Seems to be interesting and elegant... ... even if I don't see concretly how you manage the value and role dices... Anyway, I can only encourage you to go further to see how it will function ! :) I believe there are gradients between the two extreme values. Which means the median will likely be zer...

So, I'm fiddling about with my own RPG setting and I like what S0E does as far as attributes goes (the Ways) but there isn't as much detail there as I'd prefer precisely. Imagine, if you will, three intersecting lines that represent Mind, Body, and Emotion. At either ends of a particular line is the...

I also found the comparison strange. In Lovecraft's narrative, the characters live a mostly privileged and comfortable life. Most, if not all, of Lovecraft's protagonists are well-off and overeducated WASPS (white, anglo-saxon people) in a mostly materialistic world that see their beliefs smashed a...

I'm just gonna throw this out there: If a GM doesn't get enough players at their table, and we see room at another table, we try and consolidate players.

I know for a fact that if no one show up at one of my sessions I'm plopping down at someone else's game. Bank on it!

My sessions are live too. RPG1352304, RPG1352305, RPG1352306, and RPG1352307.

I can see explaining it as "it is more difficult to grab someone than to smack them with a sword" as being a good way around it. I personally hate when you get into the cycle of grappling rules (a la D&D/Pathfinder) so any system that cleans that up is good with me :) See, I would have argued it's ...

Hm. I'm not sure how I feel about that. It seems very arbitrary. I think it target numbers are to be increased there should be an in-game reason why. Be it situational, circumstantial, or whatever else. I'm just thinking about it as a GL. If my player asked me, "Why is their defense higher because I...

Why did B's defense increase 3-5?

Thanks for the answers, I understood most of it! :P So two more questions: 1. Does a first aid kit actually do anything in and of itself? Or is the equipment simply required to even attempt a first aid roll? 2. Your grappling answer... I am grappling to understand. Why do you have a grappling roll c...

So I ran a second canvas, "Blood Feathers," for my regular group last night. It went pretty well. In fact, they agreed they'd be up for a regular SoE game if I chose to run it. There was some worries about understanding what their character was capable of, but that would become clearer with time wit...