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Torg provides a unified mechanics system suitable for any setting ; character attributes and game mechanics use a single sliding scale (' 18 ' can equally mean an hour of time, a truckload of weight, an expert marksman's skill, or $ 4, 000 ) and a unified method of task resolution involving a d20.
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Torg and system
* Masterbook-The Masterbook system grew out of the system used in the game Torg.
In addition, Torg used an unusual card based system to augment gameplay.
Reviews ( both contemporary to the release of Torg and since then ) generally cited the uniqueness of the cinematic elements ( e. g. the drama deck ), the flexibility of rules system, and the expansiveness of the setting.
Those waiting for next year's second edition will get a well-tested system and a universe ready for multi-genre action, and fans who want to come along for the ride through the coming year will learn more about the secrets and mysteries of the Torg universe than they've ever known before.
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Sergels Torg, with its five high-rise office towers was created in the 1960s, followed by the total clearance of large areas to make room for new development projects.
According to the backstory of Torg, the Gaunt Man stumbled across the cosm of Earth in his travels and was astounded by the amount of possibility energy available for the taking.
" To that end, we are beginning our " countdown to the new Torg " event at GenCon 2005 ; at this event we will have at least two products designed for established Torg fans, but which will hopefully be approachable enough for new people who would want to get started in the grandeur of the Torg universe early.
Torg then broke the wizard's curse on her by asking for her name -- she scratched it into the floor, and as Isp and Osp regained sobriety, the sun rose and Halloween ended.
He was recently injured and scarred by Chaz the talking sword as Torg made his escape from the Dimension of Pain once and for all.
After Horribus was banished to the surface for his failure to capture Torg at Halloween 2002, Terribus tried to become the new lord of the Dimension of Pain with various tactics.
In the present, she posed as Sam's wife to help search for people to induct into the Lysinda Circle, and instantly felt a bond for Torg, given his similarity to her dead husband.
She was directly responsible for turning Sam and Valerie into vampires and attempted to turn Torg and Zoë as well.
After some careful persuasion, Torg opens up a dimensional portal for the both of them to pass through.
Torg and setting
Torg is set in a near future setting, known officially as " the near now.
Torg is designed to allow players to derive enjoyment from how characters, equipment, and environments of the various realities interact, such as having Terminator-style futuristic cyborgs adventure alongside Dungeons & Dragons-style mages in an Indiana Jones-style pulp setting.
A disk-shaped planet similar to an Alderson disk ( though far smaller ) served as the home world of the fantasy " Aysle " setting ( or " cosm ") of West End Games ' Torg roleplaying game.
Torg and ;
The latter events, especially, would prove to be Horribus ' downfall ; when the Dimension of Pain invaded the Dimension of Lame, Horribus diverted more demonpower into finding the dimension-lost Torg than conquering the world, leading to his defeat.
In the midst of a heated chase to catch Torg, who had fled to the Dimension of Pain with Alt-Zoë and Alt-Bunbun, Horribus killed Mospinispinosp and Alt-Zoë ; Torg, enraged, first went to attack him, but then chose to knock him down into a pit instead, buying him enough time to save Alt-Alt-Torg and the Goddess of Goodness locked in the Demon King's freezer.
He asks her questions about her past ; while she is able to talk about Dr. Steve and her battle against Hereti-Corp relatively easily, she is still unable to answer his questions about Torg.
Later, Torg met her again when he travelled into the past and posed as her husband, the Warlord Torgamous ( Valerie knew about this ; it was the peasantry he was trying to fool ).
Torg and game
Torg is a cinematic multi-genre role-playing game ( RPG ) created by Greg Gorden and Bill Slavicsek and released by West End Games in 1990, which uses several innovative techniques.
Torg billed itself as a " cinematic " game and tried to emphasize game play in a manner similar to adventure films such as Indiana Jones.
2005 came and went without the arrival of the new Torg game.
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And in one last defining moment, Mosp attempts to kill Horribus so Torg can free the Goddess of Goodness from the Demon King's freezer, but she aimed just a little bit too high and missed Horribus ' dark soul.
" Torg completes the picture at an arm's length, with his eyes closed, which grants Bert his final passage, but before he can rise up to heaven, he starts sinking into the kitchen floor.
A cultural house, called Backa Kulturhus, can also be found at Selma Lagerlöfs Torg where children can playact and dance.
Torg and time
Due to expending resources and time to developing and publishing the new D6 games also by WEG ( D6 Fantasy, D6 Adventure, & D6 Space ), it became necessary to push Torg into 2006.
Torg managed to exorcise K ' Z ' K using the Book of E-Ville and grammar puns, then Riff blasted the demon into the past with Berk's time blaster.
When Zoë and Torg were sent to this time from a time machine accident, K ' Z ' K attacked.
: Torg had always felt a certain attraction to Valerie, and he had actually been somewhat happy to become a vampire with her, but when it came time to choose between eternal life with Valerie or the lives of his friends, Torg impaled Valerie with a stake.
Torg and .
The most notable buildings from this period is the ensemble of the House of Culture, City Theatre and National Bank at Sergels Torg, designed by architect Peter Celsing.
Image: sthlm_sergelstorg_MH5Y4176. jpg | Modern construction at Sergels Torg
The square was called Veliky Torg ( Great market ) or simply Torg ( Market ), then Troitskaya by the name of the small Troitskaya ( Trinity ) Church, burnt down in the great fire during the Tatar invasion in 1571.
There is a statue of the great duke in his own square Birger Jarls Torg next to Riddarholm Church in Stockholm, erected by Bengt Erland Fogelberg at the expense of the Over-Governor of Stockholm in 1854.
According to the cosmology of Torg, in the beginning each dimension, or cosm, was separate from every other.
Amongst the cosms known in Torg, the most successful and powerful High Lord was The Gaunt Man, High Lord of Orrorsh.
Torg initially achieved some success in a saturated market.
As of 2004, Torg is again under ownership of West End Games ( although WEG itself is under new ownership ) and a new version is under development.
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