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Design notes: Implementing "log ST" in a game

Posted Tue, 2008-10-14 14:21 by tbone

A friendly correspondent (who, like me, is working on a home-brew game system but isn't ready to release) asks me about ideal implementation of "log ST" in a system. Log ST is the name commonly given to a game feature that sets levels of character Strength to an exponential progression, so that every extra +1 Strength mutliplies the previous level of power by some amount.

Typically, that'll be expressed as every additional X levels of Strength multiplying lifting power by some easy-to-grasp multiple Y. An example is in the HERO System, in which every +5 Strength multiplies lifting power by 2. Read more...

Good advice for GMs with new players

Posted Sun, 2007-05-20 23:51 by tbone

Ben Finney (author of GURPS Metric) has a great pair of posts at Treasure Tables on his successful session with some GURPS newbies. Check it out for a detailed look at the special prep he made to accommodate the new players (including a nifty "here's all the rules you need" intro to GURPS), and a thorough review of what worked. Plenty of good ideas for an experienced group, too.

http://www.treasuretables.org/2007/05/introducing-rpgs-to-new-players-pa...

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Posted Wed, 2006-10-18 16:13 by tbone

The Games Diner forums will mainly support collaboration on projects, as well as discuss Games Diner content that doesn't fit into other Internet forums. If you'd like to bring some other game topic to the forums, I'll probably welcome it heartily. Read more...

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