misterharry
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Post by misterharry on Feb 9, 2011 17:31:08 GMT
These are good, but I find a few of the traits to be rehashings of already existing traits. Many of them could fit within the confines of the Eccentric trait. Though, DWAITAS is really a sandbox game so who am i to say. Good stuff here. I agree, but my policy is to put everything and anything into these documents as, even if I won't use certain things myself, somebody else may. Oh, please do! I'd give it a shot myself, but I've only seen a couple of episodes. I've made some suggestions as to a few suitable traits to add to the K9 stats from the Core Set, but I haven't seen enough to write him up from scratch.
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misterharry
Dominus Tempus
Dalek Caan's Lovechild
Posts: 3,244
Favourite Doctors: Second, Third, Fourth, Eleventh, Thirteenth
Traits: Empathic, Face in the Crowd, Insatiable Curiosity, Stubborn, Phobia (Heights), Unadventurous
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Post by misterharry on Mar 8, 2011 20:04:14 GMT
Now including write-ups from sources as wide as Blake's 7, Animorphs and Little Shop of Horrors, here are the latest compilations: Aliens & Enemies v5.10 Companions & Allies v4.18 Gadgets, Equipment & Vehicles v2.06 Traits, Skills & Rules v3.06 And the bonus characters from the less travelled roads of the Whoniverse this time are: Fey Truscott-Sade and Kroton the Cyberman from DWM, Heather McCrimmon and Wolfgang Ryter from Doctor Who Adventures, and Stacy Townsend and Ssard from the Radio Times comic-strips. Oh, and Wolsey, the Doctor's cat from the Virgin NAs. Enjoy! Attachments:
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Post by zebaroth on Mar 9, 2011 5:22:31 GMT
that is really nice i might have put Wolsey the cat in my adventure
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Post by theskippy on Mar 9, 2011 6:37:43 GMT
Oh these are just beautiful. And yeah i think i agree, in the game im playing in im the tenth doctor and i think he wants his kitty back, though im not sure how the adipose baby will take to a cat on the tardis >.>
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Post by zebaroth on Mar 11, 2011 3:52:35 GMT
Oh these are just beautiful. And yeah i think i agree, in the game im playing in im the tenth doctor and i think he wants his kitty back, though im not sure how the adipose baby will take to a cat on the tardis >.> that should be very interesting
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Post by theskippy on Mar 13, 2011 15:56:02 GMT
Oh yeah, one of our players was killed by a dalek so we are having a special featuring the master who is being played by the player whos character died. He killed the adipose baby....
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misterharry
Dominus Tempus
Dalek Caan's Lovechild
Posts: 3,244
Favourite Doctors: Second, Third, Fourth, Eleventh, Thirteenth
Traits: Empathic, Face in the Crowd, Insatiable Curiosity, Stubborn, Phobia (Heights), Unadventurous
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Post by misterharry on Mar 13, 2011 17:02:23 GMT
Oh yeah, one of our players was killed by a dalek so we are having a special featuring the master who is being played by the player whos character died. He killed the adipose baby.... To quote Mel: how utterly evil!
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Post by theskippy on Mar 13, 2011 17:27:03 GMT
i know right? It was great though and i got my hammer back ^^
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misterharry
Dominus Tempus
Dalek Caan's Lovechild
Posts: 3,244
Favourite Doctors: Second, Third, Fourth, Eleventh, Thirteenth
Traits: Empathic, Face in the Crowd, Insatiable Curiosity, Stubborn, Phobia (Heights), Unadventurous
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Post by misterharry on Apr 15, 2011 9:47:56 GMT
I'd included quite a few "bonus" entries again this time. Look out for anything from Legions to Loups-Garoux, and from Grant Markham to Gus Goodman. Whadaya mean, "who"? The attached file contains: Aliens & Enemies v5.15 Companions & Allies v6.04 Gadgets, Equipment & Vehicles v2.09 Traits, Skills & Rules v3.08 Attachments:
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Wyvern
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Post by Wyvern on Apr 28, 2011 17:13:10 GMT
Has Jackie Tyler been written up anywhere?
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misterharry
Dominus Tempus
Dalek Caan's Lovechild
Posts: 3,244
Favourite Doctors: Second, Third, Fourth, Eleventh, Thirteenth
Traits: Empathic, Face in the Crowd, Insatiable Curiosity, Stubborn, Phobia (Heights), Unadventurous
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Post by misterharry on Apr 28, 2011 18:00:57 GMT
Has Jackie Tyler been written up anywhere? Not yet, though she's been on my to-do list for ages, along with Pete Tyler. Are you thinking of giving it a go?
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Wyvern
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Post by Wyvern on Apr 28, 2011 19:40:13 GMT
Not yet, though she's been on my to-do list for ages, along with Pete Tyler. Are you thinking of giving it a go? No, I don't know the rules well enough to attempt it -- that's why I wondered if anybody else had. (And I'm a bit surprised she hasn't already been done, considering how much screen time she got.) Wyvern
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misterharry
Dominus Tempus
Dalek Caan's Lovechild
Posts: 3,244
Favourite Doctors: Second, Third, Fourth, Eleventh, Thirteenth
Traits: Empathic, Face in the Crowd, Insatiable Curiosity, Stubborn, Phobia (Heights), Unadventurous
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Post by misterharry on Jun 3, 2011 9:18:45 GMT
New versions of the compilations for download - included in the bonus write-ups this time around are the requested stats for Jackie Tyler, plus Pete. Aliens & Enemies v5.20 Companions & Allies v6.12 Gadgets, Equipment & Vehicles v2.13 Traits, Skills & Rules v3.09 Attachments:
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OberonViking
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Post by OberonViking on Jun 5, 2011 3:02:31 GMT
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Post by conspiracy on Jun 6, 2011 6:59:50 GMT
I'm having the same problem with knasser site. Does anyone have an up to date link? Or a copy that can be posted?
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misterharry
Dominus Tempus
Dalek Caan's Lovechild
Posts: 3,244
Favourite Doctors: Second, Third, Fourth, Eleventh, Thirteenth
Traits: Empathic, Face in the Crowd, Insatiable Curiosity, Stubborn, Phobia (Heights), Unadventurous
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Post by misterharry on Jun 6, 2011 8:19:21 GMT
Unfortunately, knasser's site disappeared a few weeks ago now, so these documents aren't available for download any more. Maybe he'll see these posts and make them available again? But if there's no sign by the time I post the next updates, I'll probably remove the links from the compilations to avoid confusion. Normally in these circumstances, I'd transcribe his write-ups into the compilation documents. But knasser specifically asked that this not be done, as he wanted to monitor hits and downloads on his site. So I need to respect that even though his site's no longer there.
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misterharry
Dominus Tempus
Dalek Caan's Lovechild
Posts: 3,244
Favourite Doctors: Second, Third, Fourth, Eleventh, Thirteenth
Traits: Empathic, Face in the Crowd, Insatiable Curiosity, Stubborn, Phobia (Heights), Unadventurous
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Post by misterharry on Jul 25, 2011 10:40:52 GMT
Sadly there's been no sign of knasser's website returning, so although I've retained the references to his documents, the links have been removed. On the positive side, there are some more "bonus" entries this time around, including several characters from The Sarah Jane Adventures (including the older Brigadier and Jo), plus a couple of interesting aliens from the Virgin Books series (Tzun and Veltrochni), some recent additions to the Big Finish canon (Oliver Harper, Raine Creevy and the Metatraxi) and a few other bits and pieces. In the attached zipped file you will find: Aliens & Enemies v6.07 Gadgets, Equipment & Vehicles v2.14 Heroes* & Allies v6.19 Traits, Skills & Rules v3.15 *Yes, Companions have finally been upgraded to Hero status! Attachments:
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misterharry
Dominus Tempus
Dalek Caan's Lovechild
Posts: 3,244
Favourite Doctors: Second, Third, Fourth, Eleventh, Thirteenth
Traits: Empathic, Face in the Crowd, Insatiable Curiosity, Stubborn, Phobia (Heights), Unadventurous
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Post by misterharry on Oct 5, 2011 13:45:22 GMT
Here's the latest compilation files for you all: Aliens & Enemies v6.17 Gadgets, Equipment & Vehicles v2.16 Heroes & Allies v7.04 Traits, Skills & Rules v3.20 This time, I've added bonus entries for a couple of incarnations of the Meddling Monk (one from the Virgin novels, the other from Big Finish); PC Andy and Myfanwy the Pteranodon from Torchwood; the older Susan Campbell and her son Alex (the Doctor's great-grandson); and an alien race from the New Adventures, the Voracians. Attachments:
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Post by cliffordjones on Oct 5, 2011 14:11:15 GMT
Karma
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Rassilon
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Post by Rassilon on Oct 5, 2011 18:15:37 GMT
Excellent work! Concerning the Aliens & Creatures unofficial errata it is worth mentioning the following: there are no Tech Levels metioned for any of the aliens' entries in the book, or for that matter, the core set. Perhaps we should make an inclusive list - it shouldn't be that hard. I'd also challenge the Strength levels of some entries (Cybermen, The Beast). An Olympic weightlifter (Strength 6) in an arm wrestle with a Cyberman (Strength 7) should lose every time. Considering that Story Points flow like water, reducing lethality is easy enough and the damage rating for obviously lethal weapons (Autons Guns, Toclafane) is far too low in my opinion. Going strictly on the effects in the show, in canon continuity no one had ever survived an Auton blast or Toclafane hit (in non-canon: Reece Shearsmith's character did survive a narrow miss in the first Auton film as I recall). Also, concerning the Autons issue about whether they use energy weapons or bullets, it is universally established they are Energy Weapons. I do recall with some disbelief and hilarity the video that a member posted on youtube to prove they were 'automatic weapons' that had extra firearms audio added that was not in the original episode. As for PDF's, its worth noting that www.openoffice.org/ free suite has an inclusive PDF print option in their version of Word. It is legit and ad-free and very respected. It's simple to make a PDF -just go to 'File' then 'Export As PDF'. However, if you paste anything copied from a word doc, you may have to reformat it!
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misterharry
Dominus Tempus
Dalek Caan's Lovechild
Posts: 3,244
Favourite Doctors: Second, Third, Fourth, Eleventh, Thirteenth
Traits: Empathic, Face in the Crowd, Insatiable Curiosity, Stubborn, Phobia (Heights), Unadventurous
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Post by misterharry on Oct 5, 2011 20:34:58 GMT
Thanks. I'll add the comments on Aliens & Creatures errata to the next version. I agree that Tech Levels is an odd omission from A&C, but one which can be fairly easily addressed.
With regard to converting the files to pdfs, the problem is that when zipped they don't compress nerly so much as Word files. Both the Aliens & Enemies and Heroes & Allies files would now be too large to post on the Forum as zipped pdfs, even as individual files in separate posts. Even as zipped Word files, I'm almost at the point where I'll need to post the individual compilations separately.
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NurseRani
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Post by NurseRani on Oct 5, 2011 20:42:01 GMT
Mr. Harry, I always just download your files, and then convert them to PDFs, ironically using the same software Rassilon mentioned. And it does work well, but you're right - the PDFs don't compress very well.
When I made printable sheets for Aliens based on A&C I added Tech Level in. I did think that was an odd choice to omit, since Tech Level info can be so important.
edit: After I downloaded the new updates, I converted them to PDFs. Then I zipped the PDF files into archives in the ZIP and RAR formats. I was guessing RAR files would compress tighter.
The results were -
The Original ZIP posted here = 0.99MB ZIP file of PDFs = 2.21MB RAR file of PDFs = 2.21MB
I was hoping the RAR would be smaller, but it looks like PDFs will compress to over 2MB in either format.
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Rassilon
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Post by Rassilon on Oct 5, 2011 22:45:12 GMT
With regard to converting the files to pdfs, the problem is that when zipped they don't compress nerly so much as Word files. The max file size on here is not selectable, so I can't change it, but Filefront (no registration needed) is reputable and ad-free. www.gamefront.com/files/upload.php
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misterharry
Dominus Tempus
Dalek Caan's Lovechild
Posts: 3,244
Favourite Doctors: Second, Third, Fourth, Eleventh, Thirteenth
Traits: Empathic, Face in the Crowd, Insatiable Curiosity, Stubborn, Phobia (Heights), Unadventurous
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Post by misterharry on Oct 6, 2011 20:01:21 GMT
Thanks, Rassilon - I've now set up an account there. I can convert Word files to pdf at work, so once I've done that and uploaded them to GameFront, I'll post a link here.
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misterharry
Dominus Tempus
Dalek Caan's Lovechild
Posts: 3,244
Favourite Doctors: Second, Third, Fourth, Eleventh, Thirteenth
Traits: Empathic, Face in the Crowd, Insatiable Curiosity, Stubborn, Phobia (Heights), Unadventurous
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Post by misterharry on Oct 7, 2011 19:25:18 GMT
OK, the pdf versions of all the compilations, including the Campaigns & Scenario Seeds plus a couple of other files, are now available to download from here: www.gamefront.com/files/user/misterharryThere are a few updates from over the last couple of days - mainly tamknox's gadgets, plus my write-up of Kevin the robot dinosaur from the recent issues of the IDW comic.
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Post by garethl on Oct 8, 2011 8:07:24 GMT
Thanks for this nice compilation!
I was just looking through the Heroes and Allies file and I noticed Mario & Luigi have the Alien trait. Weren't they originally from Earth and decided to live in the Mushroom Kingdom?
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Post by Curufea on Oct 11, 2011 4:30:10 GMT
If you do get around to adding character portraits - I have some for Faction Paradox you can include (headshots of Eliza, Justine, the War King and a commissioned line drawing of Shuncucker)
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Post by Curufea on Oct 11, 2011 5:26:54 GMT
Also - I highly recommend having a look at the scribd website, it's where I host my publically published gaming PDFs- www.scribd.com/
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misterharry
Dominus Tempus
Dalek Caan's Lovechild
Posts: 3,244
Favourite Doctors: Second, Third, Fourth, Eleventh, Thirteenth
Traits: Empathic, Face in the Crowd, Insatiable Curiosity, Stubborn, Phobia (Heights), Unadventurous
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Post by misterharry on Oct 11, 2011 15:21:17 GMT
If you do get around to adding character portraits - I have some for Faction Paradox you can include (headshots of Eliza, Justine, the War King and a commissioned line drawing of Shuncucker) Thanks. The next stage of these files in probably to start adding some photos and illustrations, so those would be welcome.
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Post by Curufea on Oct 11, 2011 23:04:50 GMT
I'm going to print out the Heroes and Allies (v7.04) on Lulu (a print on demand site) and see what the quality is like. It costs $9.40 and is 460 pages long on the cheapest options I could find. (It's another $8 to ship to me, in Australia)
I'll reformat and try the others as well to see how they go.
[update] Now shipped - I'll post some photos when it arrives.
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