You can basically just jam 'em right in there! The main rules difference between the two is what happens when characters go down (in MB they die; in OB they get incapacitated or dismembered and then have their bits replaced with cool cyborg gear).
Converting to CY_BORG takes one simple rule:
Orc-borgs get to roll Presence when they would roll Knowledge, and anyone trying to work orcish tech can use Presence instead of Knowledge if they wish. Orc tech runs on vibes and intuition!
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Musical Slugs are orcish music recorded on big, chunky magazines that you can slam into your head-mounted jam players, pop into your Big Robot's music port, etc.
What are you referring to with the "Darkness?" Page number?
ORC BORG and other Mork-Borg hacks let the variable Difficulty Ratings of tests do a lot of mechanical heavy lifting.
Darkness might affect the difficulty of a related test (like trying to find an unconscious orc in a completely dark compartment), but musical slugs- along with any of the other unexplained inventory items- could affect the DR as well (the unconscious orc left their skull-mounted jambox playing when they passed out).
That being said, "musical slugs with greater mechanical effects" is a cool idea! Maybe there are special ones to collect, maybe there's a new character class that focuses on them, or maybe there's a Power that brings them to life. OB is very hack-forward! :D
While Orc Borg does not require tactical miniature combat, that is the way my group will be playing it (might plugin Forbidden Psalm like rules). Anyone else wishing to do so, I found the perfect set of 15mm space orc minis (30 for only $14.99) on etsy.
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Made a custom phone case from the book!
how does one, lets say, import the orcborg class to mork borg? or import anything from this into mork borg?
You can basically just jam 'em right in there! The main rules difference between the two is what happens when characters go down (in MB they die; in OB they get incapacitated or dismembered and then have their bits replaced with cool cyborg gear).
Converting to CY_BORG takes one simple rule:
Orc-borgs get to roll Presence when they would roll Knowledge, and anyone trying to work orcish tech can use Presence instead of Knowledge if they wish. Orc tech runs on vibes and intuition!
Sorry for the tardy reply (I don't get notifications for these)!
Is there clarification how the Darkness work in the game? I didn't seem to find it in the booklet.
Also what Musical Slugs do?
Hi there!
Musical Slugs are orcish music recorded on big, chunky magazines that you can slam into your head-mounted jam players, pop into your Big Robot's music port, etc.
What are you referring to with the "Darkness?" Page number?
Cheers!
So no game mechanic for musical slugs?
Darkness is mentioned for example The Prophecies of Doom result 6:3
ORC BORG and other Mork-Borg hacks let the variable Difficulty Ratings of tests do a lot of mechanical heavy lifting.
Darkness might affect the difficulty of a related test (like trying to find an unconscious orc in a completely dark compartment), but musical slugs- along with any of the other unexplained inventory items- could affect the DR as well (the unconscious orc left their skull-mounted jambox playing when they passed out).
That being said, "musical slugs with greater mechanical effects" is a cool idea! Maybe there are special ones to collect, maybe there's a new character class that focuses on them, or maybe there's a Power that brings them to life. OB is very hack-forward! :D
Bought it on Drive Thru RPG and had it printed because it's the best looking RPG book ever.
Waaaagh, thank you so much for your kind words!
While Orc Borg does not require tactical miniature combat, that is the way my group will be playing it (might plugin Forbidden Psalm like rules). Anyone else wishing to do so, I found the perfect set of 15mm space orc minis (30 for only $14.99) on etsy.
Hey, these are super cool! Thanks for sharing :)
WAAAGH!! This game rocks :)
WAAAAAAGH! Glad you're enjoying it! :D
If you got friends who love playing the Big Dumb Strongguy, this has got to be one of the BEST games for those people.
Playing as Big McDumbstrong is so refreshing. Everyone needs an excuse to shout and punch an unstable reactor core once in a while! :D