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New #dnd / #rpg post from GROGNARDIA:
The Best Map Ever (Take 2)
http://grognardia.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-best-map-ever-take-2.html
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@ttrpgblogs Still have my B&W copy that GDW handed out at a convention in the very early 80s. So much WHOA! in that room!
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@StefanEJones @ttrpgblogs To my mind, the best space rpg map ever was in my copy of Traveller:2300. I assume 2300AD had a similar map.
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@su_liam @StefanEJones @ttrpgblogs
My personal favorite is the 3d star map in SPI's Universe RPG
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@su_liam @StefanEJones @ttrpgblogs
What I thought was extraordinary clever in SPI's Universe RPG was the environ skill chart on each player's character sheet. Specifically how you filled in the numbers:
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@nyrath @StefanEJones @ttrpgblogs I could see limiting home environments to a 3x3 grid between lt. veg mountains and flat forest. Some extreme environments are just intrinsically-harder for humans to function in than others. A modifier sheet for an alien being might center its possible home environments differently.
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@nyrath @StefanEJones @ttrpgblogs I thought about different experience costs based on more or less difficult home environments, but then easy environments become inordinately difficult to function in unless you add a great deal of complexity to the system.
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