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2 years ago ::
Feb 21, 2011 - 6:39PM
#11
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Date Joined:
Oct 24, 2001
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Gamma World doesn't have to be silly.
Blashpemer! Heretic! 
Here are the PHB essentia, in my opinion: - Three Basic Rules (p 11)
- Power Types and Usage (p 54)
- Skills (p178-179)
- Feats (p 192)
- Rest and Recovery (p 263)
- All of Chapter 9 [Combat] (p 264-295)
A player needs to read the sections for building his or her character -- race, class, powers, feats, equipment, etc. But those are PC-specific. The above list is for everyone, regardless of the race or class or build or concept they are playing.
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2 years ago ::
Feb 21, 2011 - 7:07PM
#12
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Gamma World doesn't have to be silly.
Blashpemer! Heretic!
Lol, I know.
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2 years ago ::
Feb 21, 2011 - 8:26PM
#13
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Date Joined:
Jul 30, 2003
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Not that it's helpful much, but I say Wahoo!!!
Seriously though, it is supposed to be ridiculous, but also gritty. If it's possible to frame this wackyness in some sort of gritty realism than all the better. that may go a long way to restoring a sense of ... continuity?
Hopefully they don't bail on the game just because of this.
I do have one question for the OP... is it them that can't stand the craziness, or you? You said that they seemed to be buying everything else, was there something you did/said when laying out the scenes that maybe rubbed you the wrong way and that translated into your gaming?
Just a thought?
My Blog, mostly about D&D. I imagine that Majestic Moose plays a more "A team" type game than most of us. By that I mean he allows his players to make tanks out of a backyard playground set since the players have more "fun" that way.
Actually I much prefer The Losers.Spoiler:
Show
When I and my friends sit down we want a game of heroic fantasy. Rare is the moment when I have cried out in a video game or RPG "that's unrealistic." (Unless there is no jump button. Seriously makes me mad, single handedly ruined the N64 zelda series for me, but that's a digression of a digression.)
I mean, we play games with the force in galaxies far, far away, with supernatural horrors, dragons and demi-gods, alternate cosmologies, etc.
Reality and it's effects hold little sway to what makes a Heroic fantasy game fun IMO.
Just repeat after me:
You are not a beautiful or unique snowflake.
You are not how much you've spent on WotC products.
You are not whatever RPG you play.
You are one of tens of thousands of people that spend money on a hobby.
You will not always get what you want
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2 years ago ::
Feb 21, 2011 - 10:40PM
#14
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Date Joined:
Nov 21, 2009
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Serious players? Not liking Gamma World? Sounds like you need to start a new campaign of Conferences & Cubicles.
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2 years ago ::
Feb 21, 2011 - 11:07PM
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Date Joined:
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I don't understand... are you not the DM? Can't you just make it less wacky if your players don't like it?
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2 years ago ::
Feb 22, 2011 - 2:47AM
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Date Joined:
Sep 14, 2003
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How wacky the game is is pretty much down to the GM. I'm running Gamma World for the first time later this week and I'm going with Wacky  I guess I'll have to wait to see how the group reacts to that, but I do hope they like it.
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2 years ago ::
Feb 22, 2011 - 8:30AM
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Date Joined:
Dec 25, 2010
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This edition of Gamma World is definitely the most gonzo of all. If you are looking for a serious post-apocalypse game, I can think of none that are more "realistic" than Twilight 2000. Love that game.
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2 years ago ::
Feb 22, 2011 - 8:40AM
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Date Joined:
Dec 23, 2010
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Serious players? Not liking Gamma World? Sounds like you need to start a new campaign of Conferences & Cubicles.
I just rolled up a lvl 1 rude/IT guy and a bored/accountant... and then I drew a wireless keyboard and a cup of coffee... when are we starting?
Why did the hoop cross the road?
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2 years ago ::
Feb 22, 2011 - 8:42AM
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Date Joined:
Dec 23, 2010
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Gamma World doesn't have to be silly. My campaign has some elements of humor but the main story arc right now is pretty serious. The heroes were recently saved by a redneck named Cletus who drove a dodge ram with a gunner seat in the back who fired sewer covers.
Now THATS Gamma World...
Why did the hoop cross the road?
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2 years ago ::
Feb 22, 2011 - 9:45AM
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Date Joined:
Nov 21, 2009
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I just rolled up a lvl 1 rude/IT guy and a bored/accountant... and then I drew a wireless keyboard and a cup of coffee... when are we starting?
You are late for a meeting. As you walk into the conference room, a group of corporate monkeys glares in your general direction. They are wielding pens, PDA's, and data charts that are being passed around. The balding overweight one in front of the projector screen points angrilly and begins chanting a stream of reprimandings. What do you do?
Attack
Item
Run
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