001
> >
> > Wherever you go there you are-Buckaroo Banzai
> >
> > We sleep soundly in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night
> to
> > visit violence on those who would do us harm. (Winston Churchill)
> >
> > When in doubt I think of the immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I
> > just drank what?"
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 5:58 PM, [Traveller_TNE] <
> > > wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> I think Luke Skywalker was in 1001 Characters, or the other one like it.
> >>
> >> I think the Traveller rules work just fine with Superhero storylines,
> >> absent the superpower rules. It's just the superhero TONE that is not
> >> "Travelleresque," by which I mean, not for official publication
> >> alongside
> >> the Lists of Emperors and Megacorps, but it works just fine for your
> >> campaign.
> >>
> >> I recall when we had to come up with the name for the difficulty level
> >> above Difficult with the D20 rules some people were opposed to
> >> "Impossible&quot; because it seemed too silly or cartoony. I liked it, and at
> >> the time there was a lot of angst in the game industry about having to
> >> make games more "heroic," so I said, "this will allow players in our
> >> games
> >> to do the Impossible, can't get more heroic than that." That convinced
> >> Les.
> >>
> >> > Of course a lot of this was part of that old Star Wars strand in
> >> > Traveller, in which the Imperium was the Evil Empire. It produced lots
> >> of
> >> > Han Soloes, but very few, umm, Princess Leias. Or even Luke
> >> Skywalkers.
> >> >
> >> > Not many canonical Darth Vaders, though.
> >> >
> >> > Yes, moral ambiguity, but sometimes you just want Good and Evil.
> >> >
> >> > But ignore me, I've just spent the last decade playing superhero
> >> games.
> >> > I've managed to master-gearhead the Flash and Aquaman, and now I'm
> >> bored.
> >> >
> >> > Time for Traveller again, or should I revisit Old School DnD (because
> >> the
> >> > newer stuff melts my head, and my potential players haven't played
> >> it)?
> >> >
> >> > Either way, I need easy freeform stupid rules, that don't get in the
> >> way
> >> > of the jokes.
> >> >
> >> > And even when I'm playing historical miniatures, I'm not that
> >> interested
> >> > in looking up tables. My ideal game is Kampfgruppe Peiper on the
> >> Kokoda
> >> > Track, versus nearly anyone.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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