tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post7293760942054244867..comments2024-03-27T19:02:58.368-04:00Comments on BARKING ALIEN: They Came Out of NowhereAdam Dicksteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-175745105551930232018-08-22T09:28:32.687-04:002018-08-22T09:28:32.687-04:00One interesting feature of Golden Heroes and its d...One interesting feature of Golden Heroes and its derivatives is that after you roll up the powers, you have to justify them which usuall involves creating an origin and backstory for your superhero character.evangineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09447046319208392248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-32623484573349143492018-08-22T09:26:31.900-04:002018-08-22T09:26:31.900-04:00One relatively recent OSR fantasy game that addres...One relatively recent OSR fantasy game that addresses the background of the PCs in both a narrative and mechanic sense is Beyond the Wall and Other Adventures with its Character Playbooks https://www.flatlandgames.com/btw/ evangineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09447046319208392248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-28451650410784052652018-07-31T19:53:28.646-04:002018-07-31T19:53:28.646-04:00Sometimes a simple phrase or stated motto is all i...Sometimes a simple phrase or stated motto is all it takes to paint the right picture.Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-69211168091468079302018-07-31T19:51:16.605-04:002018-07-31T19:51:16.605-04:00Interesting. I don't recall the Life Path aspe...Interesting. I don't recall the Life Path aspect of Warhammer Fantasy. I only remember the way you took a Class/Profession and it help qualify you for a more masterful Profession at a higher level. A precursor to what we saw in 3-3.5 D&D with Prestige Classes or in a number of Japanese and Korean computer games and MMOs (notably many version of Final Fantasy). <br /><br />Star Frontiers is one of the few Sci-Fi RPGs I can remember from that period that didn't address what planet you came from. As for Doctor Who - which I played once but never ran - it astonishes me that you don't generate past life information. None of your previous regenerations did anything of interest?<br /><br />I liked the kind of Life Path used in Star Trek games, Traveller, and others that keep things general and open to player and GM interpretation. Although one of my favorite RPGs of all time, Mekton's Life Path is a bit heavy-handed, defining certain details a little too much.Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-69170497551706977042018-07-29T06:12:54.877-04:002018-07-29T06:12:54.877-04:00One of the house rules for the White Box fantasy c...One of the house rules for the White Box fantasy campaign I'm currently running is the One Sentence Background http://halflingsluck.blogspot.com/2017/08/the-white-box-one-sentence-background.html<br /><br />I've been amazed at how much backstory my players come up with for their characters as a result of that simple exercise.evangineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09447046319208392248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-61051456376732773882018-07-28T11:34:01.434-04:002018-07-28T11:34:01.434-04:00I too think it would be cool for a Supers game but...I too think it would be cool for a Supers game but I would want it to be very loose so I could come up with the particulars myself. Vague prompts for ideas rather than detailed information about the character so I can fill in the necessary specifics myself. Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-48508991502718514692018-07-27T23:08:56.703-04:002018-07-27T23:08:56.703-04:00I find this very interesting because the first pla...I find this very interesting because the first place I encountered the life path character generation was the Warhammer Fantasy RPG. Neither of the sci-fi RPGs I played in the early '80s (Star Frontiers and FASA's Dr. Who) had life paths. But yeah, if you look at when things were published, life-paths did seem to be common in sci-fi.<br /><br />I can take 'em or leave 'em. They do give you a richer character, but you sometimes feel like you have to push things to get a halfway competent character. They can also feel somewhat limiting if you have a specific idea in mind. But especially ones with a random element to them (Traveller especially) can be a fun minigame in themselves.trollsmythhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01895349218958093151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-18218987158409025552018-07-27T09:24:19.909-04:002018-07-27T09:24:19.909-04:00I do like the life path approach. Sometimes I have...I do like the life path approach. Sometimes I have a difficult time coming up with a backstory/history for a character and I find this kind of thing gives can help out a lot. Now D&D5e does this a bit now too. I think it would be pretty interested to have something like this for a superhero game...just not sure how it would exactly work.Tom Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03033893106948323810noreply@blogger.com