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by Tribe of One
Tue Mar 05, 2024 3:15 pm
Forum: Adventures under a Dark Sun
Topic: Into the Western Wastes
Replies: 141
Views: 31395

Re: Into the Western Wastes

The rock-tarek listens silently as the group peppers it with questions, seemingly uninterested in the circumstances that brought them to its abandoned shrine. When all have spoken, its gravelly voice rumbles to life again, addressing Harlock, who it seems to have identified as the group's champion, ...
by Tribe of One
Tue Feb 20, 2024 8:58 pm
Forum: Adventures under a Dark Sun
Topic: Into the Western Wastes
Replies: 141
Views: 31395

Re: Into the Western Wastes

"Do you speak giant? Do you speak dwarven? or Maybe Thri-Kreen?" Harlock asks in the relative tongues, thinking if it speaks common or any other languages it will respond to the others questions. The rock-like creature cocks its head as Harlock attempts various dialects, then responds in ...
by Tribe of One
Sun Feb 04, 2024 9:45 pm
Forum: Adventures under a Dark Sun
Topic: Into the Western Wastes
Replies: 141
Views: 31395

Re: Into the Western Wastes

The hooting warcries of the gith echo from the cave-mouth as they charge in, quickly turning to screams of pain and terror as Belanius blinds the front rank and combat is joined. The battle that follows is brutal and one-sided. As Lor shouts encouragement from the rear, Harlock drops into the throng...
by Tribe of One
Wed Jan 31, 2024 7:40 pm
Forum: Missions
Topic: Test.
Replies: 3
Views: 383

Re: Test.

Testes
by Tribe of One
Tue Jan 16, 2024 8:00 pm
Forum: Adventures under a Dark Sun
Topic: Into the Western Wastes
Replies: 141
Views: 31395

Re: Re: Into the Western Wastes

16f56f35efbae4fb64b69b3e336ee9f8.png The howls of the pursuing gith echo off the walls of the canyon outside as you make your preparations. Despite being tired and bruised, and now coordinating with untested allies, your confidence grows as you spread out near the cave mouth, Lor's lantern illumina...
by Tribe of One
Mon Jan 01, 2024 3:17 pm
Forum: Adventures under a Dark Sun
Topic: Into the Western Wastes
Replies: 141
Views: 31395

Re: Into the Western Wastes

The path along the razor-sharp ridgelines is hazardous at the best of times and doubly so with nothing but the dim moonlight of Ral and Guthay to light the way. As lookout, Harlock offers little help, and most of the group is bruised and battered even before the gith begin pursuing the group [Bumps ...
by Tribe of One
Sun Dec 10, 2023 9:25 pm
Forum: Adventures under a Dark Sun
Topic: Into the Western Wastes
Replies: 141
Views: 31395

Re: Into the Western Wastes

Everyone may refresh their Bennies and take an advance . Also, since Harlock failed the Lookout roll, each PC needs to make an Agility check or suffer a level of Fatigue from Bumps & Bruises. HandLuggageOnly-7-14.jpg Having bound your wounds and looted the belongings of your defeated foes, you ...
by Tribe of One
Sun Nov 26, 2023 9:34 pm
Forum: Adventures under a Dark Sun
Topic: Into the Western Wastes
Replies: 141
Views: 31395

Re: Into the Western Wastes

"Pray that the giant or the water priest finish you off before our bard gets to you!" She called out loudly in reference to Berkyn. "Should his poison get you first, then we'll be more than happy to leave you alive and helpless for the scavengers to pick clean!" Hearing Lor's ta...
by Tribe of One
Sun Nov 12, 2023 8:16 pm
Forum: Adventures under a Dark Sun
Topic: Into the Western Wastes
Replies: 141
Views: 31395

Re: Re: Into the Western Wastes

Spearman Spirit 1d6!! Scouts Spirit 1d8!! Outrider Spirit 1d8!! Lor's words — combined with the sight of their comrades' blood and entrails staining the sand — break the will of the would-be brigands, though none take up the merchant's offer to attempt to kill their former leader. The scouts on the...
by Tribe of One
Sun Nov 05, 2023 10:00 pm
Forum: Recruitment: Mission Briefings
Topic: AAT Needed for Remote Assignment
Replies: 40
Views: 3397

Re: AAT Needed for Remote Assignment

I'm sure I have a Signature Item slot available but I thought you wanted to avoid those for this game. I can go a different direction.
by Tribe of One
Sun Nov 05, 2023 5:54 pm
Forum: Adventures under a Dark Sun
Topic: Into the Western Wastes
Replies: 141
Views: 31395

Re: Re: Into the Western Wastes

The surviving outrider drops his lance and draws an obsidian-edged sword, calling out Harlock's moves and vulnerabilities to the mul as he circles to the half-giant's flank. GM Benny spent Notice to Support 1d6!!+2 = +1 to Mul's Fighting Dropping his own lance, the scarred mul draws a wickedly spike...
by Tribe of One
Sun Nov 05, 2023 3:32 pm
Forum: Adventures under a Dark Sun
Topic: Into the Western Wastes
Replies: 141
Views: 31395

Re: Into the Western Wastes

As the mul rallies his ragtag band to attack, your group of survivors wastes no time taking the initiative. With Lor's safety his primary focus, Caro runs west, cutting down one of the warriors hidden there as he looks for a defensible position for his charge. Lor, following behind, calls out direct...
by Tribe of One
Sun Nov 05, 2023 12:59 pm
Forum: Recruitment: Mission Briefings
Topic: AAT Needed for Remote Assignment
Replies: 40
Views: 3397

Re: AAT Needed for Remote Assignment

Atlantis picks are fine, but please avoid the broken symbiotes with multiple edges/powers in one. Regular symbiote are fine. Which of the symbiotes do you consider broken? I was going to go with the Absurr life node so she'd have an invisible friend to talk to, and to explain how she escaped the Sp...
by Tribe of One
Sat Nov 04, 2023 11:48 am
Forum: Recruitment: Mission Briefings
Topic: AAT Needed for Remote Assignment
Replies: 40
Views: 3397

Re: AAT Needed for Remote Assignment

Is it acceptable to use starting credits to buy HJ weapon mods as outlined in the TLPG (ie. mods cost the weapon base cost, max of 2)? And is it OK to use the HJ table from Atlantis? My idea for background is that the character was captured and experimented on by the Sploogs before escaping (maybe w...
by Tribe of One
Fri Nov 03, 2023 9:38 pm
Forum: Recruitment: Mission Briefings
Topic: AAT Needed for Remote Assignment
Replies: 40
Views: 3397

Re: AAT Needed for Remote Assignment

Ndreare wrote: Fri Nov 03, 2023 5:44 pmAre you even in any games right now? This would count as one for you I think
No, just running the Dark Sun game. All the games I had characters in stopped quite a while ago.
by Tribe of One
Fri Nov 03, 2023 10:07 am
Forum: Recruitment: Mission Briefings
Topic: AAT Needed for Remote Assignment
Replies: 40
Views: 3397

Re: AAT Needed for Remote Assignment

If you end up with space after any new folks get spots, I have an idea for a traumatized elven psi-slinger. Could be BFFs with Shiro's Altaran while harassing Jim's dorf.
by Tribe of One
Sun Oct 29, 2023 10:05 am
Forum: Adventures under a Dark Sun
Topic: Into the Western Wastes
Replies: 141
Views: 31395

Re: Into the Western Wastes

You watch as a parade of emotions cross the mul outrider's face: first annoyance, when Caro points out the hidden reinforcements, then eye-rolling disbelief as the dwarf boasts of the monsters the group has killed. There's amusement and a smirk that promises later punishment when Harlock calls out t...
by Tribe of One
Wed Oct 18, 2023 8:22 pm
Forum: Adventures under a Dark Sun
Topic: Into the Western Wastes
Replies: 141
Views: 31395

Re: Into the Western Wastes

Loaded with plunder from the ruined caravan and no worse for wear after defeating various wild scavengers, the group of survivors sets a course across the sands to the northwest. Electing to travel during the comparatively cooler hours around dawn and dusk, and aided by Drader's soothing magic, the ...
by Tribe of One
Sun Oct 08, 2023 7:27 pm
Forum: Adventures under a Dark Sun
Topic: Into the Western Wastes
Replies: 141
Views: 31395

Re: Into the Western Wastes

With little sense of self-preservation, Lor strides among the wreckage of the once-mighty argossy, making a beeline for what little remains of the main hold and the captain's quarters above. As Caro follows behind —making short work of the vicious ankhegs that seek to snack on his charge — manages t...
by Tribe of One
Sun Oct 08, 2023 5:55 pm
Forum: Adventures under a Dark Sun
Topic: Water, food and other supplies
Replies: 0
Views: 647

Water, food and other supplies

Daily needs for the group (including 2 kanks): 9 gallons of water (4.5 gallons if able to stay cool, avoid worst heat); 19 lbs. food

Group Water Cache: 20 gallons

Group Food Supply:
102 lbs.
by Tribe of One
Wed Sep 27, 2023 8:20 pm
Forum: Adventures under a Dark Sun
Topic: Into the Western Wastes
Replies: 141
Views: 31395

Re: Into the Western Wastes

With the others seeming to accept — or at least not reject — Lor's leadership, the group gathers its belongings and the departs the waystation before the sun is more than a green glow on the eastern horizon. This early, the dry air retains a chilly bite, though you know it won't last want the dark s...
by Tribe of One
Wed Sep 13, 2023 7:26 pm
Forum: Adventures under a Dark Sun
Topic: Into the Western Wastes
Replies: 141
Views: 31395

Re: Into the Western Wastes

The chimes of the belgoi take on a discordant note as the battle turns against the creatures. Her blade wet with the blood of her first kill, Vixa wastes little time burying it in stringy white flesh of a second, the sawtoothed sword disemboweling the cannibal and nearly severing its spine. Berkyn, ...
by Tribe of One
Wed Sep 06, 2023 7:19 pm
Forum: Adventures under a Dark Sun
Topic: Into the Western Wastes
Replies: 141
Views: 31395

Re: Into the Western Wastes

Recognizing the danger the faint chimes represented, Drader quickly threw up a misty veil of protection over himself and the dwarven bodyguard, Caro, before calling out a warning to the others. It was too late to help Harlock, who had been enthralled by one of the mind-bending monsters and already w...
by Tribe of One
Wed Aug 30, 2023 6:55 pm
Forum: Adventures under a Dark Sun
Topic: Into the Western Wastes
Replies: 141
Views: 31395

Re: Into the Western Wastes

Belgoi vs dispel
1d8!!
GM Benny
1d8!!
by Tribe of One
Mon Aug 28, 2023 6:06 pm
Forum: Adventures under a Dark Sun
Topic: Into the Western Wastes
Replies: 141
Views: 31395

Re: Into the Western Wastes

Fortified by Berkyn's concoction, you shake off the aches and pains from the battering you took earlier in the day and begin to take stock of your surroundings and resources. Caro, searching for water, finds that the well in the eastern room is long dry and filled with sand and other debris. But sea...
by Tribe of One
Sun Aug 20, 2023 8:34 pm
Forum: Adventures under a Dark Sun
Topic: Into the Western Wastes
Replies: 141
Views: 31395

Re: Into the Western Wastes

Bruised and battered, you stagger through the swirling sand toward the blurred outline of the old waystation, eventually coming to a stop before its sun-blasted walls. The storm has lost much of its fury, but past experience tells you it will take most of the night before all of the dust settles out...
by Tribe of One
Sun Aug 13, 2023 7:30 pm
Forum: Adventures under a Dark Sun
Topic: Into the Western Wastes
Replies: 141
Views: 31395

Into the Western Wastes

0ei65YR.jpg As so often happens, the day began with no hint of the chaos to come. The stillness was suffocating, not even a whisper of a breeze to relieve the boiling heat. Despite the shade it offered, the confines of the massive, creaking argossy were even more oppressive. Packed with passengers,...
by Tribe of One
Sun Aug 13, 2023 2:30 pm
Forum: Savage Dark Sun
Topic: Rules and Campaign Resources
Replies: 0
Views: 756

Rules and Campaign Resources

The Dark Sun-SWADE conversion document The Grand Compendium: collected campaign setting information (Note: This collection, created by someone other than me, pulls together most of the non-rules information from the original campaign setting and its supplements. It includes a few things from later ...
by Tribe of One
Tue Aug 08, 2023 6:56 pm
Forum: Survivors
Topic: Harlock - Barbarian for Tribes Darksun
Replies: 2
Views: 1039

Re: Harlock - Barbarian for Tribes Darksun

Psychic Warrior version of Harlock is missing an Edge -- his framework gives him either Danger Sense, Fast Healer or Chi. Also, just a note, using growth will kick him up to Large scale, giving him -2 to hit normies and them a +2 ... Fighter version of Harlock is good. Only note there is that the &q...
by Tribe of One
Tue Aug 08, 2023 6:28 pm
Forum: Survivors
Topic: Drader Sunbreaker
Replies: 4
Views: 849

Re: Drader Sunbreaker

Looks good, although the barrel won't survive the opening scene, if you want to save the 2 cp.
by Tribe of One
Tue Aug 08, 2023 3:52 pm
Forum: Survivors
Topic: Caro - Dwarf Psychic Warrior for Darksun
Replies: 1
Views: 637

Re: Caro - Dwarf Psychic Warrior for Darksun

Only issue I see is that you need to take the Power Points Edge before you gain access to a second Discipline (in your case Psychokinetic, letting you take Telekinesis and Deflection). So you either need to swap Power Points out for something else, or take Psychometabolism powers with your New Power...
by Tribe of One
Tue Aug 08, 2023 3:40 pm
Forum: Survivors
Topic: Lor Wavir - Human Dune Trader - Dark Sun
Replies: 2
Views: 789

Re: Lor Wavir - Human Dune Trader - Dark Sun

All looks good!
by Tribe of One
Tue Aug 08, 2023 3:24 pm
Forum: Survivors
Topic: Vixa - Halfling Warrior - Dark Sun game
Replies: 3
Views: 786

Re: Vixa - Halfling Warrior - Dark Sun game

You might just note the benefits you get from your "No Talent" Wild Talent, since the -2 to affect/damage you with psionics stacks with your racial Arcane Resistance.
by Tribe of One
Tue Aug 08, 2023 3:15 pm
Forum: Survivors
Topic: Berkyn of Celik: Athasian Bard
Replies: 3
Views: 842

Re: Berkyn of Celik: Athasian Bard Ready for Review

Great background. Under Skills, there isn't a distinct language for Celik so you can make Common/Trade Tongue your native language. Elven might be a good one as a substitute. Although you have a different set of languages listed under Special Abilities. The only other thing I spotted was the (Psioni...
by Tribe of One
Tue Aug 08, 2023 3:00 pm
Forum: Survivors
Topic: Skanni - Half-Elf Psionicist for Dark Sun
Replies: 6
Views: 1076

Re: Skanni - Half-Elf Psionicist for Dark Sun

The only issue I see is with Powers. In the first list of Powers (under Arcane Background) you have Arcane Protection listed, but under the second list (under Special Abilities --> Psionics) you have Dispel. The other issue is that you have several powers (Object Reading, Telekinesis, and potentiall...
by Tribe of One
Tue Aug 08, 2023 2:24 pm
Forum: Survivors
Topic: Graddock Wyrmsbane, Half Giant Ranger - Ready For Review
Replies: 1
Views: 633

Re: Graddock Wyrmsbane, Half Giant Ranger - Ready For Review

Looks like you made the same mistake that Technospawn did and took four advances to start at Seasoned in addition to taking a class framework. You get one or the other, not both. If you choose the class framework, the benefits it grants take the place of the first four advances, then you get a 5th a...
by Tribe of One
Thu Jul 27, 2023 7:56 am
Forum: Recruitment: Mission Briefings
Topic: Now recruiting: Savage Dark Sun
Replies: 28
Views: 2759

Re: Now recruiting: Savage Dark Sun

Pursuit wrote: Thu Jul 27, 2023 7:46 am Is anyone playing one of those folks whose fingers turn into weapons? If not, I may play that.
That's the Psychic Warrior, which Growler has mentioned.
by Tribe of One
Thu Jul 27, 2023 1:10 am
Forum: Recruitment: Mission Briefings
Topic: Now recruiting: Savage Dark Sun
Replies: 28
Views: 2759

Re: Now recruiting: Savage Dark Sun

Okay, so far I think we have the following who have expressed interest here or on Discord: Rob/Rib/Ndreare: Half-Giant Fighter CSClemens(?)/Naabaahii: Half-Giant Ranger Cerulean:? MJH: Human Bard Murp: Human Dune Trader Growler: Dwarf Psionic Warrior Pursuit/Timmy: Half-Elf Thief or Druid Jim/John R...
by Tribe of One
Thu Jul 27, 2023 12:36 am
Forum: Recruitment: Mission Briefings
Topic: Now recruiting: Savage Dark Sun
Replies: 28
Views: 2759

Re: Now recruiting: Savage Dark Sun

"No gods answer prayers." Okay, so maybe not a cleric after all. :) I'll figure out a workable character concept. Oh, a cleric is very useful, especially given a large group. But instead of worshipping a god, they make a Pact with an element (so you have fire clerics or water priests). Or...
by Tribe of One
Thu Jul 27, 2023 12:32 am
Forum: Recruitment: Mission Briefings
Topic: Now recruiting: Savage Dark Sun
Replies: 28
Views: 2759

Re: Now recruiting: Savage Dark Sun

Okay, so I think this is my last questions. Does "adventure pack" count as a gear type that would pay double for the half giant? I would argue bedding and food would need sized, so yes. But some things do not really scale up, like lanterns, torches, and candles. But as always it never hur...
by Tribe of One
Wed Jul 26, 2023 1:56 pm
Forum: Recruitment: Mission Briefings
Topic: Now recruiting: Savage Dark Sun
Replies: 28
Views: 2759

Re: Now recruiting: Savage Dark Sun

Please include your Discord name, too, so I can keep track of who is pitching what where. CSClemens proposed a Half-giant Ranger on Discord earlier, not sure if that's you or not.
by Tribe of One
Wed Jul 26, 2023 12:59 pm
Forum: Recruitment: Mission Briefings
Topic: Now recruiting: Savage Dark Sun
Replies: 28
Views: 2759

Re: What should Tribe run next?

Here is a character. He has a Big Red Flag in that I took a Legendary edge from Fantasy Companion that gives him Unstoppable. I figure there is a 75% chance you will have me take it off and if so no hard feelings. But I picture him as the guy who gets shot at a lot and has learned to take the blows...
by Tribe of One
Tue Jul 18, 2023 7:49 pm
Forum: Recruitment: Mission Briefings
Topic: Now recruiting: Savage Dark Sun
Replies: 28
Views: 2759

Now recruiting: Savage Dark Sun

I'm about to head out on vacation and figure I've got some time to develop ideas for a new game. I've been leaning toward running a fantasy game (using SWADE + Fantasy Companion, primarily) while using one of the grand old TSR-era D&D campaign boxed settings gathering dust on my game shelf. 202...
by Tribe of One
Sun Apr 30, 2023 8:45 am
Forum: Adventures
Topic: The Lost Ship
Replies: 22
Views: 3119

Re: The Lost Ship

Kosi's message to the gang works like a charm. Seizing on the idea of a plausible and even somewhat respectable buyer, the ship-jackers immediately agree to a meet. They propose sending a transport to pick up Andrew tonight, then bring him to where the ship is being stored. No weapons, no comms (alt...
by Tribe of One
Sun Apr 09, 2023 6:52 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: The Lost Ship
Replies: 22
Views: 3119

Re: The Lost Ship

Sabrek's sojourn through the back alleys where the industrial backs up to the port prove fruitful — eventually. No one much wants to talk about stealing starships, considering its one of the few crimes that both Blackwall and the port authority take seriously. But after a couple of dislocated should...
by Tribe of One
Sun Mar 26, 2023 6:03 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: The Lost Ship
Replies: 22
Views: 3119

Re: The Lost Ship

”Do you need the thieves in any particular condition? Alive or dead? Crippled or not crippled? Do we get a bonus if we make an example of them to make sure people think twice before ripping you off again?” The sneers, flashing perfectly even, perfectly white teeth in a predatory snarl. "Hurt t...
by Tribe of One
Wed Mar 15, 2023 7:06 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: The Lost Ship
Replies: 22
Views: 3119

Re: The Lost Ship

There's no direct response to Kosi's single-word transmission back to Grae, but a couple of hours later a greasy sack of vat-shroom tortas is dropped off at your door. Laser-etched on the underside of one of the buns is the address for the meet. It's a space Grae has used before, a conference room i...
by Tribe of One
Sun Mar 05, 2023 7:47 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: The Lost Ship
Replies: 22
Views: 3119

The Lost Ship

663774b58c5c4e9ac148738e6aa5a755.jpg The job didn't come through any of the normal channels. There was no meet in the back room at The Clairvoyant, no posting on the black net at the spice market, no discrete visit from one of Mohammad McMurtry's capos at the docks. Just a slim, foil-wrapped disc t...
by Tribe of One
Sun Feb 19, 2023 11:41 am
Forum: Stars Without Number
Topic: Getting started
Replies: 5
Views: 980

Getting started

I think all of the character's but Mel Richter are posted and ready to go. I've been slowly adding systems to the Systems of the Ibreon Reach thread. There are a few more to come, but they're mostly more distant or less advanced, so can be "discovered" as we go. I'll plan to have an initia...
by Tribe of One
Sat Feb 04, 2023 7:45 pm
Forum: The Crew
Topic: Andrew Cofield, Politician Diplomat
Replies: 2
Views: 823

Re: Andrew Cofield, Politician Diplomat

Have you taken the two free skills at Level-0 (or free piece of cyberware) mentioned in the intro post?
by Tribe of One
Sat Feb 04, 2023 7:19 pm
Forum: The Crew
Topic: Sabrek Vek (Thug Unarmed Combatant)
Replies: 2
Views: 937

Re: Sabrek Vek (SWN)

You seem to be short on skills. Did you make rolls on the Growth table (getting attribute bonuses) for your Thug background? Also, you get 2 extra skills at Level-0, mentioned in the intro post.
by Tribe of One
Mon Jan 30, 2023 8:42 pm
Forum: Rules and Handouts
Topic: Systems in The Ibreon Reach
Replies: 0
Views: 592

Systems in The Ibreon Reach

Near and Known Odessa A heavily-industrialized world, smaller than Old Terra, known as 'Dessa to most locals. Ostensibly organized under a parliamentary government that holds elections once a decade, an extra-governmental Corporate Council ensures megacorps like the Hydra Collective, Xion Combine a...
by Tribe of One
Sat Jan 28, 2023 2:54 pm
Forum: Stars Without Number
Topic: Stars Without Number - Character Generation and Recruitment
Replies: 0
Views: 6308

Stars Without Number - Character Generation and Recruitment

https://cdna.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/014/964/552/large/ashley-pink-002.jpg?1546512075 They say there are worse places in the galaxy than 'Dessa City -- alien planets where corrosive pollen can bore through a vac-suit and into your lungs in minutes; tomb worlds haunted by clouds of car...
by Tribe of One
Mon May 09, 2022 1:38 pm
Forum: Savage Rifts House Rule Proposals
Topic: SPC3 Iconic Frameworks
Replies: 30
Views: 12307

Re: SPC3 Iconic Frameworks

Yeah, I don't buy the argument that SPC "doesn't belong." SPC2 provided a bunch of the building blocks for Savage Rifts 1.0 and in some cases (Burster) we'd be better off if they'd hewed more closely to SPC rules in SR2.0, rather than trying to force it into the SWADE powers box. SPC's poi...
by Tribe of One
Wed May 04, 2022 8:38 am
Forum: Savage Rifts House Rule Proposals
Topic: SPC3 Iconic Frameworks
Replies: 30
Views: 12307

Re: SPC3 Iconic Frameworks

I would default to the position that SPC Super Powers (including passive things like super-strength, etc.) are subject to dispel/detect etc. just like AB powers. For one, there are functional reasons (which I think are driving Sean's preliminary ruling above). Second, it's consistent with the origin...
by Tribe of One
Sun May 01, 2022 3:32 pm
Forum: Archived Recruits
Topic: Beamsplitter, Rainbow Dragon Hatchling
Replies: 9
Views: 3084

Re: Beamsplitter, Rainbow Dragon Hatchling

Try building it as a magic-based Intelligent Construct and see how close you can get. Dragons get a bunch of strength and size-based abilities at a discount (partly because they start too unskilled to use them effectively) and I would be very wary of cashing in those abilities for points to spend el...
by Tribe of One
Sun May 01, 2022 3:29 pm
Forum: Archived Recruits
Topic: Beamsplitter, Rainbow Dragon Hatchling
Replies: 9
Views: 3084

Re: Beamsplitter, Rainbow Dragon Hatchling

Try building it as a magic-based Intelligent Construct and see how close you can get. Dragons get a bunch of strength and size-based abilities at a discount (partly because they start too unskilled to use them effictively) and I would be very wary of cashing in those abilities for points to spend el...
by Tribe of One
Fri Mar 11, 2022 4:38 pm
Forum: Savage Rifts House Rule Proposals
Topic: SPC3 Iconic Frameworks
Replies: 30
Views: 12307

Re: SPC3 Iconic Frameworks

Yeah, Intelligent Construct caps both Edges and Skill bumps at 10, IIRC because someone broke it in playtest in a similar way. Maybe you, @Rib.
by Tribe of One
Sun Nov 21, 2021 11:10 am
Forum: Savage Rifts House Rule Proposals
Topic: New SPC 3 Considerations
Replies: 34
Views: 9854

Re: New SPC 3 Considerations

MARS packages are balanced around 16-18 pts, so 20 SPC points, not 25, makes sense if you require a Hindrance and also have the cyber drawback. I could see going up to 25 if you removed an F&G roll, perhaps. As for the 60 pt option, I think that's too much without additional drawbacks. The Intel...
by Tribe of One
Wed Jul 14, 2021 6:22 am
Forum: Savage Rifts House Rule Proposals
Topic: Signature Item Rules
Replies: 23
Views: 12975

Re: Signature Item Rules

Nah, seems fine.
by Tribe of One
Tue Jul 06, 2021 8:52 am
Forum: Adventures
Topic: The (Brief?) Retreat of Winter
Replies: 12
Views: 5020

Re: The (Brief?) Retreat of Winter

"Even me, my Lord?" She isn't certain she has earned the boon and thus does not take it immediately. The fae lord arches an eyebrow, and you can see him performing a quick count of your group. "Did you not leave with the same number as have returned? I assumed that any not present no...
by Tribe of One
Sun Jul 04, 2021 9:41 am
Forum: Adventures
Topic: The (Brief?) Retreat of Winter
Replies: 12
Views: 5020

Re: The (Brief?) Retreat of Winter

" Lord Fionnbharr, excuse my decline of your blessing. Such blessings have been known in the past to bind the unknowing. " " I would ask what we are to trade for these gifts or have they been already paid for? " " Again, I mean no offense. " "There is no binding -...
by Tribe of One
Tue Jun 22, 2021 6:44 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: The (Brief?) Retreat of Winter
Replies: 12
Views: 5020

The (Brief?) Retreat of Winter

“Thurnbarch is dead,” Vesper confirmed. “Lead on. We will aid Fionbharr if we can. We also desire information on the Seat of the Wise.” Phil's left eyebrow raises at the mention of the Seat, but the korred says little. "That's a question for my lord, then, though I expect he'll be happy to ans...
by Tribe of One
Tue Jun 08, 2021 6:19 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: Eye of the Storm
Replies: 166
Views: 94551

Re: Eye of the Storm

Jaenelle listens to the Cold Woman's answers, nodding with a small smile at the reassurance that the premature winter has passed, but frowns as Cormac's fate is laid out. "This portal you mention... Can you tell us where we might find it?" The Cold Woman favors the Tender with an inscruta...
by Tribe of One
Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:25 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: Eye of the Storm
Replies: 166
Views: 94551

Re: Eye of the Storm

The Cold Woman listens impassively as the questions come, reacting no differently whether they are posed politely or angrily. You have the sense, watching her as she watches you, that she has faced many interrogations in the course of her undying existence. "Lady, you seek a human man to father...
by Tribe of One
Thu May 20, 2021 7:07 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: Eye of the Storm
Replies: 166
Views: 94551

Re: The Eye of the Storm

Basement7.JPG Mist continues to rise from the ice-covered floor and walls as the temperature in the dungeon returns to something more natural. Leaving Thurnbarch's shrunken corpse in the guardroom, Jaenelle leads the group west, others in the group supporting the recently-revived Layna. Only Halt s...
by Tribe of One
Sat May 08, 2021 10:42 am
Forum: Adventures
Topic: Eye of the Storm
Replies: 166
Views: 94551

Re: Eye of the Storm

[Not going to bother rolling here, as you put enough separate wounds on him that he can't soak] Thurnbarch roars and rages, blood-stained spittle flying from his mouth as he swings wildly. Darting beneath the enlarged bogun's murderous reach, Kaya jabs deep into his leg with her rapier. Spinning an...
by Tribe of One
Mon Apr 26, 2021 9:31 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: Eye of the Storm
Replies: 166
Views: 94551

Re: The Eye of the Storm

Free roll to recover from Shaken Spirit 1d8!!-3 Wild 1d6!!-3 Un-Shakes Improved Sweep + Wild Attack + Distracted + -1 from Wounds; Reach 1 will hit everyone but Vesper and Gamil (underground) Fighting 1d10!!-1 Wild 1d6!!-1 GM Benny to Reroll Fighting 1d10!!-1 Wild 1d6!!-1 One more ... Fighting 1d10...
by Tribe of One
Sat Apr 24, 2021 10:30 am
Forum: Adventures
Topic: Eye of the Storm
Replies: 166
Views: 94551

Re: The Eye of the Storm

Ok, at the point that Jaenelle attacks, Thurnbarch is Distracted (-2 to his rolls) and still Shaken (because he didn't Soak all the wounds that triggered Berserk). Since he's Shaken, Jaenelle's attack would cause a Wound. GM Benny to Soak Vigor 1d10!!-2 Wild 1d6!!-2 GM Benny to try that again Vigor...
by Tribe of One
Sun Apr 18, 2021 6:59 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: Eye of the Storm
Replies: 166
Views: 94551

Re: Eye of the Storm

Spends a Benny to soak vs. Vesper's arrow attack Vigor 1d10!! Wild 1d6!! Takes a Wound, which causes his special Berserk to trigger Has to roll to resist Halt's Intimidate (really more of a Taunt, but we'll go with it); -2 because he's Thin-Skinned Spirit 1d8!!-2 Wild 1d6!!-2 Kaya's rapier and two ...
by Tribe of One
Thu Apr 01, 2021 6:41 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: Eye of the Storm
Replies: 166
Views: 94551

Re: The Eye of the Storm

Despite the numbing cold of his magic, the appearance of Thurnbarch sends a surge of adrenaline through most of the group of heroes -- although Halt finds himself overcome by the supernatural chill, his muscles seizing up as the arctic magic settles into his bones. Layna flings a pair of daggers acr...
by Tribe of One
Wed Mar 24, 2021 9:07 pm
Forum: Savage Virtual Tabletop (VTT)
Topic: Two Game Ideas
Replies: 8
Views: 4392

Re: Two Game Ideas

I'm Filthy Rich for Gideon's 4th advance: 2 rolls on the cybernetics table
1d20
1d20

Gonna 2-for-1 the results to get Hand-to-Hand Reaction Wiring. He then has enough cash to buy a second level of Wired Reflexes, as well, maxing out his Strain.
by Tribe of One
Sun Mar 14, 2021 6:23 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: Eye of the Storm
Replies: 166
Views: 94551

Re: The Eye of the Storm

The bickering between the two young ladies du Lac nearly drowns out the sound of battle, at least until Gamil summons another gout of fire to blast the swirling ice wraith, which looses a shriek like a boreal banshee. As Jaenelle alters the enchantment on her blade to confront the icy mist, Layna da...
by Tribe of One
Sat Mar 06, 2021 1:01 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: Eye of the Storm
Replies: 166
Views: 94551

Re: Eye of the Storm

She can't see the new threat but she can feel the magic. She decides to reserve her own for when she can target whatever it is. She examines the lock of her cell to see how the get free. After waking up in this ruin and being captured by ratmen, Aurora feared she might have been made into a meal fo...
by Tribe of One
Sun Feb 28, 2021 8:06 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: Eye of the Storm
Replies: 166
Views: 94551

Re: The Eye of the Storm

The room echoes with the cracking of ice and the scrape of steel against bone as the fight intensifies. Her blade dripping fire, Jaenelle cuts down the wight to her right with a blow that sends bits of frozen, blackened flesh bouncing from the walls. Layna dodges in, flinging a knife that staggers a...
by Tribe of One
Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:13 pm
Forum: Rifts Legendary: War Breakers
Topic: All good things...
Replies: 7
Views: 4121

Re: All good things...

I think I can make that work.
by Tribe of One
Tue Feb 16, 2021 8:10 pm
Forum: Rifts Legendary: War Breakers
Topic: All good things...
Replies: 7
Views: 4121

Re: All good things...

A future Saturday could probably work.
by Tribe of One
Mon Feb 15, 2021 8:35 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: Eye of the Storm
Replies: 166
Views: 94551

Re: The Eye of the Storm

The blue light reflecting from the ice in the room flickers weirdly as the skeletons wake, brightening then dimming in fits and starts. As you pile into the frozen catacombs at the base of the stair, the fur-covered bundle in the cell stirs to life and runs to the bars, casting some spell past the b...
by Tribe of One
Sun Feb 14, 2021 11:43 pm
Forum: Supporting Cast
Topic: Chivalric Robo Jock
Replies: 1
Views: 1262

Re: Chivalric Robo Jock

Gideon the Squire Seasoned Male Human, MARS Robot Vehicle Ace, and Knight Aspirant Iconic Framework: MARS Robot Vehicle Ace Attributes: Agility d10-1, Smarts d10, Spirit d8, Strength d6-1, Vigor d6-1 Skills: Academics d6, Athletics d6, Common Knowledge d8+2, Electronics d8+4, Fighting d10, Hacking d...
by Tribe of One
Fri Feb 12, 2021 12:29 am
Forum: Supporting Cast
Topic: Chivalric Robo Jock
Replies: 1
Views: 1262

Chivalric Robo Jock

Human Robot Jock 1d20 Wealthy and Connected 1d20 Gregarious and Resourceful 1d20 Exp&Wis 1d20 Education 1d20 Training 4d6 x100 2d4 x500 4,000 credits Rich/Filthy Rich rolls 1d20 Trade in for Core Electronics Package 1d20 CCW of Choice: Giant Vibro-Greatsword 1d20 Trade in 1d20 Vehicle Interface ...
by Tribe of One
Sat Feb 06, 2021 9:07 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: Eye of the Storm
Replies: 166
Views: 94551

Re: The Eye of the Storm

Taking a moment to catch your breath, bind your wounds and examine the chaotic workshop, you wait while Gamil uses rune magic to slide into the stone at your feet. The silence stretches out several long moments before he returns, accompanied by a chill that seems to have followed him from below. Ske...
by Tribe of One
Mon Feb 01, 2021 8:01 pm
Forum: Item Creation
Topic: Nanosilver Adaptive Combat System (Super-Tech Vibro-Blade Vambraces):
Replies: 3
Views: 2169

Re: Nanosilver Adaptive Combat System (Super-Tech Vibro-Blade Vambraces):

It's for Clara Volker, my ex-NGR commando in the new Northern Gun mercs game. Figure it would have been handy for killing ze gargoyles.
by Tribe of One
Sun Jan 31, 2021 10:20 pm
Forum: Item Creation
Topic: Nanosilver Adaptive Combat System (Super-Tech Vibro-Blade Vambraces):
Replies: 3
Views: 2169

Nanosilver Adaptive Combat System (Super-Tech Vibro-Blade Vambraces):

Pretty straightforward Sig Item here, just a set of SuperTech vibro-blade vambraces (they're implanted as cyber-weapons, but the cyber is paid for separately, with Strain, etc.). Major: Trademark Weapon Major: Imp. Trademark Weapon Minor: +2 AP Minor: Silver trapping End result: Signature Item Nanos...
by Tribe of One
Thu Jan 28, 2021 12:31 pm
Forum: Northern Gun - Mercenaries
Topic: Designing your Merc Group
Replies: 8
Views: 3786

Re: Designing your Merc Group

With NG being essentially the government, it would stand to reason it's just as disfunctional and competitive as any other government, with rivalries and lack of communication between divisions. So, the Strategic Intelligence Division might hire us to nab some designs the wonks in Clandestine Energy...
by Tribe of One
Sat Jan 23, 2021 11:14 am
Forum: Beyond the Wall
Topic: Discovery Points/Item Workshop
Replies: 38
Views: 15415

Re: Discovery Points/Item Workshop

John Smith wrote: Wed Jan 20, 2021 4:34 am @Tribe of One I'd like to use a discovery point to discover the Sound/Silence power in the Ram's horn bound in silver and red chord.

So sound/Silence with +5pp as the modifier.

As a point of note, I would roll spirit when activating this?
Yep, that all works.
by Tribe of One
Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:42 am
Forum: Adventures
Topic: Eye of the Storm
Replies: 166
Views: 94551

Re: The Eye of the Storm

Regrouping near the old workshop, you compare stories of the dangers and horrors you found on your separate travels. Supplemented by Jaenelle's restorative magic, Kaya makes liberal use of her healing herbs and sewing kit to clean and bind everyone's wounds. At the end, even the nasty bite Lelya suf...
by Tribe of One
Sat Jan 16, 2021 12:35 pm
Forum: Beyond the Wall
Topic: Discovery Points/Item Workshop
Replies: 38
Views: 15415

Re: Discovery Points/Item Workshop

Vespernys du Lac wrote: Tue Jan 12, 2021 12:22 am I like the lightning idea.

Sword of House du Lac
Ancestral longsword of Vespernys du Lac and her family.
Major: Smite (Lightning), Lingering Damage
Minor: 5 PP
That works, too.
by Tribe of One
Sat Jan 16, 2021 12:34 pm
Forum: Beyond the Wall
Topic: Discovery Points/Item Workshop
Replies: 38
Views: 15415

Re: Discovery Points/Item Workshop

Gamil wrote: Fri Jan 08, 2021 1:24 pm I would like to use a discovery point to awaken the Boost/ Lower Trait Power in Gamil's Hand's of Vecna.
That would be fine. It would have the power + 5 PP.
by Tribe of One
Sun Jan 10, 2021 12:17 pm
Forum: Out of Character Topics
Topic: I Survived 2020 Contest
Replies: 18
Views: 12537

Re: I Survived 2020 Contest

Thankful 2020 is over and looking forward to 2021 because surviving COVID-19 built some resistance, if not immunity, and surviving 9 months of leading a team through remote work built skills (communication, especially) we'll be able to leverage in the new year.

Edit: Put me down for the Foundry loot.
by Tribe of One
Sun Jan 10, 2021 12:02 pm
Forum: Beyond the Wall
Topic: GM Poll, 4th Quarter
Replies: 1
Views: 1587

GM Poll, 4th Quarter


GM Poll Fourth Quarter 2020
Tribe of One, Game Master (GM)

How to “rate” the GM, their Duties:
We GMs are judged on but a single dimension: FUN. Rate the fun-ness in the poll.
by Tribe of One
Sun Jan 10, 2021 11:54 am
Forum: Beyond the Wall
Topic: Post Rates -- and an Advance
Replies: 1
Views: 1640

Re: Post Rates -- and an Advance

Q4 Post rates were, no surprise, a little slow, including on my end. No worries, though, as there was a lot going for me and this is meant to be a slower, low-stress game. Jaenelle - Freemage | 0.70 PPW | 0 EP Gamil - Sgt86Delta | 0.9 PPW | 0 EP Kaya - Stormwell | 0.70 PPW | 0 EP Halt O'Carrick - Jo...
by Tribe of One
Sun Jan 03, 2021 9:25 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: Eye of the Storm
Replies: 166
Views: 94551

Re: The Eye of the Storm

Exploration of the northeastern corner of the ruin quickly devolves into bloody combat as Gamil, Lelya and Kaya clash with the hungry dead. Employing the same fiery spell that took down the ratfolk, the dwarf runesmith manages to bring the undead low, but not before both Kaya and Lelya are wounded. ...
by Tribe of One
Sun Jan 03, 2021 8:16 pm
Forum: Rifts Legendary: War Breakers
Topic: Nadya Cantrell, the Legend
Replies: 8
Views: 7258

Re: Nadya Cantrell, the Legend

Taking Power Points for my L19 advance.
by Tribe of One
Mon Dec 14, 2020 11:06 am
Forum: Adventures
Topic: Eye of the Storm
Replies: 166
Views: 94551

Re: The Eye of the Storm

The stench of burnt fur and charred flesh lingers as the heroes spread out to search the surrounding ruin, but initially, at least, no sound that the brief battle has roused any other foes. The Great Hall Sifting through the ashes and smoldering remains of the ratfolk nests, Gamil notices the glint ...
by Tribe of One
Sun Nov 29, 2020 10:54 am
Forum: Adventures
Topic: Eye of the Storm
Replies: 166
Views: 94551

Re: BtW WIP Posts

Amid the smoke and fire in the former great hall, a handful of ratfolk scramble from their nests and move to attack, but win themselves no more than a few seconds of extra life. Pulling fire from the nearby blaze, Gamil flings the burning orb at the two nearest attackers and incinerates them. Kaya a...
by Tribe of One
Tue Nov 17, 2020 8:31 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: Eye of the Storm
Replies: 166
Views: 94551

Re: BtW WIP Posts

Map3.JPG After the brief discussion, Halt and Layna pull back to the study and make room for Gamil to move into the shadowed chamber that may once have been a great hall but now houses a warren of slumbering ratfolk. Moving carefully, he positions himself to the west of the largest nest, then point...
by Tribe of One
Tue Nov 03, 2020 2:50 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: Eye of the Storm
Replies: 166
Views: 94551

Re: BtW WIP Posts

Layna's word of warning about the skull likely averts disaster -- now that it's pointed out, Jaenelle notices that the runes that cover the skull have grown frayed and unstable. Physically moving it would have caused the enchantment to collapse entirely, with potentially explosive results. If the gr...
by Tribe of One
Mon Oct 26, 2020 3:44 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: Eye of the Storm
Replies: 166
Views: 94551

Re: Eye of the Storm

Always partial to swords Lelya breaks away from the group to take a look at the discarded swords. “Shine some light over here will ya?” After seeing Layna pull a brace of rusty but serviceable daggers from the refuse in the cloakroom, Lelya does a bit of digging of her own. Sadly, the longer blades...
by Tribe of One
Thu Oct 22, 2020 2:25 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: Eye of the Storm
Replies: 166
Views: 94551

Re: Eye of the Storm

Scanning the entryway, both Vesper and Halt note that, while the prints running into the eastern corridor note a fair amount of rat-folk traffic there, the sitting room appears undisturbed, as if avoided by vermin (of the two-legged as well as four-legged sort) altogether. The scent of musk is stron...
by Tribe of One
Mon Oct 19, 2020 7:58 pm
Forum: Adventures
Topic: Eye of the Storm
Replies: 166
Views: 94551

Re: The Eye of the Storm

With Gamil's rune magic shielding you from the worst of the cold, you take a few moments the examine the outside of the ruins and ice-covered doorway leading into darkness. The fallen tower proves to be just as empty as it did on first sight and you find no other entrances in the crumbling ruins. Ev...

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