Tinkering with this for some reason over the last couple days. No plans to use it in the near future.
This is an interesting theory, but I notice the author has to omit one of the most important Heinlein novels to make...
Originally shared by Curt Thompson This is an interesting theory, but I notice the author has to omit one of the most important Heinlein novels to make it work. Time Enough For Love was written in the very early 70s and was a straight (heh) extrapolation of the chaotic and frenetic zeitgeist of that era. http://www.locusmag.com/Perspectives/2012/11/the-joke-is-on-us-the-two-careers-of-robert-a-heinlein/
This seems like a good method for creating pregens when anydice.com isn't an option.
ReplyDeleteThe idea was Greg Gorgonmilk's originally I think.
ReplyDeleteI, too, got this clear reference to Human Occupied Landfill.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad someone got the HoL joke, N. Phillip Cole.
ReplyDeleteAlec Henry a few years ago I ran a game where each player took turns rolling 3d6 and everyone at the table had to record that score. I let 'em pick where to put it but if I did it again they do it in order but everyone would first roll their stat order randomly.
ReplyDeleteMake it Sudoku and you have a fair way of giving everybody equal (but diverse) stats.
ReplyDelete(and by "Sudoku" I mean "the sum is always the same", which isn't what sudoku is, but...)
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