Stargazer Games

1. 

   Stargazer
   April 20th, 2012 - 18:22

   I am glad you enjoy the game! I usually improvise adventures myself, so I have no written ones you can download. Sorry.
2. 

   Frank
   June 27th, 2012 - 19:25

   Do you wonderful folks have any interest in continuing with WR&M supplements? It’s the primary system in our household now, and we’ve adapted it for other genres; science fiction, translations of other systems, you name it.

   If you lack the time to compose material but are willing to skim through notes, I’d love some feed back too!
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   Stargazer
   June 27th, 2012 - 20:06

   Currently no additional supplements are planned. But feel free to share your ideas on the forums.
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   johnkzin
   August 9th, 2012 - 23:15

   didn’t these used to be on Drivethrurpg? If not, why not put them up there?
   ANd, have you thought about making 1 big book (you’ve got 108 pages there, so a 100-ish page document would work) and then making it available for print on demand?

   I’d definitely buy the a POD of this.
5. 

   Stargazer
   August 10th, 2012 - 04:16

   @johnkzin: Regarding DriveThruRPG: http://www.stargazergames.eu/2012/04/19/important-announcement/

   Regarding making it one big book: That’s not as easy as it sounds, this I have to do a complete new layout, rewrite a few things etc. And at this moment I don’t have the time to do something like this. Sorry.
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   Lested
   September 14th, 2012 - 04:13

   Since I say this game I felt in love with it, it’s easy to understand and easy to teach, planing on staring a campaign soon with my friends on Puerto Rico. Thanks for making a great game.
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   Steve
   October 30th, 2012 - 14:42

   We’ve started playing WRM, and came across some confusion last night around touch spells. The rules don’t seem to indicate whether touch spells assume a roll to hit, ala D&D, or whether the only roll required is the casting roll itself.

   Did you have a specific approach in mind for those when you wrote these rules?

   At the moment our GM settled on a roll to hit using Mage vs Armour. I’m more inclined to do Mage vs. base defense, but was curious what your thoughts would be.
   Steve´s last [type] ..DayZ – Day 2
8. 

   Stargazer
   October 30th, 2012 - 15:00

   The touch spells are actually an oversight on my part. If I ever do a 2nd edition I’ll need to clarify how making a touch attack works.
   The way I’d do it right now would be to let the caster make a casting roll to activate the spell. After that a roll Mage vs. base defense is needed to touch the target and release the spell. If the touch attack was not successful the spell is not lost and you can try again next turn. You don’t need to roll Mage vs. base defense if the target is unaware of the attack.
9. 

   Steve
   October 30th, 2012 - 15:39

   Okay. Lines up with my thoughts, which is a nice bonus. Thanks for the speedy reply.
   Steve´s last [type] ..DayZ – Day 2
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    joel siragher
    April 7th, 2013 - 03:00

    I found an old 4 page version from 2010 and immediately made up a google docs character generator. This evening i found the updated version and began printing it. You design some good stuff there. I appreciate the effort. I play the fantasy trip/melee/wizard alot and find this a good alternative. Ill keep you posted on my play progress. Thanks again!

    Joel
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    Andrew
    May 24th, 2013 - 20:37

    I’ve really enjoyed reading over this game. In my preparation of using it, I’ve become a bit confused by the Defense value and Armor. Is the Armor value used instead of the character’s base ((w+M)/2) Defense score? I’ve tried to figure it out by looking at the bestiary but I can’t make the NPC’s in there come out correct using the methods described in the text for PC’s.
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    Chris Brann
    May 25th, 2013 - 10:23

    Hi Andrew
    If I remember correctly then in the basic game armor is added to your base defense.
    If using one of the different advanced combat options then your defense is basic and armor either reduces the damage from a hit or gives you more hit points. Shields always add to defense.
    Hope that is off help
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    johnkzin
    May 25th, 2013 - 19:40

    I can see what Andrew is talking about.

    Base Defense = ((W+R)/2) + 4

    Knight: W 6, R 2. That makes a base defense of 8. +6 for light plate + 1 for small shield = 17.
    The number given: 10.

    Soldier: W 5, R 3. That makes a base def of 8. +3 for scale, +2 for large shield, = 13.
    The number given: 10.

    Town Guard: W 5, R 3, so base of 8. +3 for scale = 11.
    The number given: 10.

    Journeyman Mage: W 3, R 3, for a base of 7.
    The number given: 6.

    Apprentice Mage works, if you drop the fraction. Bandit and Commoner both work. None of the other common NPC’s work.
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    johnkzin
    May 25th, 2013 - 19:42

    And, even with the caption that says “the defense listed is the unarmored defense”… still doesn’t work. The number for the Knight should be 8, in that case. Not 10. Same with the Soldier and Town Guard.
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    Stargazer
    May 25th, 2013 - 21:46

    The NPCs not necessarily follow the rules for player characters or might also have taken advances.
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    Andrew
    May 27th, 2013 - 12:24

    Thanks, guys. I think I’ve figured out how it is supposed to work. I’m wanting to start a game of this and I have a question regarding how things work out in play. Let’s take a PC that gets Light Plate and a Small Shield and has a base defense of 8 (like the Knight above). That makes his Defense a 15 (8+6+1). That means a character (or monster) with a Warrior attribute of 6 and the appropriate weapon skill will have to roll an exploding die to hit the guy. This seems… difficult. Have the armor and shields turned out to be over powered in actual play?

    Also, do ranged spells automatically hit or does the character have to roll?
17. 

    Stargazer
    May 27th, 2013 - 12:31

    The high Defense numbers are a problem, that’s why I created some alternative systems for armor in “The Art of Combat”. Check them out.

    Ranged spells automatically hit, if the target is in a line of sight from the caster.
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    Andrew
    May 27th, 2013 - 12:50

    Thanks, Stargazer. I thought the math was coming out a bit on the difficult side but wasn’t sure if I was missing something in the system that made it work out better. I’ll look at the alternate systems. I’ll also consider making armor less granular, like Leather (+1), Scale (+2), Chain (+3) and Plate (+4) and then have small and large shields (+1/+2). That might keep the numbers a bit more manageable as well.
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    Stargazer
    May 27th, 2013 - 12:55

    That might work as well. WR&M is simple enough so that you can tweak it easily without breaking anything.

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