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by thwaak
Mon Aug 18, 2014 2:39 pm
Forum: OVA
Topic: An idea i had knocking around in my head.
Replies: 3
Views: 4276

Re: An idea i had knocking around in my head.

Got a character in my modern magic campaign who is, essentially, a water bender. We did it by giving him Magic, Arcane with a water Affinity , and a Focus : Ample Water. Individual attacks have Requirement: Focus as well. He can pretty much do anything in the book so long as it is water based with a...
by thwaak
Sun Aug 17, 2014 9:33 pm
Forum: OVA
Topic: Hi there! I'm new and I have questions.
Replies: 25
Views: 19565

Re: Hi there! I'm new and I have questions.

In Amazing Engine's Kromosome (TSR game from 1993), I found it rather brilliant the way they handled netrunning - which was always a snore fest as one character went net-running and everyone else twiddled their thumbs for the next 30 minutes - in that it was considered so complex, it needed one pers...
by thwaak
Tue Aug 05, 2014 11:18 am
Forum: OVA
Topic: Overlap
Replies: 8
Views: 8808

Re: Overlap

Something I realized about OVA is the built-in overlap is purposeful. Clay comes right out and says it at a couple points, noticeably as concerns gear, focus, weapon, et al. Basically, there are MANY ways to accomplish a character build in order to fine tune and tailor to concept. That does mean, ho...
by thwaak
Tue Aug 05, 2014 10:58 am
Forum: OVA
Topic: I GOTS MAH BOOK!
Replies: 8
Views: 7512

Re: I GOTS MAH BOOK!

Atmo, you only get your name in the book if you pledged $60.00 or more.
by thwaak
Thu Jul 31, 2014 12:09 pm
Forum: OVA
Topic: Making extraordinarily strong characters
Replies: 10
Views: 9129

Re: Making extraordinarily strong characters

Thread Necromancy! Ahem...been thinking about this topic lately. Seems to me a nice easy way to get around this problem of super strong (or fast, or intelligent, or whatever) is to create an expensive Perk (+10 or 20?) called Scale . It can be taken multiple times. Each time it is taken, it ups the ...
by thwaak
Mon May 19, 2014 12:50 pm
Forum: Game and Player Bulletin
Topic: To be or not to be -paitent
Replies: 41
Views: 16177

Re: To be or not to be -paitent

You might consider contacting Clay directly about getting in on the kickstarter after the fact. There is a backer preview for backers that allows you to play directly with the new edition (albiet it is missing some of the bells and whistles of the final product).
by thwaak
Wed Apr 30, 2014 6:13 pm
Forum: OVA
Topic: OVA Aquisition?
Replies: 17
Views: 14614

Re: OVA Aquisition?

I believe the Kickstarter thread, somewhere near the end of it, has the details from Clay how to get in on the new OVA post-kickstarter.
by thwaak
Tue Jul 23, 2013 2:44 pm
Forum: OVA
Topic: August .pdf release?
Replies: 1
Views: 3358

August .pdf release?

Heya Clay,

Just wondering if you are still on track to release the .pdf to kickstarter backers in August.

Thanks!
-Brent