Quote from: brettmb;216808You should be able to just drag the image from your browser to your desktop.

Where am I dragging it from? I  do not see the picture

Quote from: Mike S. ;216815Where am I dragging it from? I  do not see the picture

Is your avatar not changed?

Quote from: brettmb;216820Is your avatar not changed?

I did a refresh and it does appear that it has changed and it has some color, thank you it looks better

Quote from: Mike S. ;216841I did a refresh and it does appear that it has changed and it has some color, thank you it looks better

It looks better this way to me - like an old photograph

Quote from: JohnnyWannabe ;216756Well, I seem to have got my role-playing group back on track on Sunday and 2FT is definitely on my to-do list. If it plays as well as it reads, then all is golden.

Fantastic, Rich! Have you sold them on Wild Blue yet?

-clash

Quote from: flyingmice ;216891Fantastic, Rich! Have you sold them on Wild Blue yet?

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Yes. It's one of the games on a very short list.

Right now, I am running a short Boomtown Planet session because I picked up two new players and they both like the Pulpy 30s.

When I mentioned that I'd lost my copy between computers, Brett was kind enough to comp me one. I'd like to GM it next. At the moment I'm stuck GMing a particular campaign because the players love it. But once that's done with we can see what we do next.

I like the De-Evolution Machine.

Quote from: JohnnyWannabe ;216911Yes. It's one of the games on a very short list.

Right now, I am running a short Boomtown Planet session because I picked up two new players and they both like the Pulpy 30s.

Dang it! They'll probably love it so much it'll be a year before they're done! :O



-clash

Love the TFT avatar, Mike. :hatsoff:

I need to pimp out an aircar for my next adventure.  I need something horribly unnecessary on it.

Working from the gadget schticks:

Aircar ZX-7

A General Aeronautics prototype, one that has been loaned to the Excaliburt Society for their dearly, dearly important work.  Looks a little bit like an illustration of a space rocket on a 50s sci-fi novel--if it were a convertible with a big windshield.  You'd better believe there are some serious rockets (tri-mounted) roaring behind this baby.

Composition:  Glass-Steel--Incredibly durable, yet the inner working of the aircar may be observed.  Lights, gears, and flashes are visible from the outside.

Equipment:  Emergency anti-gravity harness (2, just in case), leather seats, electric cigarette lighter, wireless transmitter/receiver, high-power binocular compartment, signal flares, deployable pontoons for water landing/operation.

Weaponry:  Twin-mounted machine guns using Mercy Bullets (the Excalibur Society is nothing if not humane), and forward-mounted Disintegrator Ray (General Aeronautics, however, is not).

Hey, just adding to the TFT love here.  I ordered the book before I went on vacation and came back to find it in my mailbox.  I read most of it over the last two days and I am really itching to play it.  Personally, I love the art.  There is plenty of it and I think it really captures the feel.  Both the public domain stuff (which is a no-brainer for a pulp game) and the commissioned stuff inspire me.  The characters are awesome!

I ran an SotC con scenario.  Now I'd love to run the same thing in TFT to compare the two, see how they work out.

I have one question, which I'm not so sure about.  How do you handle skills?  To be more specific, most rulings are based on Abilities.  If a character is a badass in something, than they will have a Specialty or Mastery.  But how do you decide if someone is capable of doing something.  Say a hero encounters a motorcycle, but they don't have a specialty in driving.  We just assume they can drive one at their appropriate ability level?  Is it a case of GM ruling, whether their character would have that skill or not?

Excellent! World domination grows closer

Go by the ability unless it's something that they couldn't possibly understand, and then either use an ability check to see if they can do it or disallow it in fear of some horrible fumble. For example, driving is pretty easy, so assume that all characters can do it, not that they would all be good at it. Use an ability roll (+specialty/mastery bonus, of course) when they want to perform stunts. Now for something like field surgery, if they don't have a specialty/mastery, it's not likely to happen. On the other hand, this is pulp, so perhaps the character's uncle is a surgeon and showed him a few pointers. In this case, either let him attempt it or first try an ability check - set a difficulty for the action, and if his ability rating (brains in this case) matches the difficulty, then let him make the actual roll; otherwise, it's too far beyond his grasp to even try. Make sense?

My assumption would be, given that its Pulp we're talking about, everyone can TRY to do anything; only some people can do certain things much better than others. But the default assumption in Pulp is that the characters are extremely multi-talented.

Thanks.  That's more or less what I thought.  I think I'm a bit skill-focused when it comes to gaming systems, so I was having a bit of trouble conceiving of how it could work without them.

Quote from: walkerp;236456Thanks.  That's more or less what I thought.  I think I'm a bit skill-focused when it comes to gaming systems, so I was having a bit of trouble conceiving of how it could work without them.

Same here -- I was skill-focused also. After 2FT, I'm more focused on ability though. That's why the new genreDiversion 2 rules (updated version of the rules in Coyote Trail, HardNova 2, etc.) focuses more on abilities with skills providing bonuses, similarly to 2FT.