Games

I liked using the One Roll Character tables and just picking choices on it instead of rolling. It allowed for easier character creation without the randomness.

On Tue, Jun 30, 2015 at 1:26 PM, 'Uphill Gamer' via Cult of ORE <cult-of-ore@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Does anyone know of a video, or podcast, or something similar that shows a group session of character creation in the ORE system, specifically Wild Talents?  I am going to be running a game in the next month or so and I'm leaning towards turning  our first meet into a guided character creation session, where I explain the setting and the power levels I expect from the characters then all the players tell me their ideas and we work together to build them.  I decided on this, as opposed to using points, so each character is more balanced with the rest. Also playing with the idea of, instead of points, giving players a number of dice to distribute between there stats and abilities, including a number of wiggle and hard dice.

Any advice would be very appreciated.

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cult of ORE" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cult-of-ore+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to cult-of-ore@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cult-of-ore.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cult of ORE" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cult-of-ore+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to cult-of-ore@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cult-of-ore.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

Does anyone know of a video, or podcast, or something similar that shows a group session of character creation in the ORE system, specifically Wild Talents?  I am going to be running a game in the next month or so and I'm leaning towards turning  our first meet into a guided character creation session, where I explain the setting and the power levels I expect from the characters then all the players tell me their ideas and we work together to build them.  I decided on this, as opposed to using points, so each character is more balanced with the rest. Also playing with the idea of, instead of points, giving players a number of dice to distribute between there stats and abilities, including a number of wiggle and hard dice.

Any advice would be very appreciated.

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cult of ORE" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cult-of-ore+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to cult-of-ore@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cult-of-ore.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

Got it. That makes perfect sense. Thanks!

On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 12:59 PM, Shane Ivey <shane.ivey@gmail.com> wrote:

Stealth can keep you and your power use hidden. You must be able to see the other Talent to sense the power being used.

If you (a Talent) see another Talent who is using a power, then you recognize that's a Talent using a power. 

If he sees you seeing him, he'll recognize you're a Talent using a power (the power of sensing powers).

If you DON'T see him, even if he's using a power, you can't notice that he's using a power. 

If you see him using a Talent power but he can't see you, he can't know you're out being a Talent.

If you're part of a larger movement of men and materiel, being careful to not use your Talent powers may be important because there's no telling who's looking and when.

On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Gil Trevizo <gtrevizo@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm reading through Black Devils Brigade in preparation to start running it next month, and a couple of times in the text it's brought up that Talents are either told to turn off their powers or blamed for doing so when a unit is detected. This suggests that a Talent can automatically be spotted by another Talent just by being in line-of-sight.*

Now I understand from the text that "In game terms, no roll is required to spot another Talent whose power is active, it just happens." (Godlike 98) But I always took that to mean that no roll is required for a Talent to spot that someone is a Talent, they simply know that information. They still have to spot them first, which means, if the other Talent is being sneaky, they still have to make a contested roll between a Sense skill and the other's Stealth before they can see the aura or get the buzzing sound or whatever manner of tell they have for detecting another Talent.

So, is it "spot them first, which might require a roll, and then know they are a Talent" or "if in line-of-sight, Talents are obvious to you, lit up like a Xmas tree no matter how well they are hiding themselves." The former makes the most sense to me, and would be the more interesting way to play the game (otherwise there's not much point to being Stealth-y commandos because you cannot sneak up on other Talents, the guys you are trained to fight), but, based on the way it is written, I could see it being the latter.

*And even if Talents can still sneak against other Talents, I can still see them being told not to activate their powers, both so as not to alert enemy troops that there are Talents in the vicinity (which could initiate a stronger response) or because mundane commanders simply don't understand how Talent powers work.

--

Gil Trevizo
gtrevizo@gmail.com

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cult of ORE" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cult-of-ore+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to cult-of-ore@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cult-of-ore.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

--

Shane Ivey, Arc Dream Publishing
The One Roll Engine and more: www.arcdream.com

Cthulhu Mythos gaming, every quarter: TheUnspeakableOath.com

Is your world worth saving? Join the conspiracy: www.delta-green.com

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cult of ORE" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cult-of-ore+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to cult-of-ore@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cult-of-ore.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

--

Gil Trevizo
gtrevizo@gmail.com

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cult of ORE" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cult-of-ore+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to cult-of-ore@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cult-of-ore.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

Stealth can keep you and your power use hidden. You must be able to see the other Talent to sense the power being used.

If you (a Talent) see another Talent who is using a power, then you recognize that's a Talent using a power. 

If he sees you seeing him, he'll recognize you're a Talent using a power (the power of sensing powers).

If you DON'T see him, even if he's using a power, you can't notice that he's using a power. 

If you see him using a Talent power but he can't see you, he can't know you're out being a Talent.

If you're part of a larger movement of men and materiel, being careful to not use your Talent powers may be important because there's no telling who's looking and when.

On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Gil Trevizo <gtrevizo@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm reading through Black Devils Brigade in preparation to start running it next month, and a couple of times in the text it's brought up that Talents are either told to turn off their powers or blamed for doing so when a unit is detected. This suggests that a Talent can automatically be spotted by another Talent just by being in line-of-sight.*

Now I understand from the text that "In game terms, no roll is required to spot another Talent whose power is active, it just happens." (Godlike 98) But I always took that to mean that no roll is required for a Talent to spot that someone is a Talent, they simply know that information. They still have to spot them first, which means, if the other Talent is being sneaky, they still have to make a contested roll between a Sense skill and the other's Stealth before they can see the aura or get the buzzing sound or whatever manner of tell they have for detecting another Talent.

So, is it "spot them first, which might require a roll, and then know they are a Talent" or "if in line-of-sight, Talents are obvious to you, lit up like a Xmas tree no matter how well they are hiding themselves." The former makes the most sense to me, and would be the more interesting way to play the game (otherwise there's not much point to being Stealth-y commandos because you cannot sneak up on other Talents, the guys you are trained to fight), but, based on the way it is written, I could see it being the latter.

*And even if Talents can still sneak against other Talents, I can still see them being told not to activate their powers, both so as not to alert enemy troops that there are Talents in the vicinity (which could initiate a stronger response) or because mundane commanders simply don't understand how Talent powers work.

--

Gil Trevizo
gtrevizo@gmail.com

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cult of ORE" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cult-of-ore+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to cult-of-ore@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cult-of-ore.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

--

Shane Ivey, Arc Dream Publishing
The One Roll Engine and more: www.arcdream.com

Cthulhu Mythos gaming, every quarter: TheUnspeakableOath.com

Is your world worth saving? Join the conspiracy: www.delta-green.com

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cult of ORE" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cult-of-ore+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to cult-of-ore@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cult-of-ore.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

I'm reading through Black Devils Brigade in preparation to start running it next month, and a couple of times in the text it's brought up that Talents are either told to turn off their powers or blamed for doing so when a unit is detected. This suggests that a Talent can automatically be spotted by another Talent just by being in line-of-sight.*

Now I understand from the text that "In game terms, no roll is required to spot another Talent whose power is active, it just happens." (Godlike 98) But I always took that to mean that no roll is required for a Talent to spot that someone is a Talent, they simply know that information. They still have to spot them first, which means, if the other Talent is being sneaky, they still have to make a contested roll between a Sense skill and the other's Stealth before they can see the aura or get the buzzing sound or whatever manner of tell they have for detecting another Talent.

So, is it "spot them first, which might require a roll, and then know they are a Talent" or "if in line-of-sight, Talents are obvious to you, lit up like a Xmas tree no matter how well they are hiding themselves." The former makes the most sense to me, and would be the more interesting way to play the game (otherwise there's not much point to being Stealth-y commandos because you cannot sneak up on other Talents, the guys you are trained to fight), but, based on the way it is written, I could see it being the latter.

*And even if Talents can still sneak against other Talents, I can still see them being told not to activate their powers, both so as not to alert enemy troops that there are Talents in the vicinity (which could initiate a stronger response) or because mundane commanders simply don't understand how Talent powers work.

--

Gil Trevizo
gtrevizo@gmail.com

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cult of ORE" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cult-of-ore+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to cult-of-ore@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cult-of-ore.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

Hello, before getting to the point want to thank those that have helped me by answering my questions. I'm not the best on forums, but I do appreciate it.

That out of the way, like the title says, I'm curious how losing Base Will affects motivations. Since you have to "invest" each point of Base Will into at least one Loyalty and one Passion, I'm fairly certain INCREASING Base Will means you have to invest more into Motivations. Does losing a point mean having to reduce what is currently in either of them? Are are they unaffected by a decrease?

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cult of ORE" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cult-of-ore+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to cult-of-ore@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cult-of-ore.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

My group is finally going to give Wild Talents a try and I've come up with a few questions while helping out with the character building:  Some of these I think I know the answer to, but could not find a clear example of the specific situation so I thought I would double-check.

1)  What order should the various ways of reducing impact damage be applied?  For example, what order would tank apply their endurance, and their LAR and HAR from Invulnerability?  The way we assume it should be done is to apply skills/powers first and armor in the order that they are stacked. Is that correct?

2) If a character has a power with several qualities and each of them has the Slow flaw, does that mean each individual quality can only be used every other round or does it apply across the full set of qualities? For example, a character has a Useful (healing) quality and an Attack quality as a part of their Life Energy power and each of them have the Slow flaw. Does that prevent the attack from being used every round, but allow the heal and the attack to be alternated, or does using one of them prevent both of them from being used the next round?

3) We have a character who is intended to occasionally ram targets (walls, villains, etc.) using his flight power. Can this be handled by having the player roll the Useful(Flight) quality to successfully hit the target and then apply the impact rules to determine the damage to both the target and the character based on the speed the character was flying?  I know that we could put the attack quality on the flight power to cover using 'flight' to attack people. Maybe it is our having played too much Champions where the move-by and move-through were standbys in our group, but just using an attack quality instead of 'flying' just doesn't feel 'right' especially when you throw in Boost which increases the speed but not the dice (and therefore not damage).

4) When you have Gobble dice from an opposed roll and the opponent has multiple sets, do you spend each individual gobble die to attempt to disrupt as many valid sets as you can, or do you apply all of your gobble dice to each valid opposing set?  

5) If you are applying gobble dice to a set and it is not enough to ruin the set, is the set applied at its original full width or at the reduced width after the gobble dice are applied?

6) Do I have defense, armor and damage right in this mini-scenario:

On Round One, Villain attacks with his ZARK power (Attack+1, Capacity: Range) and gets a 3x7 to hit Hero. Hero has HAR 2 and LAR 2 from invulnerability and is not taking any action to defend himself. The HAR 2 knocks 2 dice off of the 3x7 set making it a 1x7 resulting in a 'miss' (the attack+1 has no effect because the attack did not succeed).

On Round Two, Villain again attacks with his ZARK power getting a 4x9 to hit Hero. Hero still has HAR2 and LAR2 and is still not defending himself otherwise. The HAR2 drops 2 dice from Villain's 4x9 resulting in a 2x9 which is still a set allowing ViIllain to do 3 Shock and 3 Killing (2 width + 1 quality) to Hero's location 9. Hero's LAR2 then converts the damage to 3 Shock and 1 Killing.

On Round Three, Villain attacks with ZARK getting 2x9, a 4x6 and a 4x2. Hero has his invulnerability and has decided to defend himself getting a 2x3 on his Dodge. Hero's HAR2 is applied first due to interference changing Villain's sets to 0x9, 2x6 and 2x2. All remaining sets have a width of 2 so Villain's 2x6 beats the Dodge attempt and hits doing the same 3 shock and 1 killing but to location 6. Hero's Dodge would beat Villain's 2x2, but it is a moot point since Villain was only looking for a single set due to only doing one action (attack).

Sorry about the wall of text... we are really looking forward to trying out Wild Talents and appreciate the opportunity your collective greater experience with the system.

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cult of ORE" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cult-of-ore+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to cult-of-ore@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cult-of-ore.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.