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Toyland
Properties of ToylandNobody dies in ToylandOnly children and toys may enter ToylandToys live out their secret lives in Toyland.Any toy can be found in Toyland.Challenges of ToylandPlay!0 or less: Call...
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So, now that we've defined Psionics and Communion and how they'll work with Psi-Wars, we should offer players the chance to explore them.A power set is 50 points we set aside for purchasing powers of a...
View ArticleNew Template: the Mystic
I find it difficult to build a "generic" Psion template for Psi-Wars because it's so tied to the Action genre, so we need to know what role the psion would serve on the Action team. A telepath or...
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The NPCs of Toyland
DollsAce (“Asu”) DaishoPassions and SkillsPassion: “I believe in Justice” +2Passion: “I am better than you” +1Superior Quality: Elegance +1Skill: Assassination +4Cool +5Bonds and AfflictionsBond: I am...
View ArticleNew Template: Psi-Hunter
If we're going to have a psionic template, and psions need to fear Anti-Psi characters, then we should have Anti-Psi characters.The Psi-Hunter is a cross between the Bounty Hunter and the previous...
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The Seven Fabled Toys (and the Thirteen Hell-Toys)
The Estate of Toys is vast. Damien rules over far more than just toys. He rules over the balls that bounce in playgrounds, over the dolls that rest in a child’s crib, the teddy bears that watch over...
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Damien Bogsworth, Viscount of Toys, King of Toyland
Belphegor acquired the Estate of Toys by contract, which stipulates that he must honor the laws of Toyland, the seat of the Estate of Toys and a complex world home to a variety of lesser estates. The...
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Martial Arts in Psi-Wars
Let's take a break from powers to look at our other framework: Combat. The real purpose behind this iteration, beyond introducing kewl powerz, is working out how characters will play with the setting....
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The Reincarnation Engine, Chancel of Belphegor
Properties of the Reincarnation EnginePromises carry physical weight. They can chain someone, they can create weapons, they can even power animated mannequins.The power of the Reincarnation Engine...
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Aeon Team D: Building the White Son (with bonus playlist)
So, I dig out my ancient phone and open up my facebook messenger because I want to specifically message someone when I see that I have a message waiting for me from two months ago. Turns out that when...
View ArticleBreaking Down Martial Arts
I've always been heavily inspired by movies and telly, and always worked trying to recreate them in games -- not literally, as that would be boring, but in spirit. So I have been "gun-spotting" (the...
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Martial Arts Breakdown: Luke vs Darth Vader in the Empire Strikes Back
I would argue that this was the single most impressive and defining lightsaber fight of the original trilogy, and the one that forever cemented Vader's status as the most impressive of the Sith. You...
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Martial Arts Breakdown: Darth Maul vs Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn
Blogger actually deleted this post, which is strike two against blogger. Fortunately, I never write anything on Blogger alone. Everything is kept in notes that are backed up on several different...
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Martial Arts Breakdown: Star Wars: the Old Republic
Star Wars: the Old Republic represents one element of the considerable expanded universe. It's also fairly recent, and thus represents what a modern player might expect from a Star-Wars like game. It...
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The Illusion of Mechanics
According to some, this is good artAccording to some, this is not good artI've seen a couple of posts that touch on a topic very near and dear to me when it comes to game design, not because I agree or...
View ArticleMartial Arts Analysis: Understanding GURPS
If we're going to use GURPS Martial Arts, it behooves us to understand GURPS Martial Arts. I've often made the mistake of simply trusting my source material (or my flawed understanding of it) without...
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Martial Arts Analysis: Force-Swordsmanship
Force SwordsmanshipMace Windu w LightsaberFor many Star Wars fans, the Jedi isStar Wars (there's a subset for whom it's all spunky princesses, loveable rogues and bounty hunters, and for them, there's...
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Martial Arts Analysis: Way of the Galaxy
Way of the GalaxyHan Solo with BlasterThe other GURPS martial art explicitly inspired by Star Wars is the Way of the Galaxy, from GURPS Gun Fu page 35. Why should swordsmen have all the fun? Why not...
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Martial Arts Analysis: Ishin-Denshin
Ishin-DenshinPsi-Locke, psionic martial artistStar Wars doesn't feature much in the way of hand-to-hand combat, and it doesn't really feature psionic combat techniques that aren'tlightsaber duels. But...
View ArticleMartial Arts Analysis: Force Sword-And-Buckler Combat
Force Sword-and-Buckler CombatStar Wars doesn't feature a force buckler, but Psi-Wars definitely does. The combination of force sword and force buckler over heavy combat hardsuits definitely gives the...
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