Thursday, April 14, 2022

Road Rant: How I See a Halo RPG

        This was a mess, plain and simple. The speech-to-text did mostly alright, the real issue is I may have understood the assignment a little too well and really did just rant for the entire car ride home. I think it shows in terms of length, incoherence, and diction. Who knew I said "you know" so much.

        The concept of the "road rant" is fun and I'll probably do it again sometime, but will confine myself to a shorter timeframe so it's not such a bitch to edit. I will probably also come back to the Halo RPG idea at some point because I think it would be fun and deserves a much better-written outline than what you'll find below. Read at your own peril.

(TL;DR -- The Lancer RPG mechanics are an interesting and workable system for a Halo hack, replacing manufacturers with specializations, mechs with armor sets, and tying unlocked abilities to armor pieces that a PC could mix and match.)

Make Your Calendars Interesting, Not Impenetrable

This post is inspired by Marsworms’ excellent post about Moon-men,in-universe calendars, and zodiac signs. It’s great. It got me thinking, ...