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- Spacecraft in Eclipse Phase
One of the problems any space-faring sci-fi game has to deal with is how to handle space travel and space combat. Both of these can be significant glitches in an RPG setting. Space travel can mean a long delay between action, as the players must boar ...
Blog entry - eclipseadmin - 2008-08-10 12:29 - 1 comment - 0 attachments
- Transhuman Parkour
One of the choices we made when choosing the skills available in Eclipse Phase was to combine running/sprinting with gymnastics into a general Freerunning skill. Our idea was that since many people in EP are sleeved in bodies that are optimized for h ...
Blog entry - RobBoyle - 2009-07-02 18:51 - 1 comment - 0 attachments
- Gencon Update Day 2
Just had a dev meeting. We made metaplot that will do awful awful things to your brains. Tremble fleshlings! Tremble! Also we sold out of the books for today in 5 min. We love you people. Congratulations on the sell C ...
Blog entry - kylleran - 2009-08-13 22:09 - 7 comments - 0 attachments
- Religion and Nations in EP
Questions and comments concerning our treatment of religion and old nation-states in Eclipse Phase have arisen in a couple of different forum threads. I'm going to try and explain the thought processes behind some of the decisions we made with the se ...
Blog entry - RobBoyle - 2009-08-21 23:42 - 5 comments - 0 attachments
- 400 pages!
As previously noted, the Eclipse Phase core rulebook clocks in at a hefty 400 pages. That's a lot of book! Given the intricacies of the game, we felt it was necessary to include a solid chunk of text to the setting as well as details and rules for ke ...
Blog entry - RobBoyle - 2009-06-22 15:41 - 3 comments - 0 attachments
- Informal Poll (Today Only)
Have to decide on a name for the first EP sourcebook today. Help us choose! Informal poll: what should we call the Eclipse Phase location sourcebook for the inner solar system (from the sun to Mars)? ( polls ) Awesome. I li ...
Blog entry - RobBoyle - 2009-03-12 16:55 - 2 comments - 0 attachments
- Morphs
Blackmage asked on the forums: Off the top of my head I would like to see more on morphs. They're one of the core elements of the game(as far as I have seen) but I don't think we heard or seen much of them but that the effect physical stats/skills. It ...
Blog entry - RobBoyle - 2008-12-01 19:02 - 0 comments - 0 attachments
- Why Percentile?
There's a new thread about Eclipse Phase over at rpg.net. Some questions were raised about Eclipse Phase's percentile system, and I thought it'd be good to repeat/summarize my responses over here. As we've noted elsewhere, Eclipse Phase ...
Blog entry - RobBoyle - 2008-10-27 23:56 - 1 comment - 0 attachments
