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The Call to AssemblyThe Call to AssemblyA Collection of ArticlesA Collection of Articles

by the Gamer Assemblyby the Gamer Assembly

Issue #3 June 2012

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IntroductionThe Gamer Assembly is an online community of enthusiasts dedicated to making tabletop !Gs more fun and easierto play for players and G"s

In the Call to Assembly$ %e assemble the best articles published in the past t%o months from around the %eb into one!&'$ hearkening back to the belo(ed paper !G maga)ines and fan)ines of the 1*+0,s$ 1*-0,s$ and 1**0,s

This issue co(ers material published in April and "ay 2012

Table of ContentsThe "odern AssemblyScience Skill: Modern Assemblyby .rian /iberge2

Mechanics Skill: Modern Assembly by .rian /iberge3&ro% Themes

The Arachnomancer by blindgeekukThe Drow Blade Master by blindgeekuk

&octor ho in "ar(elDoctor Who in Marvel Heroic Roleplayinby .rent ! e%hall +

Another Doctor !or Marvel Heroic Roleplayinby .rian /iberge-4ther Articles

Desinin a "hibli R#"by .rent ! e%hall *What $! %ach Settin Had $ts &wn Alinments'by .rent ! e%hall*

My Mom #lays #ath!inder( %verybody Diesby /yndsay10The Content o! &)r Charactersby illiam .urke 11$*m a Bad "eekby Jerry /eea(e12

Credits

Thanks to illiam .urke$ Jerry /eea(e$ .rian /iberge$ and /yndsay and for their articles and support

This issue %as assembled$ typeset$ and edited by .rent ! e%hall

All images used in this issue are in the public domain$ or released under an appropriate license and credited %hereappropriate eally$ %e checked

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The Modern Assembly

The Modern AssemblyThe follo%ing articles %ere %ritten by .rian /iberge as part of his pro7ect to port D)neons + Draonsth8dition tomodern times 9ee issue #2 of The Call to Assemblyfor more

Science Skill: Modern Assembly

.y .rian /iberge

Science:Intelligence;

The 9cience skill encompasses modernanalysis and kno%ledge gained fromit$ including the chemical analysis ofmaterials$ eou create your intendedprogram The result of your check

becomes the &? needed for creaturesto counter your program

,ail)re:>ou cannot attempt to createthe program again until after a shortrest

Special:>ou can make an attempt$ aftera short$ rest to increase the &? of analready created program "ake thecheck as normal$ if your result is thesame or higher than the current &?$the ne% &? matches the higher resultIf your result is lo%er than the current&?$ then decrease the &? by 2

Hack Computer:9tandard Actionariable &?$ determined by thesecurity of the computer;

"ake a 9cience check to gain access toa computer$ program or net%ork you%ould not normally ha(e access to

S)ccess:>ou gain access$ and can gainany information the target may hold$or allo% a created program access

,ail)re:>ou cannot attempt to gainaccess again until after a short rest Ifyou fail by B or more your intrusion%as detected

Detect Hacking or Malware:9tandardAction Card &? of the creature@sle(el;

"ake a 9cience check to detect thepresence of foreign or in(asi(eelements in a computer The skill is

often used in this %ay %hen nointrusion is obser(ed but they suspectit is present

S)ccess:>ou detect each source ofhacking or mal%are on the computer$and recogni)e %hether each programis running locally or from a net%orkconnection

,ail)re:>ou detect nothing >ou cannottry again until after a short rest

Identify Hacking or Malware:"inorAction "oderate &? of theintrusion@s le(el;

"ake a 9cience check to identify thesource of the mal%are or hack andkno% it@s effects

S)ccess:>ou identify the programand6or programming language usedto create each piece of mal%are orhack and you kno% the effects of theintrusion

,ail)re: >ou cannot attempt to identify

the hack or mal%are again until after ashort rest

Counter Hacking or Malware:9tandard Action Card &? of theintrusion@s le(el;

"ake a 9cience check to countermal%are or hacking$ pre(entingfurther damage to your system

S)ccess:?hoose one effect per successAgainst mal%are$ you may disable orremo(e the program Against a hacker$you may trace the hacker@s location orcut the hacker off from the computer

,ail)re:>ou take a cumulati(e D2penalty against further counterattempts until after you take a shortrest

http://blogs.gamerassembly.net/?p=628

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The Modern Assembly

Mechanics Skill Modern Assembly

.y .rian /iberge

-Mad Scientist ./ by 0e!! #reston( CC1B21345

e@re using t%o ne% skills in"odern Assembly$ to help fill in thegaps on opportunities that 7ustdidn@t eoumay notice that these skills reallycould be multiple skills e chose tocondense modern kno%ledge to 2

skills$ to keep the total number ofne% skills do%n

Mechanics:Intelligence;

The "echanics skills encompasseskno%ledge of engineered constructs$as %ell as the ability created$ repair

and operate them This includes(ehicles$ computers and othermachines such as a po%er generatoror crane

Training in this skill representseither formal study or eou are able to temporarilystop further damage to a machine

An ob7ect immediately stops itsactions$ or continues properly at itsslo%est speed

,ail)re:>ou are unable to affect thetarget

http://blogs.gamerassembly.net/?p=622

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Drow Themes

Drow ThemesThe follo%ing articles %ere %ritten by blindgeekuk as part of the =F &ro%athon pro7ect$ and are republished here%ith permission

The Arachnomancer

.y blindgeekuk

$nto the 6nknown: The D)neonS)rvival Handbookcomes %ith a fe%ne% themes to help ad(enturerssur(i(e and thri(e in the hostileen(ironment of the =nderdark

/ooking through the list of themes itincludes$ there are 2 typical dro%roles that I don@t think ha(e beenco(ered$ so i@d like to present mytake on them here5

Arachnomancer

Almost all dro% %orship /olth$ thespider Eueen$ and if not her$ they%orship one of her children Thedro% take this %orship seriously$adorning themsel(es$ their armour$eEuipment$ houses e(erything%ith the symbols of their goddessespo%er H the arachnid There arethose %ith the necessary skill and(ision$ that can sense ho% /olthmanipulates the %eb of arcaneenergies$ and learn ho% to %ea(etheir abilities into this %eb toincrease their potency

Creating an Arachnomancer

Arachnomancers share little incommon %ith others of their po%er$they hail from all aspects of dro%society$ some begin their li(es aslo%ly pleasure sla(e$ others asraiders$ others still come from thenoble houses$ born into a life ofmatriarchal smothering Indeed$other than race$ and a %orship of/olth$ all that can be determined isthat in some part of their life$ /olthspoke to them in the form of aspider

!reDreE ace5 &ro%

!reDreE &iety5 /olth

Starting "eature$

/olth@s influence upon the %orld isfelt throughout dro% society$ butnone more so by those %ho dedicatetheir life to the /olth@s ambitionsThese indi(iduals are a direct part ofher plans$ and can use her po%er toenhance their o%n abilities$

attacking %ith incredible po%er

.enefit5 >ou gain the eb ofInfluence po%er

%e& of Influence ' (heme Power

The sticky strands o! 7olth*s web o!power leak into the real world as yo)attack4

8ncounter 9hado%

'ree action !ersonal

Trier:>ou hit and deal damage%ith an atD%ill attack po%er

Taret:4ne target of the triggeringattack

%!!ect:The target is slo%ed until theend of your neou deal 1d- poison damageto the target

.dditional ptions$

hile all dro% society is e


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Drow Themes

the =nderdark$ and is no%eou create a )one in closeburst 3 that mo(es %ith you andlasts until the end of your neou con7ure a %all of %ebsthat lasts until the end of theencounter The %all is 2 sEuareshigh$ blocks line of sight and istreated as difficult terrain As a"inor action$ you can mo(e the %allB sEuares

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Drow Themes

The Drow Blade Master

.y blindgeekuk

The &ro% .lademaster is an

a%esome mini$ and a great foe inD+D8$ so here@s my :incomplete;take on it as a theme

Blade Master

&ro% society is$ at its heart$ amatriarchal one$ %ith the mensuber(ient to the matron mothers,%hims and plans$ but all ser(eunder the greater scheme of thedro% goddess$ the spider Eueen/olth hile all dro% men areeou gain the Two1Weapon,ihtinfeat e(en if you do not meetits preDreEuisites If you alreadyha(e this feat$ you gain the Two1Weapon De!ensefeat instead

)evel * "eature$

.lade "asters train long and hard tobe the best %arriors of dro% soceityigorous e


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Doctor Who n M!r"el

Doctor Who in Marvel

Doctor Who in Marvel Heroic Rolelayin!

.y .rent ! e%hallCere@s a modern &octor$ statted upforMarvel Heroic Roleplayin5

Afliations

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Distinctions

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9'N5 Ridic)lo)s %planation =semultiple specialties in your dice

pool %hen inflicting mental stressthen add your effect die to the&oom !ool

/imit5 Complicated #lot5 8arn 1 !!and add 2d12 to the &oom !ool%hen your actions make the plot toocomplicated to follo%

!ecialties

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Doctor Who n M!r"el

Another Doctor "or Marvel Heroic Rolelayin!

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Desi!nin! a #hibli R$#

.y .rent ! e%hall9tudio Ghibli and its most famousdirector$ Cayao "iya)aki$ arekno%n for their remarkableanimated films Their storiesemphasi)e pacifism$ intelligence$kindness$ and respect for the natural%orld hile se(eral of their mo(iescould be labeled Oaction mo(ies$Ptheir protagonists :mostly girls; areusually not %arriors$ and they%restle %ith complicated$ multiDfaceted problems rather than simplegood (s e(il fights There is rarelyany combat in a 9tudio Ghiblimo(ie

hat %ould a roleDplaying gamelike this look likeR

I can think of a fe% design goals5

The system shouldencourage groupcollaboration andconsensus

The system should resol(econflict at a high le(el$

rather than using blo%DbyDblo% dice mechanics

?onflict resolution shouldbe less about success and

failure and more aboutmany outcomes

The system should ha(eminimal combat abilities

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%as rich$ rich$ rich 9he regrettednothing

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those mores to the topics thecommunity is centered around:And$ again$ to their o%n mores;

Cere@s James /oe%en$ from 7ies

My Teacher Told Me5

Caste minority children ;s sel!1imae toswallow what their historybooks teach abo)t theeceptional !airness o!

America4 Black st)dentsconsider America history( as)s)ally ta)ht( -white/ andassimilative( so they resistlearnin it4 This eplainswhy research shows a bier

per!ormance di!!erentialbetween poor and rich

st)dents( or black and whitest)dents( in history than in

other school s)b8ects4 "irlsalso dislike social st)dies andhistory even more than boys(

probably beca)se women and

women>s concerns andperceptions still o)nderrepresented in historyclasses4 ?p4 35.135@

And history is something you ha(eto take in school

The Euestion to ask isn@t OCo% do%e attract more %omen :or peopleof color$ or Eueer people; togamingRP

It@s OCo% do %e stop dri(ing thema%ayRP

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%,m a Bad #eek

.y Jerry /eea(e

This article originally appeared athttp566dreadga)ebonet6imDaDbadDgeekatThe &read Ga)ebo

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disrespect to anyone$ I can@t standmost &S& blogs lately There are ahandful of great ones$ many of themI ha(e in my links section$ anddefinitely a fe% I kno% I@mforgetting or didn@t link to for theaesthetic purposes of my footerCo%e(er the echo chamber that isthe &S& blogging community issomething I 7ust can@t fall in line%ith anymore !osts full of chartsand graphs about combat speed$placid (anilla content :e


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%hile refraining from abrasi(eness$instead of saniti)ing myself for fearof %hat people might think of myra% opinions on something I don@t

claim to be a genius of any sorts$ myblog posts often pose moreEuestions than ans%ers and I@mokay %ith that I hope you are too

My Cliched Bac&story'Minus Dead Parents and%eroics

I@m not a typical geek I suppose'rom %hat I@(e gathered recently$I@(e come to the conclusion that I@monly about B0X geek$ the rest of meis %hate(er &id I gro% up on

&S&$ computers$ (ideo games$ and-0s cartoonsR Cell yesM .ut I stilldon@t kno% :or care; %hat a TA&I9is$ or e(en remotely care about%hate(er ubiEuitous geek celebrityis %horing themsel(es out for this%eek ot at all I@(e ne(er %atchedany 9tar Trek$ "onty !ython$ .uffy$'ireflythe list goes on The meresight of Anime in any form causesblood to seep from my pores in ablind rage I could go on but you getthe idea$ I@m a grumpy$ narro%Dminded$ piss poor nerd %ho doesn@t

kno% e(ery cool inside 7oke orsecret handshake in the geekcommunity And I don@t care

Co%e(er for all of these things that Ilack in the nerd department I fill in%ith other annoying yet eEuallypassionate aspects from my life Hmusic$ mo(ies$ parenting$ paintball$the horror genre$ and computer nerdfi


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