Search: EP General Discussion, 2008

Another side query on Morphs. Are there any individuals that are born as morphs (perhaps the bodies are offshots of genetically-altered humans), or are there no "Altered Humans" in the game... but people that are born as "flats" and then take on a morph ...

Forum topic - GregH - 2008-12-03 22:22 - 9 comments - 0 attachments

Since weapons are part of combat, I'll post this here. What kind of weaponry will the characters of Eclipse Phase be lugging around? Will everyone be using 'soft' sci-fi laser weaponry, or can we expect a mix of both more hard-fi futuristic ballistics, ...

Forum topic - Feldion - 2008-08-19 16:27 - 34 comments - 0 attachments

For those of us not fortunate enough to make it to GenCon, can you give us a rough estimate when to expect the QuickStart rules available online here? Days? Weeks? more? And while I'm asking, any more concrete estimates on the full book? Thanks in adva ...

Forum topic - Raven - 2008-08-17 01:09 - 21 comments - 0 attachments

Beaming oneself. How commonplace is that practice? What I guess I'm asking is, is the support structure (the equipment to recieved and resleeve an Infomorph or AI, and the, uh, "Parking Lot" so to speak for bodies) fairly commonplace? Or is it largely t ...

Forum topic - GregH - 2008-11-20 02:01 - 14 comments - 0 attachments

People are contrary creatures. At a time when most people [apparently] are bundles of data, swapping bodies and living extended lives... ...Are there people who reject this, for ethical reasons ?? Richard Morgan has religious organisation rej ...

Forum topic - Cthulhu - 2008-11-12 04:35 - 8 comments - 0 attachments

I read somewhere that there will psionics in the game. What are the psionic rules like in the game? From what I've read/heard so From what I've read/heard so far, "psionics" is in essence a sophisticated enhancement. So I'm guessing psi is run ...

Forum topic - technoshaman - 2008-12-13 01:41 - 9 comments - 0 attachments

Hello all together, I'm really looking forward to Eclipse Phase. Aside of the mention of psi (which final role is still a bit unclear to me) it seems to be the type of setting I favor. My question here is:"In which way you plan to put the switching of ...

Forum topic - Imago - 2008-08-17 11:37 - 10 comments - 0 attachments

I noticed that in the interview you mentioned you will not have a weight/encumbrance mechanic in the game. Is there any mechanic that will be featured to cover how much a player's morph can carry, or do we use common sense? I see it going both ways and ...

Forum topic - GregH - 2008-11-17 22:46 - 7 comments - 0 attachments

Just wondering if y'all will be including any kind of social conflict resolution mechanics in the game by default? It's one of those things that are usually left out of mainstream RPG's, but work really well in play. Granted, if it isn't included in the ...

Forum topic - Shaun - 2008-11-24 19:57 - 4 comments - 0 attachments

TITANS always appears in capitals, indicating it's an abbreviation... ...So what does does TITAN stand for ?? Total Information Tactical Total Information Tactical Awareness Network Nice acronym Which came first, the cool acronym or t ...

Forum topic - Cthulhu - 2008-11-12 04:39 - 4 comments - 0 attachments