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Offline Surreal Killer

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Mass Effect Rolemaster
« on: March 26, 2013, 09:41:38 AM »
Hi all, SK here. I am currently composing a Mass Effect percentile game based off of Rolemaster and Spacemaster games. I am very new to GMing, as in never done it  :o, so I will be here often learning tricks of the trade. When I complete the ME book I would like to post it here if that's at all possible without infringing on any copyrights, but will be free for anyone to take and tweak as they see fit. Any help with this would be much appreciated.

So far I have playable races: Human/Cyborg, Evolved Geth, Asari, Turrian, Krogan, Vorcha, Quarian, Drell, Salarian, Prothean, Volus, Batarian, Yahg, and Rachni. Although the Yahg is limited to the equivalent of a runt in said race as not to offset the power of the other races, i.e. only slightly larger than a Krogan, and the Rachni are not allowed to use weapons and armor, but have very developed powers.

Let me know if this sounds entertaining or not. Any constructive criticism is very welcome and also appreciated.

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Re: Mass Effect Rolemaster
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2013, 10:02:12 AM »
 SK Welcome to the ICE Forums, for the book I think a lot of people would like to see what you come up with. As to copy rights you need to contact the game company as well as John Seal @ Ice (no spaces) for ICE company permission.
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Re: Mass Effect Rolemaster
« Reply #2 on: March 27, 2013, 01:19:18 AM »
An interesting exercize. I've been toying with a RM Fall Out conversion, but my players like fantasy for the most part.

For beginning GMs I recommend:

http://www.roleplayingtips.com/archives/
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Re: Mass Effect Rolemaster
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2013, 12:22:51 PM »
You can do whatever you like as long as its for your own gaming purposes and to share with others, but is not for sale.  Also, you can not republish any material or large portions of our rules or ANY portions of the tables.  Thanks and Good Luck!
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Re: Mass Effect Rolemaster
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2013, 10:53:48 PM »
Personally, I wouldn't write them up as normal races and wouldn't allow them as PCs. There are only two groups that would bother to consider acquiring them. Cerberus has declared that they weren't controllable, and had no intention of getting any, leaving the Salcians (who had one in captivity).

But Yahg aren't that hard to make:

Yahg
BD    0-6-6-4-3          15
PPD   (All)                   0
MPD   0-2-1-1-1        -25
Lifespan 81-100           0
RR(Fear) +50             20
Soul Dep 6rnd             -7
Rec Type  4                -5
Rec Mult x1.5            -10
Start Lang 1               -5
Req Sleep 8h              -5
2 dy w/o sleep             5
sub total                   -17

St, Co, SD, Me, In, Re, Qu: +2 (35)
Ag, Pr: +4 (20)
Note: St gets a +4 & Qu gets a -4 from Giantism (in addition to above)
sub total: 55

 8   Assassin Training
 7   Gymnastic Training
 6   Natural Physique
12  Outdoorsman
10  MA Training
15  Giantism (+4 St, -4 Qu, reduced crits)
45  Natural Weapons (x3: Teeth, Claws, Horns)
 7  Peripheral Vision
30  Tough Skin (Insect: AT11, -40 app)

-10 Bad Temper
-10 Blood Lust
sub total: 120

Assuming
55 Adolescent skill ranks (5)
 5 Everyman (5)
 5 Restricted (-10)
sub total: 0

-17 +55 +120 +0 = 158
by the chart in the FRP GM Law the race still gets 35 talent points or 5 background options.

The temptation is to make them uber when what you want is the average. You have to leave room for the exceptional individuals who will take control of the groups.

They should be considered a TL 15 race, which could get more negatives, but I'd assume that a player would buy that off. Additionally, if they don't intend to play the aggressive, predatory nature of these creatures, I'd make them buy off those flaws too.

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Re: Mass Effect Rolemaster
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2013, 11:31:12 PM »
I have not played the game but that is a nice write up for any race.
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Re: Mass Effect Rolemaster
« Reply #6 on: April 07, 2013, 04:25:56 PM »
TY

Funny how i started with an "I wouldn't" then after I wrote it up I realized the race wasn't so bad and I'd fallen prey to the knee-jerk of fighting that particular nasty.

But they should be rare in the extreme. The references I found indicates as much.

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Re: Mass Effect Rolemaster
« Reply #7 on: April 26, 2013, 01:51:45 PM »
Thanks for all the input so far. I have talked to the group and they seem interested in the idea. Lately all we have been playing is D&D 3.5 and it has been over a year since I even touched a RM book as shameful as that sounds. I do so miss my classic lich (Lich Crown).