On Wed, 5 Jun 1996, Peter L. Ward wrote:

Some interesting ideas here.  I've run Ranma games using both Teenagers From
Outer Space as well as the core Sihoulette-A rules from the Project A-ko
RPG,
and there are some ideas I might convert to Sihoulette-A (which is my
system of
choice).  A few comments, though.

Is there a reason why an attractiveness/looks stat was left out?  I
would think
that this would be important in any high school setting and would be a major
factor in getting dates and seduction attempts.

Probably 'cause I forgot it. :{

I'd probably try to adapt some of the ideas behind the martial arts rules to
Sihoulette-A since it doesn't have much for martial arts.  Generally,
I've been
using skills in the various martial arts techniques to increase the
potential
for success and for greater margins of success (leading to more damage),
than
as damage/skill/stat modifiers.  As is, though, it's a bit too detailed
for my
taste, since I prefer not too many rules to get in the way of a good time.

   Great place to get martial arts info for roleplay... 'Paladium' Ninjas
and Superspies, or 'White Wolf' Streetfighter.  Great sources. ^_^

Hmm... Well... When it comes to combat I love systems
with lots of phases, the complex the better. Ie. more real...

I might tone it down a bit though.. Sides.. You can keep or lose anything
you don't like.

  Lots of phases runs a game down.  A 1 minute fight shouldn't take an hour
to complete... (see Hero System)  Whenever we got into a fight in
Champions... what would be about 2 minutes of fighting often turned into
more than an hour... we lost more players that way.  Hero's a great
fighting system, just takes too long.

Speaking of RPGs using Ranma, I'm considering running a game at AX using my
Aa! Megami-sensei! setting.  It'll be Sihoulette-A rules, rather than
TFOS, but
that shouldn't be a problem since it's a nice and easy system to run
games in.
If anyone's interested, e-mail me and we'll go from there!

If you're feeling wierd, try it with the TMNT system! ;)

   Aw... not using TFOS?  It's almost tradition.  You want really twisted,
try TORG with Ranma.  THEN you can have the 'anime' cosm invade Core Earth.
@_@  As for TMNT... Paladium actually -does- work with anime pretty well.
^^;

   TFOS works best though, from experience.  I'm unfamilliar with the
system you mentioned, but I'd love to try it out.  Some other systems you
might try are 'Hero System' (Champions), 'White Wolf' (Streetfighter), as
said above... 'Paladium' (Rifts probably), and Torg (We've tried this
one... anime cosm wa funny desu. ^^;) and that's all I can think of off
hand.

   At AX?  If I can find you, I'd love to play.  ^^;  I'll E-mail. Any
guesses who I might take?
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