FireFly update
matt | September 30, 2005
It looks like tentatively Sunday at 1PM at Millbury.
Does this fit with folks?
Should we just meet there, or meet someplace closer (my house? Burrillville middle school?) and carpool from there?
The Caffeinated Penguin
musings of a crackpot hacker
Serenity
matt | September 27, 2005
Liz and I are probably going to catch a matinee of Serenity this weekend.
Any of you hooligans want to come with / meet us there?
We have no firm plans, right now; I'm just throwing it out to gauge interest.
KNOCKDOWN NO LONGER SUCKS
matt | September 27, 2005
And other impressions….
Old rule:
If you are hit in ranged or melee combat, you need to test for knockdown by making a Body test. For ranged attacks, the TN is 1/2 the power of the attack, rounded down. For melee attacks, the TN is the opponent's strength. The number of successes determines the result.
0 Successes = [...]
Read more
matt | September 25, 2005
Character Creation
- There are 16 sample characters for people to steal if they don't want to make their own.
- For those not familiar with the races:
~ Humans are, well, humans. ~ Elves and orks are height/weight close to humans, with some minor changes. ~ Dwarves and trolls are farther from the humans, with some [...]
SR4 core concepts
matt | September 24, 2005
Read another 20 pages.
Tests:
+ Basic:
- Roll # of dice = Skill Rating + Linked Attribute Rating +/- Situational Modifiers
+ Attribute Only:
- Roll # of dice = Applicable Attribute 1 + Applicable Attribute 2. Presumably, modifiers apply, though this is not stated.
+ Hits:
- Every 5 you get on the roll is termed a “hit”.
+ Successes:
- If [...]
SR4 info
matt | September 22, 2005
Okay, so I read the first 50 pages or so.
- It is now 2070.
- They killed off Capt. Chaos (the guy who wrote the intro for SR3, and many others), and replaced him with this FastJack dude.
- Denver is no longer an undefended smuggler's paradize. A new dragon (Ghostwalker) showed up and kicked out Aztlan. [...]
FYI – email crash
matt | September 22, 2005
My email hosting company suffered a main hard disk crash last night. They are still restoring from backup. Until the restoration is done, email is down. So if anyone is sending me mail, I'm not ignoring you, I just don't have email right now.
Finally broke down
matt | September 20, 2005
And got the 4th ed Shadowrun book as a PDF. Got tired of waiting. My print book is still on order, but now I have the rules to read and plan and such. I printed them out and am about to start throwing them into a binder. For the curious:
- The PDF contained no annoying [...]
Bright lights and loud sounds
matt | September 15, 2005
So, I've been hitting the range a lot lately. See, when you're shooting, you can't really think about shit. You focus on a few very important things – specific motions, your breathing, the front sight of your pistol. It looks like I'll be in a shooting competition in Nov. It's like amateurs league stuff – [...]
