Roleplaying with
Phoenix Command
Although the rules technology was
never really designed for the modern near-freeform style of
roleplaying typified by games like White Wolf's World of Darkness
series, or Atlas Games Over The Edge, Phoenix Command
and Living Steel did bring a set of valuable design
philosophies to the gaming table.
By pushing for realism, PCCS adopted a
real sense of danger to player characters. Every decision became life
or death, and roleplaying combat was reduced to an equation of
survival. As the copy on the back of
PCCS 1st Edition read:
"Using your current small
arms combat system, place the muzzle of a large calibre pistol
between your character's eyes. Squeeze the trigger. Continue
squeezing the trigger until the character falls unconscious. Then,
have a friend put a band-aid over that nasty .45 calibre dent in his
skull and try not to get him shot too often in the week or two it
takes to heal."
"Now, using Phoenix Command,
place the same pistol in the same place. Squeeze the trigger. You
now have a choice: you can either roll up a new character or rush
the body to a very sophisticated medical facility and discover the
joys of role-playing a vegetable."
This following links will take you to
roleplaying resources for Phoenix Command.
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