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by Jeff Wilder
Wed 22 Jan 2025, 00:08
Forum: GM Only
Topic: Heart of Darkness prep & GMing discussions
Replies: 17
Views: 2989

Re: Heart of Darkness prep & GMing discussions

I played Drabikowski when I went through HoD, so I'm both disappointed not to see her get a special "Angelman file" (Ironfish stuff would be great; I'd personally make it balanced, so that it's unclear which of the UPP or UA (or both) are doing bad things), but I think she's also the most ...
by Jeff Wilder
Fri 20 Dec 2024, 20:51
Forum: GM Only
Topic: CotG - Some player character points-of-interests
Replies: 8
Views: 176

Re: CotG - Some player character points-of-interests

I really love this for when time is tight, especially convention games and so on.
by Jeff Wilder
Wed 18 Dec 2024, 23:10
Forum: GM Only
Topic: Printer-Friendly PC character sheets from Heart of Darkness?
Replies: 5
Views: 536

Re: Printer-Friendly PC character sheets from Heart of Darkness?

I keep seeing folks say they "have a tool" to make the character sheets black-and-white, but that's not the issue. Any simple graphics app (even Acrobat) can print them in B&W. They problem is they need to be "printer-friendly." It's not the same issue; I've had very little l...
by Jeff Wilder
Fri 13 Dec 2024, 20:55
Forum: General
Topic: My Hopes for Alien Evolution
Replies: 2
Views: 306

Re: My Hopes for Alien Evolution

I don't really have an issue with the M41A. My PCs have definitely shredded xenomorphs with one burst. It takes a really good (usually pushed) roll, but an aimed shot from a firearms specialist can be 12+ dice (before stress). Improving cover feels like it would decrease the dynamics of combat, as o...
by Jeff Wilder
Thu 05 Dec 2024, 23:34
Forum: General
Topic: Rules: Negative Modifiers
Replies: 5
Views: 178

Re: Rules: Negative Modifiers

Rolling a skill means rolling dice equal to the skill itself (if any) and the associated attribute. So, say you have WITS 3 and OBSERVATION is untrained. If MU/TH/UR asks you toll roll OBSERVATION, you'll roll 3 dice (plus any Stress) If you have -2 to OBSERVATION, and MU/TH/UR asks you toll roll OB...
by Jeff Wilder
Wed 13 Nov 2024, 01:46
Forum: General
Topic: 2 pistol shooting
Replies: 6
Views: 421

Re: 2 pistol shooting

Sure. It's a house-rule, but I'd allow it. I'd probably require it to be both Fast and Slow actions, and each shot would be at -2 dice.
by Jeff Wilder
Fri 01 Nov 2024, 22:55
Forum: GM Only
Topic: GMing Hadley's Hope
Replies: 6
Views: 169

Re: GMing Hadley's Hope

As an aside, the best way to do a "secret android" is the way Chariot of the Gods does it: the player simply follows the rules for humans, including stress and panic, attribute caps, and so on, until (1) the PC takes critical damage, or (2) the player decides to stop pretending. I watched ...
by Jeff Wilder
Thu 03 Oct 2024, 21:53
Forum: GM Only
Topic: Vehicle Component Damage
Replies: 2
Views: 167

Re: Vehicle Component Damage

It's based on Hull Rating, which doesn't decrease with damage. Instead, incoming damage is always compared to Hull Rating, to determine "Component Damage" or "Wrecked." Note the sentence in the "Damage to Vehicles" section: "This means a vehicle can suffer componen...
by Jeff Wilder
Fri 13 Sep 2024, 22:15
Forum: General
Topic: (Meta-)Managing Stress?
Replies: 4
Views: 307

Re: (Meta-)Managing Stress?

I don't think I have anything on that perspective except maybe its an example of "same planet, different worlds" It does remind me why I am so glad I dumped Faceboot long ago ... too much weirdness there. I appreciate your response very much. It helped me clarify the "weirdness,"...
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