<![CDATA[Drunkard's Walk Forums - Bob's Game Writing]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/ Tue, 05 May 2026 09:19:09 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[SJ Games Daily Illuminator of possible interest to Bob]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14795 Tue, 12 Nov 2024 09:35:15 -0500 Shepherd]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14795
SJ Games strives to keep good records, but during our 44 years in business, we've survived technological change (we've come a long way from WordStar, XyWrite, Ventura Publisher, and the golden age of fax), moving house, floods, and even a government raid. As a result, we've lost track of some contracts – and some creators!

If you've ever had a contract – physical or digital – to write a game supplement longer than an article for us, we invite you to write to us at hr@sjgames.com with your name, up-to-date contact info, and a list of projects with contract dates. Please help us fill holes in our records so that no credits or royalties slip between the cracks. And if we haven't been in touch recently, please tell us what you've been up to!
-- Sean Punch]]>
SJ Games strives to keep good records, but during our 44 years in business, we've survived technological change (we've come a long way from WordStar, XyWrite, Ventura Publisher, and the golden age of fax), moving house, floods, and even a government raid. As a result, we've lost track of some contracts – and some creators!

If you've ever had a contract – physical or digital – to write a game supplement longer than an article for us, we invite you to write to us at hr@sjgames.com with your name, up-to-date contact info, and a list of projects with contract dates. Please help us fill holes in our records so that no credits or royalties slip between the cracks. And if we haven't been in touch recently, please tell us what you've been up to!
-- Sean Punch]]> <![CDATA[The City Beyond the Gate]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=13255 Sat, 02 Feb 2019 00:20:15 -0500 Bob Schroeck]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=13255 rpg.net thread to which Evil Midnight Lurker linked in his "I'm back" message.  I'm not going to post there -- I'm so horribly embarrassed of/by City Beyond the Gate that I don't want to get into a discussion of it.  But I'm going to offer a few tidbits about it in case anyone wants to carry them back to rpg.net.

First off, it wasn't originally written for publication.  It was an adventure I wrote for my original Narth campaign at the old Simulation Games Union at Princeton University, which ran around 1981ish to 1984.  It's not written for Oerth.  What people don't really remember any more is that the initial books for AD&D1 were absolutely littered with throwaway references to Gygax's Greyhawk campaign with absolutely no context to them.  So when I created my campaign, I actually went through the books and found all these little details and wove them into my own world so I could just cite these things without thinking about it or juggling some kind of translation into my game world.  Cuthbert and his mace were two of these details.  Consequently, the adventure wasn't written for Oerth because Oerth as a setting that anyone else could use didn't exist yet -- hell, no one knew the name "Oerth" yet except maybe Gygax and his players.

One of the posters on the rpg.net thread said something about viewing the adventure in the context of the 1980s.  That's off by at least a decade.  The adventure was originally written and played in early 1983 -- and the Borribles books which inspired it were set in the 1970s, so technically that's the "current era" of the adventure's London.  Even so, some of the stuff I included, like the beerwagons, were probably still anachronisms.  But they were there to begin with -- because, you see, the original adventure was explicitly set in the world of the Borribles -- it was a crossover.

(As a side note, when I actually ran the adventure, I had friends who had read the Borribles books roleplaying some of the characters -- and the game sessions spontaneously became my first experience with LARPing when my players and my "cast" just fell into character and didn't need me for anything for hours.  I just sat back and enjoyed the improvisational theater.)

Anyway, that's where some of the weirdness came from.  Dragon's staff -- IIRC Kim Mohan was the editor at that point and was my main contact -- loved the whole thing (obviously), but they didn't want to get into the whole hassle of getting permission or worse paying to license the Borribles.  So I had to translate a whole bunch of stuff from copyrighted to arguably original material.  It was a lot of work, and I didn't change any of the world background that I didn't have to.  

Also, keep in mind that this was, well, not before the Internet, because it existed, but decades before the Internet became the world's instant reference for every fact under the sun.  Also, I was doing the rewrite after I'd graduated, and was no longer able to simply walk up-campus to spend an afternoon researching in Firestone Library.  I had no easy access to any kind of reference works to fact-check "my" London against the real thing.  (Other than maybe a 1984 World Almanac and a 1976 Webster's Geographical Dictionary.)  So the best I could do with the deadline I was operating under was to file the serial numbers off, blur a few telling details. and hope for the best.  Unfortunately that meant more than a few details that were appropriate for the Borribles setting became anachronisms and inanities in the final version.  And that on top of stupid errors like leaving pre-decimalization British currency in the adventure.

When these errors and inanities were pointed out, it didn't take long for the whole thing to become such an embarrassment that I didn't want to ever think of it again.  And it shamed me into making sure my research for all my future works, with only a couple lapses, was as rigorous and right as I could make it.

About the only good memory I have of the article itself is the check I got for it -- which I brandished in front of my mother as proof I could earn money as a writer.  (She had actually said that she didn't believe they would really pay me for something so "silly", so when I showed her the check for what in today's money was close to $6000 she was quite literally stunned into silence.  And for years afterward when I would complain about being short on cash, she would ask, "can't you write something for your games again?"  She never did quite grasp that there were usually many months between the writing and the paying...)]]> rpg.net thread to which Evil Midnight Lurker linked in his "I'm back" message.  I'm not going to post there -- I'm so horribly embarrassed of/by City Beyond the Gate that I don't want to get into a discussion of it.  But I'm going to offer a few tidbits about it in case anyone wants to carry them back to rpg.net.

First off, it wasn't originally written for publication.  It was an adventure I wrote for my original Narth campaign at the old Simulation Games Union at Princeton University, which ran around 1981ish to 1984.  It's not written for Oerth.  What people don't really remember any more is that the initial books for AD&D1 were absolutely littered with throwaway references to Gygax's Greyhawk campaign with absolutely no context to them.  So when I created my campaign, I actually went through the books and found all these little details and wove them into my own world so I could just cite these things without thinking about it or juggling some kind of translation into my game world.  Cuthbert and his mace were two of these details.  Consequently, the adventure wasn't written for Oerth because Oerth as a setting that anyone else could use didn't exist yet -- hell, no one knew the name "Oerth" yet except maybe Gygax and his players.

One of the posters on the rpg.net thread said something about viewing the adventure in the context of the 1980s.  That's off by at least a decade.  The adventure was originally written and played in early 1983 -- and the Borribles books which inspired it were set in the 1970s, so technically that's the "current era" of the adventure's London.  Even so, some of the stuff I included, like the beerwagons, were probably still anachronisms.  But they were there to begin with -- because, you see, the original adventure was explicitly set in the world of the Borribles -- it was a crossover.

(As a side note, when I actually ran the adventure, I had friends who had read the Borribles books roleplaying some of the characters -- and the game sessions spontaneously became my first experience with LARPing when my players and my "cast" just fell into character and didn't need me for anything for hours.  I just sat back and enjoyed the improvisational theater.)

Anyway, that's where some of the weirdness came from.  Dragon's staff -- IIRC Kim Mohan was the editor at that point and was my main contact -- loved the whole thing (obviously), but they didn't want to get into the whole hassle of getting permission or worse paying to license the Borribles.  So I had to translate a whole bunch of stuff from copyrighted to arguably original material.  It was a lot of work, and I didn't change any of the world background that I didn't have to.  

Also, keep in mind that this was, well, not before the Internet, because it existed, but decades before the Internet became the world's instant reference for every fact under the sun.  Also, I was doing the rewrite after I'd graduated, and was no longer able to simply walk up-campus to spend an afternoon researching in Firestone Library.  I had no easy access to any kind of reference works to fact-check "my" London against the real thing.  (Other than maybe a 1984 World Almanac and a 1976 Webster's Geographical Dictionary.)  So the best I could do with the deadline I was operating under was to file the serial numbers off, blur a few telling details. and hope for the best.  Unfortunately that meant more than a few details that were appropriate for the Borribles setting became anachronisms and inanities in the final version.  And that on top of stupid errors like leaving pre-decimalization British currency in the adventure.

When these errors and inanities were pointed out, it didn't take long for the whole thing to become such an embarrassment that I didn't want to ever think of it again.  And it shamed me into making sure my research for all my future works, with only a couple lapses, was as rigorous and right as I could make it.

About the only good memory I have of the article itself is the check I got for it -- which I brandished in front of my mother as proof I could earn money as a writer.  (She had actually said that she didn't believe they would really pay me for something so "silly", so when I showed her the check for what in today's money was close to $6000 she was quite literally stunned into silence.  And for years afterward when I would complain about being short on cash, she would ask, "can't you write something for your games again?"  She never did quite grasp that there were usually many months between the writing and the paying...)]]> <![CDATA[Hey, Bob, want to do a really big version of IST on spec?]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=12536 Sun, 27 Aug 2017 17:09:00 -0500 robkelk]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=12536
Steve Jackson Games currently has the Dungeon Fantasy box set at the printer. Phil Reed (CEO of SJGames) has said in post 12 of this thread:
Quote:If all of the copies sell out before the end of the year, well, let me just be the first to say that I'll do all I can to push a sci-fi boxed set onto our schedule and make it happen.
The thread goes on to discuss other possible Powered-by-GURPS box sets, including supers. Nothing official, mind you.]]>
Steve Jackson Games currently has the Dungeon Fantasy box set at the printer. Phil Reed (CEO of SJGames) has said in post 12 of this thread:
Quote:If all of the copies sell out before the end of the year, well, let me just be the first to say that I'll do all I can to push a sci-fi boxed set onto our schedule and make it happen.
The thread goes on to discuss other possible Powered-by-GURPS box sets, including supers. Nothing official, mind you.]]> <![CDATA[There's still at least one fan of GURPS:Mage]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=6109 Tue, 21 Mar 2017 04:56:00 -0500 robkelk]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=6109 http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=148883
KarlKost Wrote:In my opinion, the Magic system for Mage, along with its scenario (having room for ANY real life OR fiction idea of mysticism we have, and not only that, but also the possibility to place superscience toghether in the mix) its the most brilliant idea I have ever seem.

And GURPS Mage 3ed just gave that raw, brute idea, the balanced, well thought system, to make it a coherent system.

Just thought you might like to know...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012]]> http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=148883
KarlKost Wrote:In my opinion, the Magic system for Mage, along with its scenario (having room for ANY real life OR fiction idea of mysticism we have, and not only that, but also the possibility to place superscience toghether in the mix) its the most brilliant idea I have ever seem.

And GURPS Mage 3ed just gave that raw, brute idea, the balanced, well thought system, to make it a coherent system.

Just thought you might like to know...
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012]]> <![CDATA[Bob's Game Writing]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=6108 Wed, 02 Nov 2016 01:35:00 -0500 Bob Schroeck]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=6108 Please note that it was created by consolidating several different boards, and as such thread titles may be somewhat unclear as to what product or book they refer to.
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.]]> Please note that it was created by consolidating several different boards, and as such thread titles may be somewhat unclear as to what product or book they refer to.
-- Bob
---------
Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.]]> <![CDATA[Unpicking ethereal strands]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=6107 Wed, 16 Jul 2014 04:26:00 -0500 Mamorien]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=6107 Ethereal Player's Guide, by David Edelstein and the artist formerly known as R. Sean Borgstrom are present in the ethereals from other supplements, based on what skills, Songs and other traits they display. I didn't completely finish the job, but I have frequent plans of getting back to it, and I've actually worked out reasonable strand-mixes for some of the Liber Servitorum characters. In some cases, I've even worked out what specific concepts, in an overall category, go to make up a given ethereal.

The Greys, for instance, are spirits of Fear (Emotions) and the Stars (Astronomical Concepts). Lucky the singing cigarette pack is a spirit of the Company (Society). Sophronia the sphinx is a spirit of Beasts (Life), Riddles (Information) and Wastelands (Terrain).

These are just my best guesses, mind, attempts at reverse-engineering the characters to fit rules that were introduced later. Other ideas are welcome, as are your guesses at what strands went into Bob's other contributions. (Even the ones that got cut.)]]> Ethereal Player's Guide, by David Edelstein and the artist formerly known as R. Sean Borgstrom are present in the ethereals from other supplements, based on what skills, Songs and other traits they display. I didn't completely finish the job, but I have frequent plans of getting back to it, and I've actually worked out reasonable strand-mixes for some of the Liber Servitorum characters. In some cases, I've even worked out what specific concepts, in an overall category, go to make up a given ethereal.

The Greys, for instance, are spirits of Fear (Emotions) and the Stars (Astronomical Concepts). Lucky the singing cigarette pack is a spirit of the Company (Society). Sophronia the sphinx is a spirit of Beasts (Life), Riddles (Information) and Wastelands (Terrain).

These are just my best guesses, mind, attempts at reverse-engineering the characters to fit rules that were introduced later. Other ideas are welcome, as are your guesses at what strands went into Bob's other contributions. (Even the ones that got cut.)]]> <![CDATA[It's out - on e23]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=6106 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 05:11:00 -0500 robkelk]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=6106 http://e23.sjgames.com/item.html?id=SJG30-6533]Get a copy here.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012]]> http://e23.sjgames.com/item.html?id=SJG30-6533]Get a copy here.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012]]> <![CDATA[In Nomine on e23]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=6105 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:02:00 -0500 robkelk]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=6105 Superiors 1 (one of the books that Bob edited) is now available on e23.

(So is Night Music, but I don't believe Bob had anything to do with that book...)
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012]]> Superiors 1 (one of the books that Bob edited) is now available on e23.

(So is Night Music, but I don't believe Bob had anything to do with that book...)
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012]]> <![CDATA[Dark Camelot thread on SJGames Forum]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3784 Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:58:00 -0500 robkelk]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3784 Ideas for adventuring in an alternate Camelot... or for inclusion in a revised edition for 4e, in the unlikely event that ever happens.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012]]> Ideas for adventuring in an alternate Camelot... or for inclusion in a revised edition for 4e, in the unlikely event that ever happens.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012]]> <![CDATA[Robin Hood actually Welsh, says historian]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3646 Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:40:00 -0500 robkelk]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3646 this story on the Register, historian Stephen Lawhead has put forward a theory that Robin Hood was actually a Welshman.
After I read the article, I realized that it could resolve the biggest problem that Bob mentioned in GURPS Robin Hood - the noble/commoner dichotomy. The Welsh Robin is described as being the son of a nobleman, robbed of his birthright by the Normans in the 11th century. The earlier Robin Hood legends make no mention of the noble Robin. So, the commoner Robin might have been in Nottingham, while the noble "Robin" would have been in Wales a couple of centuries later. Oral tradition conflating the two stories may have lead to the mess we have today...

(Edit to fix typo)
-Rob Kelk
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012]]> this story on the Register, historian Stephen Lawhead has put forward a theory that Robin Hood was actually a Welshman.
After I read the article, I realized that it could resolve the biggest problem that Bob mentioned in GURPS Robin Hood - the noble/commoner dichotomy. The Welsh Robin is described as being the son of a nobleman, robbed of his birthright by the Normans in the 11th century. The earlier Robin Hood legends make no mention of the noble Robin. So, the commoner Robin might have been in Nottingham, while the noble "Robin" would have been in Wales a couple of centuries later. Oral tradition conflating the two stories may have lead to the mess we have today...

(Edit to fix typo)
-Rob Kelk
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012]]> <![CDATA[e23 - Camelot and Robin Hood]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3647 Sat, 24 Jun 2006 02:08:00 -0500 robkelk]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=3647 e23. Oddly, Robin Hood is listed as "An e23 Original", while Camelot isn't.
Bob, did you know that you have a page there? They want you to send them "a blurb about yourself" - the appropriate e-mail address is on your page.
Edit: Likewise, on both counts, for Peggy.

-Rob Kelk
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012]]> e23. Oddly, Robin Hood is listed as "An e23 Original", while Camelot isn't.
Bob, did you know that you have a page there? They want you to send them "a blurb about yourself" - the appropriate e-mail address is on your page.
Edit: Likewise, on both counts, for Peggy.

-Rob Kelk
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012]]> <![CDATA[The Great Cow Race of 2003]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=6099 Sat, 13 May 2006 08:23:00 -0500 happerry]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=6099 The Great Cow Race of 2003
By Maurice Lane
Additional Bad Ideas by Jaymiel]]> The Great Cow Race of 2003
By Maurice Lane
Additional Bad Ideas by Jaymiel]]> <![CDATA[Update: "Metamorphic Invaders"]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=6070 Wed, 15 Feb 2006 02:24:00 -0500 NotDavies]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=6070 Metamorphic Invaders -- 285 points.
Attributes: ST +4 [40]; HT +2 [20].
Secondary Characteristics: Basic Move -2 [10].
Advantages: Double-Jointed [15]; Fangs [3]; Hard to Kill +5 [25]; Injury Tolerance (Homogenous, No Neck) [45]; Morph (Up to 35 points; Copies Personality, +100%; Genetic Match 2, +100%; Link, Terror, +10%; No Memorization Needed, +50%; Needs Sample, must consume, -50%; Takes Extra Time, 10 minutes, -60%) [265]; Single Minded [5]; Terror 5 (Link, Morph, +10%) [88].
Perks: Immunity to the Riders [1].
Disadvantages: Appearance (Horrific; Universal, +25%) [-30]; Bad Sight [-25]; Bestial [-15]; Invertebrate [-20]; Low Empathy [-20]; No Sense of Humor [-10]; Obsession (Hunt, Kill & Reproduce) (6) [-20]; Odious Personal Habit (Eats sentient beings) [-15]; Slow Eater [-10]; Unusual Biochemistry [-10]; Weakness (1d/minute, Alcohol) [-40..
Quirks, Features, & Taboo Traits: No Social Skills [0]; Uncongenial [-1].]]> Metamorphic Invaders -- 285 points.
Attributes: ST +4 [40]; HT +2 [20].
Secondary Characteristics: Basic Move -2 [10].
Advantages: Double-Jointed [15]; Fangs [3]; Hard to Kill +5 [25]; Injury Tolerance (Homogenous, No Neck) [45]; Morph (Up to 35 points; Copies Personality, +100%; Genetic Match 2, +100%; Link, Terror, +10%; No Memorization Needed, +50%; Needs Sample, must consume, -50%; Takes Extra Time, 10 minutes, -60%) [265]; Single Minded [5]; Terror 5 (Link, Morph, +10%) [88].
Perks: Immunity to the Riders [1].
Disadvantages: Appearance (Horrific; Universal, +25%) [-30]; Bad Sight [-25]; Bestial [-15]; Invertebrate [-20]; Low Empathy [-20]; No Sense of Humor [-10]; Obsession (Hunt, Kill & Reproduce) (6) [-20]; Odious Personal Habit (Eats sentient beings) [-15]; Slow Eater [-10]; Unusual Biochemistry [-10]; Weakness (1d/minute, Alcohol) [-40..
Quirks, Features, & Taboo Traits: No Social Skills [0]; Uncongenial [-1].]]> <![CDATA[Okay, I'm stumped...]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=6071 Wed, 07 Sep 2005 01:41:00 -0500 robkelk]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=6071 loooooooooong week-and-a-half.)
Over on the In-Joke thread, jonathanlennox said:
Quote:
Aha. In that case, I'm going to guess the "thing you have to explain how to do" is Jusenkyo curses, and the in-joke is some Ranma fanfic...
Guess who needs help with Jusenkyo curses?
In my own defense, the character is already a shifter - specifically, a Sailor Senshi. (Yes, this is for that Warehouse 23/MiB/general-weirdness game I'm running. The players expect me to toss in anime references, and a good GM gives the players what they want. Not what they need or what's good for them, but what they want... )
So, we've got a person with complete control over her change about to get a curse that gives her a second, uncontrolled change. (An animal form, BTW, but I won't say which here...) How do I do that?
Before the obvious question is asked: I haven't decided whether she'll be able to transform into the senshi form from the animal form, or what she'll look like if she can...
-Rob Kelk
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012]]> loooooooooong week-and-a-half.)
Over on the In-Joke thread, jonathanlennox said:
Quote:
Aha. In that case, I'm going to guess the "thing you have to explain how to do" is Jusenkyo curses, and the in-joke is some Ranma fanfic...
Guess who needs help with Jusenkyo curses?
In my own defense, the character is already a shifter - specifically, a Sailor Senshi. (Yes, this is for that Warehouse 23/MiB/general-weirdness game I'm running. The players expect me to toss in anime references, and a good GM gives the players what they want. Not what they need or what's good for them, but what they want... )
So, we've got a person with complete control over her change about to get a curse that gives her a second, uncontrolled change. (An animal form, BTW, but I won't say which here...) How do I do that?
Before the obvious question is asked: I haven't decided whether she'll be able to transform into the senshi form from the animal form, or what she'll look like if she can...
-Rob Kelk
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."

- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012]]> <![CDATA[Update: "Sample Weremachine"]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=6072 Sun, 14 Aug 2005 21:48:00 -0500 NotDavies]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=6072
Inspector L. Martello Rosenbaum (661 points)
Attributes: ST 10 [0]; DX 14 [80]; IQ 13 [60]; HT 12 [20].
Secondary Characteristics: Dmg 1d-2/1d; BL 20 lbs.; HP 10 [0]; Will 13 [0]; Per 13 [0]; FP 12 [0]; Basic Speed 6.50 [0]; Basic Move 6 [0].
Advantages: Alternate Form (Helicopter) [402]; Appearance (Attractive) [4]; Contacts (Four street contacts; skill-15, usually reliable, 9 or less) [16]; Legal Enforcement Powers [10]; Police Rank 4* [20]; Status 3** [10]; Wealth (Comfortable) [10].
* This is a best guess; I don't have my copy of GURPS Cops anymore.
** Includes +1 from Police Rank.
Disadvantages: Code of Honor (Honest cop) [-10]; Curious (12) [-5]; Enemy (Various Criminals; medium-size group, 9 or less) [-10]; Frightens Animals [-5]; Intolerance (Criminals) [-5]; Unnatural Feature (Metallic silver eyes) [-1].
Quirks:* Always wears sunglasses when he can get away with it; Doesn't use his first name; Sardonic sense of humor; Uncongenial. [-4].
* "Cool under pressure" is not a "slight mental disadvantage".
Skills: Administration (IQ-1, A)-12 [1]; Area Knowledge (Epsilon Indi III) (IQ+1, E)-14 [2]; Area Knowledge (Galaxy) (IQ, E)-13 [1]; Area Knowledge (Prentiss City) (IQ+3, E)-16 [8]; Beam Weapons (Pistol) (DX+3, E)-17 [8]; Cartography (IQ, A)-13 [2]; Computer Operation (IQ, E)-13 [1]; Criminology (IQ+2, A)-15 [8]; Detect Lies (Per, H)-13 [4]; Electronics Operation (Sensors) (IQ, A)-13 [2]; Expert Skill (Planetology) (IQ, H)-13 [4]; Fast Talk (IQ-1, A)-12 [1]; First Aid (IQ, E)-13 [1]; Forensics (IQ, H)-13 [4]; Interrogation (IQ, A)-13 [2]; Intimidation (Will+1, A)-14 [4]; Karate (DX-1, H)-13 [2]; Law (IQ-1, H)-12 [2]; Navigation (Air) (IQ-1, A)-12/15* [1]; Piloting (Helicopter) (DX+1, A)-15 [4]; Savoir-Faire (IQ, E)-13 [1]; Shadowing (IQ, A)-13 [2]; Streetwise (IQ+1, A)-14 [4].
Helicopter Form (430 points)
Attributes: ST+51 (No Fine Manipulators, -40%; Size, -30%) [153].
Secondary Characteristics: SM +3.
Advantages: Absolute Direction [5]; Absolute Timing [2]; DR 10 [50]; DR +10 (Limited: Shaped Charges, -60%) [20]; Doesn't Eat or Drink [10]; Enhanced Move 2 (Air Speed 42) [40]; Flight [40]; High Pain Threshold [10]; Intuitive Mathematician* [5]; Ladar (Increased Range 300x, +80%) [36]; Machine [25]; Night Vision 9 [9]; Payload 6 (10 cf cargo, 1 passenger) [6]; Peripheral Vision [15]; Photographic Memory [10]; Radar (Increased Range 300x, +80%] [36]; Radio [10].
Perks: Accessories (Bullhorn, IFF, Siren & Flashing Lights, Spotlight) [4].
Disadvantages: Aerial [0]; No Manipulators [-50]; No Sense of Smell or Taste [-5].
* "AI" no longer includes Mathematical Ability, so I dropped it from this template as well.]]>
Inspector L. Martello Rosenbaum (661 points)
Attributes: ST 10 [0]; DX 14 [80]; IQ 13 [60]; HT 12 [20].
Secondary Characteristics: Dmg 1d-2/1d; BL 20 lbs.; HP 10 [0]; Will 13 [0]; Per 13 [0]; FP 12 [0]; Basic Speed 6.50 [0]; Basic Move 6 [0].
Advantages: Alternate Form (Helicopter) [402]; Appearance (Attractive) [4]; Contacts (Four street contacts; skill-15, usually reliable, 9 or less) [16]; Legal Enforcement Powers [10]; Police Rank 4* [20]; Status 3** [10]; Wealth (Comfortable) [10].
* This is a best guess; I don't have my copy of GURPS Cops anymore.
** Includes +1 from Police Rank.
Disadvantages: Code of Honor (Honest cop) [-10]; Curious (12) [-5]; Enemy (Various Criminals; medium-size group, 9 or less) [-10]; Frightens Animals [-5]; Intolerance (Criminals) [-5]; Unnatural Feature (Metallic silver eyes) [-1].
Quirks:* Always wears sunglasses when he can get away with it; Doesn't use his first name; Sardonic sense of humor; Uncongenial. [-4].
* "Cool under pressure" is not a "slight mental disadvantage".
Skills: Administration (IQ-1, A)-12 [1]; Area Knowledge (Epsilon Indi III) (IQ+1, E)-14 [2]; Area Knowledge (Galaxy) (IQ, E)-13 [1]; Area Knowledge (Prentiss City) (IQ+3, E)-16 [8]; Beam Weapons (Pistol) (DX+3, E)-17 [8]; Cartography (IQ, A)-13 [2]; Computer Operation (IQ, E)-13 [1]; Criminology (IQ+2, A)-15 [8]; Detect Lies (Per, H)-13 [4]; Electronics Operation (Sensors) (IQ, A)-13 [2]; Expert Skill (Planetology) (IQ, H)-13 [4]; Fast Talk (IQ-1, A)-12 [1]; First Aid (IQ, E)-13 [1]; Forensics (IQ, H)-13 [4]; Interrogation (IQ, A)-13 [2]; Intimidation (Will+1, A)-14 [4]; Karate (DX-1, H)-13 [2]; Law (IQ-1, H)-12 [2]; Navigation (Air) (IQ-1, A)-12/15* [1]; Piloting (Helicopter) (DX+1, A)-15 [4]; Savoir-Faire (IQ, E)-13 [1]; Shadowing (IQ, A)-13 [2]; Streetwise (IQ+1, A)-14 [4].
Helicopter Form (430 points)
Attributes: ST+51 (No Fine Manipulators, -40%; Size, -30%) [153].
Secondary Characteristics: SM +3.
Advantages: Absolute Direction [5]; Absolute Timing [2]; DR 10 [50]; DR +10 (Limited: Shaped Charges, -60%) [20]; Doesn't Eat or Drink [10]; Enhanced Move 2 (Air Speed 42) [40]; Flight [40]; High Pain Threshold [10]; Intuitive Mathematician* [5]; Ladar (Increased Range 300x, +80%) [36]; Machine [25]; Night Vision 9 [9]; Payload 6 (10 cf cargo, 1 passenger) [6]; Peripheral Vision [15]; Photographic Memory [10]; Radar (Increased Range 300x, +80%] [36]; Radio [10].
Perks: Accessories (Bullhorn, IFF, Siren & Flashing Lights, Spotlight) [4].
Disadvantages: Aerial [0]; No Manipulators [-50]; No Sense of Smell or Taste [-5].
* "AI" no longer includes Mathematical Ability, so I dropped it from this template as well.]]>