And he's logged it now!

There's a related discussion going on here on rpg.net about point buy and flaws. There's some interesting comments there.

Hmmm, interesting. How big was the hardcopy of OVA that got sold via Print in Demand and through some stores?

It is/was 6" x 9". However, Clay says here that he's thinking of going to A5 (5.8" x 8.3") with a dust jacket for the next edition.

The thing is, you can't really make it a basic mechanical assumption of the combat system or you lose flexibility. Not to mention that not even all shounen anime/manga follow that Trope (In Fist of the North Star, Kenshiro is rarely ever less than 100% "on" during fights, he just changes ...

Clay, this discussion on Encouraging the power-escalation-during-combat anime trope in RPG play on rpg.net seems like something you might want to mull over during the design process, since the matter he discusses is such a staple of shonen manga and anime.

Ah, yes, very true. I remember being very annoyed at the Star Wars RPG for this reason. It just didn't make sense to spend "valuable" XP on a die roll. Somehow I managed to not think this way by calling it "Drama Dice" instead of "Character Point." Oy. Bad design decis...

I've just recently found OVA, and was looking through the rules and was wondering what was the best way to go about making mecha. I ask this because I have some interest in running a Code Geass type game sometime soon via PbP, and was trying to work out how to design the knightmares properly. An ex...

I would have ruled the same way -- I can not imagine that entangle attacks were supposed to privileged in anyway that makes them harder to defend against.

Voted by mail last week! (I like filling out my ballet at my kitchen table where I have the time and space to look over all the initiatives carefully.)

It's a nice option to have -- thanks!

I really like the idea of drama dice instead of experience -- it's an elegant solution to the problem of characters increasing in power in genres where they really shouldn't. You might also consider: Giving an occasional drama die for when a player really allows one of their disadvantages to inconve...

The translators for the Maid RPG hang out at www.storygames.com , and there's been a number of discussion threads about the game there. I have to admit I've been tempted to order it myself, but haven't been able to convince myself I'd ever run it. The question is, I guess, if it's worth getting just...

What caliber1 said is correct, but additionally (I don't know if this is official), I think Combat Skill can be used as a Knowledge ability to gain information about another character's fighting style and skill level.

Talk to them before the game? And if that doesn't work, not play with these people? An oft repeated piece of wisdom is: "No gaming is better than bad gaming." If they're behavior keeps you from having fun, leave. Life's too short to put up with nig-nogs.

Thanks FoD. It's always interesting to see the cold, hard math. The mechanic itself was playtested quite a bit, but it wasn't created with true math in mind. It always pleases me to see that the progression is fairly linear. More than I expected from OVA's oddball way of handling things. :) It's no...