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I read the original trilogy when it came out. It really was very simply written, but the ideas were all very cool. I got into the opening tale of the Core Earther who transformed to Living Land. There were some neat story ideas, such as Kurst becoming a Storm Knight, the creation of the Cyberpapacy,...

TorgHacker wrote:In Torg Eternity, you get a set amount of XP per session, so it's pretty much that.

I'm cool with that. I've lately been giving the same XP whether the party succeeds or fails. This jives with my philosophy.

Yeah, in the old days, I would have been on board with that. Nowadays, I'm not so fond of the idea of giving extra XP based solely on card luck. I'm not even a fan of giving XP to a player for being wittier or cleverer than the others. I've been adopting the stance lately that XP is never awarded. E...

2D6E bonus mean 1/3 chances of rerolling a 6. <pedantic>Rolling 2d6, you have a 11/36 chance of rolling at least one 6. </pedantic> The scenario of dropping big creatures quickly was also prevalent in oTorg. Someone piles on some Hero and Drama cards, slaps a Coup de Grace or two, and chooses Vital...

But as far as I could ever tell, that's more or less the *only* way for Earth to, you know, win. I mean, that's why the post titled, "Fighting The High Lords" is almost entirely about how removing stelae works -- it's the only particularly meaningful way to fight the High Lords. So why is...

Stormchild wrote:Wow. This one is actually growing into a glossary which - in oTorg came woefully late. I hope you already have a database running for it as this is destined to get huge.

Definitely could benefit from a wiki, especially as important NPCs get introduced.

Understood. If it ever does happen, my friend calls dibs on naming it "Torganized Play."

I only wish I could claim credit for that one.

So back in 1990, communications were laughably primitive compared to today. The Infiniverse was the closest we had to a shared campaign. At around that time, the RPGA had Living City, though it would be years before I discovered that. Since then, many organized play campaigns have erupted. Living Ci...

TorgHacker wrote:[ But yes, if I was the GM and the character wanted to ditch his Dragon Armor, I'd let him repurpose that Perk.

Yeah, that sounds friendly and flexible.

No, it's an upgrade to the Dragon Armor Perk. +10 Toughness vs. fire.

The sheet says +8. I assume that supersedes the +5?

I've always been a little wary of advantages in the form of equipment. It seems like a waste of points if something better comes along. I recall in my games of Torg that Storm Knights made excellent scavengers. Hey, found a better gun/sword/armor; I'll toss this one. What if the dwarf evolves to the...