tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691609183217207055.post7218125427255694648..comments2024-03-27T22:20:55.710-04:00Comments on I Fly By Night - clash bowley's blog: Pushing it Downclash bowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02867031157318138584noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691609183217207055.post-59561403940425475922010-05-08T03:05:35.312-04:002010-05-08T03:05:35.312-04:00I think tools and examples are good. Show how you ...I think tools and examples are good. Show how you did it but have bits of ready made "examples" that can be drawn on..when needed.Silverlionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583360477162019419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691609183217207055.post-46484298448555067842010-05-07T14:28:23.006-04:002010-05-07T14:28:23.006-04:00Hi Rob!
I have always been worried about making t...Hi Rob!<br /><br />I have always been worried about making too detailed a setting - even SC2E's setting is mostly stat blocks - because it encourages setting nazis like Traveller canonistas. What was once the most open and customizable of settings became the subject of feuds over minutia. I want to encourage diversity and openness of setting, and the more a setting is the property of *my* imagination, the less it is the product of *your* imagination. <br /><br />What I am aiming for is easy to use tools to spur everyone's creativity. If you roll randomly on the tables, you will create a settign that has the feel of StarCluster - which is very different from the feel of Traveller, or the feel of Icar - without it being in any way canon, and with a healthy helping of your own imagination. :D<br /><br />-clashclash bowleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02867031157318138584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691609183217207055.post-85513876160042097382010-05-07T08:12:02.541-04:002010-05-07T08:12:02.541-04:00I love the idea of this but I do wonder if it make...I love the idea of this but I do wonder if it makes the system a little more difficult to pick up? A GM with little time on their hands might not want to spend hours inventing clever plots and places for their players. Perhaps a default setting to show everything together might be handy?<br /><br />Icar has always been heavy on setting and make that easy to pick up has been a lot of work.Rob Langhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01377928640392467606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691609183217207055.post-17310098929231974612010-05-06T21:49:38.928-04:002010-05-06T21:49:38.928-04:00There will be lots of examples, but I don't wa...There will be lots of examples, but I don't want anything to become canon. I will be selling setting supplements, and SC 2E will remain on free DL for the original Cluster setting.<br /><br />-clashclash bowleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02867031157318138584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4691609183217207055.post-55693017750488774072010-05-06T16:58:38.903-04:002010-05-06T16:58:38.903-04:00Hi again Clash,
I think this is cool. I would jus...Hi again Clash,<br /><br />I think this is cool. I would just put in a plea for examples of how the system can be used to create something cool to help those of us more creatively challenged...<br /><br />I suppose people can still fall back on setting supplements like Far Shore. How about an Official StarCluster supplement setting out the original Cluster in all its glory? <br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />MarchandAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com