Alright @mijder, did you get to game on this week with your franchise, how did that go

Well then, happy birthday for next week. I hope your pcs do something good for you on this momentous game session. Are u using one ofthe posted scripts or one of your own?

Redmenace, you are a gentleman and a scholar. That summary is EXACTLY what I was after. 🙂

Thanks very much for that,
Scotbloke.

Wow. That guy put in a lot of time on rewriting the entire rule book. Don’t know why he felt the need to do that. Maybe to add his own rules? Either way, it should go without saying that most of the stuff in there is definitely considered non-canon by us. (Classes of ghosts higher than 7?! Up to 13?! Wtf?!) But if there’s anything you all think would make for a great new piece of equipment or rule, please point it out to us so we can test it.

Redmenace wrote:

So for new equipment cards:
Tablet or laptop computer which might come preloaded with a Ghostbusters Inc. package of Tobin’s, Spate’s Catalogue, the GB handbook and maybe a encrypted link to The Occult net database or the GB helpline equivalent.

Don’t know why you’d want to carry that around with you as equipment during a bust. There’s no rule saying you CAN’T have one in the car. Whenever we’re not in combat, we just assume one of the players is carrying a smartphone with access to all of that information online. In today’s world, it’s just a given that you’d have this already.

Redmenace wrote:

Real world ghost hunting gear emf detector, high end video camera w nightvision, also ecto vision if it is from GBI…

With all the cool stuff from the movies and games, why would you want some boring equipment like an emf detector? We at GBI only use the highest precision instruments that are field tested and proven to detect, measure, and classify ghosts. Plus, modified Ecto Goggles could do all that anyway. Just ask for a decent Brains roll.

Redmenace wrote:

Home Psi testing kit a random number generator, zener cards, ganzfeld isolation kit, a car battery and alligator clips for following Venkman’s testing protocals.

The Aural Video Analyzer does this already. With SCIENCE! Bwahahaa!

Redmenace wrote:

Security Guard Maglight allows you to see in dark and adds 1d6 to Muscles when beating the crap out of something.

Shoulder mounted flashlights are part of the standard uniform. Plus, why use it as a weapon? You’ve got a Proton Pack! Who’s gonna mess with you?

Redmenace wrote:

Handsfree headset as per the walkie-talkie but doesn’t take up one of the pc’s equipment slots

True. But it still needs to rest on your belt just like any other smaller equipment like the PKE Meter.

Redmenace wrote:

Energy drink/power bar/first aid kit, whatever allows a single user to recover 1d6 brownie points

We’re 99% sure a First Aid Kit will be included in the next batch of cards. 😉

Redmenace wrote:

Small r.o.v. or drone, which would have the standard camera, night/ecto vision, microphone and possibly a small led light…

Not a bad idea. It would just really depend on the level of funding your particular franchise gets. Rich Ghostbusting isn’t as fun in my opinion. But this is “realistic” enough. It would take up a lot of space in the car, though.

Redmenace wrote:

The Ghostbusters Visa, a preloaded corporate credit card to cover expenses but usage would have to be justified back at HQ or at the Corporate HQ if it was really a big expenditure.

Don’t need an equipment card for this. Just assume you have one. But it might be more fun if you didn’t.

Redmenace wrote:

Psycho-Kinetic Field Disruptor or “Spook Nuke” creates a highly charged protonic blast that leaves material objects and living beings unharmed but temporarily disrupts and disperses ectoplasmic entities.

The “Ghost Bomb” works similar to this. Still looking into it.

Redmenace wrote:

Alternative environmental recreation kits so we in coastal areas can enjoy the beach kit but that might not be as much fun in say Iceland. This could get out of hand easily but maybe a ski kit, camping kit, bail/bribe money…

True, but a “standard beach kit” is hilariously useless. Plus, you can put whatever you want in it (within reason). It’s meant to be a special card that could provide a plausible excuse as to why you’d have something you wouldn’t otherwise already have. Like spare toilet paper or alcohol. Mostly just for comedic effect.

But there is no rule saying you can’t use ANY of these in your own campaign. As long as it’s still fun, who cares?

Well since we’re talking about Dark Matter…

I know the generator basically acts like an Ecto-Shotgun, but with it, once the ghost is down to 0 ectopresense it the ghost just vapor or is it just now able to be trapped?
Ran a game this past weekend and the understanding was the it was basically a shotgun and once you were brought down to 0 or less with it you were bye bye. Starting to think now though that that was wrong. Mind you, if this is the case, I can just have NY start getting very concerned how a podunk branch like Columbia got a hold of a seemingly overpowered generator (and the ethical issues of vaporizing spectres) and spin a story thread out of it.