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Forum: Burning Sands: Jihad

Post your mechanical questions about our space opera setting here. Characters should go in Wheel of Life and games in Games and Campaigns.

  1. Sticky Thread Sticky: A World Shall Burn

    No. In other words, I actually have a day job, and so didn't have anything written yet. I had hoped to chill out and discuss it with you last night...

    Posted By Thor
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    10-15-2005 08:33 AM Go to last post
  2. Sticky Thread Sticky: Download Our New PDF Chapter -- for Free!

    Burning Sands, Jihad is our latest addition to the BW canon. It's 80 pages of sci-fi space opera goodness. Brutal, belief-driven and cool as hell. ...

    Posted By luke
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    09-07-2005 09:06 AM Go to last post
  3. Sticky Thread Sticky: Throne of Fire: World/Character Burning Session

    We had a really kick-ass World Burning session last night, in preparation of our Nobles game. I figured I'd put all our concepts here. Everything is...

    Posted By Thor
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    08-10-2005 06:57 PM Go to last post
  4. Sticky Thread Sticky: A World Shall Burn: Session III

    I feel bad for waiting so long to post this actual play. Because it's been a long while since our last session, it will be shorter on detail than...

    Posted By Thor
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    07-27-2005 05:27 PM Go to last post
  5. Sticky Thread Sticky: A World Shall Burn: Session II

    Wow, totally hot session tonight! Sadly, lil' Rich couldn't make it as work was especially demanding tonight. :( Since Rich's character is...

    Posted By Thor
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    06-06-2005 01:29 PM Go to last post
  6. Sticky Thread Sticky: A World Shall Burn: Session I

    Initial thoughts: 1. From a pure player protagonization standpoint, I think we need to reevaluate Atoning for Weakness in the Eyes of God. We had an...

    Posted By Thor
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    05-29-2005 11:04 PM Go to last post
  1. Vehical Shield Question

    I was re-reading through Burning Sands a few days ago and noticed that both the mid-sized shuttle and the frigate have shields and lasguns (and/or...

    Posted By cathexis
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    08-25-2010 01:36 PM Go to last post
  2. Burning Jihad Rogue's Gallery?

    Any have a set a generic NPCs burnt up for Jihad?

    Posted By MercutioRalse
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    08-11-2010 02:56 PM Go to last post
  3. Starting questions

    Hello! I have finished reading of Propaganda section and I still don't know one thing - can circled NPCs roll for maneuvers, or is it restricted ...

    Posted By Deckard
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    04-12-2010 06:15 PM Go to last post
  4. Question Born Fellahin?

    I'll let my first post be something very simple. On p. 19 of Burning Sands: Jihad it says: "All Jihadis are Born Fellahin," and there's a lifepath...

    Posted By Sam
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    11-20-2009 09:21 AM Go to last post
  5. If you want a resource to enhance your Buring Sands game

    You would be well advised to check here Note: downloading from Scribd requires registration.

    Posted By BobSlaughter
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    08-30-2009 02:11 AM Go to last post
  6. [Necro] Comments on Three-Year-Old Jihad Game

    It's good to hear that you don't need to have read deeply into the book series to understand BS:J. I was partway through Dune: Messiah when the...

    Posted By dammitbiscuit
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    03-05-2009 12:28 PM Go to last post
  7. First Thoughts on Jihad

    Dune's hot stuff. People are always trying to adapt it for their RPG of choice. Actually, per the advice given in other forums, I checked out...

    Posted By dammitbiscuit
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    03-05-2009 09:55 AM Go to last post
  8. Lifepath question

    Hi! Some lifepaths (ie the Noble Born) have two sets of skill points: General & Specific. For instance, in the Born Noble LP it states X ammount...

    Posted By Gugudada
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    12-16-2008 07:43 AM Go to last post
  9. Taking the Water of Life: Full Immersion

    Hello! I'm preparing to take the Water of Life soon (ie. to dive deep into the Herbertian Canon) & since I don't possess the Monster Burner yet,...

    Posted By Gugudada
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    10-26-2008 05:24 PM Go to last post
  10. terminology

    Ok, I LOVE what you guys have done here. I just need help on translating some of your terminology so that I have a handle on what's what. Do all of...

    Posted By Algol
    • Replies: 14
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    09-29-2008 10:24 PM Go to last post
  11. Firearms & Scripting

    Easy question to anyone who deals with this in game. We're playing a cyberpunk game so the majority of combat is done via handguns. My question...

    Posted By foxandwarlock
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    05-15-2008 03:27 PM Go to last post
  12. Burning Sands: Face Dancers

    So I'm gearing up to start a Burning Sands campaign in a couple weeks, and one the players has been talking about playing a Face Dancer. So I'm...

    Posted By rafial
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    09-15-2007 10:48 PM Go to last post
  13. A totally serious question about a totally silly game

    Would BS:J work if, instead of defending or attacking a planet, the PCs were defending or attacking a warren, and they were all rabbits? I'm...

    Posted By Deliverator
    • Replies: 4
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    09-14-2007 11:31 AM Go to last post
  14. Earlier era

    Hi, I just printed Jihad and while the setting in itself is intriquing and all that I was wondering how well it would work in a period before...

    Posted By Ikirouta
    • Replies: 7
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    07-27-2007 07:23 AM Go to last post
  15. The Schools of the Jihad Universe

    I condensed stuff about the Analyst and Sisterhood traits and skills like this: In contrast, the Swordmaster, who represents a martial School...

    Posted By PaRappaSan
    • Replies: 2
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    07-16-2007 08:48 AM Go to last post
  16. Exclamation Science?!!

    Okay, in the Burning Sands campaign I'm setting up, the players have opted for nobles, and they want to play a black-sheep family of nobles bred as...

    Posted By xiombarg
    • Replies: 15
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    05-24-2007 02:04 PM Go to last post
  17. Arrow Putting the Serial Numbers Back

    Okay, I think I know what element of Burning Sands corresponds to what element of the Dune books. With one exception: "The 9". (That is a numeral...

    Posted By xiombarg
    • Replies: 6
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    05-11-2007 11:19 AM Go to last post
  18. Anyone playing Jihadis?

    Just curious if anyone has played a campaign as the Jihadis. I see Judd put them into his one-shot, but no reports of anyone playing Jihadis over a...

    Posted By stormsweeper
    • Replies: 2
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    09-20-2006 02:15 AM Go to last post
  19. Fight!, Shield training, and Shield penetration

    I'm a little confused by a couple of nuances of using BS:J shields in Fight. If someone could shed some light on these, I would be grateful. The...

    Posted By Neil
    • Replies: 4
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    09-14-2006 02:34 AM Go to last post
  20. Using Burning Empires to run Jihad - Is it possible?

    I'm one of the enthusiasts who pre-ordered Burning Empires and I'm still reading it. It became quickly my favorite RPG game and all thanks to the BE...

    Posted By jrmariano
    • Replies: 3
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    09-05-2006 12:45 PM Go to last post

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