Recent content by Matian

Are there any more of them up? These are great for getting local players familiar with the rules. I downloaded them all, but seem to have lost them in a file shuffle. :oops:

Something that makes a nice one-off break is doing an in-character one-shot of a different RPG. I try to pull this out every couple of months (real-time), and it's fun to see the gruff, scarred mercenary roll up a pretty female bard, or the unprepossessing medic create a monster best friend from...

Want me to edit the post? I think it may be a regional issue. Freeform has both meanings here (Canadian prairies). The problem my group found with sandbox games is pretty much this. Do they run off and make money? What about the different characters and competing goals? What about visiting the...

If you read my comment a few pages ago, this is a variation on how I like to run psions, and it works FANTASTIC. You can do it as a part of background skills - have them gen Psi and then roll on the psi talents to see which they get as a background skill, then pick two normal skills from the...

I've been playing through SotA with my group, and after finishing one of the adventures we were talking about approaches to gaming. One of the things that surprised me in the discussion was that the entire group like SotA because of the linear nature of the adventure. They always knew where they...

May I suggest a different title? "Librum Arcana" series is psuedolatin of the worst kind. If you're looking for "Book(s) of Magic" you want: Liber (sing.)/Libri (plur.) (Artis) Magicae (Lit. "the Book(s) of (the Arts of) Magic) Liber Arcanus (Lit. "the Secret Book") Or, you could use a more...

I like low-power psionics. One or two points, usually triggered by strange encounters and not revealed to the players until a plot-specific point. "How did I DO that?" is a big thing in my games. Conversely, I try to keep tech levels average and finding a seller for anything higher than a TL9...

Given what's going on in the world right now and the medical violence trans people face, that is really not a cool joke to make.

I remember reading a quote ages ago where he said that Traveller was an inspiration for his treatment of Firefly. So Word of God is there, for what it's worth. Of course, Traveller != Third Imperium, and there's any variety of homebrews and houseruled editions out there, so take of that what...

I've always treated mishaps as counting for two years, rather than four. It seems I'm not alone, and I think it's a better rule than the full four (and it helps to keep characters on the same level in terms of skills and age). For higher education, Entertainer and Scholar can be mocked up...

I would be all over this if they made them. Some of the Star Wars Minis skirmish games with variable win conditions would make excellent Traveller tabletop adventures, and the d6 system of MGT keeps combat simple and streamlined. Given the way gaming is going, it would also help with getting new...

I just got this, so a quick rundown: Matt's not exaggerating. It's easily about an inch and a half/3.5 cm thick. If I get angry at any of my players, I rest confident that I can club them to death with this book. (Joking... sort of.) Things I Like - The full description of the NPC and a quick...

I can confidently say that my balance only got better as my pelvis got wider via hormones, and I am pretty badonkadonk. Ditto for my female friends, although I don't think they'll let me make a video of them falling off balance beams to prove it to the internet people.

On page 3 of AM3: Darrians, it states "...Wide pelvic structures give Darrian females less chance of birth complications but make balancing upon narrow beams or ledges more difficult." Wider hips actually make it easier to balance, because a woman's centre of gravity is in the pelvis. Other...