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What issues are you having with it?

It seems to be back up now.

This is definitely the biggest bargain I've seen in gaming in... actually, probably ever. It's insanely generous.

Primarily Troubleshooters, although easily adaptable to IntSec.

The major change from that-which-was-known-as-XP to Troubleshooters is the use of old-style Treason Points instead of treason codes; the screen will reflect this. The rest of the rules - skills, specialties, perversity, weapon damage, random screwjob tables etc are the same.

Mail Matthew Sprange (msprange@mongoosepublishing).

It needs the RQ2 corebook - it's not standalone. Lord High Munchkin - Deus Vult is as accurate as a game with monster-hunting assassin-priests blowing up demonic cults with alchemical weapons should be, in that we assume that the Order more-or-less cancels out the effects of the supernatural...

Allen's covered all the major elements of High Programmer, I think. It would be easy enough to switch to a diceless system (it's already borrowing plenty from Amber and Nobilis) - just have the High Programmers spend Access instead of rolling dice when there's a contest. You'd need to tweak a...

Check out Tim Powers' Declare. The djinni in that are whirling vortices of energy whose thoughts are effectively arrangements of physical objects.

Yeah - they basically stride along, being mighty cat lords of the galaxy and confusing stupid monkey rpg writers with their timekeeping, and then suddenly they fall off the arthritis cliff and are eaten by their own kids.

*checks* There is a screw-up in my maths. Firstly, ignore the note on page 8 - it's a leftover from the Classic Traveller rules. Aslan aging and terms should be computed in Imperial years for sanity's sake. Four year terms, characters start at age 14 imperial. Secondly, aging should begin at...

The 3d6 x Diameter is the initial range between the pirate vessel and the target, not the pirate vessel and the planet. The time to get to the jump limit or surface depends on the initial location of the pirate - basically, the rules assume that the pirate's lurking around in orbit, and then...

The briefing cube data is in the article - it's just not in handout form. Cut and paste the section starting with 'Operation MATTERHORN - Whetstone' up to 'Briefing Cube Ends' and give that to the players to ignore. As for the map - I wasn't able to get one ready in time for the S&P deadline...

One rule I experimented with during an early draft: Use the opponent's statistic as the total Effect needed to get past. So, if you're trying to bluff past a doorman, you need to keep rolling, say, Social Standing + Deception until your total Effect exceeds the doorman's Intelligence. You've got...

Yep, entertainer and noble. Including rules for running a band, in case anyone wants to play a Disaster Area campaign...