tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678761812929125529.post8584631032037676943..comments2023-05-27T11:14:02.426-04:00Comments on Some Space to Think: Not Amber: Chargen BaselineAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14216103531396452644noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678761812929125529.post-81568547982174345762010-07-07T11:35:57.609-04:002010-07-07T11:35:57.609-04:00I'm a big fan of the take on Amber where the S...I'm a big fan of the take on Amber where the Shadows, while manipulable, are still chock full of danger that even the Princes and Princesses know to fear.<br /><br />And I provide that in spades in my PBEM. Sure, Chaos is a problem, and some old, "missing" family members...but its the Old Powers, Old Gods and other stuff from before the Pattern and Chaos in shadow that are (one of)the real threats in my game.Paul Weimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02444942522624902562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678761812929125529.post-44211676502851290442010-07-07T08:44:58.556-04:002010-07-07T08:44:58.556-04:00A very interesting read, thank you for sharing.
...A very interesting read, thank you for sharing. <br /><br />One of the things I hope we get to do after Jason Durall completes "Lords of Gossamer and Shadow" is to work on a Supers game "Powered by Eric Wujcik's Diceless Role-Playing"<br /><br />Steve Russell <br />Rite PublishingAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09120212960358539072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678761812929125529.post-36302740161252668272010-07-06T16:57:32.614-04:002010-07-06T16:57:32.614-04:00"'Things have grown far worse,' she s..."'Things have grown far worse,' she said, 'and the Shadows contain more horrors than any had thought....'"<br /><br />I'm a big fan of the take on Amber where the Shadows, while manipulable, are still chock full of danger that even the Princes and Princesses know to fear.Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08362641974657304051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1678761812929125529.post-58785971314506464232010-07-06T15:46:29.862-04:002010-07-06T15:46:29.862-04:001 - This gets a little more hairy when the new bas...1 - This gets a little more hairy when the new baseline is "better" than the normal one, such as a world of courtly aristocrats AND computers.<br /><br />Yes. There is an old Doctor Who episode, The Keeper of Traken. I know of an Amber player/Who fan who had the background of his character be that he was raised in Traken in order to justify a suite of high tech and courtly skills...Paul Weimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02444942522624902562noreply@blogger.com