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Agreed. Each "detail" requires a successful check over multiple rounds, and some information in-detail is gated behind certain powers. Which means setting up a target for extended surveillance is a thing.

Generally, the threadweaving portion is pretty subtle already, with the big crazy gestures being part of the Spellcasting test (there's not huge amount in the rpg books to back this up, but there are some good scenes in the novels). The knack allows you to set on average you DEX+6 (min rank 6) as a ...

Love this thread. ;D

Good breakdown, thanks!

These are great guys! I have a "Hazards" system in the new airship travel rules. I also have extended it to a full Random Encounter system, but I cut that part for space. Some really neat ideas here, & I love the terrain breakdown. Panda has some notes on creatures and terrain on his blog as well. I...

1a) 100%. In my games it usually takes a bit more than just creating the item. Grimoires are a good example because they have an intimate connection to your own pattern (scribing spells into the pattern of your grimoire then allows you to re-call the spell-patterns into your own pattern for RAW magi...

I remember running the battle in 1e/early2e. At least 2 of the ships were not named - probably so the GM can name them & tie it to thier version of Barsaive.

"IMB" (In My Barsaive) was a common abbreviation in the old (now nonexistant) forums & fan site forums.

Thanks James! One other thing to note - because 1e combined all guns on a ship into one rating - you rarely roll damage for a single fire cannon. There is only one reference in 1e, but it does say cannons do Step 25 damage to anything they hit. In my games that is an area 3 hexes in diameter (a cent...

Good options there. RAW would seem to mean that Troubadours probably do have a specialty as-a-skill when Novices, if they want to.

I like Slimcreeper's idea, and I would implement it with Knacks. I'd have to re-read the knacks from the Companion, Questors, and Paths to see if there's any useful ones to model it after.