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Started by TristramEvans, April 21, 2015, 08:29:53 PM

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#30
May 03, 2015, 07:47:23 PM
Quote from: Matt;829455I have a feeling I'll skip the new Star Wars movies they are advertising now even if they do have Han Solo in them.  I just can't imagine they will be able to duplicate the magic.  Plus CGI, no natter how good, is shockingly fake looking when compared to puppets and models.

Point of order: in the new movie, they're apparently using as many practical (i.e. non-CGI) effects as possible. Would be a shame if you missed out on something you'd have liked just because you refused to learn anything about it.
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#31
May 03, 2015, 08:26:08 PM
Quote from: Premier;829488Point of order: in the new movie, they're apparently using as many practical (i.e. non-CGI) effects as possible. Would be a shame if you missed out on something you'd have liked just because you refused to learn anything about it.


Then why does the trailer suck so much ass?

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#32
May 03, 2015, 10:25:46 PM
Quote from: Beagle;829459Artesia reads great and has one of the better original settings I came across in the last decade or so but it plays with all the speed and elegance of a beached sperm whale. It is literally more fun to built characters for this system than to actually play them. Nonethless, the magic system is very  atmospheric and has a great number of cool ideas, but I really, really wished that these ideas and concepts where implemented better.

Well, that's not my experience at all. I have had a fair share of clunky systems (1st ed AD&D gave my a serious WTF experience, Rolemaster can be...odd) and this ain't it. I have also played very easy and quick systems such as BRP, and I can't say Artesia is that either. It's a bit complex, but not in the oddly-put-together way some systems are.

My biggest problem with the Artesia magic system was actually PCs with too many points to spend on spells. I feel like tweaking that, but it's been a while since I used the rules.

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#33
May 06, 2015, 05:55:26 AM
Quote from: Matt;829495Then why does the trailer suck so much ass?

I had issues with both trailers thus far, but not on account of the special effects.
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May 19, 2015, 09:15:32 PM
Of course, our GuildSchool system just moved to 687 spells in the allowable list....    so after 30 odd years, we are still improving it.
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