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[Egan_BW]

Just make everyone roll 3d6 for all stats, no rerolls or deciding what goes where.

[Trekkin]

Just make everyone roll 3d6 for all stats, no rerolls or deciding what goes where.

3d6? Luxury. Back in my day we rolled 1d6 in order, and if you didn't roll enough Int to speak you just hoped someone in the party spent their skill point on Handle Animal.

[Arx]

At first level it's entirely possible no-one in the party has enough int to have skill points...

Sounds tremendous.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I am now trying to conceive of a 3 Int 18 Wis 18 Cha character. A druid with a perfected subconscious, having attained the truest form of natural existence?

[wierd]

Gentle giant barbarian?  Roguishly handsome, and charming in the "special needs, innocent and pure" way, that has learned through the school of hard knocks that some things are just bad, m'kay, but otherwise has difficulty saying his name, and that he likes adventures.

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I thought about it for ten more seconds and realized the ideal example is Forrest Gump, curiosity sated.

[Criptfeind]

My GM always said the monster manual was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get.

[Neyvn]

Anyone know a Good XCom-esk system?
I have a few players heading off to Boot Camp soon (Good on them for being recruited) but don't want to continue the story and they are interested in a new side game like XCom.

[GiglameshDespair]

Define xcomesque.

[Teneb]

To elaborate, I somehow managed to talk my DM into having a point-buy system up to 18. Add Half-Elf bonus on top of that. And there we go.

[My Name is Immaterial]

Anyone know a Good XCom-esk system?
I have a few players heading off to Boot Camp soon (Good on them for being recruited) but don't want to continue the story and they are interested in a new side game like XCom.

Also, do you want an RPG or wargame? Because you'll get two very different answers. A skirmish wargame will probably suit your tactical combat needs better, but a RPG could be a more robust experience.
My first thought is to tell you to use Deathwatch as a base, or just use the 40k tabletop rules. Stat your rookies as Imperial Guardsmen with a few more wounds, and boom, you've got a good mirror.

[Egan_BW]

Yup, 40K is probably the closest to XCOM rules.

[Rolan7]

That's kinda true for both the battle-strategy game, and also Dark Heresy.
From what little I know.

[NullForceOmega]

I think my game has died again.  One of my players has been unavailable for the past month and a half, and one of the others is moving to Denver in two weeks.  Unfortunate, as I had great fun setting this one up.

[wierd]

You need better players.

For us, it has been the DM having "real life intervenes" that keeps ruining our sessions. Even if the players want to, we cant without our DM.

From the looks of things though, one of our sessions will happen when I am visiting at a friends house. It will work, he might actually like listening in to the voip session.