Actually, I *think* (check me if I'm wrong on this) that the first sentence off of 2a is pretty much a goner. The first biomods described included the Lounge Lizard and My Evil Twin. We have a lady who walks around in baggy clothes to hide her tentacles, and a guy who came down with a slow-mo version of Jusenkyo. Biomods change appearance a *whole* *lot*.
Also, Rule 2 could use an addition about weaponry. Personally, I'd say something like "there are aspects of some biomods that can be used as natural weapons, but in all cases they are either a largely incidental effect of a more significant biomod (A biomod that reshaped you into a wolfman also giving you wolf-like teeth) or more utilitarian than martial in nature (Short stubby claws are sometimes useful in a fight. They are often useful for climbing, gripping tightly, and operating soda can pop-tops.) Most often, they are both.
Also, *did* we decide to put "boarding tubes" on the "easily duplicated tech" list? I'm not arguing, I just didn't myself see it.
(Side note for Bob: Grover's Corners are actually not but so much of a stretch. You have one necessary Really Cool Thing (we managed to get the thing to move! Not fast, but it moves!) and one incidental Really Cool Thing (we have an atmosphere-capable forcefield that's *really* *big*.) There will probably be folks who get the heebie-jeebies out of having nothing between them and the sucking void except a funny glow, but it's not universe-breaking, it's not implausible, and it doesn't interfere with anyone else's ability to be cool. You're fine. If you wanted to ditch (or augment) the forcefield, it would also be reasonable to get a handwaved plant that would do the job as a standard-level Cool Thing.)
Actually, for that matter, those might be good to add to the rules, even if they *are* kinda fuzzy.
- Don't break the universe.
- Also, don't break the current storyline. Wait until it finishes before you kick in a priority interrupt.
- nothing entirely implausible
- don't consume too much Cool at once. If you are Just Plain Better than someone else *in their area of specialty*, then you'll need to have some significant drawback to balance that out. If they are famous and/or fanatical in their area of specialty, don't even try. Your ship will not be more durable than the Stone Temple. It will not be larger than Grover's Corners. Your character will not be better at handwaved science than the professor, and cannot beat The Green Machine in humanscale hand-to-hand combat.
- Talk with people before you do things that No One Else Can Do, particularly if you are intending to do more than one.
something like that.
Thoughts?
Also, Rule 2 could use an addition about weaponry. Personally, I'd say something like "there are aspects of some biomods that can be used as natural weapons, but in all cases they are either a largely incidental effect of a more significant biomod (A biomod that reshaped you into a wolfman also giving you wolf-like teeth) or more utilitarian than martial in nature (Short stubby claws are sometimes useful in a fight. They are often useful for climbing, gripping tightly, and operating soda can pop-tops.) Most often, they are both.
Also, *did* we decide to put "boarding tubes" on the "easily duplicated tech" list? I'm not arguing, I just didn't myself see it.
(Side note for Bob: Grover's Corners are actually not but so much of a stretch. You have one necessary Really Cool Thing (we managed to get the thing to move! Not fast, but it moves!) and one incidental Really Cool Thing (we have an atmosphere-capable forcefield that's *really* *big*.) There will probably be folks who get the heebie-jeebies out of having nothing between them and the sucking void except a funny glow, but it's not universe-breaking, it's not implausible, and it doesn't interfere with anyone else's ability to be cool. You're fine. If you wanted to ditch (or augment) the forcefield, it would also be reasonable to get a handwaved plant that would do the job as a standard-level Cool Thing.)
Actually, for that matter, those might be good to add to the rules, even if they *are* kinda fuzzy.
- Don't break the universe.
- Also, don't break the current storyline. Wait until it finishes before you kick in a priority interrupt.
- nothing entirely implausible
- don't consume too much Cool at once. If you are Just Plain Better than someone else *in their area of specialty*, then you'll need to have some significant drawback to balance that out. If they are famous and/or fanatical in their area of specialty, don't even try. Your ship will not be more durable than the Stone Temple. It will not be larger than Grover's Corners. Your character will not be better at handwaved science than the professor, and cannot beat The Green Machine in humanscale hand-to-hand combat.
- Talk with people before you do things that No One Else Can Do, particularly if you are intending to do more than one.
something like that.
Thoughts?