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kv:
Someone mentioned the idea of playing a game set in the 5th World (the time between the Earthdawn world and Shadowrun... aka 'our history') and Ruski, AJ, and a few of us have started rouging out rules for a WWII-setting 5th World game. (most likely set here for a simple PBP.

It would be 3rd Edition rules, and I'll post the things we've discussed here, but who would be interested in playing a PBP here at the Pub under that setting? No magic, no cyberwear. Less powerful skills and settings. Weapons are just as lethal, but armoring hasn't caught up yet...

Anyone in?

  -kid_vid

Ruski:
let's get the game system down before we start making a play by post for it.

-Ruski

kv:
Here would be the priority system:

Three Priorities: Attributes, Skills, and Contacts

Attributes: Priority A (25), Priority B (19), Priority C (16)
Skills: Priority A (30), Priority B (24), Priority C (20)
Contacts: Priority A (5), Priority B (3), Priority C (1)

We're thinking a WWII system- everyone would have to be in the Army (although a mob varient, running whisky and moonshine down from the Canadian border would be fun too)

Ruski suggested that we might have skill groups so firearms would be a skills (with specialty in pistols, rifles, and bazookas), transports would be another (with planes, boats, tanks and cars as specializations).

Edges and flaws will remain the same, but it doesn't make sense to include the magical ones (or biorejection/sensitive system) becasue there is no magic and no cyberwear.

I was looking at the description of 'College Education' and 'Tech School Education' in the NSRCG, and the only difference seems to be that for College Education, the defaults for resorting to Academic skills is a lot lower, and for Tech school, defaulting to background knowledge skills is lower. Are there other benefits that I'm not remembering?
(oh and keep in mind that a college education makes you an officer- and a tech school education probably makes you a machine-gunner or tank driver or some kind of specialist)

Other than that, we'll welcome any suggestions, but I would love to rough out the rules and get something running in the PBP section before too long.

  -Kid_Vid

Ruski:
I think we may have to push colledge education up to a level 3 or 4 edge, because it lets you be an officer.

-Ruski

AJStarhiker:
Also, a college education is much rarer at that point in time.  It's right on the heals of the Great Depression, so a lot of people had likely dropped out before finishing high school to find work.

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