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@SmokeDetector Oh boy! Vampire spam! It's been so long!
hey there @FreezePhoenix, welcome to the RPG.SE lair :)
@Shalvenay thanks :)
Also, you may have known me as @Pheo
@KorvinStarmast super-hot, but the kids handled it great.
Tomorrow they're going to the zoo while I ring the bells at Nat'l Cathedral.
01:01
@nitsua60 Yep, all sorted - looks like I was way too quick to assume the worst.
01:39
Site newb here - this site seems to focus mostly on D&D, which is not too surprising. However, there are only four questions ever about the Hero System, while GURPS has about 120 spread over two tags. That seems odd to me. There are a lot of issues in how to build characters. Is it that the system is just not popular? Or do those questions go elsewhere? Is there a better, more recent point-build system than either?
@KieranMullen It's about RPG
@KieranMullen yeah, I suppose that we just haven't had many HeroSystem players come here
As a programmer, point-build systems seem more natural to me. And given the success of SO, I thought point-build systems would dominate discussions. But they seem to have lost the marketing race.
Um... this is RPG not programming.
Yes, I know. I was referring to mindset.
01:44
Well, this is RPG not programming.
Most of our users come to rpg.se from Google, not SO.
So, point-build systems may not dominate here.
And point-build systems are a very small segment of the RPG landscape.
Phrasal systems have become pretty popular recently.
True enough. My point may also be completely wrong about the appeal of point-build systems.
^ THIS IS RPG NOT PROGRAMMING
01:45
What is a good example of a phrasal system?
(I am not familiar with the term)
Fate, Cortex Prime, Lady Blackbird... anything where the central attributes are short descriptions rather than pre-set words.
Ah, thank you. I understand
Even D&D-likes such as 13th Age have incorporated phrasal elements.
In 13th Age, the traditional list of skills is replaced with a few player-defined phrases about the character's background and life experience.
I had noted the use of phrases in several of the RPG's I've been looking at here. I can see that it has its advantages. I've never seen it in action.
I'll look for some videos of sessions.
@KieranMullen or we can just play one in chat.
01:51
Some players I've had in one-shots are looking at "Open Legends". Has anyone here played or read it?
Oops "Legends" ---> "Legend"
02:16
Ah well, good night!
 
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07:52
@Helwar Given that it's past middle of the weekend by now, is it too late to say “I have played Edge of the Empire, with three different GMs (not GMed it myself) and I may remember a thing or two”?
(BTW, @BESW, I like this use of your stars.)
It's not something I usually get to do often!
I hope your convention prep is not consuming many more spoons, how is it coming along? Did you hear anything helpful back from the organizers?
yesterday, by BESW
They got back to me about the signs. I'll be at a 6'x6' table in the middle of the hall, but they'll provide an easel and a 24''x36'' frame, and I can do table tents and signs that hang off the table sides.
@BESW Sounds noisy, I hope it will be manageable.
I... don't know what a "frame" is, exactly, in this context.
08:03
I don't know either, I assumed a picture frame you can put on the easel to put your poster inside so you don't have to worry about putting your poster on a sturdy plane.
it means a doorway :P seriously though wat? could they not explain better what that is?
08:33
@trogdor Tiny doorway.
 
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10:49
hey there @ACuriousMind
@Sh4d0wsPlyr That magic items replenishment question has reopened, if you want to share that source you found in an answer to it.
 
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@Shalvenay hey there
15:18
@ACuriousMind how're things going?
Battling a mean hangover, but otherwise quite well :P
15:31
@ACuriousMind OK here
 
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19:35
hey there @KorvinStarmast
@Shalvenay Hail, how are you?
was just browsing the review queue ...
fine here :)
We had friends in for the weekend from out of town, and my head hurts. 8^0
To much beers ... recovering ...
20:15
I'm getting my car tires repaired and the mechanics are doing an alignment check
Sure hope the tires aren't evil
@MikeQ :P lulz
They offer protection against wear and tear, but no protection against good or evil
20:33
@MikeQ Remember, balance is important as well.
@JoelHarmon you're right. If my car is too powerful, it would be unbalanced
However the car has no spellcasting, so it's a martial class and thus tier 4 at best
I think my car might be a spellcaster. It certainly casts invisibility at random on objects within it, it teleports itself and its contents, and the boot is clearly an extradimensional space.
21:09
@JoelHarmon By any chance, is your car a Buick 8?
 
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22:33
@MikeQ In that case, Joel should RUN!

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