Vrusk Pistolero - Revision history

Terl obar at 05:20, 28 July 2010

Terl obar — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:20:09 GMT

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	Thanks to your natural speed and dexterity, you can do things with pistols that many can only dream. Not just deadly, you fight with a style and grace that have begun to make a real name for you throughout the Frontier.		Thanks to your natural speed and dexterity, you can do things with pistols that many can only dream. Not just deadly, you fight with a style and grace that have begun to make a real name for you throughout the Frontier.
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-	This article is my response to those people who feel the need to have game mechanics spelled out for every little thing in a game. There was a time when games were made with minimal rules – where having a special ability or a detailed story for your character wasn’t codified with rules; it was defined by imagination. Sure, during this time men wore mullets and women wore tunic shirts with wide belts, but the idea that imagination is the fuel of good gaming has been lost in the myriad assortment of gaming supplements and handbooks. Someone once told me Star Frontiers was limited because every character eventually looked alike (due to limited skill list and simplistic approach to character generation). In defiance to this claim, I give you archetypes in every issue, each one having at least three concepts to play, showing that it’s not the rules that make characters playable and unique, it’s how they’re played. This issue, I felt like exploring one simple concept in more depth and so I give you...	+	This article is my response to those people who feel the need to have game mechanics spelled out for every little thing in a game. There was a time when games were made with minimal rules – where having a special ability or a detailed story for your character wasn’t codified with rules; it was defined by imagination. Sure, during this time men wore mullets and women wore tunic shirts with wide belts, but the idea that imagination is the fuel of good gaming has been lost in the myriad assortment of gaming supplements and handbooks. Someone once told me Star Frontiers was limited because every character eventually looked alike (due to limited skill list and simplistic approach to character generation). In defiance to this claim, I give you archetypes in every issue, each one having at least three concepts to play, showing that it’s not the rules that make characters playable and unique, it’s how they’re played. This issue, I felt like exploring one simple concept in more depth and so I give you...</div>
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Terl obar at 05:19, 28 July 2010

Terl obar — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:19:24 GMT

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	by [[Bill Logan]] and [[Andrew Modro]]		by [[Bill Logan]] and [[Andrew Modro]]
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		+	Thanks to your natural speed and dexterity, you can do things with pistols that many can only dream. Not just deadly, you fight with a style and grace that have begun to make a real name for you throughout the Frontier.

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-	Thanks to your natural speed and dexterity, you can do things with pistols that many can only dream. Not just deadly, you fight with a style and grace that have begun to make a real name for you throughout the Frontier.	+

	==Desperado==		==Desperado==

Terl obar at 05:18, 28 July 2010

Terl obar — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:18:03 GMT

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	by [[Bill Logan]] and [[Andrew Modro]]		by [[Bill Logan]] and [[Andrew Modro]]

-	<div style="border: thin solid black; background:#eeeeee; padding: 0 5px; margin:5px~~;float:left~~; width:300px;">This article is my response to those people who feel the need to have game mechanics spelled out for every little thing in a game. There was a time when games were made with minimal rules – where having a special ability or a detailed story for your character wasn’t codified with rules; it was defined by imagination. Sure, during this time men wore mullets and women wore tunic shirts with wide belts, but the idea that imagination is the fuel of good gaming has been lost in the myriad assortment of gaming supplements and handbooks. Someone once told me Star Frontiers was limited because every character eventually looked alike (due to limited skill list and simplistic approach to character generation). In defiance to this claim, I give you archetypes in every issue, each one having at least three concepts to play, showing that it’s not the rules that make characters playable and unique, it’s how they’re played. This issue, I felt like exploring one simple concept in more depth and so I give you...	+	<div style="border: thin solid black; background:#eeeeee; padding: 0 5px; margin:5px; width:300px; float:left">
		+	This article is my response to those people who feel the need to have game mechanics spelled out for every little thing in a game. There was a time when games were made with minimal rules – where having a special ability or a detailed story for your character wasn’t codified with rules; it was defined by imagination. Sure, during this time men wore mullets and women wore tunic shirts with wide belts, but the idea that imagination is the fuel of good gaming has been lost in the myriad assortment of gaming supplements and handbooks. Someone once told me Star Frontiers was limited because every character eventually looked alike (due to limited skill list and simplistic approach to character generation). In defiance to this claim, I give you archetypes in every issue, each one having at least three concepts to play, showing that it’s not the rules that make characters playable and unique, it’s how they’re played. This issue, I felt like exploring one simple concept in more depth and so I give you...
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Terl obar at 05:17, 28 July 2010

Terl obar — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:17:16 GMT

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	by [[Bill Logan]] and [[Andrew Modro]]		by [[Bill Logan]] and [[Andrew Modro]]
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		+	<div style="border: thin solid black; background:#eeeeee; padding: 0 5px; margin:5px;float:left; width:300px;">This article is my response to those people who feel the need to have game mechanics spelled out for every little thing in a game. There was a time when games were made with minimal rules – where having a special ability or a detailed story for your character wasn’t codified with rules; it was defined by imagination. Sure, during this time men wore mullets and women wore tunic shirts with wide belts, but the idea that imagination is the fuel of good gaming has been lost in the myriad assortment of gaming supplements and handbooks. Someone once told me Star Frontiers was limited because every character eventually looked alike (due to limited skill list and simplistic approach to character generation). In defiance to this claim, I give you archetypes in every issue, each one having at least three concepts to play, showing that it’s not the rules that make characters playable and unique, it’s how they’re played. This issue, I felt like exploring one simple concept in more depth and so I give you...
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-	<div style="~~border: thin solid black; background:#eeeeee; padding: 0 5px; margin:5px;float~~:~~left~~;">This article is my response to those people who feel the need to have game mechanics spelled out for every little thing in a game. There was a time when games were made with minimal rules – where having a special ability or a detailed story for your character wasn’t codified with rules; it was defined by imagination. Sure, during this time men wore mullets and women wore tunic shirts with wide belts, but the idea that imagination is the fuel of good gaming has been lost in the myriad assortment of gaming supplements and handbooks. Someone once told me Star Frontiers was limited because every character eventually looked alike (due to limited skill list and simplistic approach to character generation). In defiance to this claim, I give you archetypes in every issue, each one having at least three concepts to play, showing that it’s not the rules that make characters playable and unique, it’s how they’re played. This issue, I felt like exploring one simple concept in more depth and so I give you...	+	Thanks to your natural speed and dexterity, you can do things with pistols that many can only dream. Not just deadly, you fight with a style and grace that have begun to make a real name for you throughout the Frontier.
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-	~~<div>~~Thanks to your natural speed and dexterity, you can do things with pistols that many can only dream. Not just deadly, you fight with a style and grace that have begun to make a real name for you throughout the Frontier.~~</div>~~	+

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	''Goals.'' Put your dead wife’s soul to rest, and make her proud doing it. If you can’t impress a crowd with your music, you’ll impress them with your moves. Make your enemy sorry for ever messing with you or yours.		''Goals.'' Put your dead wife’s soul to rest, and make her proud doing it. If you can’t impress a crowd with your music, you’ll impress them with your moves. Make your enemy sorry for ever messing with you or yours.

-	==~~slinger~~==	+	==Slinger==
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	padding: 0 5px; margin:5px;">''You take another swig of your T’Lak’Tis and wipe your chin, slamming your shot glass on the bar. It’s the second you’ve had... and already you feel the effects. You finally feel calmer, more relaxed.''		padding: 0 5px; margin:5px;">''You take another swig of your T’Lak’Tis and wipe your chin, slamming your shot glass on the bar. It’s the second you’ve had... and already you feel the effects. You finally feel calmer, more relaxed.''
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	==Fated Mercenary==		==Fated Mercenary==
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	<div style="width: 90%;		<div style="width: 90%;
	padding: 0 5px; margin:5px;">''You shake your head and close your eyes, trying to get them out of your mind. Ever since your captivity, they’ve been there. Voices in a language you can’t understand and never will. Your memories flood back to you – to the day it all happened...''		padding: 0 5px; margin:5px;">''You shake your head and close your eyes, trying to get them out of your mind. Ever since your captivity, they’ve been there. Voices in a language you can’t understand and never will. Your memories flood back to you – to the day it all happened...''

Ascent: table format

Ascent — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:39:45 GMT

table format

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-	\|+ style="color: white; background: navy; font-weight:bold;" align="center"	+	\|+
-	\|'''Vrusk Pistolero'''	+	\|- style="color: white; background: navy; font-weight:bold;" align="center"
-	\|- align="left"	+	\|colspan="4"\|'''Vrusk Pistolero'''
-	\|'''STR/STA'''\|\|45/45\|\| '''PS'''\|\|+3	+	\|- align="left" valign="top"
-	\|- align="left"	+	\|'''STR/STA'''\|\|45/45\|\|'''PS'''\|\|+3
-	\|'''DEX/RS'''\|\|60/50\|\| '''IM'''\|\|+5	+	\|- align="left" valign="top"
-	\|- align="left"	+	\|'''DEX/RS'''\|\|60/50\|\|'''IM'''\|\|+5
-	\|'''INT/LOG'''\|\|45/45\|\| '''Ranged'''\|\|30	+	\|- align="left" valign="top"
-	\|- align="left"	+	\|'''INT/LOG'''\|\|45/45\|\|'''Ranged'''\|\|30
-	\|'''PER/LDR'''\|\|50/50\|\| '''Melee'''\|\|30	+	\|- align="left" valign="top"
-	\|- align="left"	+	\|'''PER/LDR'''\|\|50/50\|\|'''Melee'''\|\|30
		+	\|- align="left" valign="top"
	\|'''Special Abilities:'''		\|'''Special Abilities:'''
-	\|Ambidexterity	+	\|colspan="3"\|Ambidexterity
-	\| Note: when using two pistols, he’ll have a -10 on both but no “off-hand” penalty. Comprehension 15%	+	Note: when using two pistols, he’ll have a -10 on both but no “off-hand” penalty. Comprehension 15%
-	\|- align="left"	+	\|- align="left" valign="top"
-	\|'''Skills:''' (Military PSA)	+	\|'''Skills:'''
-	\|Projectile Weapons 1	+	(Military PSA)
-	\|Either Beam Weapons 1 or Gyrojet Weapons 1	+	\|colspan="3"\|Projectile Weapons 1
-	\|- align="left"	+	Either Beam Weapons 1 or Gyrojet Weapons 1
		+	\|- align="left" valign="top"
	\|'''Equipment:'''		\|'''Equipment:'''
-	\|Two Automatic Pistols	+	\|colspan="3"\|Two Automatic Pistols
	\|}		\|}

Ascent: experiment

Ascent — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:01:54 GMT

experiment

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-	\|- style="color: white; background: navy; font-weight:bold;" align="center"	+	\|+ style="color: white; background: navy; font-weight:bold;" align="center"
-	\|+ '''Vrusk Pistolero'''	+	\|'''Vrusk Pistolero'''
	\|- align="left"		\|- align="left"
-	\|STR/STA\|\|45/45\|\| PS\|\|+3	+	\|'''STR/STA'''\|\|45/45\|\| '''PS'''\|\|+3
	\|- align="left"		\|- align="left"
-	\|DEX/RS\|\|60/50\|\| IM\|\|+5	+	\|'''DEX/RS'''\|\|60/50\|\| '''IM'''\|\|+5
	\|- align="left"		\|- align="left"
-	\|INT/LOG\|\|45/45\|\| Ranged\|\|30	+	\|'''INT/LOG'''\|\|45/45\|\| '''Ranged'''\|\|30
	\|- align="left"		\|- align="left"
-	\|PER/LDR\|\|50/50\|\| Melee\|\|30	+	\|'''PER/LDR'''\|\|50/50\|\| '''Melee'''\|\|30
-	~~\|- align="left"~~	+
-	~~\|Special Abilities:~~	+
	\|- align="left"		\|- align="left"
		+	\|'''Special Abilities:'''
	\|Ambidexterity		\|Ambidexterity
		+	\| Note: when using two pistols, he’ll have a -10 on both but no “off-hand” penalty. Comprehension 15%
	\|- align="left"		\|- align="left"
-	\|~~Note: when using two pistols, he’ll have a -10 on both but no “off-hand” penalty. Comprehension 15%~~	+	\|'''Skills:''' (Military PSA)
-	~~\|- align="left"~~	+
-	\|Skills: (Military PSA)	+
-	~~\|- align="left"~~	+
	\|Projectile Weapons 1		\|Projectile Weapons 1
-	~~\|- align="left"~~
	\|Either Beam Weapons 1 or Gyrojet Weapons 1		\|Either Beam Weapons 1 or Gyrojet Weapons 1
	\|- align="left"		\|- align="left"
-	\|Equipment:	+	\|'''Equipment:'''
-	~~\|- align="left"~~	+
	\|Two Automatic Pistols		\|Two Automatic Pistols
	\|}		\|}
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-	<div ~~style="float:left;"~~>Thanks to your natural speed and dexterity, you can do things with pistols that many can only dream. Not just deadly, you fight with a style and grace that have begun to make a real name for you throughout the Frontier.</div>	+	<div>Thanks to your natural speed and dexterity, you can do things with pistols that many can only dream. Not just deadly, you fight with a style and grace that have begun to make a real name for you throughout the Frontier.</div>

	==Desperado==		==Desperado==

Ascent: experiment

Ascent — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:55:02 GMT

experiment

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-	<~~br/~~>	+	<div style="float:left;">Thanks to your natural speed and dexterity, you can do things with pistols that many can only dream. Not just deadly, you fight with a style and grace that have begun to make a real name for you throughout the Frontier.</div>
-	Thanks to your natural speed and dexterity, you can do things with pistols that many can only dream. Not just deadly, you fight with a style and grace that have begun to make a real name for you throughout the Frontier.	+

	==Desperado==		==Desperado==

Ascent: experiment

Ascent — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:52:46 GMT

experiment

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	Thanks to your natural speed and dexterity, you can do things with pistols that many can only dream. Not just deadly, you fight with a style and grace that have begun to make a real name for you throughout the Frontier.		Thanks to your natural speed and dexterity, you can do things with pistols that many can only dream. Not just deadly, you fight with a style and grace that have begun to make a real name for you throughout the Frontier.

Ascent: experiment

Ascent — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:52:18 GMT

experiment

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-	<div ~~style="float:break;"~~>Thanks to your natural speed and dexterity, you can do things with pistols that many can only dream. Not just deadly, you fight with a style and grace that have begun to make a real name for you throughout the Frontier.~~</div>~~	+	<div></div>
		+	Thanks to your natural speed and dexterity, you can do things with pistols that many can only dream. Not just deadly, you fight with a style and grace that have begun to make a real name for you throughout the Frontier.

	==Desperado==		==Desperado==

Ascent: experiment

Ascent — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 00:51:46 GMT

experiment

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-	<div style="float:~~none~~;">Thanks to your natural speed and dexterity, you can do things with pistols that many can only dream. Not just deadly, you fight with a style and grace that have begun to make a real name for you throughout the Frontier.</div>	+	<div style="float:break;">Thanks to your natural speed and dexterity, you can do things with pistols that many can only dream. Not just deadly, you fight with a style and grace that have begun to make a real name for you throughout the Frontier.</div>

	==Desperado==		==Desperado==