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A Return to the Stars
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After a veeeeerrrryyyy long, and mostly unplanned, hiatus, Stuart and I got
together to play more Stargrave in recent days. It was good! It was also a
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Sweet. I've been looking for a decent MLP game, and never even thought of using UA.
ReplyDeleteThat's the thing about MLP fanart... it is expansive, pervasive, and often terrifying.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for the link! :D
That game looks like a great one-shot to play! Nice ideas in there. I also like the Failure is Awesome, although 1% at a time on the skills improvement seems like it might take a while to improve. Wow, this community sure comes up with some creative stuff.
ReplyDeleteYay Ponies!
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I've considered doing "fail=skill improves" in Call of Cthulhu but it makes this curve where skill improves very fast and then slows as you get better and I wasn't sure I wanted that.
ReplyDeletePlus it seemed like it was an easy system to game (buy terrible stats and constantly try them out in hopeless situations) but it seems like the 1% kiboshes that. Plus if you play in the proper pony spirit it might not be a problem.
My home group actually used such a system for a while, but as our engine had the same skill system cover both combat, and well, everything else... So, practically everyone'd have their sword and axe skills at max in half a dozen sessions, but the more rarely used things (seduction, sleight-of-hand, lore skills, whathaveyou) lagging far behind. Tried using different amounts of failures per level of skill, but ditched the system in favour of a point-buy one.
ReplyDeleteThe approach, if properly balanced, would be quite realistic to me, as when you have a decent level in a skill, normal use of the skill no longer makes it rise. Harder and harder tasks have to be accomplished in order to improve it.
@Zak - One of my teenage heartbreakers used that type of mechanic. My awkward "solution" was to require training of some sort at every 30,40,50,60,70 points crossed.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's potentially quite easy to skyrocket from nothing to surprising competence with this system (not a surprise, really, it's a game about magical cartoon horses), which is why I included the caveat that the PM can restrict this gain to once a session if desired.
ReplyDeleteAfter a while, though, skills will but up against the limiting factors of the stats they are under, and raising stats takes a bit longer.
It's not perfect, but I like it. :)