So very, very sore

[thebitterguy]

So, helped mr_weasel move today. Had to split before they started charging for parking.

I got there late, but did manage to help with the unloading of the vehicle and the transferring to the elevator.

Missed the pizza (because SOMEONE took forever to get the truck back; you know, guvnor, if I'd been driving that lorry, it would have been drove up, dropped off and, Bob's your uncle, pizza for everyone), but I did get Angely season 1 & 2 from the HMV sale.

So, anyway, get home, and we have to go to Laurie's to pick up the Armoire she's giving us. We drive it home, and drive her car back. But there's just one little favour she needs. See, she gave us the armoire because she's getting a wall unit from a neighbour of hers who's leaving the complex. Could we help get it in?

Oh, Christ. It was a three piece wall unit that was, I think, constructed out of cast iron. Very heavy.

Anyway, got it carried over, and now we're to home, sweet home.

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[pyat.livejournal.com]

You are a saint and a sucker! :)

[thebitterguy]

Adventure! D20
The d20 System game of Pulp Action!
Developed by Andrew Bates & James Kiley
232 pages
$34.99
ISBN 1-58846-957-3

Pulp games are an odd duck. The pulp medium is most closely connected to antiquated action series such as the Doc Savage books or old radio serials.

But for some reason, a dedicated core clings to the pulp genre, and has produced a number of games set in the general mileu. Although popular with their fans, no pulp RPG game has ever really caught on.

Adventure! was originally released as part of the Trinity Universe, a universe of pulp (Adventure!), superhero (Aberrant), and SF (Trinity) games. Now, they’re being released as d20 games.

Adventure! d20 contains the same world information as the original Adventure! game, outlining the source of the amazing powers possessed by the various members of the Aeon Society for Gentlemen and the world in which they live.

The information is a good outline of an action filled universe in a pre-Nazi era.

The d20 rules are a nice addition to the game. All characters are base humans, and they acquire a template to indicate what brand of Inspired they are. Normal action star humans use the Daredevil template, while there are templates for mind controlling Psychics and superhuman Superhumans.

Powers are feat based; a character gains either Knacks (if they’re a Mesmerist or Superhuman) or Daring Feats, which are only available to Daredevil characters.

Characters can take template levels (Daredevils have one template level available, while Superhumans and Psychics have two).

There are a half dozen new core classes, presumably designed to reflect pulp archetypes (one class, the Aristocrat, seems to be purely for villains, as pulp era heroes tended to be more of the hoi polloi). Like d20 Modern, Adventure! has 10 level classes. Characters will mix and match them as they advance, in addition to taking template levels and prestige classes.

The prestige classes are a mix, with occultists, martial artists, explorers and mercenaries mixed up with aces and masterminds.

One interesting fact: Unless a character takes the level in Daredevil, they’ll have a very hard time getting to the Ace class; none of the base classes have Pilot as a core skill.