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« Reply #120 on: October 12, 2009, 12:24:27 AM »
Quote from: Curveball on October 12, 2009, 12:21:56 AM
Quote from: TheAuldGrump on October 04, 2009, 10:37:57 PM
Dark*Matter also seems like a decent setting for Spycraft - the PDF of the Alternity setting book sells for just under five bucks.

Mind telling me where this is available?  I've been searching for a pdf of the original Dark Matter for awhile now.

Wizards pulled the PDFs from OneBookshelf a few months back.  Cry
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« Reply #121 on: October 12, 2009, 12:54:31 AM »
Dark*Matter does have a d20 Modern setting book...
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« Reply #122 on: October 12, 2009, 04:17:52 AM »
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Dark*Matter does have a d20 Modern setting book...

Looks like that one is OOP as well. I managed to pick up all the original DarkMatter stuff in a sale back in the day - really lucked out. Didn't bother with the d20 Modern version, since, well, d20 modern is not Spycraft Tongue. Anyone here have it, is it any good?
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« Reply #123 on: December 11, 2009, 07:35:26 PM »
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Dark*Matter does have a d20 Modern setting book...

Looks like that one is OOP as well. I managed to pick up all the original DarkMatter stuff in a sale back in the day - really lucked out. Didn't bother with the d20 Modern version, since, well, d20 modern is not Spycraft Tongue. Anyone here have it, is it any good?

It's alright, but really not all that different from the Alternity setting book. It's updated by a few years. I think it's a bit smaller; they probably left something out, but I'd have to survey it to find out.
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« Reply #124 on: December 11, 2009, 08:25:02 PM »
Anywhoosier, I ran my first Fantasy Craft Freeport game today. It went well.

So far we have:

Human Agile Fencer Assassin (->Swashbuckler)
Human Unpredictable Adventurer Explorer (specialing in chance feats)
Elf Acrobat Priest (of Water deity, Healing path)
Elf Bard Courtier

It was generally well received. I feel bad about one thing... I neglected to warn the Courtier player about the iconic class thing. I'm thinking of making a feat to alleviate her pain.
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« Reply #125 on: December 12, 2009, 12:18:32 PM »
Quote from: Psion on December 11, 2009, 07:35:26 PM
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Quote from: Mister Andersen on October 12, 2009, 12:54:31 AM
Dark*Matter does have a d20 Modern setting book...

Looks like that one is OOP as well. I managed to pick up all the original DarkMatter stuff in a sale back in the day - really lucked out. Didn't bother with the d20 Modern version, since, well, d20 modern is not Spycraft Tongue. Anyone here have it, is it any good?

It's alright, but really not all that different from the Alternity setting book. It's updated by a few years. I think it's a bit smaller; they probably left something out, but I'd have to survey it to find out.

Yes, well, I got it for 5 € a month or so back - had to pick it up at that price! Smiley
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« Reply #126 on: December 17, 2009, 04:34:40 AM »
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You did notice there are Chocobos, did you?  Wink

Hell yes, there are chocobos! They are right in the normal mount list. I did everything but say they were yellow Roll Eyes.
Hmmm, to crossover with Spycraft?


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« Reply #127 on: December 17, 2009, 04:26:21 PM »
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Hmmm, to crossover with Spycraft?

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« Reply #128 on: December 17, 2009, 07:32:21 PM »
Thanks Grump.  Now I'll be waking up every night screaming until the day I die.
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« Reply #129 on: December 18, 2009, 03:07:46 AM »
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Thanks Grump.  Now I'll be waking up every night screaming until the day I die.
Yeah, that was my reaction too. Then I thought 'Why not share?' and this thread jumped immediately to mind....  Grin

The entire thought process took maybe a 12th of a second. Tongue

The Auld Grump, still laughing about it, too....
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« Reply #130 on: December 18, 2009, 11:03:11 AM »
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« Reply #131 on: August 01, 2011, 08:20:25 PM »
Time for a bit of thread necromancy:

You cannot mix Conan the Barbarian and Cthulu.  That mixture is already canon.
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« Reply #132 on: August 02, 2011, 06:10:08 AM »
Hey, I remember this thread.

Some stuff that I'm pondering at the moment:  Dues Ex and ThunderCats.  Not at the same time of course...
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« Reply #133 on: August 11, 2011, 03:35:16 PM »
Apologies but I keep seeing MC as good for running anything:

1) Sword and Sorcery Fantasy eg Conan.
2) Post Apoc Fantasy eg Gamma World/Planet of the Apes.
2) Sword and Planet fantasy eg John Carter of Mars
3) Pulp Horror eg Indiana Jones/Mummy
4) Espionage eg James Bond
5) Conspiracy Horror eg X-Files/Delta Green/Ultraviolet
6) Space opera eg Traveller/Serenity
7) Superhero stuff eg Mutants + Masterminds

I've had a dabble (with the asssistance of others) and posted results to the wiki if you're looking for settings. Smiley
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« Reply #134 on: August 11, 2011, 10:34:54 PM »
Quote from: snake on August 11, 2011, 03:35:16 PM
7) Superhero stuff eg Mutants + Masterminds

This is the only one I'm not sure about (at least not to the level of Mutants and Masterminds).  Mastercraft does low powered supers extremely well (low powered in so far as innate superhuman abilities), but I simply can't see a way to do higher powered stuff well with it.

I've run Spycraft Supers (I put my first draft of the powers on the forums), but the baseline power level is nowhere near what I would run with M&M, and some powers just break the system (super speed is a very real problem) because of how several systems run.

I think it's possible if you write an entire book that simply uses the engine, but as something to bolt onto the rest of the range I just can't see it working beyond low tier stuff.  Problem is then, we're back to an M&M type game (in that it's based on d20, but you can't tack it on to a D&D game), rather then a Mastercraft extension.
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