FYI: S. John Ross has posted a preliminary version of an OVA conversion to his upcoming Uresia 2nd edition. Uresia is a very anime-influenced fantasy world which was previsously published by Guardians of the Order for BESM. After the closing-down of GoO, S. John Ross purchased the Uresia rights and ...

I should have put that "better" in quotation marks
Thanks for the info. Interesting point of view. I own RA & BESM. I found RA to crunchy for my taste (8 attributes, lots of skills, lots of rules). BESM seemed ok to me.

jblittlefield wrote:My group is not interested in playing BESM or RandomAnime any longer, so we started an OVA campaign last month.

Just out of curiosity: What's better (in you group's view) with OVA than with BESM & RA?

Can't get my group to play in a Mecha game, but being the nitpicking type I am, I'd volunteer to proof-read.

I don't mind having minute changes documented under a single point.
The important things are the rules errate so that I can decide to print out the page(s) or copy the changes by hand to my printed out copy...

Unfortunately, there wasn't enough room for this additional information. I did calculate the TV for everyone, at least. ^_^; But through play, it becomes second nature what bonuses the different levels of Abilities and Weaknesses impart. Maybe look at it as incentive to learn the rules. ;) Oh, come...

While Abilities can be conceivably be improved or learned between adventures, Weaknesses are far less easy to get rid of and should require investment with both role-playing and time. I think there is not actual difference between Abilities & Weaknesses in this regard. The problem arises from t...

I'll pm you.

I guessed so. It fits in with the Gag Damage rules. But again: It should've been mentioned somewhere (Combat or GM chapter) as it is quite different from "standard" rpg design. A short discussion giving some following arguments: - it was introduced to encourage heroic role-playing - people...

Thanks for the info. I guess the current customers will get a mail concerning the update as last time?

p. 100: Creating conflicts I like the idea of the TV to get a rough estimation of how to desgin encounters. However, a description of how to calculate the Threat Value is given, but it is never actually mentioned what to do with it (The same goes for the first table on p. 101). A short sentence like...

While spending experience for raising Abilities is mentioned on p. 87, the chapter doesn't say anything about how to lower / remove a Weakness with Experience Points. (It mentions removing them later as a result of "interactions with the world"). So what would be an appropriate amount for ...

Some typos from the later chapters: p 87: Gaining Experience: . instead of , The Game Master may give characters Experience Points after a few sessions, after a single ... p. 87: Be There: Gaming terms are usually capitalized The Game Master will give E xperience P oints every few gaming sessions .....

As far as I understand the combat chapter, there is actually no way to die "by the rules". When Health reaches zero, damage is applied to Endurance and vice versa. If both reach zero, the character falls unconcious. There are basically three options I know from other rpgs: - The next hit (...

One question concerning when to apply knockback: Is base or current Health used to calculate knockback?
Base Health: 40 + any mods you get from Abilities & Weaknesses
Current Health: Base Health reduced by the damage your character has already taken