Re: [BNW] New game for me

["Ewan" <e.chilton@bcftcs.ac.uk>]

>Sorry about that. Mis-clicked and sent before I was finished.

>I continue onward below. Then back to lurking...

heheh

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>I think my main point stands
>
>1: its important to know information about the number of DPs, ratio of
>delta
>to norm etc to be able to run a game of BNW
>
>2: this information is not avalible in the main rules book
>
>conclusion: you cant run a game of BNw from the main book without making up
>your own background

>Well, I ask again, have you EVER run a super hero game before? In none,
NONE
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ok
1: just because other games do it dosnt mean its right
2: these games do implicitly tell you how many supers there are in the
background and style of writing. many are based off well know comic strip
ideas. you know how common supers should be from reading the comics. BNW is
not the standard comic book superhero story and thus we need additional
information to set the scene


>As to the Gadgeteer thing, In my campagin, I have decided that if some
>gadgets are made often enough, the same enough, by enough Gadgeteers, they
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yeah i think you need a solution like this.


>Which brings us to the "Where the hell do they come from?" debate. Well, I
>for one DON'T NEED TO KNOW YET. They do. That's all that matters.

but there is a 'origin' line on the charcter sheet FGS!! we dont need to
know all the details behind it, a simple people get shot/run over/hit etc
and instead of dieing become supers no-one know why. is fine and i think
this is what is implied by the book. but it would be helpfull if this was
stated as fact

>and my secondary point
>
>1: the level of detail given on the background of the BNW world is
>dissapointingly low
>
>
>although I dont want to be all doom and gloom, as I said before I like it
>but I need more details

>You're a GM right? Make it up! That's a staple of running a game. I ran a

ack didnt you read the 'answers ive allready got section'? sure i can make
it up but i dont need the book to make stuff up if you buy a book you expect
some background. the background given is vague enough to cover a huge range
of possiblities this would be good if each one was covered in detail but as
it is it leaves you unsure as to what the authors vision of his world is.

>what your game world differs from the published one? To paraphrase Murphy's
>Rules of Combat, No Game World or Campagin Survives Contact With Players
>Intact.

heheh true


Ewan