Is Stargate Universe's Dr. Rush evil or misunderstood?
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Friday, November 6, 2009
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Higher Level Campaigns
High level adventures are still too hard to design. I'm starting to think that, if the Star Wars films are our iconic vision of what a Star Wars campaign should feel like, then Luke, Han, Leia, and Chewie should all be 20th level characters at the end of Return of the Jedi. Their further adventures in the EU? I'm wondering if those just aren't, effectively, wholly different campaign...or if the idea of an ever-continuing story just isn't something the RPG should support.
I wouldn't bother writing a campaign for anyone whose demands do not coincide with a connoisseur of the Star Wars universe or anyone who thinks ewoks are midget humping balloon hucksters. Ewoks eat people...they are serious business...either on special occasions when their gods visit or to celebrate a bountiful harvest...yet mistake not it is definitive lore written within the holy trilogy that ewoks ritualistically consume the flesh of sentient life.
It's too big a universe beyond the Skywalker saga to have every campaign to end at level 20. I consider the average competent NPC in the galaxy to be around level five. So for the sake of immersion XP should be allocated appropriately. In my experience most groups won't last three weeks without breaking up so to solve that if each character received full XP per encounter they would level faster between sessions. P.248 in the Core Rulebook suggests total XP be divided by number of PCs when awarded so then I'd apply that after level 5 to give a sense of time and scale or years as experience between PCs and galactic heroes. Luke didn't kill Vader after all, he only wore down the Sith Lord's defense with a lightsaber feat and disarmed him with a destiny point.
The structure of DoD seems to be earning a level just before the boss fight at the end of the chapter and that's a cool idea if the group stays together long enough. I'll have to read more since I plan for some higher level application of Scout Troopers which occurs to me require a “Shadow Scout” mid-level rank before level 9 Imperial Commandos. Scouts are more than Biker Scouts after all if an Elite Rebel Trooper is only one level higher than a standard Rebel troop, and the same between Scouts and Stormtroopers, so Scouts could be effectively used like Army Rangers outside the main battlefield eliminating supply routes, heavy weapons or sniper support. When done right a Star Wars adventure should have all the gravitas of a Tom Clancy novel.
I wouldn't bother writing a campaign for anyone whose demands do not coincide with a connoisseur of the Star Wars universe or anyone who thinks ewoks are midget humping balloon hucksters. Ewoks eat people...they are serious business...either on special occasions when their gods visit or to celebrate a bountiful harvest...yet mistake not it is definitive lore written within the holy trilogy that ewoks ritualistically consume the flesh of sentient life.
It's too big a universe beyond the Skywalker saga to have every campaign to end at level 20. I consider the average competent NPC in the galaxy to be around level five. So for the sake of immersion XP should be allocated appropriately. In my experience most groups won't last three weeks without breaking up so to solve that if each character received full XP per encounter they would level faster between sessions. P.248 in the Core Rulebook suggests total XP be divided by number of PCs when awarded so then I'd apply that after level 5 to give a sense of time and scale or years as experience between PCs and galactic heroes. Luke didn't kill Vader after all, he only wore down the Sith Lord's defense with a lightsaber feat and disarmed him with a destiny point.
The structure of DoD seems to be earning a level just before the boss fight at the end of the chapter and that's a cool idea if the group stays together long enough. I'll have to read more since I plan for some higher level application of Scout Troopers which occurs to me require a “Shadow Scout” mid-level rank before level 9 Imperial Commandos. Scouts are more than Biker Scouts after all if an Elite Rebel Trooper is only one level higher than a standard Rebel troop, and the same between Scouts and Stormtroopers, so Scouts could be effectively used like Army Rangers outside the main battlefield eliminating supply routes, heavy weapons or sniper support. When done right a Star Wars adventure should have all the gravitas of a Tom Clancy novel.
Friday, October 30, 2009
Divisive Punk Dodges Questions
Rush: "I don't see him as a black guy, I see him as the president of the United States. He's got policies here that I really want to fail, and not because of the color of his skin but because of his policies. "
Goodell pandering:
Rush quote: "I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL. The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. They're interested in black coaches and black quarterbacks doing well. McNabb got a lot of credit for the performance of the team that he really didn't deserve."
What no one seems to think about while they pander to the liberal media is the NFL is ultimately controlled by money and the organization can't sustain the league if they begin to segregate operations by race. Goodell claims the NFL brings people together and ultimately it does but he's shooting himself in the foot trying to sound good on camera.
King : "I don't think anything that Rush Limbaugh said was offensive, but with Fergie and with J.Lo, they have, between the two of them, alleged that the CIA are terrorists and liars, they've promoted sexual abuse of women, they've used the N-word, verbal pornography, recreational drug use, et cetera, and they are owners of the Dolphins. And it's also ironic that Fergie was approved as an owner on the very day that you made your statement against Rush Limbaugh."
Are you prepared to level the same charges against Fergie and J.Lo, or are you prepared to apologize to Rush Limbaugh today?
"Roger Goodell is a total weasel."
So basically the media wants to control the success of black players beyond their athletic ability by pimping their stats before players of other races have a chance to compete against everyone else on the field where it counts. The deck is tilting against white football players because the media wants to control the ongoing narrative from the liberal contention that only white people can be racist and every other race should have their chance to get even by hating on Rush and white NFL owners.
Goodell should know that steroid infractions and rude hip-hop endzone celebrations won't win games or sell out stadiums so he must be blinded by his desire to receive praise from outside league operations. It's like if liberals can't have a segregated football league then no one will have any football at all. To boldly hate where no one has blamed before.
Goodell pandering:
Rush quote: "I think what we've had here is a little social concern in the NFL. The media has been very desirous that a black quarterback do well. They're interested in black coaches and black quarterbacks doing well. McNabb got a lot of credit for the performance of the team that he really didn't deserve."
What no one seems to think about while they pander to the liberal media is the NFL is ultimately controlled by money and the organization can't sustain the league if they begin to segregate operations by race. Goodell claims the NFL brings people together and ultimately it does but he's shooting himself in the foot trying to sound good on camera.
King : "I don't think anything that Rush Limbaugh said was offensive, but with Fergie and with J.Lo, they have, between the two of them, alleged that the CIA are terrorists and liars, they've promoted sexual abuse of women, they've used the N-word, verbal pornography, recreational drug use, et cetera, and they are owners of the Dolphins. And it's also ironic that Fergie was approved as an owner on the very day that you made your statement against Rush Limbaugh."
Are you prepared to level the same charges against Fergie and J.Lo, or are you prepared to apologize to Rush Limbaugh today?
"Roger Goodell is a total weasel."
So basically the media wants to control the success of black players beyond their athletic ability by pimping their stats before players of other races have a chance to compete against everyone else on the field where it counts. The deck is tilting against white football players because the media wants to control the ongoing narrative from the liberal contention that only white people can be racist and every other race should have their chance to get even by hating on Rush and white NFL owners.
Goodell should know that steroid infractions and rude hip-hop endzone celebrations won't win games or sell out stadiums so he must be blinded by his desire to receive praise from outside league operations. It's like if liberals can't have a segregated football league then no one will have any football at all. To boldly hate where no one has blamed before.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Eliminate Heavy Weapons Emplacement
Blockade of Ralltiir
Eliminate Heavy Weapons Emplacement
Challenge Level 4
Rewards:
1000 XP
4000 credits
Mission Briefing: A Stormtrooper squad has been pinned down by a Rebel heavy blaster cannon under heavy cover in a plaza. Recover a flanking position in a building bordering the plaza. Players begin in the yellow highlighted area. Disable any traps and enemy troopers in the building. Take position and engage the Rebel weapons emplacement at medium range.
Equipment: Scouts will need to invest in a heavy blaster rifle with sniper addons (p.127 Core Rulebook).
Hazard: Green highlighted areas provide cover and dark green provides improved cover. Red slashes indicate position of grenades (p.127 Core Rulebook) jury-rigged with a motion-sensitive proximity detonators which may be deactivated with a Handle Explosives check DC 10 and can only be seen with a DC 10 Perception check. Doors may be opened (DC 10 Mechanics) after the grenades have been deactivated.
Encounter: A Rebel Marksman (p. 94 Rebellion Era Campaign Guide) indicated by blue has cover and is discovered when the door opens. A two-man Rebel weapons crew (Rebel Trooper p.280 Core Rulebook) in red can be revealed on the map after a Search DC 15 check.
Resolution: Leave a grenade to disable the Rebel's improvised sniper cover. Return to the mobile command base.
Eliminate Heavy Weapons Emplacement
Challenge Level 4
Rewards:
1000 XP
4000 credits
Mission Briefing: A Stormtrooper squad has been pinned down by a Rebel heavy blaster cannon under heavy cover in a plaza. Recover a flanking position in a building bordering the plaza. Players begin in the yellow highlighted area. Disable any traps and enemy troopers in the building. Take position and engage the Rebel weapons emplacement at medium range.
Equipment: Scouts will need to invest in a heavy blaster rifle with sniper addons (p.127 Core Rulebook).
Hazard: Green highlighted areas provide cover and dark green provides improved cover. Red slashes indicate position of grenades (p.127 Core Rulebook) jury-rigged with a motion-sensitive proximity detonators which may be deactivated with a Handle Explosives check DC 10 and can only be seen with a DC 10 Perception check. Doors may be opened (DC 10 Mechanics) after the grenades have been deactivated.
Encounter: A Rebel Marksman (p. 94 Rebellion Era Campaign Guide) indicated by blue has cover and is discovered when the door opens. A two-man Rebel weapons crew (Rebel Trooper p.280 Core Rulebook) in red can be revealed on the map after a Search DC 15 check.
Resolution: Leave a grenade to disable the Rebel's improvised sniper cover. Return to the mobile command base.
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