Role-players?

POSTED BY: Aerrin
UPDATED: Friday, July 23, 2004 21:18
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STEAMEDBAO3

Thursday, July 22, 2004 3:23 AM

I have RP'ed for years. Everything from table tope star wars, rifts, shadow run and the whole line of white wolve games. I mainly larp now and then but there is nothing in York Pa. I have recently finished a LARP system for firefly and have it all written. Now if only I could figure out how to put it on the Web. I am a complete putz when it comes to Technology and the internet. Anyway if any one is in the York Pa, or Baltimore Md. area and would be interested in gametesting the LARP let me know. ( already got plenty of costumes.)

God created Mudder's Milk so the Independence wouldn't take over the 'verse.

SIKKUKUT

Thursday, July 22, 2004 12:06 PM

I am just getting a D20 Modern Firefly campaign off the ground. I've got 7 players (!), all male, who've put together a pretty interesting set of characters. Two of them INDEPENDENTLY made characters who escaped from Alliance lockdown two years ago... Perfect.

I understand objections to the D20 system, and I'm not a fan of class-based systems. However, I like D20 Modern for exactly the reason someone mentioned above for not liking it: It's general. It doesn't need to have flavor, because Firefly's the flavor, and it's so general that you can do what you want. You can "build" any of the characters on Firefly using classes and professions in D20 Modern. I'll figure 'em out and post 'em if you don't believe me, don't think I won't!

I've had to modify some of the skills and feats to fit the world... if people are interested I'll post the final list of changes.

Of course, it remains to be seen how this actually goes.

As an aside, I'd have to say my favorite roleplaying system is Godlike. It's a WWII super-power roleplaying game with a d10 system, but one that rolls for matches rather than successes... long story short, it determines initiative, to-hit, hit location, and damage from a single roll of 2-10 dice. That makes combat quick and clean. I know some people who are converting all their games to the Godlike system, and I can't say I blame them... if I feel like doing some work, perhaps I'll adapt it for Firefly.

My main problem with this Firefly RPG is figuring out the overall campaign. Not so much coming up with ideas as narrowing it down. I would discuss my dilemma here, but I don't know for sure my folk won't check this...

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"You're mean. Firefly's making me reconsider my lifelong devotion to Star Trek." --My mother

BLEYDDYN

Thursday, July 22, 2004 4:02 PM

It's been a long time since I played table-top but that's where I started. Original D&D boxed set, AD&D, Traveller/MegaTraveller in high School, a bit of AD&D in college along with one short-but-fun Champions game.

Online I've mostly played LP-Muds (more hack-n-slash-ish than Moos, or Mushes): original Dartmud and the revivified one, New Moon (was a creator for a couple of years), Discworld, a host of others (but none for long).

In high school I wrote my own rules for a game based on Sheri Tepper's True Game books, but I never got enough people to help me play-test it and get all the kinks worked out.

--Bleyddyn

RANGER

Thursday, July 22, 2004 4:15 PM

Since this thread has popped up again, I'll respond promptly this time before it dissapears on me again.

I've been a gamer (wargaming, classic Avalon Hill games) since 6th grade, and an RPGer since 9th grade (which was all a long, long time ago).

Started RPGing with D&D (white box set), then a few of our D&D group got into Traveller. About a year into RPGing I stopped playing and started to GM (since all of my friends got tired of my lousy die rolling killing their charaters). Good move on my part, as people seemed to really enjoy the games I ran, and I was now making my friends happy rather than angry.

Eventually I moved on to running Twilight 2000 and MSPE, but that was just a summer thing. Since the end of college I've been more of a wargamer again, moving more into minies as well (alway did a little bit of that going back to high school, but putting it asside when RPGing was what all my friends wanted to do.

Got back into Traveller (CT, MT) a couple of years ago when an old friend gave me all his old stuff that was taking up space in his place. Been working on a CT/MT Firefly campaign setting off and on for a little bit now, and hopefully will have something to share by the end of the summer with anyone who wants to take a look.

Traveller, if you go to Sparta, tell them you have seen us lying here as the Law commands.

CROWLEY

Friday, July 23, 2004 9:18 PM

Well, I've been roleplaying myself for well over ten years. Currently I'm in a university with an active roleplaying club, so it's easy to find players & games. I have never really played any online RPGs of any kind and I still don't feel much of an attraction for them. Firefly online RPG might seem like something to try, though. I've also been doing some LARPing recently. Actually I'm scheduled for a scifi LARP in early August which is more like Babylon 5 without aliens.

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