On 4 Apr 2003 at 12:18, Richard Baker wrote: > Damon said: > > > My #1 reccommendation to you if you want to sell units is to make it > > D20 compatable. This can be as intrusive or unobtrusive as you want > > it. I assume the real MEAT of the setting is...the setting! > > I haven't put much thought into game systems for AA because, as you > say, the setting is the important thing. I've always been pretty > agnostic when it comes to rules, because in my experience gamesmasters > fudge things so much that the game system isn't really as important as > most people think it is. I'll certainly have to investigate D20 more
Totally agree. *glares at certain anti-D20 zealots he knows* (not ppl on the list, heh) > though - it was just starting to come along as I was drifting out of > active role-playing. I certainly found the Open Gaming License an > interesting idea though. The "game system" supplement might well turn > into a set of guidelines for using Ad Astra with various generic game > systems. That's certainly an idea. Having a D20/SRD version of the rules wouldn't preclude another ruleset (like Fuzion, as much as I personally dislike it) as an option. > One idea I have been toying with is a system based on logarithmic > attributes for realistic space combat. Because the effectiveness of > space weapon systems is largely determined by the laws of physics, > that means that a simulation will have lots of inverse power laws > floating around, as well as multiplications and divisions. In a > logarithmic system, the power laws become multiplications and > multiplication and division just addition and subtraction. It would > make it so much easier to calculate the effectiveness of active > sensors or beam weapons or kinetic energy weapons, as well as things > like delta-v. The only problem is chosing a convenient base for the > logs... Well, it depends if you're going to have the spacecraft system pen'n'paper or a computerised play-aid. The pen'n'paper is undenyably handy, bit it does limit the maths you can use. Have both :P Andy Dawn Falcon _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l