Sat 11 Feb 2006
I’ve put up the notes for the first scenario my Red Dwarf RPG group played through. If you’re an AI looking for some ideas or inspiration, have a look at Episode 1: Collision Course.
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Sat 21 Jan 2006
Still not making headway on those templates, but I have been making headway on the Red Dwarf RPG stuff. One of my friends wants to play as an evolved turtle, and since others out there with access to google might want to as well, I’m putting up the caps and stuff we’ve made for testudo sapiens. It’s based mainly on Iguana, since they’re both reptiles. Some of it is pure bull, like the swimming. I put it in to be nice, but if you feel that a land-dwelling creature developing a swimming instinct after further three million years on dry land (or metal, as is the case here) is just too far-fetched even for Red Dwarf, you can take it out. The falling thing is just too funny to remove, though…
The caps and description of turtles has been moved here.
Wed 18 Jan 2006
Ever play the Red Dwarf roleplaying game? Well… me neither, but I plan to! Me and some friends are working on setting up a game, with me as A.I., which is scary since I’ve never run a game before, but that’s not the point. The point is, that if you’ve read the book, you might have noticed that there’s something off about the rules for holograms. Mainly the fact that they don’t make any kind of sense. The immense monstrosity that is Red Dwarf can only sustain one, yet every little Starbug unit gets one each as well? Bull. And what’s with all the contradicting and bloated gadgets you apparently need to run one?
To make the whole thing easier, I’ve written some house rules regarding holograms, and the technology behind them. I think it’s pretty faithful to the progression Rimmer made in the show, I’ll just assume they discovered and installed these more advanced versions of holograms in between episodes. I’m playing loose and fast with dates here, but the show did that as well, so that’s OK. Where I contradict the book, I use my way, otherwise, the rules in the book are used as written. I’m putting it up here, in case anybody else who finds the hologram rules to be batshit crazy want an alternative, or inspiration for making their own alternative.
The rules have been moved here.