Zero Gravity Movement/Combat
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Zero Gravity Movement/Combat
According to the description on page 151 of PW you apply 5% of your PP which unless you have a pp of 20 or greater is zero. PP 20 would be 1. Which means at 15th level a character with a pp of 20 will have a 61% movement in zero gravity. Does this make any sence or shoud it read x5 pp which means an average pp of 9 will have a 45% chance of moving in zero gravity at first level. What does the forum have to say 5% or x5 PP?
Sureshot wrote:Listen you young whippersnappers in my day we had to walk for 15 no 30 miles to the nearest game barefoot both ways. We had real books not PDFS and we carried them on carts we pulled ourselves that we built by hand. We had Thaco and we were happy. If we needed dice we carved ours out of wood. Petrified wood just because we could.
x5 (five times).
Most people adapt quite quickly to microgravity.
Adios
KLM
Most people adapt quite quickly to microgravity.
Adios
KLM
But still, one of the most basic rules for survival on any planet is never to upset someone wearing black leather - This is why protesters against the wearing of animal skins by humans unaccountably fail to throw their paint over Hell's Angels.
- Terry Prachett
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And some people never make really make it.
It is - according to the few reports I read -
kinda like sea-sickness. Some make it,
some don't.
Why not to tie it to an attribute in an RPG?
Adios
KLM
It is - according to the few reports I read -
kinda like sea-sickness. Some make it,
some don't.
Why not to tie it to an attribute in an RPG?
Adios
KLM
But still, one of the most basic rules for survival on any planet is never to upset someone wearing black leather - This is why protesters against the wearing of animal skins by humans unaccountably fail to throw their paint over Hell's Angels.
- Terry Prachett
Small font: use ctrl+c and copy it, so you can read. But since it is in small fonts, it is not important. I am not a NE salesperson.
- Terry Prachett
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That is what attributes, like PP are for, right?
Adios
KLM
Adios
KLM
But still, one of the most basic rules for survival on any planet is never to upset someone wearing black leather - This is why protesters against the wearing of animal skins by humans unaccountably fail to throw their paint over Hell's Angels.
- Terry Prachett
Small font: use ctrl+c and copy it, so you can read. But since it is in small fonts, it is not important. I am not a NE salesperson.
- Terry Prachett
Small font: use ctrl+c and copy it, so you can read. But since it is in small fonts, it is not important. I am not a NE salesperson.
Darkmax wrote:does PP include sense of balance?.... Somehow I can make a little connection but not to that extend..
Actually with a poor sense of balance (achieved by
alcohol consumption for example) it is quite hard
to fight.
So, I guess, it is a definite yes.
I mean during an RPG-engine design one have to
balance between details/realism and simplicity.
Not to mention the fact, that the game mood might
dictate a bit different physics that RL.
Adios
KLM
But still, one of the most basic rules for survival on any planet is never to upset someone wearing black leather - This is why protesters against the wearing of animal skins by humans unaccountably fail to throw their paint over Hell's Angels.
- Terry Prachett
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- Terry Prachett
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I would think pp/ .5 would be better so a pp of 20 would have a base 10% zero g combat.
Sureshot wrote:Listen you young whippersnappers in my day we had to walk for 15 no 30 miles to the nearest game barefoot both ways. We had real books not PDFS and we carried them on carts we pulled ourselves that we built by hand. We had Thaco and we were happy. If we needed dice we carved ours out of wood. Petrified wood just because we could.
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And Joe Average Human, with a PP of 9, would only have a 4.5% (let's call it 5%) chance of doing anything except floating around banging into things.
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Braden wrote:Thundercloud Galaxy has a flock of ducks in it that can slag a Glitterboy in one melee.
If that doesn't prompt you to buy it, I don't know what else I can say.
Except that Joe Statistical Average has a PP of 10,5...
...but in our RL experience (based on who became
astronauts, including space tourists) I would say,
that if after a brief training Joe S. Average have a
chance of like 50% of not bouncing around helplessly
is a rather good rule of thumb.
Without ANY training however...
Adios
KLM
...but in our RL experience (based on who became
astronauts, including space tourists) I would say,
that if after a brief training Joe S. Average have a
chance of like 50% of not bouncing around helplessly
is a rather good rule of thumb.
Without ANY training however...
Adios
KLM
But still, one of the most basic rules for survival on any planet is never to upset someone wearing black leather - This is why protesters against the wearing of animal skins by humans unaccountably fail to throw their paint over Hell's Angels.
- Terry Prachett
Small font: use ctrl+c and copy it, so you can read. But since it is in small fonts, it is not important. I am not a NE salesperson.
- Terry Prachett
Small font: use ctrl+c and copy it, so you can read. But since it is in small fonts, it is not important. I am not a NE salesperson.
Darkmax wrote:one tends to get used to the environment after a while, no?
Usually.
I haven't met a person yet, who cannot be taught to swim.
(Well... a 80+% paralisis is a good excuse...)
Adios
KLM
But still, one of the most basic rules for survival on any planet is never to upset someone wearing black leather - This is why protesters against the wearing of animal skins by humans unaccountably fail to throw their paint over Hell's Angels.
- Terry Prachett
Small font: use ctrl+c and copy it, so you can read. But since it is in small fonts, it is not important. I am not a NE salesperson.
- Terry Prachett
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Scary...
Thought I hear a similar story, about SAS qualification,
and the guy also walked throught the pool. When asked,
he said he cannot swim.
The officer in charge said, that he is in, 'cause they can
teach him to swim...
...urban legend? I certainly cannot tell.
Adios
KLM
Thought I hear a similar story, about SAS qualification,
and the guy also walked throught the pool. When asked,
he said he cannot swim.
The officer in charge said, that he is in, 'cause they can
teach him to swim...
...urban legend? I certainly cannot tell.
Adios
KLM
But still, one of the most basic rules for survival on any planet is never to upset someone wearing black leather - This is why protesters against the wearing of animal skins by humans unaccountably fail to throw their paint over Hell's Angels.
- Terry Prachett
Small font: use ctrl+c and copy it, so you can read. But since it is in small fonts, it is not important. I am not a NE salesperson.
- Terry Prachett
Small font: use ctrl+c and copy it, so you can read. But since it is in small fonts, it is not important. I am not a NE salesperson.
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Darkmax wrote:well... I don't have to worry about sinking... I float so well, it's also impossible for me to accidentally sink.... and that's in a swimming pool.... I always wonder how someone (eg. my father) can manage to stay at the bottom of the pool....
I remember going to Gold Gold Australia with my wife and we did a bit of those tourist submarine experience... and they had to put almost twice the weight on me just to keep me from floating....
I must have large air-pores in my bones....
I am in a similar situation except considerably more retarded. If I see someone sitting on the bottom of the pool, I can't seem to keep myself down there to do it. However if I try to swim and keep myself afloat, all I do is sink like a rock.
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That is way up there. In the range that legends should have. Such as "Max and Miriya Sterling! (Sorry about the misspelling! )
"Your Grace," she said, "I have only one question. Do you wish this man crippled or dead?"
"My Lady," the protector of Grayson told his Champion, "I do not wish him to leave this chamber alive."
"As you will it, your Grace."
HH....FIE
"My Lady," the protector of Grayson told his Champion, "I do not wish him to leave this chamber alive."
"As you will it, your Grace."
HH....FIE
Schizy wrote:My group is starting a space campaign and came upon this dilemma as well. We've also decided on the x5 rather than the x5%. Too bad neither really makes sense. With my 37 PP I end up with a 165% skill check (or 98%) or at a 1.65%. I think just using your PP as the base percentage would probably be best. Or maybe PPx2? Of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.
Err... Somehow I prefer that the rules give plausible result
for Joe Average... You know, the plain vanilla guy, with
stats like 10-11 (or even 9-12).
Of course this might mean, that superhuman beings go way off
the scale - but that is why they are superhuman, right?
Adios
KLM
But still, one of the most basic rules for survival on any planet is never to upset someone wearing black leather - This is why protesters against the wearing of animal skins by humans unaccountably fail to throw their paint over Hell's Angels.
- Terry Prachett
Small font: use ctrl+c and copy it, so you can read. But since it is in small fonts, it is not important. I am not a NE salesperson.
- Terry Prachett
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I always considered Max and Miriya both to be way way way above the norm.
"Your Grace," she said, "I have only one question. Do you wish this man crippled or dead?"
"My Lady," the protector of Grayson told his Champion, "I do not wish him to leave this chamber alive."
"As you will it, your Grace."
HH....FIE
"My Lady," the protector of Grayson told his Champion, "I do not wish him to leave this chamber alive."
"As you will it, your Grace."
HH....FIE