Dates: 5/26/2007 to 6/23/2007 Where: Planet Byzantium Secundus In the service of House Hawkwood and Imperial Security, the party volunteer to stop an insane priestess determined to enter a forbidden place – the Vau Embassy. This was a side adventure that I threw in. Here it is in the Basic/Push/Pull/Gimmick format. Basics : In order…
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Shhhhh, it`s a Library! 6/23/2007
The party head to the Library of Horace (Byzantium Secundus) in pursuit of a rogue Eskatonic priestess. GAME: Saturday 6/23/2007 (Free RPG Day) at noon, Chris F`s house
Complete Scoundrel
From: Wizards of the Coast Reviewed by: Ron McClung Complete Scoundrelis a new Role Playing Game Supplement from Wizards of the Coast. Core D&D books seem to be a dime a dozen these days. With the innovation of 3.5, the paperback class books were converted to hard back Completebooks. This is the first one I…
Aftermath of Tashir Station (take 3)
“Aftermath of Tashir Station” Try again – Feb 17 at Chirs F. Continue with the Penteteuch Intrigue. Brother Jonas and his new found family.
Monolith
Planet bound gates made by the ancients.
Alternate Victory Points system v2
(Under Construction) Use the base system except the number of dice that are rolled. The base dice rolled is three d20. The number rolled is called the Result roll of the Goal Roll. When rolling the base, the Base Result Number is always the middle value of the three. If two roll the same, that’s…
Alternate Victory Points system v1
(Under Construction) Skill Level define the number of dice you role. Characteristic is the base value added to the dice. You have your Standard set of Ability Scores which FS calls Characteristics ( a value of 1 – 10). That’s your base value. Your skill level is the number of d20 dice you are going…
Tech Level & Populations
I’ve been doing research into things to try and make sense of Fading Suns and their varied tech levels. In my game, a discussion started with some of my players about the disparity of technology. One of my players simply could not believe that you would have “people going to work in carts” in the…
My ConCarolinas 2007 General Report
First of all, the most surprising thing is that I am willing to write a report the day after the con. Usually that doesn’t happen because I have to get over the emotional and physical drain I suffer from at the con. However, this year, itwas considerably less. There are MANY reason for that and…
A Good Sci-Fi Campaign, The most elusive concept in gaming
Part 1 By Ron “Seawolf” McClung I look back at my 20 years of experience in role-play gaming, and I ask a question: What kept my players coming back? In those years, the role-playing games (RPGs) I have run Star Frontiers, Dark Conspiracy, Call of Cthulhu, Reich Star, Shatterzone, Star Wars d6, Alternity, Fading Suns,…



