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ICE News and Discussion / Re: ICE needs an SRD for thier systems.
« Last post by Hansuke on Today at 08:01:11 AM »
This conversation also got me to thinking about what could be copied to a campaign manager website. I guess that's the gist of this whole thread. Several months back I bought SM Beyond the Core module to help complete my collection. If I wanted to add certain data from that module to my campaign site, wouldn't it be verboten? For example, what if I wanted to copy the basic system information from page 18 regarding ABRAX 6 F9 V. Even though it would give the players something helpful to read about the system, I believe that I cannot copy that information and put it on the website; having to opt for my players to buy the module to read it for themselves. Maybe some kind of fair use standard, or maybe some kind of restricted SRD, would be helpful. Please forgive my attempt at legalese; I have not idea what legal maneuvers would have to be made.
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RMC/RM2 / Re: Combat with creatures that act as a group
« Last post by brole on Today at 06:28:19 AM »
However, how does a PC attack a group of 100 ants, for example. It obviously cannot be one attack per ant.
For this I think its one of those that is a GM judgement call, after all its not really combat but rather... ant control.
It could be a given that 100 ants are killed per round if the PC uses a flaming torch.
If using their boot, much less, say 30. (This could make things worse if the ants rush out of the nest! e.g. 'jumping bull ants')

If the ants are on the character's body... this is more of a RR to brush them off than an attack.

Another example: A 30 gorcrows attack. Their attacks are grouped in trios. Can you swing your axe and try to brind down more than one gorcrow?
Yes. RAW could use RM2 V Multiple Attack Proficiency - Multiple Opponents (sweep). If you determine the gorcrows are in the arc of a sweep attack then the PC can do this attack on 2 or more of them depending on their skill with the weapon. (1st 10 ranks x 5 for 1st target, 2nd 10 ranks x 2 for 2nd target -20, left over x 1 for 3rd target -40 plus usual modifiers).

In a recent encounter, a PC was attacked by 10 leeches that sneaked into his armor while wandering a swamp. I ruled that the removal of each leech using his axe was a maneuver. If he wanted to remove more than one leech per round, the maneuver difficulty increased.

So, what are your thoughts.

This sounds good. The maneuver could be based on first aid skill.
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The information between different settings is not necessarily consistent. ICE writers back in those days often reused names without necessarily reusing the complete description package and context.

In short : when playing in Middle Earth, use the MERP reference. When playing in Shadow World, use the SW reference. When playing in an original setting, pick one or the other, or come up with your own.
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The information I found in both Character Law and the Shadow World Master Atlas indicates that Akbutege should be sO2. The herbs for concussion relief with codes around at least cH6 might be Cusamar (Character Law) or Anneke (SWMA), but they heal more than Akbutege due to the greater difficulty.
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ICE News and Discussion / Found a discrepancy on herbs, need clarification.
« Last post by Bruce on March 28, 2024, 09:38:29 PM »
First off I have a spreadsheet that I think I downloaded from the ICE vault a long time ago. This spreadsheet has every single herb in RM and MERP listed in it. I copied that spreadsheet and pasted it into my preferred campaign manager which is Obsidian.md. I then found my copy of Hands of the Healer from MERP and am working on adding the descriptions from Hands of the Healer to the file in Obsidian.md. I found a discrepancy though in the first herb Akbutege.
In the book it says the herb is found in wetlands about two weeks following an extremely cold part of the winter with a Difficulty of Very Hard. I took this as meaning the codes to be: cH6 (cold, Heath/scrub/moor, and Very Hard to find). But the info in the spreadsheet has sO2 (semi-arid, Ocean/saltwater shores, and Easy to find), which is just about the complete opposite of what I have and what the Hands of the Healer describe.

Can anyone please clarify this for me as to what I should go by and which book I might find the correct info in?
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ICE News and Discussion / Re: ICE needs an SRD for thier systems.
« Last post by jdale on March 28, 2024, 09:30:59 PM »
The name is a bit funny. For my online part, I use ObsidianPortal, which also uses Markdown, but I don't think has anything to do with Obsidian.
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ICE News and Discussion / Re: ICE needs an SRD for thier systems.
« Last post by Bruce on March 28, 2024, 09:26:17 PM »
This discussion got me to wondering if I could use google sites to create a campaign manager. I just filled in some random data and came up with:
https://sites.google.com/view/offrong-campaign/home.

It only took an hour or so. I am thinking it might make a good campaign manager. It's certainly easy to build. While not complete by any means, I think if provides a proof of concept.
Interesting. For one I didn't know there was a thing called Google Sites (when I first looked at it I misread it as Google Sheets...lol). It looks good but not sure it would work good for my campaign management. I also have all my data already programmed into Obsidian (much of it was ported from Realm Works) and I am daily adding things in.

The blogs were more what I was looking for. I don't know, open source people just don't know how to present concise explanations of what things are for. I see that everywhere. Here's a directory of all our files! Here are all the plug-ins! Here's a log of recent changes! But no "this is the purpose of this project."

Anyway, ok, I can see the utility. It's not what I would use personally, because I find Markdown too constraining, but ok.
I come from using Realm Works as my original campaign management software and I found it extremely useful to have everything I need within a few clicks and on different tabs, but it was never organized the way I wanted it to be. Then they announced there would be no more development for Realm Works and along came Obsidian.md.
I can use Obsidian during a game for easy rules reference and to look up info on the current scenario and any relevant data. I can post maps and other images on external screens so the PCs can see them. There is also a plugin for using spreadsheet formulas within a note inside Obsidian (but adds a little extra to entering formulas).
I am not a programmer (dabbled a little in Javascript for PDFs) so I don't do any programming for plugins and what not. But I can usually get some help in the Discord if need be.
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ICE News and Discussion / Re: ICE needs an SRD for thier systems.
« Last post by Hansuke on March 28, 2024, 07:46:08 PM »
This discussion got me to wondering if I could use google sites to create a campaign manager. I just filled in some random data and came up with:
https://sites.google.com/view/offrong-campaign/home.

It only took an hour or so. I am thinking it might make a good campaign manager. It's certainly easy to build. While not complete by any means, I think if provides a proof of concept.



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General Discussion / Phaeselis: the City of Psionics
« Last post by EltonJ on March 28, 2024, 07:00:32 PM »
I developed a world for Pathfinder (1e) and Ultimate Psionics.  It's set in the world of Alexander the Great, the Hellenic Age (after Alexander conquered the Persian Empire).  I'm going to put my other sci-fi on hold and I'm going to develop this further.  My wiki, the Phaeselis Wiki has more detail. I'm still planning on buying HARP SF and probably HARP Fantasy.

Question is: would HARP Fantasy and HARP SF handle it?
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ICE News and Discussion / Re: ICE needs an SRD for thier systems.
« Last post by jdale on March 28, 2024, 06:19:39 PM »
The blogs were more what I was looking for. I don't know, open source people just don't know how to present concise explanations of what things are for. I see that everywhere. Here's a directory of all our files! Here are all the plug-ins! Here's a log of recent changes! But no "this is the purpose of this project."

Anyway, ok, I can see the utility. It's not what I would use personally, because I find Markdown too constraining, but ok.
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