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Magyari's Irregulars - 3145
« on: 17 December 2013, 21:21:21 »
Blog for a new AToW game, to be updated as it unfolds. Take a look if you want, and check back regularly as I add stuff to it.

http://magyarisirregulars.blogspot.com.au/
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Re: Magyari's Irregulars - 3145
« Reply #1 on: 17 December 2013, 21:25:26 »
How large is the mercenary group? I'm just curious.

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« Reply #2 on: 18 December 2013, 06:40:56 »
Looks good! Can't wait to see how the campaign progresses


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Re: Magyari's Irregulars - 3145
« Reply #3 on: 18 December 2013, 17:25:37 »
Updated with a unit report. Roster to come soon when I finalise the last couple of slots
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« Reply #4 on: 18 December 2013, 17:36:38 »
Who are the pcs in the TO&E? Or are they the "TBC" slots?


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« Reply #5 on: 18 December 2013, 20:24:15 »
Who are the pcs in the TO&E? Or are they the "TBC" slots?

The three Assault lance pilots; Takahshi Oda, Lee Zhen and Randy R. Georges, are the PCs. I'm going to do write-ups on them soon (ie, when the players top dicking around and finalise things)
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Re: Magyari's Irregulars - 3145
« Reply #6 on: 20 December 2013, 04:01:52 »
Unit roster is now up, as are the Player Characters.

I also need a name for their Trutzburg. Names are my weakness.
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Re: Magyari's Irregulars - 3145
« Reply #7 on: 20 December 2013, 08:55:20 »
How about The Flying Hun
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Re: Magyari's Irregulars - 3145
« Reply #8 on: 21 December 2013, 07:51:04 »
First session! First time I've GMed in over a decade! Read all about it on the Blog.
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Re: Magyari's Irregulars - 3145
« Reply #9 on: 21 December 2013, 09:04:08 »
Looking good! Are you playing a character or just GMing, out of interest.

And - Hamilton? What's the first contract out of the bag?


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« Reply #10 on: 21 December 2013, 17:33:50 »
Looking good! Are you playing a character or just GMing, out of interest.

And - Hamilton? What's the first contract out of the bag?

Just GMing, which means that I run everyone else effectively. Hint: First day GMing, don't try to do silly voices when you've got a bad throat.
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« Reply #11 on: 21 December 2013, 18:13:11 »
Ah, the funny voices - boon and a curse. You should hear my "generic Halfling commoner", it generally strips the throat...


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« Reply #12 on: 23 December 2013, 19:41:25 »
For anyone reading this who plays MegaMek, there's now a collection of camo patterns and pilot icons, the latter of which is done in our unique house style.
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« Reply #13 on: 23 December 2013, 20:34:24 »
Ha! Love the character portraits


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« Reply #14 on: 24 December 2013, 06:03:33 »
Out of interest how many points were the PC's built from, and did you use the Random Life events table from the ATOW Companion. In the case of the Combine PC you would have 1000 of the starting 5000 points tied up in the Mech alone.

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« Reply #15 on: 30 December 2013, 20:44:55 »
Out of interest how many points were the PC's built from, and did you use the Random Life events table from the ATOW Companion. In the case of the Combine PC you would have 1000 of the starting 5000 points tied up in the Mech alone.

They were built using a combination of life modules and a house rule that gives everyone +200 XP per stat to start with. We figured it was a good way to givep ople a lot more stat diversity and flavour.

Speaking of flavour, background's up for the next session.
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« Reply #16 on: 30 December 2013, 21:45:34 »
They were built using a combination of life modules and a house rule that gives everyone +200 XP per stat to start with. We figured it was a good way to givep ople a lot more stat diversity and flavour.

Speaking of flavour, background's up for the next session.

Interesting little planetary history, there. BTW, interesting side note: there's actually a second planet named Hamilton. It's right next to Arc-Royal.


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« Reply #17 on: 11 January 2014, 06:47:32 »
Second session was today, and we had our first live battle. A series of unexpected developments turned in the players' favours, which could see them wrap up their current contract sooner then expected.

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« Reply #18 on: 29 January 2014, 22:44:16 »
Love that you made Bruce Wolf an Aussie! Of course, anyone named Bruce has to be one of us...


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« Reply #19 on: 30 January 2014, 00:03:28 »
Love that you made Bruce Wolf an Aussie! Of course, anyone named Bruce has to be one of us...

Bruce has a wonderful origin story. I was creating colourful NPCs for the unit, and bouncing ideas off a friend. I suggested "what about an embittered former Steel Wolf?" This reply was "Go for it. They're everywhere, just like Aussie bartenders." I immediately decided to cross the two and came up with what might be my best worst NPC ever.

"Drop Bear" the Scarabus was just the icing on the cake.

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« Reply #20 on: 30 January 2014, 01:38:50 »
That's so terrible....


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« Reply #21 on: 30 January 2014, 05:33:49 »
That's so terrible....

No, what's terrible is how it got the name "Drop Bear"
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« Reply #22 on: 30 January 2014, 05:43:15 »
No, what's terrible is how it got the name "Drop Bear"


Could be worse... I used to command an APC called the Combat Wombat...


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« Reply #23 on: 30 January 2014, 07:20:48 »
Love that you made Bruce Wolf an Aussie! Of course, anyone named Bruce has to be one of us...
Just like Brits are Nigels, right?
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« Reply #24 on: 03 February 2014, 02:26:07 »
We actually had a session this week. Amazing!

I have a blog post up about it. A second one is to follow sometime soon. Ish.
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« Reply #25 on: 03 February 2014, 06:54:15 »
Leaving us hanging much...? Vibro-katana...?


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« Reply #26 on: 03 February 2014, 07:31:17 »
Post two is up. Vibro-katana indeed!
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« Reply #27 on: 03 February 2014, 20:09:32 »
Amusing typo about the insurgents shutting down the power...


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« Reply #28 on: 03 February 2014, 21:50:33 »
Amusing typo about the insurgents shutting down the power...

Whoops. Fixed.

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« Reply #29 on: 04 February 2014, 01:49:26 »
Whoops. Fixed.

That's what I get for typing when I should be alseeps


I know that feeling - I wasn't picking, I honestly chuckled so much at the typo I had to share it with someone...


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