06-09-2009, 07:45 AM | #101 | |
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One of the great thing about settings that draw on real-world people and situations is that these things are defined in great detail, and do not rely on hackneyed clichés and sweeping generalizations. |
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06-09-2009, 07:50 AM | #102 | |
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06-09-2009, 07:53 AM | #103 | |
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06-09-2009, 09:07 AM | #104 |
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Off-putting? That template looks ideal. An adventure designed with that template will be an extremely valuable resource for a GM. It isn't a location-based adventure style, where you work through the dungeon and steal the loot. But that's okay, there are other game systems which supply that in spades, and you can always use their material for that style adventure.
That template happens to match perfectly the style of adventures that I prefer to run and prefer to play in. Quick! To the writing desk!
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06-09-2009, 11:32 AM | #105 |
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<looks at template>
<fails SAN check> <gibbers> Of course, I don't do that type of thing, anyway. <shrug> Worldbuilding takes planning, but if you did a good job and have decent players, adventures take care of themselves. |
06-09-2009, 12:43 PM | #106 |
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I think the general adventure creation advice in the template is very good. But it is quite inflexible. There is no room for variance. That is the thing that is off-putting to me.
Maybe for an exercise I'll try writing up an adventure in this model...but of course SJGames has never published an adventure using this model yet...so there is no finished example of what exactly they want this template to look like fleshed out. I just wish whoever wrote the template, would write an adventure using it so I can see really how their form is supposed to work...how generic this is supposed to be, etc. Last edited by trooper6; 06-09-2009 at 12:46 PM. |
06-09-2009, 05:41 PM | #107 | ||
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I don't own those books and can only comment on what I've seen about them on the forums and website, and in the Basic Set. I don't see any problem with responding to the statements and claims of other, more knowledgeable forumites. Quote:
It makes me wonder if there could be (or already is?) a list of the settings published for GURPS (probably not including what are probably a lot of Pyramid settings) with a paragraph summary of each one. It might make it easier for GMs looking for a published setting they will like to know what settings are published, how much detail is published, and what to buy to get them. Then again, it might be useless for the "Need a setting ready off the shelf" GMs and redundant for the "Looking for setting outlines" GMs. |
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06-09-2009, 05:45 PM | #108 | |
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This a list of all GURPS books, also organized by genre. You can click on any title and be taken to its page, which gives a paragraph describing it, and often a sample page. |
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06-09-2009, 05:52 PM | #109 | |
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06-16-2009, 10:34 AM | #110 |
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Sounds like a lot of work for not much gain to me… but I guess it wouldn’t hurt to drop it in the suggestion box. Maybe TPTB would see it differently *shrug*
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