HeavyMetalSunshineSister Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Of course, that's assuming that nobody reduces Palpatine to a greasy spot on the floor - which would be difficult, to be sure, but not necessarily impossible. Quote We will remember - Skies may fade and stars may wane; we won't forget And your light shines bright - yes so much brighter shine on We will remember - Until the skies will fall we won't forget We will remember We all shall follow doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Humva Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Considering he did take down three Jedi masters and was only just barely defeated by Mace, a pretty formidable opponent, methinks he'll be slightly more than difficult to kill. Force visions are always buggersome for sneak attacks. Quote 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 "In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havelock Vetinari Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Palpatine is going to be a terror. Let me put this way, if you had a Dreadnought cruiser and an army of droids and he wanted you dead. You'd die. Quote I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are the good people and the bad people. You are wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyMetalSunshineSister Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Therefore the best option for dealing with Palpatine is an attempt at stealth. Take him by surprise, put a chunk of lead in his brain before he can react, and maybe your plan will work.It should be noted, also, that seeing the future through the Force doesn't exactly seem to have been a thing that happened 24/7, nor, apparently, at the will of the person receiving the sneak preview. Quote We will remember - Skies may fade and stars may wane; we won't forget And your light shines bright - yes so much brighter shine on We will remember - Until the skies will fall we won't forget We will remember We all shall follow doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Humva Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 I suppose then your best hope is to pray the dice fall right in your favor.I personally will have fun with slugthrowers; question though, are the force fields of, say, a Droideka the same sort as what you'd see on a Star Destroyer? Because I know starship force fields negate kinetic rounds quite well, but I figure it may be different on the lower end of the spectrum. Quote 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 "In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kothra Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 I completely forgot about the Dreadnaught cruiser. What a beautiful piece of technology.And even if canon characters can die, there shouldn't be tolerance of players hunting them just because. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havelock Vetinari Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Indeed. Many canon characters smart and skilled. Killing them will be difficult and have a high chance of the PC trying it dying.Droideka's shields can block kinetic force. Quote I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are the good people and the bad people. You are wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Humva Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Hmmm. Well, I guess I just have to hope not to go against them.I figure for everyone else though, being at the receiving end of a Star Wars-era slugthrower....Anychance you could wire up one of the crystals that powers a lightsaber to a portable coilgun? Quote 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 "In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyMetalSunshineSister Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Well, of course the character will have to have actual motive for trying to kill the NPC. This isn't Norman Bates: The Game. Quote We will remember - Skies may fade and stars may wane; we won't forget And your light shines bright - yes so much brighter shine on We will remember - Until the skies will fall we won't forget We will remember We all shall follow doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Lonesome Wanderer Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 I have thought up 78 MS for the Gundam RPG, all are canon and have legit reasons for inclusion. Have I gone a bit overboard? Quote "Go beyond the impossible, and kick reason to the curb! That's how Team Gurren rolls!"BZPRPG PROFILES Exo-Force RPG Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havelock Vetinari Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Of course not. Rover here is drawing up hundreds of planet maps for one of his RPG's. Quote I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are the good people and the bad people. You are wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyMetalSunshineSister Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 Well that's a bit different. I doubt you're even going to get 78 players, and a lot of the players you get are probably going to stick to the best-known ones. Only reason I'm doing a lot of planets - and no I don't think it's more than 200 habitable worlds - is because IL.3 is an RTS-RPG. Quote We will remember - Skies may fade and stars may wane; we won't forget And your light shines bright - yes so much brighter shine on We will remember - Until the skies will fall we won't forget We will remember We all shall follow doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havelock Vetinari Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 So I've been thinking about the number of inhabited and known worlds in the SW Universe. Canonically, it's about seventy million. A huge huge huge number. Is everyone comfortable with this number? Most of them seem to be sparsely populated colonies at any rate. Of little importance. Quote I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are the good people and the bad people. You are wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyMetalSunshineSister Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Ah, question - is the core of the inhabited area in Star Wars actually the core of the galaxy? Because if so, that's stupid and those living in the core should be kind of extremely dead. Quote We will remember - Skies may fade and stars may wane; we won't forget And your light shines bright - yes so much brighter shine on We will remember - Until the skies will fall we won't forget We will remember We all shall follow doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havelock Vetinari Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 No nononono. Your thinking of the Deep Core. Quote I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are the good people and the bad people. You are wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Humva Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 *does math**assumes some nice conditions that don't actually exist but are nice for clean sums*I got something around 78,500,000,000,000 cubic lightyears of volume for the galaxy. That's assuming the galaxy is a perfect tube and has similar dimensions to our own, but it gives you a general idea of the scale. Assuming an even density of 5 systems per lightyear... yeah, if people can build settlements on something as ****ish as Mustafar, I'm sure seventy million inhabited worlds is perfectly reasonable.All very ballpark math, but the numbers seem to be large enough. Space is biiiiiig. Quote 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 "In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xomeron Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 (edited) Bluh. The core may be dense but there's still light-years between each star, and no real reason to think it's uninhabitable. Background radiation is barely higher than it is here in the Orion Arm.Oh that's right, far-far away. Nevermind Edited October 1, 2012 by Grapple Wizard Quote That being said, thag thag thaggity thag thagness.-Rover "A memo was sent to Astaria asking if it would at all be possible to make a flying goat.""The Astarians responded that making a goat fly would be trivial; making it land safely would be another matter entirely." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Humva Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 (edited) I think Rover refers to the various levels of galactic nastiness there. Neutron stars, black holes, pulsars, systems that orbit black holes at significant fractions of the speed of light...The core of a galaxy is a nasty place, and I'm secure in saying that as I've seen numerous documentaries and read NASA pages about it. Edited October 1, 2012 by Void Prophet Alex Humva Quote 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 "In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyMetalSunshineSister Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 As they seem to have decided the Deep Core is habitable, just confusing to navigate, I suggest waving at logic as it passes by on this particular issue. Quote We will remember - Skies may fade and stars may wane; we won't forget And your light shines bright - yes so much brighter shine on We will remember - Until the skies will fall we won't forget We will remember We all shall follow doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havelock Vetinari Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 (edited) Alright. Seventy million it is......Hm. This means casualty estimates for the Clone Wars could skyrocket. Well past a trillion.It is habitable. Kind of. Very dangerous though. Edited October 1, 2012 by Basilisk Quote I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are the good people and the bad people. You are wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Humva Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Supermassive blackhole(s) tend to make things difficult to navigate, yeah. Quote 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 "In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyMetalSunshineSister Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 In real life, the actual core of a galaxy would be an incredibly unlikely place for multicellular life. Supernovae, black holes, pulsars, gravitational shenanigans... it's a mess. The region labelled as just the 'Core' in Star Wars wouldn't be much better.Hence, waving at logic as it passes by. Quote We will remember - Skies may fade and stars may wane; we won't forget And your light shines bright - yes so much brighter shine on We will remember - Until the skies will fall we won't forget We will remember We all shall follow doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xomeron Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 (edited) ...Not really at all. A supermassive black hole's gravity well doesn't become an issue until you get within about a Light Year of the Event Horizon, I think. Gravity's strength isn't linear, it's scalar.Whatever, it's Star Wars. Shoot logic in the face with a grapnel. Edited October 1, 2012 by Grapple Wizard Quote That being said, thag thag thaggity thag thagness.-Rover "A memo was sent to Astaria asking if it would at all be possible to make a flying goat.""The Astarians responded that making a goat fly would be trivial; making it land safely would be another matter entirely." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havelock Vetinari Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Logic can be ignored somewhat here. I'm not editing out two regions of the galaxy. Chalk it up to ancient Rakatan Wonder-tech or something. Quote I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are the good people and the bad people. You are wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Humva Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 (edited) Xom, black holes do numerous things. Gravity is not their only trick. Mr. Hawkings made that exceptionally clear to us. Gamma and x ray pulses are aplenty, amongst plenty of other spacial nastiness that comes with the turf.Of course, this is Star Wars, radiation should be able to be stopped, even if it's strong enough to incinerate Earth's atmosphere several thousand lightyears away. Edited October 1, 2012 by Void Prophet Alex Humva Quote 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 "In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyMetalSunshineSister Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 ...Not really at all. A supermassive black hole's gravity well doesn't become an issue until you get within about a Light Year of the Event Horizon, I think. Gravity's strength isn't linear, it's scalar.Whatever, it's Star Wars. Shoot logic in the face with a grapnel.The black hole isn't the only issue when dealing with gravity - the stars near the center of a galaxy are rather more tightly packed than out here in the arms. The big problem with the black hole is the radiation emitted by it. Quote We will remember - Skies may fade and stars may wane; we won't forget And your light shines bright - yes so much brighter shine on We will remember - Until the skies will fall we won't forget We will remember We all shall follow doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenLuke Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 >Trying to make Star Wars play nice with physics.<Good luck with that. Quote BZPRPG Profiles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Humva Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 (edited) He's already made it. The man cannot be stopped when he gets on a quest to bring logic and science to things. Edited October 1, 2012 by Void Prophet Alex Humva Quote 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 "In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyMetalSunshineSister Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Well, the biggest changes that have been made in terms of logic and common sense have more to do with the actions of characters than with physics. Really stupid plot things (hahahahaha what's a Faraday cage?) have likewise been spitted on the sword of reason, but it seems to have been agreed that the shape of the inhabited area of the galaxy won't be changed, because of some very good reasons. Quote We will remember - Skies may fade and stars may wane; we won't forget And your light shines bright - yes so much brighter shine on We will remember - Until the skies will fall we won't forget We will remember We all shall follow doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archer Vonn Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 >Trying to make Star Wars play nice with physics.<Good luck with that.Is that supposed to be greentext? Quote 3DS: 3711-9364-3152 PSN: AidecVoros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havelock Vetinari Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 (edited) ATTENTION PEOPLE. If you want to play a DARK SIDE character in my RP. Consider this quote:"Never heard of him.""That's because he did no evil. He didn't attempt to conquer the galaxy, try to wipe out the population of a star system, or start an all-out war with the Jedi. He just existed, learned. Died of old age, surrounded by family and friends."-Lumiya discusses Darth Vectivus' character with Jacen Solo Edited October 1, 2012 by Basilisk Quote I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are the good people and the bad people. You are wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archer Vonn Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 Oooo grayness Quote 3DS: 3711-9364-3152 PSN: AidecVoros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Humva Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 (edited) Good old Zahn and making things cool. Edited October 1, 2012 by Void Prophet Alex Humva Quote 1 1 2 3 5 8 13 21 34 55 89 "In short, my English Lit friend, living in a mental world of absolute rights and wrongs, may be imagining that because all theories are wrong, the earth may be thought spherical now, but cubical next century, and a hollow icosahedron the next, and a doughnut shape the one after." -Isaac Asimov, responding to a letter he had received saying that scientific certainty was false, The Relativity of Wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havelock Vetinari Posted October 1, 2012 Share Posted October 1, 2012 (edited) Shame that the rest of the EU is rotting like a festering carcass. Edited October 1, 2012 by Basilisk Quote I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are the good people and the bad people. You are wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are on opposite sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dRoko Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Somone have interest in a The Legend of Korra RPG? Quote 8% of the people epically wins with comic making. If you are the 92% that fails at it, copy and paste this into your sig100% of people here are humans. If you are somehow a matoran, pate this in your sig.http://www.bzpower.com/board/index.php?showtopic=9187 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyMetalSunshineSister Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 Without details on what you're actually planning, I don't have any interest in anything. Seriously - if you have no more of a plan than 'What if I made an RPG using this property?', you are doomed to fail.Come up with something clever, whether it's an interesting take on an established property or something truly original. Quote We will remember - Skies may fade and stars may wane; we won't forget And your light shines bright - yes so much brighter shine on We will remember - Until the skies will fall we won't forget We will remember We all shall follow doom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toast of Awesomeness Posted October 6, 2012 Share Posted October 6, 2012 There was interest in an avatar RPG a while back. I designed a level system for each element. You're welcome to it if you'd like it. PM me? Quote Well, would you just look at that? I'm a piece of toast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of the Madness Isles Posted October 9, 2012 Share Posted October 9, 2012 (edited) Quarantine Springfield: The Simpsons RPGPlot/Setting:Hundreds of episodes and twos of decades ago, The Simpsons, and the lively world of Springfield were introduced to us. In 2007, the family and town went through their biggest adventure ever on the big screen. In the end, Homer heroically saved the day and destroyed the dome around Springfield. But what if the dome had not been destroyed? Let's fast forward to six months after the dome has been placed over Springfield.This is from the RPG I am currently working on. Anyone out there a Simpsons fan, or just interested in a faction-based RPG? Feedback please. Edited October 9, 2012 by PurpleBouncy Quote "The moral of the story is, I chose a half measure when I should have gone all the way. I'll never make that mistake again. No more half measures Walter." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archer Vonn Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 That sounds amazing but people around here don't take kindly to having fun Quote 3DS: 3711-9364-3152 PSN: AidecVoros Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King of the Madness Isles Posted October 10, 2012 Share Posted October 10, 2012 Even if I have to go through the judges (sometimes they seem like they want RPGs to succeed, sometimes they don't) I think my RPG has a decent chance of seeing the light of day. I'm going to with a fairly simple but fun system, so there aren't too many elements of the RPG to screw up, but there's still enough going on. If you're interested in being a co-game master, or want a draft of it before I submit it to the judges for some feedback, then please just ask. Quote "The moral of the story is, I chose a half measure when I should have gone all the way. I'll never make that mistake again. No more half measures Walter." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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