Recent content by soviet

nee Reich seems a little on the nose

Angus McBride's covers for MERP.

One thing I like to do to speed up these lengthy session zeros is simply use the rules that are printed in the books.

Gygaxian Naturalism

Lots of potential customers not buying the product because it's a rip-off of someone else's work. Reputational damage for future projects.

Whether it's legally actionable or not, you might also consider how perceptions of plagiarism could influence how your work is received in the marketplace.

You have met them. You're meeting them right now! 'Hello fellow sailor, please can I have a lift to the next port? No, I understand, as you're doing me a favour I don't mind if we don't head off til tomorrow. Of course I'll help out on the way.'

I might be French or German. Which nationality am I?

I don't think this is true. This is a rule of law question. The law should treat everyone equally. To pull an example entirely out of thin air, if someone appears to have committed certain crimes, they should face trial and sentencing like everyone else, even if (hypothetically) they were a past...

'System doesn't matter but the games you like are vastly inferior for mechanical reasons'.

The things I like are necessary and understandable abstractions that make the game more fun. The things you like are ridiculous absurdities that make the game ultimately hollow and unenjoyable. 😉

I agree, it's a character choice that neatly expresses things about the PC's background and personality. 'Oh you can use everything' is just lazy design.

What were the chances that her sister would be in that bar? One in a million? Sounds very unrealistic to me. 😉

Can't you make exactly the same argument about e.g. IC discussions between the PCs? No chance of failure so you just skip over it?

Clearly we both have weak-ass permissive GMs!