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We know how to make them and they're useful, mainline production.

4 (33.3%)

They seem out of place and run rather counter to a fantasy setting, avoid them.

2 (16.7%)

Get outta here, nerd, nobody finds guns that interesting.

1 (8.3%)

Go ahead and have the NPCs make em, but not worth player input.

1 (8.3%)

Support, but they shouldn't be the standard weapons.

4 (33.3%)

Total Members Voted: 12

[Amperzand]

Hi five in return.

Feel no obligation to define stuff.

In other news, my class has been given an extension to finish that last third of the essay-thing, which I still don't really understand, nor do any interweb sources seem to. Blargblergledakfnuaoiuwfbnaifbiqawbfnuiaf

[Chevaleresse]

Dice should only be used if there's some sort of PvP conflict that needs resolving or if it's something with a reasonable chance of failure when using the proper method. (Example: "I swing my pickaxe at the goblin's head")

[Amperzand]

Ah, I seem to have done a hugely lackluster job of explaining what I meant. I don't mean to decide the success of something.

What I would do is, say, when rolling a D6, if I got a 2 or 1, something bad for the players would happen, unrelated to player actions, if I got a 3 or 4, nothing, or just some neutral fluff, would occur, and if I got a 5 or 6, something good for the players happens, unrelated to player actions.

Ex: Rolling a 1, a rock fall in the mines stops work for a week to undo damage and kills or injures some miners, rolling a 6, a vein of high-purity ore with beneficial trace elements is found, allowing the next two weeks' metal products to exceed normal quality and appear in larger quantity.

[TheBiggerFish]

I dunno.

Maybe less than a 1/3 chance of Bad Things.  What would it look like on d20?

[Amperzand]

Probably Bad/Good Stuff on the top and bottom five, with fluff in the middle ten.

[TheBiggerFish]

I don't know...

[Amperzand]

Basically, I'm thinking about doing it this way because otherwise it's utterly arbitrary, but still happens, and I'd prefer to avoid that.

[TheBiggerFish]

I'd not like such big fractions, I guess.

[Amperzand]

Keep in mind that I will be varying severity. A 5/20 is going to be nearly as flufflike as a 6/20, as will a 16/20 with regard to a 15/20.

[TheBiggerFish]

Ah, okay then.  d20 or d100 sounds good then.

[chaotic skies]

D100 sounds entertaining. It's also fairly common, and there's a bunch of dice websites that let you roll one.

[Gwolfski]

amp, can you describe the outcome of my mood? how good will the steam engine device be?

[Amperzand]

That depends on a couple factors. If you only spend a week on it and try to generally upgrade steam technology as a whole, you won't get much. If you spend a more standard month or two, you'd make considerable progress on upgrading from crude 16th century mining equipment to steampunky goodness.

On the other hand, if you're only trying to create a single device, a month's work'll get you a great deal indeed, but the thing won't really be possible to replicate or repair past a certain point.

[chaotic skies]

I like steampunky goodness. Even if we pretty much have electricity already completed, I'd be fine with steampunk-y stuff.

[Amperzand]

Given that they both serve purposes and are far from mutually exclusive, yes.