The Campaign Builder's Guild

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Disclaimer: This is not a genre that I am terribly familiar with. I tend to avoid the whole BLANK-punk, but since you asked me to take a look I have. My views and comments are as an outsider.

That actually helps - if it appeals at all to the outsider, that makes me happy. Also, I've missed your reviews in general - you're the one that got me started on the 'review in the form of an barrage of questions' mentality, and NOTHING helps me write as much as that. :) Also, with you back around, I maaaaaaaay be reviving Sooth and mashing it with Pirates! since you were always one of my best reviewers for those.

I am not officially back. I still do not have any homebrewed material in the pipeline. However with something to review I will remember to check in more often. :-P

Edit: I just noticed I lost one of my golden globes under my name. :-(

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QuoteCould not the combined force of First Ones and their other creations not quell the rebellion?

The problem was twofold. First, the Titans could create new things themselves, the Titanborn, which are strange and unusual but non-mortal or non-diety things, which evened out the numerical advantage. (If I were to have, for example, Fae or Outsiders, those would be the creations of the Titans).

Not very intelligent of them to create a being that could also create beings. At least the Gods learned that lesson and did not intentionally give mortals the ability to create other beings.

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Second, the Titans were bloody massive on a scale most games don't touch - they were the sizes of lakes, of mountains, of islands. The greatest of them, now dead, is Lunathiol, and her corpus composes one of the moons.

That is quite a big larger than I was envisioning.

Captain:That's no moon that's a Titan.
Officer1: Uh sir Titan is a moon. Of Jupiter I believe.
Captain: Oh shut up.
(I don't know what that was but I left it.)

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QuoteWhen they woke to find that their creations were using the flesh of fallen Titans as an energy source as well as a tool to augment themselves or create new non-life, why would they not try to put a stop to it? They know the cycle exists as they are the product of the second cycle, awakening to see the start of the third should make them wary.

It absolutely did, but the creation of the Zigguropoli and institutionalizing the use of Corpus and Xoatech was believed to be sufficient to quell their strength. Many of the Gods believed that they were already too late to stop the cycle from beginning and it was decided that a series of carefully constructed controls could avert the uprising and the next stage in the cycle. Ormua, Goddess of Fate, actually argues that the Gods can only avoid destruction by taking a subservient role to Mortals, though most find that idea appalling. So, in short: yes, it made the gods very wary, but they were too wary to believe that a violent or overtly repressive stance would do anything but spark the next cycle.  

Given the corrupting nature of the Corpus. I imagine that there would be a group that opposes its use (much like anti-oil groups in our world) that could get the support of the Gods.

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QuoteDo grafts and new non-life creatures consume the Corpus? Does using it to power spiderwalkers and such things consume the corpus or does it last forever? Is it removable once it is infused?

These kind of can be bundled into single extended answer: Corpus is not consumed by being used to power, but it is not an infinite source of energy - after being used for a certain amount of time, it must be returned to the Corpus Primus where it was collected from to "recharge". The process takes about 3 months per cubic inch to recharge, and fully depleted Corpus shrinks slightly as it recharges, so it will eventually run out.

So even the grafts and new non-life need to be recharged? Interesting. Given that the dead titans corrupted nature when they fell how dangerous are the grafts? Is there some Insanity mechanic that is going to be used in this setting?

That's about all I can think of for what is posted. If you get some blurbs up, I'll take a look at those.

Disclaimer: This is not a genre that I am terribly familiar with. I tend to avoid the whole BLANK-punk, but since you asked me to take a look I have. My views and comments are as an outsider.


Creation Mythos:
Pretty standard Mythos; Creations overthrow creators. You have a few more "generations" than the Greeks or some of the others that use this in their settings.  The opening is pretty vague, but I see you meant it that way as you are going to delve into the details within your still to come blurbs. A few questions popped into my head while I was reading.

The Titans were the greatest of the First Ones creations but not the only. Were they the only sentient creation? Could not the combined force of First Ones and their other creations not quell the rebellion? Did the other creations join the Titans? If they did, would they have tried to take control once the First Ones were banished? I know the Titans are probably just a stepping stone to setup the current Gods v Man scenario, but I provide the questions that came to mind in case they get the creative juices flowing.

The Gods being the third generation in this cycle, would they not have put in place safe guards in place to prevent Man from rising against them? Did they believe mortality sufficient? When they woke to find that their creations were using the flesh of fallen Titans as an energy source as well as a tool to augment themselves or create new non-life, why would they not try to put a stop to it? They know the cycle exists as they are the product of the second cycle, awakening to see the start of the third should make them wary.

How rare is Corpus? I imagine there will be corpus hunters, but how valuable and abundant is the stuff? It seems as this would be the ultimate of non-renewable resources. If the Gods outnumbered the Titans, how many Gods are there? It would seem to me that there wouldn't be enough volume there to support a world using it for everything. How long ago did man start using Corpus? Do grafts and new non-life creatures consume the Corpus? Does using it to power spiderwalkers and such things consume the corpus or does it last forever? Is it removable once it is infused? How much power can a cubic inch of the material provide? Can the flesh be cut with mortal tools or do the pieces have to be used based on their size when found?

I still can't think of anything for the abilities....

For your powers do you have an example that you can share? I think I know what you're looking for, but I want to be sure before commenting.

Quote from: XeviatIt seems like everyone is working on their systems right now.

I'm still trying to think of something, but have been busy and without power at home.

Quote from: XeviatI am still trying to finalize the ability scores before I go further. Still need something non-skill based for Dexterity (as currently a melee focused character or a caster could easily get around not having it) and Charisma (always a hard one).

When I come to this (and in your previous post when you mentioned it) the first thought in my head is "so what?" If you look at iconic strong men they don't seem to be very dexterous. They may be slightly agile, but not usually dexterous. What the strong melee fighter will lost by not taking Dex would be the range of bows and such. He may be fine with that, but he'll be missing out when the party needs range and stealth. That's the player's decision.

But someone that is building a more rangery/scout type will have a reason to bump up dex. Stealth comes in handy. But a wizard won't find much use in strength, especially if he has an earth spell that would augment his carrying capacity.

With eight abilities you'll see players forgo a few of them, the questions you have to ask yourself is "How much would and should they be handicapped for not putting points into an ability?" and "Are the handicaps equivalent and fitting for the character theme?"

If you really want something for a melee person then you can have strength determine distance of a throw weapon and dexterity determine the accuracy (attack bonus) the character has (receives). For example a dagger being light and balanced might have a base distance of 2 + Str mod squares (or whatever the unit of measurement for your system)

I don't know. Just some random ramblings

Question: What has been moved to stunts? For example Grabbing and Pinning an opponent would fall under strength, but could also fit into your stunts.

I was going to have more but work interrupted. I've had this open for 6 hours now.

Quote from: XeviatI'm looking for new names for two of my mental stats. Again, Earth's mental is reason and memory, "book smarts" if you would. Water's mental is intuition and instinct, or "street smarts". I'm using Int for Earth and Wis for Water as placeholders, but I don't like those. I'm growing fond of Cunning for Water, but there are too many C stats (Constitution, Charisma ...), and abbreviating it "Cun" is dangerous ...

Water: Intuition, Insight, Perspicacity, Ingenuity

Earth: Brilliance, Reason, Comprehension, Cognizance

Quote from: XeviatAh, so the watery god is anticipating my writing again? I'm going to start with revising my first eight chapters, and then see where it goes from there.

Have been ever since reading this thread: Birth of an Outcast

Welcome back!

Quote from: XeviatI am also resuming writing my first novel. I have the characters down and now feel comfortable writing them (I was worried at first because the two main characters are female and I was unsure I could write believable and relate-able female characters). I may post it online as I write it.

 :whoa:


*disappears into the darkness*

The code tutorial is still remotely useful or relevant.... right? .... right? *cries*

Things to add:

Information about the Wiki
Information about the IRC Channel

Things to delete:

Cebegia

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A needle pulling thread
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A note to follow so
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I drink with jam and bread
Do...

I'm extremely tired right now, when I have a chance to have a clear head I'll look over it and give some feedback.

Quote from: Kapn XeviatPS: what's that term for when you can take a tile and repeat it in all directions and the image looks solid (you don't get lines between the tiles)? Ishy used it recently and I'm totally blanking.

Seamless.

Edit: You can steal some tiles from this if you do some screen captures and edit them in photoshop. Or you can right click and copy image through Firefox (never tried in IE). For outdoor tiles I suggest the "Ruins of the Wilds" set. Any set will work for the granite stone.

Myself, I've been busy. However that was only recent (last few months).

I believe I'm also burnt out and unable to focus. There is still stuff for my setting floating around in my head, I just can't make it come out and that's been the case for the last year or so. With work taking up much of my time and frustration about the inability to focus I had stopped visiting for a while. Only recently have I even been looking at the Tavern and opening a few threads (my last post of substance was on Oct 16.). I'm hoping as work starts to wind down I will start contributing to the community once again (though I highly doubt it will be in the form of new stuff on my part), not that I contributed much before either. :(

Cebegia is dead because it is hard to get anyone to work on it. Without a strong lead the discussions go nowhere, and with only two members only ever discussing things it became difficult to make decisions on the community project without the community. There were a few times when more people joined in but those were always fleeting.

The Cebegia as it is now is probably too far along as it is to entice members to join in. The decisions made already were made by others and when you have no vested interest in the project it is hard to keep people interested.

I don't know what I can or cannot say about the future of Cebegia, that is up to Ishmayl, so I'll leave it at that.

Quote from: Ninja D!So there are at least two players right now.  I'm not sure why the others wouldn't chime in to at least say they're not interested in playing anymore.  Of course, I don't know why they wouldn't want to play anymore, either.

I haven't been here. That's why I was silent. I've been extremely busy at work and when I get home I turn on the computer just to turn it off two seconds later.

I didn't even know a thread was up, either. I'm still in.