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Thread: Dusting of the old Icon books for another go

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    Dusting of the old Icon books for another go

    HI,

    I bought the full seasons on DVD of ST:TOS and am totally jazzed to put on a campaing for some friends, and it is also the 40th anniverery so good timing I think. Is anyone out there still playing ICON. I love the system, expect for the combat, which I think is pretty cool but there is alot of holes a GM has to fill in. If there are any experts out there, I have a questoin. I cant find what block bonus on weapons does. I did see one reference in TOS that said it works like resistance when taking damage, but I thought it was a bonus to the block roll. Any help would be apprecated. Plus I just want to talk ICON.

    Here are some pics of some things I am preparing for the next game:

    Engineering Battle Scene
    http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3.../startrek1.jpg

    Shuttle Battle Scene
    http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b3.../startrek2.jpg

    Don

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    The weapon stat is a bonus to a block roll to establish a "to hit" difficulty. As far as I remember it does not affect damage resistance, which is normally from armour. I suppose you could house rule it to do so, but if you're not hit, you're not damaged ...
    Drunken DM and the Speak with Dead spell: "No, I'm not the limed-over skeleton of the abbot, and no this special key in my boney fingers does not open the door to the secret treasury! ... Oh crap."

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