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Post by Curufea on Dec 14, 2009 5:50:42 GMT
I keep track via wikipedia of the DVD releases, and record them on one of my [irl=http://www.curufea.com/Wikka/wikka.php?wakka=VideoDoctorWho]wikis[/url] when I get them I believe it's a fairly recent release. I may get the Black Guardian trilogy before I get it.
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Post by Curufea on Dec 14, 2009 0:41:33 GMT
An invaluable compilation of the Who universe based on all media sources (TV, Book, Audio etc). Includes colour coding of where the authorities are used. meshyfish.com/~roo/index.html
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Post by Curufea on Dec 14, 2009 0:37:54 GMT
I'm presuming the Master based on his devious manipulation of Justine and Lolita in the audio dramas. Wargames is a DVD I don't yet own, but I will rectify that I come from a deprived childhood - I had nightmares from watching Talons of Weng-Chiang (the giant rats I think) at an early age and was forbidden to watch Who after that (including repeats), so I've been catching up in my adult life, based on BBC releases.
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Post by Curufea on Dec 13, 2009 23:26:46 GMT
I've always been disapointed by the Time War and Daleks defeating Gallifrey. It's like a bunch of peasants wiping out the Shogunate. Like the Master being run over by a car in the street. A real let-down. There is not enough narrative importance. I'd consider it more a case of mutual self-destruction... no one won. No - it was a pyrrhic victory for the Daleks. There is no way the Daleks could ever have effected the universe with their existence (even including the successful application of the reality bomb) as much as the Gallifreyans did. The destruction of the multiverse (except for a few areas the Daleks wanted to keep) would be a minor setback for Time Lords and their web of time, had they survived. Daleks still remain anchored in time, and will always be vulnerable to that - the only reason they aren't wiped out is their attachments to so many events that are important. The Daleks operate in a universe of which the rules of how it works were pretty much written by the Gallifreyans.
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Post by Curufea on Dec 13, 2009 23:11:07 GMT
From what Mr Moffat has said - he will be going more new monsters and less classic.
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Post by Curufea on Dec 13, 2009 23:03:50 GMT
True, his arrogance often leads to snap judgements that have to be corrected later. Although sometimes the correction is his death sentence of "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry"...
Where is the War Chief referenced? Is it in an FP book I've not read yet?
I've always been disapointed by the Time War and Daleks defeating Gallifrey. It's like a bunch of peasants wiping out the Shogunate. Like the Master being run over by a car in the street. A real let-down. There is not enough narrative importance.
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Post by Curufea on Dec 13, 2009 22:46:46 GMT
There is a very good compilation of all Who universe knowledge on Gallifreyans on this website- RASSILON, OMEGA, and that OTHER GuyI highly recommend it, as I also used it for my Faction Paradox website. They also go into the chapters, houses and Gallifreyans biology. He even lists sources and the authority of the sources (colour coded).
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Post by Curufea on Dec 13, 2009 8:36:45 GMT
It's about time we had another Australian companion too Surely the one was enough? We need one to fix the reputation caused by the other
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Post by Curufea on Dec 13, 2009 3:26:53 GMT
Also, I'll have to wait until after Christmas to work out if the new series is compatible with the FP setting - it does depend a lot on what happens to the War King (Master).
Currently I'm going on the idea that Ancestor Cell didn't occur, and all the Doctor knew of the Time War was about the Daleks, and he had been kept in the dark about them being yet another pawn of The Enemy.
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Post by Curufea on Dec 13, 2009 3:23:48 GMT
It's about time we had another Australian companion too
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Post by Curufea on Dec 13, 2009 3:16:17 GMT
There should be a disuse point system as well to make it more realistic (rather than turning characters into demigods as time goes by)-
Skills not used in a scenario have a probability of going down. They are gradually forgotten if not used.
Also, abilities are lost through age, or gained through regular training (mental or physical). Time must be spent not resolving plots, but letting other players do it - if a player wants to increase their abilities.
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Post by Curufea on Dec 13, 2009 0:21:15 GMT
River Song, Jenny, Gallifrey (possibly as flashbacks), Other Doctors
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Post by Curufea on Dec 12, 2009 20:32:33 GMT
My order status for the pre-order is still "viewed"
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Post by Curufea on Dec 12, 2009 20:27:54 GMT
Whenever we do science fiction roleplaying, we always put on the Half Life soundtracks for the action bits - although they may be a bit dark for some games.
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Post by Curufea on Dec 12, 2009 5:30:14 GMT
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Post by Curufea on Dec 11, 2009 23:23:05 GMT
Yes, but I haven't worked out where it would be best to put the gate - in the City where there already is one, or elsewhere...
Lolita had children as well, so there are other potentials.
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Post by Curufea on Dec 11, 2009 23:17:40 GMT
My only complaint is the lack of any real experience system, but as the rules seem to be a slightly altered and stripped-down (and more elegant) version of the excellent 'Cortex' system, I may try using their experience system (which actually eludes me for the moment, but I remember our group really liking it!). This is actually a positive thing for me. Character's don't get more powerful in Who (or in real life for that matter). I'd rather have some kind of story point system, where players earn the ability to self narrate dramatic points, or develop their characters (as in the non-RPG definition of character development).
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Post by Curufea on Dec 11, 2009 10:28:27 GMT
Big Finish just released an audio drama with Susan, and she does confirm in that that she's a Galifreyan.
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Post by Curufea on Dec 11, 2009 3:48:46 GMT
Hard to say, I'm generally a narrative GM and rarely stat anything up (which is ironic as I spend a lot of time on the Hero System boards). That being said, I wouldn't mind stats of the various versions of the Cybermen - I'd like to see the differences.
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Post by Curufea on Dec 11, 2009 3:43:17 GMT
I don't think a link could be formed between Lolita, Compassion and Antipathy until Lolita suffers the same fate as Antipathy - which could be a viable god-given punishment.
While Lolita is active, there's less cracks in her protective powers and there would be less of a choice of characters.
Lolita, like Antipathy, effectively becomes another bottle universe.
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Post by Curufea on Dec 10, 2009 23:36:35 GMT
Who replied, Nick Briggs or Gabriel Woolf? Nick, I don't know if Gabriel has done any work for Big Finish.
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Post by Curufea on Dec 10, 2009 23:33:16 GMT
So... you're going easy on them then, huh? Nah, I'm going hard on me. I know what's going on, they'll only be seeing what they are comfortable with. Most of the players won't even have heard of Faction Paradox. Which is fine, some members of the Faction aren't even aware they are
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Post by Curufea on Dec 10, 2009 23:30:47 GMT
Godfather Avatar is pretty much an exception because of what he is I think Possibly part of the ritual to become a Godfather/Godmother involves giving up their real names (as well as their ancestors)?
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Post by Curufea on Dec 10, 2009 23:27:39 GMT
A campaign set after all the events in the audio dramas (and possibly the books depending on how linear you view time). What is Faction Paradox?Warning - this campaign setting idea contains spoilers for the series and should not be read by my players (You know who you are) The Story So FarCharacter types available to players- - Brothers and Sisters - new Faction Recruits that arrived just before the invasion.
- Trapped Visitors - allies or potential allies of the Faction caught within the Empire.
- Mysterious Stranger(1) - first being to turn up in the Empire post-invasion, other than the War King.
Setting: A small bubble of time containing London, September 3 1752 to September 13 1752. However this London is no longer on Earth. Recent Events: After the Sontaran invasion was repelled, and the ambassadors from the Great Houses were duped into bringing Lolita, things have gone a bit downhill. The spirits are absent, there is no sky and no time travel equipment or rituals work. In fact no rituals at all work and no one has a shadow. Then the leader of the Great Houses, the War King himself appears and he has a plan. What the players know: Being minor and peripheral to all the great events, all they are aware of is that every important member of the Faction has been closeted in Parliament with the War King for the foreseeable future (in every sense of the word). Their primary goal is to escape the Empire back into the universe and recover their shadows. Notes (1) This character will probably go to a longtime player who always chooses Tabula Rasa characters in my game, and yet again I'm almost designing the campaign to fit him in. Partly he does it for the challenge, but I think mostly he does it so he doesn't have to read any background material I'm thinking probably someone from the City of the Saved based on where the City is located and where the new universe it contacts is located and where the Empire now is.
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Post by Curufea on Dec 10, 2009 22:52:55 GMT
Some of the FP canon in the 11 Day Empire, and the War King. The game is unlikely to start for a few months, so I'm not in a rush to fill out details at this stage. However, I am thinking of starting the players out in the Empire, in Lolita Probably post-Horus
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Post by Curufea on Dec 10, 2009 22:49:12 GMT
Names have power (in the old series, the new series, and the FP mythos) - so I can understand why Time Lords that may meet aliens would disguise their names. I'll be going with the quasi-fantasy naming styles of the original series for Time Lords (Members of the Great Houses). For the FP, they tend only to use a first or surname and it varies based on the culture they are recruited from, but are otherwise quite normal.
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Post by Curufea on Dec 10, 2009 6:43:18 GMT
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Post by Curufea on Dec 10, 2009 6:39:17 GMT
I'll probably be using Alistair Lock music for my FP game.
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Post by Curufea on Dec 10, 2009 2:55:58 GMT
There were other time capable races other than the Galifreyans, Daleks and Cybermen. They just tended to be heavily policed by the Time Lords.
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Post by Curufea on Dec 10, 2009 2:42:27 GMT
True, but it's more than that - the reasoning behind the prevalence of humanoid life in the universe - aside from the lack of budget for the BBC and lack of make-up technology/CGI - the "in game" reason is because as the first sentient race, they created a universal meme affecting all life in the universe, such that it tends to evolve into humanoid form as well.
It's another example of hacking the universe.
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