Re: [DL] Silhouette

[Sean Michael Whipkey <highway@cstone.net>]

doyle erin west wrote:
> 
> Silhouette is the system used in Dream Pod 9's games.  Heavy Gear, Jovian
> Chronicals, Tribe 8, and another, Psudo WWII mecha game i can't think of.

Gear Kreig.

> It's fairly similar to both the deadlands and BNW systems.  only uses d6's.
> you roll your skill in dice, take the highest, adding one for each
> additional 6 (assuming you got more than one), then add in your attribute,
> vs a target number.  It also uses a neat damage system i've already
> converted to a couple systems.

One of the things I do like about it is that it does make a difference
between the "hotshot young pilot" who succeeds greatly and fails badly
and the "seasoned veteran" who almost always succeeds, but not usually
outstandingly.

However, the Deadlands system does that pretty well also, I think,
though due to the fact that you have a points based character generation
system in Silhouette it makes it slightly more prevalent.

SeanMike

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