tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372693484053299675.post7732347570728365154..comments2024-03-28T16:13:29.502-04:00Comments on Throne of Salt: A Look at LancerDanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00694362417308874455noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372693484053299675.post-72885679363151537962019-04-12T14:47:22.561-04:002019-04-12T14:47:22.561-04:00It's certainly not an OSR game, but it looks r...It's certainly not an OSR game, but it looks really interesting to me: one of the reasons I use the GLOG so much is the character complexity, and this has a *lot* of that, from what I saw reading the beta. The multiple combat systems are interesting too.Archonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09833783468261603239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372693484053299675.post-76574402380772160812019-04-11T07:33:23.480-04:002019-04-11T07:33:23.480-04:00Quickstart rules with zero lore and supremely cond...Quickstart rules with zero lore and supremely condensed rules should be standard for every game everywhere, really.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694362417308874455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372693484053299675.post-74875825317867849032019-04-11T01:14:26.990-04:002019-04-11T01:14:26.990-04:00Yeah I'm not attached enough to big mech battl...Yeah I'm not attached enough to big mech battles to deal with that many pages.It sounds like they desperately need to reduce or make a quickstart rules with zero lore and supremely condensed rules. People will still buy the big book for the art.Michael Kennedyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07814549625838944634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372693484053299675.post-54296506847291982842019-04-10T23:17:54.394-04:002019-04-10T23:17:54.394-04:00Oh man, you really weren't kidding. Just glanc...Oh man, you really weren't kidding. Just glancing at the beta document made me phase out.Martin Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16621419996680588332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372693484053299675.post-52323548478464594642019-04-09T18:04:07.620-04:002019-04-09T18:04:07.620-04:00On the plus side, you now have all the arms you ne...On the plus side, you now have all the arms you need for angel-based martial arts.<br /><br />From the look of the beta, it does seem that chaff levels are dangerously high.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694362417308874455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372693484053299675.post-80192162899423308982019-04-09T10:12:40.105-04:002019-04-09T10:12:40.105-04:00Been a fan of Kill 6 Billion Demons since the begi...Been a fan of Kill 6 Billion Demons since the beginning, best reference point for weird planar shit in games. And I'm a big mecha fanboy.<br /><br />So Lancer has been on my radar for a while. I've got the kickstarter hearted right now until pay day rolls around, I make a point to back kickstarters at the last second so I don't get surprised when the bill comes for something I backed a month ago.M-and-Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17254693753623240219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372693484053299675.post-56229987866752549232019-04-09T09:52:27.042-04:002019-04-09T09:52:27.042-04:00Oh man, on one hand: I HAVE A NEED.
On the other ...Oh man, on one hand: I HAVE A NEED. <br />On the other hand: will there be more chaff than wheat here? <br />On the third hand: I've enjoyed lore quite a bit from this author before. <br />On the fourth hand: but not nearly this much.Martin Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16621419996680588332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372693484053299675.post-6837746709422972972019-04-09T09:06:54.786-04:002019-04-09T09:06:54.786-04:00Someplace -- the KS description I think -- made a ...Someplace -- the KS description I think -- made a virtue out of loading every rift with lore, which kind of sent up red flags. It seems like there are many people really grooving on the arts of inflection and innuendo these days -- lore dumps strike me more and more as sideways solutions.<br /><br />But still mulling because a couple of my home players had such fun with Battletech at a con.Handy Haversackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00786906798254907957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3372693484053299675.post-69198844158434918242019-04-09T07:19:51.865-04:002019-04-09T07:19:51.865-04:00I like my RPG mechanics to be as close to Internat...I like my RPG mechanics to be as close to International Scientific Vocabulary as I can get them. Weird that way.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694362417308874455noreply@blogger.com