Comments on: Nonstop Pulp Action, HP Piles and Cartography http://www.treasuretables.org/2007/09/nonstop-pulp-action-hp-piles-and-cartography Game mastering advice, ideas & resources • Dedicated to helping GMs Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Martin http://www.treasuretables.org/2007/09/nonstop-pulp-action-hp-piles-and-cartography/comment-page-1#comment-13097 Martin Tue, 18 Sep 2007 03:28:24 +0000 http://www.treasuretables.org/?p=855#comment-13097 You're welcome, Ben. Your blog is one of my favorites, and it's been a must-read for me since I first discovered it. You’re welcome, Ben. Your blog is one of my favorites, and it’s been a must-read for me since I first discovered it.

]]> By: Ben Robbins http://www.treasuretables.org/2007/09/nonstop-pulp-action-hp-piles-and-cartography/comment-page-1#comment-13008 Ben Robbins Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:34:18 +0000 http://www.treasuretables.org/?p=855#comment-13008 "Since the Game master gets to just pick one off when the numbers are past their HP level, they can choose to eliminate one over another." Also take a look at the option for running two piles instead of one towards the end of the article. Thanks for the link Martin, as always! “Since the Game master gets to just pick one off when the numbers are past their HP level, they can choose to eliminate one over another.”

Also take a look at the option for running two piles instead of one towards the end of the article.

Thanks for the link Martin, as always!

]]> By: John Arcadian http://www.treasuretables.org/2007/09/nonstop-pulp-action-hp-piles-and-cartography/comment-page-1#comment-12955 John Arcadian Tue, 11 Sep 2007 14:40:43 +0000 http://www.treasuretables.org/?p=855#comment-12955 I stopped over by the http://www.cartographersguild.com/ site and their forums. That is a pretty nice place. Not as nice as TT, but few things are. It definitely has the same feel though, but it is filtered through the lens of mappers. I saw a lot of talk on mapping theory, and people putting up their WIP to see how they could improve it. Definitely a nifty resource. Thanks Martin! I stopped over by the http://www.cartographersguild.com/ site and their forums. That is a pretty nice place. Not as nice as TT, but few things are. It definitely has the same feel though, but it is filtered through the lens of mappers. I saw a lot of talk on mapping theory, and people putting up their WIP to see how they could improve it. Definitely a nifty resource. Thanks Martin!

]]> By: John Arcadian http://www.treasuretables.org/2007/09/nonstop-pulp-action-hp-piles-and-cartography/comment-page-1#comment-12954 John Arcadian Tue, 11 Sep 2007 00:06:00 +0000 http://www.treasuretables.org/?p=855#comment-12954 The hit piles are an interesting idea. I can see the drawbacks that they list in the article as being fairly big (like one enemy tending to avoid death, or another one being cut off fresh by a relatively low powered character), but avoidable. Since the Game master gets to just pick one off when the numbers are past their HP level, they can choose to eliminate one over another. It depends on how much control you want to take over the game or not. It might get into a thing like fudging or no fudging. Do you change the course of a game manually as the GM once it is underway? The hit piles are an interesting idea. I can see the drawbacks that they list in the article as being fairly big (like one enemy tending to avoid death, or another one being cut off fresh by a relatively low powered character), but avoidable. Since the Game master gets to just pick one off when the numbers are past their HP level, they can choose to eliminate one over another. It depends on how much control you want to take over the game or not. It might get into a thing like fudging or no fudging. Do you change the course of a game manually as the GM once it is underway?

]]> By: VV_GM http://www.treasuretables.org/2007/09/nonstop-pulp-action-hp-piles-and-cartography/comment-page-1#comment-12951 VV_GM Mon, 10 Sep 2007 18:48:44 +0000 http://www.treasuretables.org/?p=855#comment-12951 That hit point piles method is awesome! I can see that working for several different systems. That hit point piles method is awesome! I can see that working for several different systems.

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