I really don't know who said what to who and why or when, nor do I particularily care. But don't chase off Norton. I used to steal his quotes for my sig back in the day.
But plenty of people are defending the statement of one particular nit on twitter that TDM's latest release is indeed very, very racist. It's just sad to see that silliness here, regardless of actual gripes with Shirley's level of research and TDM's editing team (a cruel joke, but I'm still...
The Traveller-discord has several Cepheus sub-fora, as well as pointers to Stellagama, IG and others. There is a sub for Cepheus on reddit too, although it doesn't seem to get much action.
Animism is a slow burn. There's not a lot of flash - except for when there is, and then non-specialized people are likely to die horribly. A black-souled madman animist can line up all sorts of spirits just waiting to pounce on sweet man-stats, have characters covertly (or overtly) possessed or...
I find most "combat magic" less impressive, primarily because of the game's generous resist-mechanics making it too much of a gamble.
One thing I don't feel need any buffs however, is theism's damage ranges. Lightning might be a "weak" spell doing "only" 2 or 3 d6 of damage, but it is very much...
This IP is, unfortunately, cursed. I want to see it succeed, but until our more unhinged scientists unlock the secrets of alternate realities I don't see that happening.
And the formula for A winning is..?
Ok, sorry:tongue:
As an aside, the odds in this particular example turned out pretty much the same as if we'd used the ol' (and scorned) resistance table, only slightly skewed in favour of B. The RR took me all of ..12 seconds to grok when I first...
Ah yes. But you're not considering my mathematical handicap here.
To demonstrate: A has a 90/100 chance, B has a 75/100. A has a straight 15/100 of winning outright, and B has a 25/100 of failing outright, with 10/100 of both ending up under the table. If both rolls fall within 1-75, the outcome...