Mailanka's Musings

It's been a rough month for my health, and Undercity Noir has dominated my attention, but my blog discipline has been slipping.  My apol...

 As one of Christopher Rice's patrons , I can participate in a regular poll where he releases on of his patreon specials to his blog.  I...

  Hacking has turned out to be much more important than I originally thought it would when I first put together Psi-Wars back in Iteration 1...

The more I’ve messed with Psi-Wars, the more obvious it is to me that psionics is different from the Force. The Force is closer to magic: A ...

Planetary Peril  The Survivor Background The Frontier Marshal When I last asked the community for what Template they wanted wikified, they c...

So, I had a poll running on Patreon about which template you guys would like me to wikify next, with a focus on "Rim" templates, t...

One of the requests I had for Tall Tales was an update to the Scavenger Template. This caused a bit of controversy, because the purpose of t...

If you're a Disciple or better on Patreon, you already know that I've announced the coming playtest for the Action Vehicular Rules: ...

"Where is the stuff on the "REALLY not Jedi, leave me alone Disney lawyers!"?" - Kevin Hudgins Space Knight by Kriz...

The New Smuggler Template (This will be its final home, so any new revisions will happen here) Every month, my Patrons get to vote on a t...

In an effort to revise and distill my rules on the Wiki, I asked my patreons which template they'd like me to revisit and you'll n...

Homeworld: None (Sterilized during their war with humanity) Other Worlds: Jubilee Station and the Trader Belt. The Traders earned their n...

Other names: Ghouls, Stiffs, Tarvathim, the Vat-Born Homeworld: Tarvagant (the Umbral Rim) Other worlds: The Gaunt can be found almost ...

Eldoth Homeworld: Sepulcher Other Worlds: Elysia, Acheron, Tartarus Before the Alexian Dynasty, before the Ranathim Tyranny, before h...

Homeworld: Anmārwi (however, no Keleni live there today) Other Worlds: Samsara, Temjara, Covenant, Sable, Moros, Wyrmwood The much pe...

Have you enjoyed Imperial Security?  Have you thought "Wow, it'd be totally cool to play one of these guys."  Well, what are y...

Everything I've done over the past few weeks has been building up to the diplomat.  Cultural distancing mechanisms provide more than ...

I trust he needs no introduction Lando Calrissian remains one of my favorite characters from Star Wars, not just because he was so styli...

Officer 250 points The Officer excels at command and control . He’s mastered the art of planning, and can plan so well that he features...

So far, M'elena has proved that the Assassin template works well enough .  The assassin has Stealth 18, and sufficient DX and skill to h...