C3G Promotions Dept. | Wave 53: The End?

[Lord Pyre]

Originally Posted by Griffin

They are, and it would be nice to have some fresh eyes on them honestly. I think the sanctum would be very receptive to hear any good ideas on the subject. Maybe I should move the DO/Optional Rule thread to the public.

Yeah, it'd be pretty neat to have a public brainstorming. You guys could post the problems you're having figuring them out, and we could all try to find something that works well.

[GreyOwl]

Basically, Griffin and I don't agree on anything when it comes to these rules! That's probably why we'll never get them done...

[Lord Pyre]

Originally Posted by GreyOwl

Basically, Griffin and I don't agree on anything when it comes to these rules! That's probably why we'll never get them done...

Play nice, kids.

[Griffin]

Originally Posted by GreyOwl

Basically, Griffin and I don't agree on anything when it comes to these rules! That's probably why we'll never get them done...

Easy there buddy... I think we are working together much better right now and we are hopefully making some changes for the best. You recently had some great ideas I thought, but we should really keep this discussion in the sanctum for now.

[GreyOwl]

Whatever...

[GreyOwl]

(for those that didn't pick up on it, I'm just kidding...Griff and I aren't actually fighting about the DO rules, or anything else for that matter. )

[IAmBatman]

It's because you're both too big of theme nerds.

[GreyOwl]

Hey I don't care about theme...uh...I'm not a ner.....oh fine.

[Good Pig]

Originally Posted by GreyOwl

Hey I don't care about theme...uh...I'm not a ner.....oh fine.

[davidlhsl]

When I played Wave Four on the Times Square map, I created some rules for the cars on the field. Those rules actually were fun, but were a bit complicated. I had also tried to develop some destructible object rules before I heard of C3G, but I didn't care for those.

The biggest challenge for me with DOs are creating rules that aren't:

(a) overly complicated. With the wide variety of objects you might use, having each object have their own set of effects would make playing them cumbersome.

(b) basically serving the same purpose as equipment glyphs. Now some objects would work like equipment glyphs. However, there is a danger that the battle would just start with everyone scrambling across the map grabbing these suckers. This isn't Sharks vs. Jets. I'm also not sure I like the idea of folks simply carrying these things around.

To me, objects should be things you might grab in the heat of battle. You grab, throw or swing, and be done with it.

C3G has produced Anti-Monitor and was able to get a cost for Echo. If anyone can solve this problem, it will be C3G.

[tcglkn]

Originally Posted by DEATHWALKER 1970

The weather:

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That's good. How did I miss that?

[1Mmirg]

I'm not typing as much these days, but I agree that simpler is better.

I'd like to see DOs grouped into two sizes (big and really big ), with units having Super Strength able to use them in an attack for a simple addition of 1 or 2 attack dice (based on size). After an attack, a die roll determines if the object is destroyed or not. If not, the attacker places it adjacent to the target.

For one more layer of complexity, you can allow DOs to be thrown, but I'd pick a static range number like 2 or 3 for very large (cars, etc.) and 4 or 5 for large objects (post office boxes, park benches). I'd also not allow any attack boost for thrown DOs--simply a normal attack, now made at range. (Same rules for destruction and placement if not destroyed.)

Anyhow, simpler is better. And all just fwiw, nothing more. (My guess is that you are way past this stage, but just an idea for a very simple system.)