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leeing multi state grey zone are housed outside denver federal legislation approves massive subsidies and deregulation for region spurring massive corporate investment by 2025 new denver has officially absorbed old denver and become a hub of everything high tech is the only place where human augmentations can be tested without fda approval meanwhile yellowstone continues to belch out toxic gases clouds of ash and federal government intends to maintain the controversially large grey zone indefinitely thousands have refused to evacuate including survivalist militias with serious military hardware region has also become hotbed for cartel operations all of the above threatens to destabilize the city notable tech advances commonplace adoption of wearable computing with optics spiritual successors to tech like google glass as affordable and commonplace as smartphones circa 2010 standard feature of latest generation of optics is projected augmented reality capability i e virtual objects that appear to exist within physical environment vast majority of models are only capable of rendering vector based ar graphics civilian drones far outnumber government ones new denver has an open matternet with officially approved air traffic lanes and open source software anyone can buy a multirotor with approved specs install standardized firmware and then immediately register it to start taking delivery jobs exo frames are seeing use by military as well as in construction medical care 3d printing has become widespread with vending machines becoming a competitive market ias a la siri have become increasingly robust at understanding implementing complex spoken or subvocalized instructions rni labs a private research institute has been producing an increasingly complex series of androids with synthetic brains and nervous systems which can learn and develop in a similar fashion to humans the two most well known are persica and ari who have respectively been leased to a marketing agency and the new denver police department as for cybernetics advances in neural bridge tech mean that cyborg limbs can now be controlled with 1 1 accuracy milspec limbs that can perform at max human potential or beyond officially require special licenses not available to the general public artificial implants can replace impaired sight hearing smell and even taste emotional regulation implants have been developed to assist people suffering from ptsd and other mental disorders the implants have also proven effective at mitigating the impact of subsequent traumatic events leading to ongoing discussion on the possibility of their preemptive use by military personnel pop culture portrays the implants as allowing one to keep their cool within combat situations and some pmcs explicitly advertise their augmented contractors as such concerns have been developing over the potential for neural bridge hijacks a method of remotely manipulating someone s augmentations by spoofing falsely impersonating the signals being sent by the target s flesh and blood nervous system the technique has been repeatedly demonstrated under lab conditions read all 0 comments labels campaigns cyberpunk fluff inspiration new denver rpg tuesday march 20 2012 mass effect playtest reports holy crap the first trial run of the mass effect tabletop game rocked something fierce i have the best playtesters check out the full gallery it s got screenshots from throughout the session an explanation for how you can run a web game like this yourself read all 4 comments labels game design mass effect play playtesting rpg sunday march 11 2012 mass effect tabletop combat rules beta check it out hell test them out just remember to tell me the results i ve been putting alot of work into this design for the past couple weeks need to playtest this foundation before i start nailing down the specific details of the next stage if you re in portland oregon and would be up for meeting to playtest this coming weekend or even weekday mornings send me a message read all 6 comments labels game design mass effect other systems playtesting rpg monday february 13 2012 blazing spear cultural exchange the adventures of bob rulaani tourist the man with no remarkable skills whatsoever bob is a joke character i ve used in our internal discussions his purpose is to demonstrate how an average joe in blazing spear s central culture the rulaani empire can still be someone extraordinary in the eyes of other cultures the following is the first anecdote he appeared in from a chat last september ideas have progressed since then but the cultural differences remain in effect 4 55 pm me rulaani tourist in the mountain kingdoms hears about the legendary swooping hawk sword style whose incredible secrets the source of much speculation are taught only at a secluded dojo on a nearby mountain 4 57 pm so he decides to go down there on tuesday knocks on their door and says hey this the place where they teach those swooshing hawk moves i want to see how work 4 58 pm michel complete with bad grammar in his non native tongue alright what happens next 5 01 pm me well imagine if some guy walks into the most important building in apple sheadquarters and says with a bit of an accent hello is this the place where they present the new prototypes to steve jobs ok and which room i am here to observe 5 02 pm almost certainly alot of um wait who are you because it would be ridiculous to think that someone would just walk in and want to see this super secret mysterious stuff because of idle curiosity michel i can just imagine the monocles falling off 5 04 pm me in fact let s say he actually gets to the grandmaster and that the real reason he does is because he acts like he has a reason to be there 5 05 pm and does it well because it s not an act 5 06 pm now bear in mind that in my head rulaan basically has spears as the classic weapon where western culture has swords they refer to freelance warriors mercenaries as sellspears or spears for hire 5 08 pm so let s say this guy has one of those on him 5 09 pm michel brb keep typing wanna read this 9 minutes 5 18 pm me the master with a nervous low ranking student helping translate basically is all so you are a rulaani of common birth who has spent four years as a member of your village militia camera cuts to a muddy guy in rags shivering in the cold and using a rusty sword to try and hack dead limbs off some trees a caption at the borrom reads mountain kingdom equivalent his comrade says maybe you should sharpen that thing oh yeah how do you do that i think you need a rock cut back to the dojo yep says the rulaani 5 21 pm michel lol 5 23 pm me and word has reached you of our great and much feared sword school where the secret sword techniques of master li peng have been passed onto a chosen few for four generations some guys in the village down the hill were talking about it translator he says yes 5 27 pm michel keep going 5 32 pm me and you have decided to make a day trip to our dojo where you expect we will show you these secrets only because you asked oh no no no i m sorry this must have seemed so impolite i didn t mean it like that ah that is good yes i would never ask to learn your techniques without also sharing my own martial knowledge in return awkward silence 6 minutes 5 39 pm michel well don t stop there 5 40 pm me the master massages his temple very well tell him we will accept translator does a double take m master i now foresee a need to gut the rulaani in large numbers at some point in the future it is prudent to observe how they fight 5 44 pm so they go to the 2nd years dojo room and he tells the teacher to indulge this guy by serving as his mock opponent guy acts out some basic spear strikes in slow motion functional but utterly crude in their eyes spear masters are no sword masters but they at least have some poetry 6 minutes 5 51 pm me then his opponent asks if they can try the scenario in a brief actual spar they face off and the teacher contempously slaps the spear aside with his wooden sword at the right point in the attack pattern to throw his enemy off balance the rulaani barely dodges the follow up sword swing but the teacher simply continues his rotation and launches a roundhouse kick to the gut 5 53 pm michel and me rulaani is bent double gasping dropped his spear the audience is cackling appreciatively the master smiles but his eyes frown for a second damn that was pretty good says the rulaani between gasps 5 54 pm wait do that one more time says the master a similar repeat perfomance ensues 5 56 pm the audience is quiet now still grinning exultantly but the master is now completely focused do that thing again with your feet the rulaani got his ass handed to him but it shouldn t have taken three moves not with this guy s utter lack of real skill 6 00 pm over the next two hours the master grills the visitor extensively on the training drills he s recieved regarding stance footwork and movement once satisfied he nods and spends the afternoon patiently coaching the rulaani on a few useful basic techniques that should be viable for a spear wielder 6 02 pm michel continue 6 03 pm me over the next several years the master implements the most radical series of changes to the swooping hawk style since it was created by master li peng almost a century ago 6 05 pm master li peng was an absolute master prodigy of a warrior he invented some amazing things but he was one man working in isolation with only very basic practices as a shared starting point ones he did his best to unlearn since they tended to be very flawed michel i get what you re getting at 7 minutes 6 13 pm me the rulaani was an utterly unremarkable warrior who had baredly grasped the fundamentals of the martial techniques he was trained in techniques and lessons based on the work of half a dozen different genius master warriors each with decent access to their predecessor s ruminations 6 14 pm michel by extension this principle makes rulaan a natural source of pcs since the kind of knowledge that is useful for making heroes alchemical lore combat techniques espionage savvy technological expertise 6 15 pm would be more widely shared than in other cultures me master li peng never really thought much about footwork his stances were ideal for ensuring a strong and versatile attack made from a standing position 6 18 pm the school had traditionally assumed that someone who is forced to move backwards in a duel has essentially lost the fight but if this rulaani had even a few years worth of real combat experience and had been in better shape he would have been able to wipe the floor with his sparring opponent 6 21 pm the master could see the potential of the moves enough to realize there was a whole branch of techniques that the school had previously thought to be infeasible michel cool 6 24 pm me if someone had suggested to a swooping hawk student that this would come to pass it would mean a duel to the death someone daring to suggest that their master s knowledge would be lacking no loyal member of the school would let such disrespect stand 6 25 pm not unlike how every kid thinks their mom and dad truly know everything 6 26 pm michel ahhh until they re thirteen in which case the exact opposite effect is the case 6 27 pm me which is what the majority of masters are like they clearly know everything this one was a little wiser than the norm 6 28 pm but to the rulaani this guy doesn t represent the absolute pinnacle of knowledge just a guy who knows a bunch of stuff 6 29 pm michel i see 6 30 pm it sounds like our setting is one where travel and exposure count for a lot and going places and seeing things makes for powerful adventurers because they ll grasp insights unavailable to the guy who stays in his place am i on target 6 minutes 6 37 pm me could be could be making a character who s been exposed to a variety of cultures might be how you make a more multiclass character at least in terms of overcoming hurdles in pursuit of an optimal rounded out build 6 39 pm reeling things way on back to the original point i expect i was also thinking of things like minimizing raw number increases for high level characters 6 40 pm a level 12 character well his equivalent in this system shouldn t feel safe when facing a group of 10 level 1s 6 43 pm not until he does a display of fighting skill that scares the remaining 7 into backing down or navigates the fight into a narrow alley where they can t come at him with more than 2 at a time or otherwise avoids a fair fight in favor of a situation where he has the advantage read all 1 comments labels blazing spear cultures fluff inspiration rpg storytime tuesday january 31 2012 introducing blazing spear high time to pull back the curtain i think blazing spear is the tentative name for an original bronze age weird fantasy setting i and two others have been working on since early 2011 there are numerous influences from 300 to fringe but a particular handful best capture the kind of stories we d like our world to help tell fullmetal alchemist avatar the last airbender matthew woodring stover s bronze age fantasy trilogy girl genius a relatively obscure new comic called black fire and above all else princess mononoke these are stories of badass individuals caught up in the physical ideological confrontations of different cultures and in the goals of colorful power players whose means far exceed those available to mere mortals these are stories in a world that is changing and evolving where there is no option to maintain a status quo these are stories where numerous other characters are just as badass just as competent and not just among those fighting on both sides of the conflict but also those underfoot who are just trying to get by the crucial factor that distinguishes the player characters isn t superior strength or even necessarily virtue it s their role as individuals as people who involve themselves in the conflict without cleaving to any the goals of any one faction that s involved i m as busy as ever but i ll do my best to share more about this world we ve made and perhaps some original game mechanics to go with it my goal is to update on at least a weekly basis i m terrible as i ve always been at posting into a vacuum so any honest feedback commentary you can offer will be a huge help have i gotten your attention so far read all 6 comments labels blazing spear campaigns fluff inspiration rpg thursday december 1 2011 oh man this is fantastic tom francis game journalist extraordinaire and fledgling indie game dev has been working on gunpoint for a while now i ve had a chance to play the beta it s definitely something special he already put out a call for artist volunteers and got some amazing results as you can see a couple days back he put out a similar query for any interested composers including a gameplay video people could pair their tentative soundtracks too and once again he s getting a pile of great r...