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    What's up with the two Age of Heroes games?

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    • KestrelK
      Kestrel @Roz
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      @Roz said in What's up with the two Age of Heroes games?:

      it’s times like these that i miss old threads from defunct boards because dang we had NUMEROUS threads of these games while the drama was happening

      Part of me thinks it’s good that we’ve wiped the slate clean, and everyone gets a fresh start, because honestly 2 decades or however long is a long time to be holding grudges, people do grow and change.

      But also damn if it isn’t astounding how much some people absolutely haven’t grown or changed.

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      • RozR
        Roz @Kestrel
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        @Kestrel said in What's up with the two Age of Heroes games?:

        @Roz said in What's up with the two Age of Heroes games?:

        it’s times like these that i miss old threads from defunct boards because dang we had NUMEROUS threads of these games while the drama was happening

        Part of me thinks it’s good that we’ve wiped the slate clean, and everyone gets a fresh start, because honestly 2 decades or however long is a long time to be holding grudges, people do grow and change.

        i don’t think this is really happening, though. people still remember. it’s just that now we don’t have the references to actually point to for accuracy.

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        • RaistlinR
          Raistlin @helvetica
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          Wild Talents is fun. It certainly embraces the wild part of the title.

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          • catzillaC
            catzilla @helvetica
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            @helvetica said in What's up with the two Age of Heroes games?:

            @catzilla Narrative power sets (1-2 paragraph explanation of range and min/max impact) with a baseline skill to roll.

            I did A LOT of forum PBP during my 20s-early 30s so this is what I’m used to.

            But…

            Why did people turn their nose up at the same idea for a Star Wars game?

            Maybe this should be a new topic about freeform vs systems or something? I’d be interested in knowing further on the topic in general. 🤷

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            • RaistlinR
              Raistlin @catzilla
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              @catzilla There’s a Star Wars game out now that uses traits. I don’t play there but not because of the system they use. I think it could work very well. You can check them out at https://swdarktimes.com/

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              • catzillaC
                catzilla @Raistlin
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                @Raistlin said in What's up with the two Age of Heroes games?:

                @catzilla There’s a Star Wars game out now that uses traits. I don’t play there but not because of the system they use. I think it could work very well. You can check them out at https://swdarktimes.com/

                This is exactly the game I was talking about. It was mentioned in that dumpster fire game thread and basically was snubbed by person/people because it DOESN’T have mechanics.

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                • RaistlinR
                  Raistlin @catzilla
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                  @catzilla Ah. Well, for what it’s worth, I think it’s totally doable. I think for Star Wars, it might even be beneficial, since most RPG/mechanical systems struggle to balance force users and non-force users.

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                  • KarmaBumK
                    KarmaBum @Raistlin
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                    This Star Wars game is also run by the person that runs the current game called Age of Heroes - the one that jacked all that code.

                    https://ageofheroesmush.com/char/Persephone
                    https://swdarktimes.com/char/Persephone

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                      Colette @Prototart
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                      @Prototart

                      So, given yhat time advances on UH and HAM, two of them used to be teens.

                      No, that was their starting ages on those games. There was no teen Rogue with bondage powers, you’ve just been misinformed.

                      I might be off on 7, but it was definitely more than one.

                      You can go to the website, look at the revision history for the sheet. Dropped on 22 may 2022, next approval was 25th may 2023. 1 year and 3 days, during a time where as you observed, characters weren’t being approved much – and even Batman was unplayed for 7 months. You were misinformed again. Maybe you should put less trust into the gossip you’re getting.

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                      • JennkrystJ
                        Jennkryst @Colette
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                        @Colette said in What's up with the two Age of Heroes games?:

                        Rogue with bondage powers

                        I think you keep confusing what people mean by this. Everyone agrees skin-to-skin contact with Rogue will drain powers. Its just the solution is always ‘put Rogue in a full body bondage-esque catsuit so there’s never skin to be touched’.

                        Mummy Pun? MUMMY PUN!
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                        • WuffW
                          Wuff @Jennkryst
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                          @Jennkryst said in What's up with the two Age of Heroes games?:

                          @Colette said in What's up with the two Age of Heroes games?:

                          Rogue with bondage powers

                          I think you keep confusing what people mean by this. Everyone agrees skin-to-skin contact with Rogue will drain powers. Its just the solution is always ‘put Rogue in a full body bondage-esque catsuit so there’s never skin to be touched’.

                          Few ever thinks to just put a restraining collar on her during day to day slice of life scenes. Like someone couldn’t make one aesthetically pleasing, or waterproof. People remembering that not only is she able to control her powers, but she isn’t even getting her flying brick power set from Carol Danvers any more either. Going with that is a breath of fresh air.

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                          • JennkrystJ
                            Jennkryst @Wuff
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                            @Wuff said in What's up with the two Age of Heroes games?:

                            @Jennkryst said in What's up with the two Age of Heroes games?:

                            @Colette said in What's up with the two Age of Heroes games?:

                            Rogue with bondage powers

                            I think you keep confusing what people mean by this. Everyone agrees skin-to-skin contact with Rogue will drain powers. Its just the solution is always ‘put Rogue in a full body bondage-esque catsuit so there’s never skin to be touched’.

                            Few ever thinks to just put a restraining collar on her during day to day slice of life scenes. Like someone couldn’t make one aesthetically pleasing, or waterproof. People remembering that not only is she able to control her powers, but she isn’t even getting her flying brick power set from Carol Danvers any more either. Going with that is a breath of fresh air.

                            Well, yeah. You don’t have Danger Bondage Sexy Times if you do it that way!

                            Mummy Pun? MUMMY PUN!
                            She/her

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