On 11/29/2021 at 4:11 AM, The Legonater said:

Thank you both so much! Stud.io really saved my megablocks in terms of setting a tone for this part of the quest

What feature are you using in Stud.io? I plan to use it for my quests as well (when I eventually get around to running one!), and these renders are brilliant! 👍
 

  On 12/11/2021 at 12:02 PM, Classic_Spaceman said:

What feature are you using in Stud.io? I plan to use it for my quests as well (when I eventually get around to running one!), and these renders are brilliant! 👍

Mostly just the standard brick building and rendering features. All the fancy lighting comes from a set of "luminous" colours that basically will render that brick as a light source. Most of it is rendered with the photo-real rendering but Stud.io also has a POV-Ray render I've been using for any top-down map stuff.

A two person mission! That's new. Pretty interested to see how it goes! Would love to draw in more players, but I'm truly not sure how to do that hahaha. @CMP, @Khorne, you folks still hanging around? Know everyone gets busy from time to time, genuinely just curious!

Also, unrelated, but since I'm already doing an OoC post here, @karmajay why isn't Kirwin wearing their armor?

  On 12/13/2021 at 11:37 PM, Zepher said:

A two person mission! That's new. Pretty interested to see how it goes! Would love to draw in more players, but I'm truly not sure how to do that hahaha. @CMP, @Khorne, you folks still hanging around? Know everyone gets busy from time to time, genuinely just curious!

Also, unrelated, but since I'm already doing an OoC post here, @karmajay why isn't Kirwin wearing their armor?

I should be - I see from the thread for some reason it is in my inv vice equipment. 

  On 12/13/2021 at 11:37 PM, Zepher said:

A two person mission! That's new. Pretty interested to see how it goes! Would love to draw in more players, but I'm truly not sure how to do that hahaha.

Well I only needed two and no-one else seemed interested. It's funny you should mention Khorne, as their character would've been perfect for this mission. Oh well.

  On 12/14/2021 at 12:39 AM, Duvors said:

Well I only needed two and no-one else seemed interested. It's funny you should mention Khorne, as their character would've been perfect for this mission. Oh well.

I'm not knocking it! Genuinely excited to see how it goes. I just don't think we've ever done it before in either version!

  On 12/13/2021 at 11:59 PM, karmajay said:

I should be - I see from the thread for some reason it is in my inv vice equipment. 

As far as I can tell, it was never equipped! Looks like they got it at the end of Quest #4 and never technically put it on.

  On 12/14/2021 at 12:39 AM, Duvors said:

Well I only needed two and no-one else seemed interested. It's funny you should mention Khorne, as their character would've been perfect for this mission. Oh well.

I really wanted Khorne for #7, the whole detective aesthetic would've fit very well. Alas.

  On 12/13/2021 at 11:37 PM, Zepher said:

A two person mission! That's new. Pretty interested to see how it goes! Would love to draw in more players, but I'm truly not sure how to do that hahaha. @CMP, @Khorne, you folks still hanging around? Know everyone gets busy from time to time, genuinely just curious! 

 

  On 12/14/2021 at 12:45 AM, Zepher said:

I'm not knocking it! Genuinely excited to see how it goes. I just don't think we've ever done it before in either version!

Actually quest #41 only had two players. 

 

  On 12/14/2021 at 12:39 AM, Duvors said:

Well I only needed two and no-one else seemed interested. It's funny you should mention Khorne, as their character would've been perfect for this mission. Oh well.

How many active players are now? And I guess we got to compare how many are just hanging out in the "Hall". I personally thought you would of waited at least until one of the missions would of ended. See one looks about to be done soon. 

  On 12/14/2021 at 11:16 AM, samurai-turtle said:

 

Actually quest #41 only had two players. 

 

How many active players are now? And I guess we got to compare how many are just hanging out in the "Hall". I personally thought you would of waited at least until one of the missions would of ended. See one looks about to be done soon. 

Depending on your definition of activity 14-16. I really think we've got to keep missions going to maintain activity, sitting in the Hall for 2-3 weeks I'm sure can get boring, so I'm glad to see a mission launching even if it's only with 2 players.

Hm, looking at the stabilization rules, it's SUPER hard for a hero to die in GATs it looks like. It's way more likely for a TPK, since that's the only way that a team isn't going to get someone who is downed up, given the amount of time they have and the many avenues to getting people up they have.

Well I think some of the earlier missions got pretty close

  On 12/15/2021 at 12:51 AM, Zepher said:

Hm, looking at the stabilization rules, it's SUPER hard for a hero to die in GATs it looks like. It's way more likely for a TPK, since that's the only way that a team isn't going to get someone who is downed up, given the amount of time they have and the many avenues to getting people up they have.

The early version was definitely a swing too far in the deadly direction. I'm ok with what we've currently got for a while, you've got a point though about TPK's vs. just single players dying, but I think the same could be said of a lot of RPG's. If one player character has died, it's likely everyone else is going to die unless the party flees.

I'd agree, it's definitely the way modern RPGs have been swinging! I'm afraid I'm being perceived as negative with pointing out the two player mission and the ease of brining people back up, but that's truly not the case! Just observing in both cases! I do have three rules amendments I'd like to discuss at some point, but just mulling them over and observing some more first! It's exciting, for someone like me who LOVES the storytelling first and foremost but also deeply enjoys game design, to be playing in a system that we can actively change. Overall, though, I think it's a really cool system, and I'm so impressed with what you all put together!

I tend to agree to an extent - I wasn't actually aware that any healing item could bring back a KOed agent, but with the penalty of death I do sort of like having a lot of avenues to avoid it. I've got some ideas brewing on that end myself.

  On 12/14/2021 at 3:57 PM, Waterbrick Down said:

Depending on your definition of activity 14-16. I really think we've got to keep missions going to maintain activity, sitting in the Hall for 2-3 weeks I'm sure can get boring, so I'm glad to see a mission launching even if it's only with 2 players.

I'm half-tempted to suggest boosting Yul'Yom to the front page, but I think our biggest problem is that Eurobricks simply doesn't get the traffic it did when 1.0 was in its heyday. 

  On 12/15/2021 at 2:01 AM, Zepher said:

I'd agree, it's definitely the way modern RPGs have been swinging! I'm afraid I'm being perceived as negative with pointing out the two player mission and the ease of brining people back up, but that's truly not the case! Just observing in both cases! I do have three rules amendments I'd like to discuss at some point, but just mulling them over and observing some more first! It's exciting, for someone like me who LOVES the storytelling first and foremost but also deeply enjoys game design, to be playing in a system that we can actively change. Overall, though, I think it's a really cool system, and I'm so impressed with what you all put together!

  On 12/15/2021 at 2:44 AM, Endgame said:

I tend to agree to an extent - I wasn't actually aware that any healing item could bring back a KOed agent, but with the penalty of death I do sort of like having a lot of avenues to avoid it. I've got some ideas brewing on that end myself.

I'll be glad to hear them when you're ready. I agree though, it's fun being able to actively impact a rules system and see how it plays out.

  On 12/15/2021 at 2:54 AM, The Legonater said:

I'm half-tempted to suggest boosting Yul'Yom to the front page, but I think our biggest problem is that Eurobricks simply doesn't get the traffic it did when 1.0 was in its heyday. 

I'm considering it, but I think you're point about low traffic overall is valid. Heroica is one of those weird hybrid RPG and I'm not sure how to really promote it anywhere else as it requires not only an interest in RPG's but incorporating Lego as well. I don't know a lot about the standard play by post sites, but I'd imagine they take a lot less prep work as they don't require constructing actual scenery. 

  On 12/14/2021 at 12:45 AM, Zepher said:

I'm not knocking it! Genuinely excited to see how it goes. I just don't think we've ever done it before in either version!

I didn't view it as a criticism! You were pretty clearly interested in the idea.
To tell the truth, I would've taken more players, but having just witnessed a mission get stalled for months in the recruiting stage, and having already heard back for months to let others go first, I'd like to get this thing rolling!

I will begin posting on the Mission later after work, @Duvors, I didn't realize the Mission would be posted at midnight my time. 

  On 12/15/2021 at 3:10 AM, Waterbrick Down said:

 

I'm considering it, but I think you're point about low traffic overall is valid. Heroica is one of those weird hybrid RPG and I'm not sure how to really promote it anywhere else as it requires not only an interest in RPG's but incorporating Lego as well. I don't know a lot about the standard play by post sites, but I'd imagine they take a lot less prep work as they don't require constructing actual scenery. 

Might I suggest Facebook (I know it's evil) their is a group or two, that uses LEGO and plays D&D (and probably a few others similar games). 

  On 12/15/2021 at 8:01 AM, Yzalirk said:

I will begin posting on the Mission later after work, @Duvors, I didn't realize the Mission would be posted at midnight my time. 

Hardly an issue, it was posted around eleven from my perspective.

  On 12/15/2021 at 8:44 AM, samurai-turtle said:

Might I suggest Facebook (I know it's evil) their is a group or two, that uses LEGO and plays D&D (and probably a few others similar games). 

I know r/legodnd on reddit is a thing as well.

Loving the Bers information! I don't know if you came up with the rule that you're not allowed to talk about the way adamites are created or if that's library stuff, but either way really enjoy the way he's talking about it. I can't wait for Bers and Kirwin to reunite in a few missions once they're both even more established! Maybe someone will run an adamite specific mission! Also, Classic_Spaceman, really appreciate this hahaha.

  On 12/16/2021 at 11:26 PM, Classic_Spaceman said:

Yelana laughed. 
"I think like half the Arm knows about Cosmopoli! . . . Which reminds me: What's with everyone memeing about putting things into a dishwasher to heal them? Like '*Has headache.* *Puts head in dishwasher.*' - It's all over the place, and I didn't have time to see why, aside from it being from one of Yissam♥'s recent streams!" 
Chuckling again, Yelana sipped her tea. 

  On 12/17/2021 at 12:12 AM, Zepher said:

Also, Classic_Spaceman, really appreciate this hahaha.

I was waiting for a chance to have Yelana bring that up with one of the Mission #4 party members! 
 

lol

I should probably explain at this point that Arno is one of two characters I built before I realized I'd have to do most of my building digitally and can't be replicated in stud.io. They're both in the mission, but the other one is easy to miss.