Archive for August 2010

Doctor Who RPG: The 3 Masters, Episode 3

We open in Donna Temple-Noble’s kitchen. Novice Chen is checking her over, and noticing her eyeballs twitch. She’s both awake and asleep, in a REM state, at the same time. The Doctor uses his sonic screwdriver to jiggery-pokery on Novice Chen’s medical scanner, and detected that what Delgado-Master had injected Donna with is a Time … Continue reading »

Doctor Who RPG: The 3 Masters, Episode 2

Subtitle: 24 HOURS AGO Sgt Streebek, the US Army officer attached to UNIT, is being briefed by his superior, Col. Oralia Isenhart (played by Dame Judy Densch). They’re both walking through construction, pushing aside plastic, people in lab coats rushing around, sparks from arc welders flying. Col. Isenhart: Remember standard protocol. Rex Runyan, Time Agent, … Continue reading »

Deconstructing Film for RPG Adventures

Ideas on adapting the storylines into roleplaying adventures. Go Scene By Scene If you have a script, great! If not, go scene by scene and take notes. If I have a script (I recommend Drew’s Script-o-Rama), I first strip out the dialogue, and number each scene. If I’m doing it from scratch, I just start … Continue reading »

Superheroes Need Support Systems

In looking at the structure of superteams, both in comics and in roleplaying games, I think there are some missed opportunities for character bits that arise from the basic logistics. Like law enforcement officers and military personnel, full-time supers should have some kind of support system. Other than, you know, the occasional butler, talking computer, … Continue reading »

Fasting Black Friday

Even though it’s a way off, I’ve started getting invitations for Thanksgiving. I love my family of friends, and that they think of me. My original plan was to spend the day in fasting and prayer, but I can’t turn down spending it in fellowship and love. So what I’m going to do, and what … Continue reading »

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