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What do you all use as inspiration for your games?

I personally have been using Interstellar and The Expanse as some motivation lately...
Great topic idea. And I'd love to hear more about how Inte ...

Also for as far as roll20 goes is it pretty good for d6? I was looking at that earlier and thinking I might try to run a weekly in the same campaign that I run with my kids. For fun and to polish thin ...

What do you all use as inspiration for your games?

I personally have been using Interstellar and The Expanse as some motivation lately.

My list of regulars:

Farscape
Hercules the legendary ...

This has definitely peaked my interest. I can delve more if you are interested. It is written as a dictionary and is a pretty good read and source for information that might have slipped your mind in ...

I think 5 or so is what is in Indianapolis and since I am driving 2 hours (sheesh) to nerd it up twice a month (WTF is wrong with me.) When I go I visit most or all of them. Yes they have more "s ...

Pay him what you are willing to pay (what you can afford or what it is worth to you) and inform him of its value. Even if you are unable to afford the cost of "retail" I am sure he will be t ...

No matter who you are, if you are on a streak somebody is going to doubt it. Just do what makes the less amount of fuss at the moment. I have used towers for my handicapped cousin but that is the only ...

In the forward Bill admits to writing this for the people he worked with at WEG while playing Star Wars the roleplaying game but it appears it is not published under WEG officially so by your definiti ...

Some interesting concepts there, but it doesn't really line up with the way ray vs. particle shields are presented in the game. In fact, I don't recall the WEG rules ever specifically using the word ...

Grats! I go there every few weeks when I am in a larger city for my d&d group. However I have never found anything great and I am usually disappointed every time I leave wondering why I went into ...

Hello fellow gamers and forum trollers. I am joining after several years most likely more than a decade of sitting on the fence. I have DM'ed D6 Star Wars from about 1993 to 2003 then I picked it up a ...

Right, there is also a lot of contradicting information out there even in the original novels. I got it from the books in the late 80's to late 90's. The guys who wrote the WEG books wrote quite a fe ...

On the mechanics of how shields work it was my "understanding" that :

Ray (particle) shielding arranged air particles into lines creating a solid object out of whatever was available.

...

https://rancorpit.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3280

Doesn't seem to work for me, I was going to try to take that and make it into a pdf that was editable and 2 page (one front and one back) so you c ...

I do not allow droids as main characters in my campaigns. My old ones (mid 90's) I think I tried then cut that off. I treat them as pets. As a GM you are somewhat dissuaded from destroying a properly ...

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Topic: inspirations?
ClaytonH Replies: 6 Views: 5812	Forum: Gamemasters Posted: Thu Sep 26, 2019 7:12 pm Subject: Re: inspirations?
ClaytonH Replies: 6 Views: 5812	What do you all use as inspiration for your games? I personally have been using Interstellar and The Expanse as some motivation lately... Great topic idea. And I'd love to hear more about how Inte ...
Topic: inspirations?
ClaytonH Replies: 6 Views: 5812	Forum: Gamemasters Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2019 11:48 pm Subject: inspirations?
ClaytonH Replies: 6 Views: 5812	Also for as far as roll20 goes is it pretty good for d6? I was looking at that earlier and thinking I might try to run a weekly in the same campaign that I run with my kids. For fun and to polish thin ...
Topic: inspirations?
ClaytonH Replies: 6 Views: 5812	Forum: Gamemasters Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2019 11:45 pm Subject: inspirations?
ClaytonH Replies: 6 Views: 5812	What do you all use as inspiration for your games? I personally have been using Interstellar and The Expanse as some motivation lately. My list of regulars: Farscape Hercules the legendary ...
Topic: Shields
ClaytonH Replies: 97 Views: 119890	Forum: Official Rules Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2019 10:20 pm Subject: Shields
ClaytonH Replies: 97 Views: 119890	This has definitely peaked my interest. I can delve more if you are interested. It is written as a dictionary and is a pretty good read and source for information that might have slipped your mind in ...
Topic: Half-Price Books score!
ClaytonH Replies: 9 Views: 8633	Forum: Commerce and Collections Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2019 8:49 pm Subject: Half-Price Books score!
ClaytonH Replies: 9 Views: 8633	I think 5 or so is what is in Indianapolis and since I am driving 2 hours (sheesh) to nerd it up twice a month (WTF is wrong with me.) When I go I visit most or all of them. Yes they have more "s ...
Topic: Hypothetical gamer buy situation.
ClaytonH Replies: 10 Views: 9960	Forum: Miscellanea Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2019 8:43 pm Subject: Hypothetical gamer buy situation.
ClaytonH Replies: 10 Views: 9960	Pay him what you are willing to pay (what you can afford or what it is worth to you) and inform him of its value. Even if you are unable to afford the cost of "retail" I am sure he will be t ...
Topic: Dice towers vs dice trays vs 'use the table!"
ClaytonH Replies: 14 Views: 9962	Forum: Tools Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2019 8:36 pm Subject: Dice towers vs dice trays vs 'use the table!"
ClaytonH Replies: 14 Views: 9962	No matter who you are, if you are on a streak somebody is going to doubt it. Just do what makes the less amount of fuss at the moment. I have used towers for my handicapped cousin but that is the only ...
Topic: Shields
ClaytonH Replies: 97 Views: 119890	Forum: Official Rules Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2019 8:26 pm Subject: Shields
ClaytonH Replies: 97 Views: 119890	In the forward Bill admits to writing this for the people he worked with at WEG while playing Star Wars the roleplaying game but it appears it is not published under WEG officially so by your definiti ...
Topic: Shields
ClaytonH Replies: 97 Views: 119890	Forum: Official Rules Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2019 7:52 pm Subject: Shields
ClaytonH Replies: 97 Views: 119890	Some interesting concepts there, but it doesn't really line up with the way ray vs. particle shields are presented in the game. In fact, I don't recall the WEG rules ever specifically using the word ...
Topic: Half-Price Books score!
ClaytonH Replies: 9 Views: 8633	Forum: Commerce and Collections Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2019 3:25 pm Subject: Half-Price Books score!
ClaytonH Replies: 9 Views: 8633	Grats! I go there every few weeks when I am in a larger city for my d&d group. However I have never found anything great and I am usually disappointed every time I leave wondering why I went into ...
Topic: Hello!
ClaytonH Replies: 6 Views: 5405	Forum: The Rancor Pit Users/Forums Info Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2019 2:57 pm Subject: Hello!
ClaytonH Replies: 6 Views: 5405	Hello fellow gamers and forum trollers. I am joining after several years most likely more than a decade of sitting on the fence. I have DM'ed D6 Star Wars from about 1993 to 2003 then I picked it up a ...
Topic: Shields
ClaytonH Replies: 97 Views: 119890	Forum: Official Rules Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2019 2:51 pm Subject: Shields
ClaytonH Replies: 97 Views: 119890	Right, there is also a lot of contradicting information out there even in the original novels. I got it from the books in the late 80's to late 90's. The guys who wrote the WEG books wrote quite a fe ...
Topic: Shields
ClaytonH Replies: 97 Views: 119890	Forum: Official Rules Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2019 2:33 pm Subject: Shields
ClaytonH Replies: 97 Views: 119890	On the mechanics of how shields work it was my "understanding" that : Ray (particle) shielding arranged air particles into lines creating a solid object out of whatever was available. ...
Topic: Looking for some specific tools
ClaytonH Replies: 1 Views: 3605	Forum: Tools Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2019 2:14 pm Subject: Looking for some specific tools
ClaytonH Replies: 1 Views: 3605	https://rancorpit.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=3280 Doesn't seem to work for me, I was going to try to take that and make it into a pdf that was editable and 2 page (one front and one back) so you c ...
Topic: Building a Droid...
ClaytonH Replies: 45 Views: 61304	Forum: Official Rules Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2019 12:24 pm Subject: Building a Droid...
ClaytonH Replies: 45 Views: 61304	I do not allow droids as main characters in my campaigns. My old ones (mid 90's) I think I tried then cut that off. I treat them as pets. As a GM you are somewhat dissuaded from destroying a properly ...