haha someone did! but they failed their, uh, something roll, and it didn't go viral yet :(
which is for the best i suppose bc my guy is trying to keep a low profile on account of trying to take down the corp that killed his anarchist art collective/polycule
i went really wild with my backstory
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 8 May 2020 16:51 (four years ago) link
did you have any media in your group? I almost switched to Media at the last moment, but only 1 other person in our group has decent combat skills, so i figured i should be someone who can help out there as well
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Friday, 8 May 2020 16:53 (four years ago) link
also notable, my character has an obscenely high cool stat, and i communicate entirely non-verbally 90% of the time to "maintain the illusion"
xp no media! they haven't added it yet to Cyberpunk Red as far as I know. I think it'll be in the full book, which comes out... some time.
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 8 May 2020 16:53 (four years ago) link
i am so sad the game went on hiatus, it was seriously so goddamn fun. the DM ended up running a different game over the internet and i joined but i didn't know anyone i was playing with and everyone's voice sounded similar and it was the Alien RPG which has really cool mechanics but i felt like it moved too slow and was really stressful and i ended up dropping bc i couldn't make one of the games bc i was having a bad brain day :(
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 8 May 2020 16:57 (four years ago) link
ooo Alien RPG sounds fun too
― Mordy, Friday, 8 May 2020 17:31 (four years ago) link
Not sure if you've said this elsewhere, Karl, but are you playing with friends or did you hook up with a group through roll20 itself? I've been feeling the urge again lately, and never really got that much off the ground with pals.
― emil.y, Friday, 8 May 2020 18:19 (four years ago) link
playing with old high school pals. but yeah, i guess you can find a game with other people through roll20 as well? i haven't really messed around with it too much yet.
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Friday, 8 May 2020 18:32 (four years ago) link
If there were a way to wrangle all the timezones, I'd love to play with ilxors.
― git stash hunks (Leee), Friday, 8 May 2020 18:37 (four years ago) link
i was going to say, i'm surprised there's not an ILX game going on right now! i would join the party but i'm cyberpunkin for a while
― let me be your friend on the other end! (Karl Malone), Friday, 8 May 2020 18:45 (four years ago) link
I'd maybe be up for an ilx game but yeah, timezones might be an issue.
― emil.y, Friday, 8 May 2020 19:15 (four years ago) link
i'd love to play this w/ ilxors when it comes out https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/redcarnations/red-carnations-on-a-black-grave
― Mordy, Sunday, 10 May 2020 17:17 (four years ago) link
That looks fun, never played anything like that
― The Cognitive Peasant (ogmor), Sunday, 10 May 2020 17:20 (four years ago) link
i was joking around a while ago about making an RPG set in the reign of terror, tocsins and tumbrils
― the ghost of tom, choad (thomp), Monday, 11 May 2020 11:03 (four years ago) link
Would be well-received
― silby, Monday, 11 May 2020 14:06 (four years ago) link
About a year ago I started work on an RPG about posting on a message board. The classes are done, progression and basic game mechanics are done... I gave up because it all just felt too meta. Might dig it out.
― Mud... jam... failure (aldo), Monday, 11 May 2020 18:09 (four years ago) link
i would love to hear more about that
― Mordy, Monday, 11 May 2020 18:11 (four years ago) link
i am putting all my skill points into image posting and typing speed
― porlockian solicitor (Karl Malone), Monday, 11 May 2020 18:22 (four years ago) link
It's in a work notebook somewhere (might actually been be in work somewhere) but the general premise was that you had to keep posting without losing interest, getting banned or lapsing into self-parody.
You basically controlled your own narratives and the GM would occasionally bring in unifying threads like clusterfucks, real world event, C/D, Defend The Indefensible, POX etc
Stats were in semi-contradictory pairs - perceived knowledge vs actual knowledge, readability vs repetition, snark vs nice guy, motivation was a standalone stat I think.
Classes were journo and wannabe as separate things, faux naïf, nostalgiac (maybe this was going to be either someone who would go on about how good the board used to be and/or someone who had grudges from previous board beef), fact bringer (possibly with minority interest as a sub class), board lawyer, social media substitute and something I called Light/Heat which was basically a Noize Dude.
Progression was about a combination of believability and citations/memorability in the hope you could become a board regular without having to become an admin.
― Mud... jam... failure (aldo), Monday, 11 May 2020 18:39 (four years ago) link
Some say... we've been playing this all along.
― git stash hunks (Leee), Monday, 11 May 2020 18:44 (four years ago) link
i did order a pdf of red carnations so when it comes out i'll bump to see if ppl want to get a game. is there interest in putting some kind of rotating indie ilx tabletop online RPI together just in general? so many of these games i haven't played but have heard amazing things about (like dogs in the vineyard). but it's unclear to me how you go about finding a group for this -- my irl now roll20 group is great but i wouldn't really describe them as RPI (but trying!) & we only play dnd 5e.
― Mordy, Monday, 18 May 2020 21:38 (four years ago) link
What's RPI?
― So buttons. (Leee), Monday, 18 May 2020 21:51 (four years ago) link
roleplay intensive as opposed to more mechanically interested or combat oriented games normally. it's a term of art i know from the MOO/MUD days when some servers distinguished themselves along those grounds and normally didn't allow any OOC (out of character) interaction. my dnd group is more about cracking jokes and ppl have varying levels of immersion. one thing i like about a lot of these indie games is they seem to be designed exclusively for RP - some hardly have any mechanics at all!
― Mordy, Monday, 18 May 2020 21:54 (four years ago) link
That sounds like it might be up my alley!
― So buttons. (Leee), Monday, 18 May 2020 22:24 (four years ago) link
Definitely keep me updated, I'm interested but might not be able to fit in with you US players. Ideally I'd go for RPI *and* cracking jokes, nothing too strict but everyone giving it their best.
― emil.y, Monday, 18 May 2020 22:38 (four years ago) link
RPI & jokes is the holy combo. I'm also interested but GMTing it
― The Cognitive Peasant (ogmor), Tuesday, 19 May 2020 11:48 (four years ago) link
reposted from idiot thread repository:
i have been devouring information about dungeon world and it feels like just the right kind of loosey-goosey for me. run and gun. the fiction is paramount. HOWEVER.
i am getting extremely ANXIOUS to GM (DM?) this game with my kids. i have no idea wtf i'm doing. i'm supposed make up villages on the spot and give them tags? if i make up a monster to battle my kids i need to create special moves for them on the fly??
how do i dispense with this anxiety??
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 24 May 2020 22:37 (four years ago) link
i think as you do it you'll get more comfortable with it. doing it with your kids should be forgiving i'd think and good practice for dming for adults?
― Mordy, Sunday, 24 May 2020 22:43 (four years ago) link
just don't tell your kids you made any of it up, let them believe it all comes from the game and they'll think it's all cool. worked on the adults i made stuff up on the fly for!
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Sunday, 24 May 2020 22:56 (four years ago) link
both those posts sound wise.
i've gone way down a rabbit hole with this. these are fun: http://lumpley.com/hardcore.html
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 24 May 2020 23:18 (four years ago) link
what do ppl think about forum roleplaying? probably too embarrassing to ever do on ilx...
― Mordy, Sunday, 24 May 2020 23:39 (four years ago) link
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/317424/Dissident-Whispers
^ All proceeds going to the National Bail Fund Network
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 16 June 2020 09:42 (four years ago) link
What are people's opinions on paid games on R20? Should I as a noob stay away or is it worth taking flyer on?
― AxoLOLtl (Leee), Thursday, 23 July 2020 00:19 (four years ago) link
OK obvs not RPG but Codenames is playable online now! Any ILXORS fancy a game? https://codenames.game/
― Garry Shambling (Leee), Thursday, 30 July 2020 20:24 (four years ago) link
what is it?
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 30 July 2020 22:45 (four years ago) link
Oh, it's board game about words. You have a deck of cards with a single word printed on each, and deal some ~25 of them out. Two teams have certain words that they need to guess to win, and one person on each team gives out very concise clues to get their teammates to pick the right cards.
― Garry Shambling (Leee), Thursday, 30 July 2020 22:55 (four years ago) link
I am accelerating down a massive WFRP 4e hole and it is gre8.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 3 August 2020 18:56 (four years ago) link
Been DMing the first stage of The Enemy Within, finishing in the next week or two, it's been a lot of fun.
The combat/advantage system is a bit of a mess but who cares about the combat really
Had a guy going all in on portraying a deluded Bretonnian Halfling Robin Hood wannabe, it's like getting some acting for free
― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Monday, 3 August 2020 19:18 (four years ago) link
we love to see it
― rumpy riser (ogmor), Monday, 3 August 2020 19:35 (four years ago) link
That’s the way it should be.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 3 August 2020 20:21 (four years ago) link
Assembled a group for WFRP 4e and we generated characters last Sunday, and had our first play session on Wednesday. Outrageous fun. I’m having difficulty thinking about anything else.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Sunday, 20 September 2020 05:12 (four years ago) link
TTRPG based on Come Dine With Me, anyone? https://kierongillen.itch.io/come-dice-with-me
― emil.y, Tuesday, 22 September 2020 14:35 (four years ago) link
Oh my.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 22 September 2020 15:29 (four years ago) link
Who you playing as Nick? I had a very enjoyable run last year as a young soldier who lost a hand to a bomb attack on my first full play session
― Dadjokke (Sgt. Biscuits), Friday, 2 October 2020 11:08 (four years ago) link
I’m GMing. Party had a ratcatcher, a slayer, a physician and an outlaw. Done three sessions on an introductory adventure I wrote, and next Wednesday we do Night of Blood...No horrific injuries yet - they’ve mostly been combat averse, and sensibly set a rat ogre on fire before letting the slayer at it - but the outlaw got beat up bad by skaven and has contracted ratte fever (but doesn’t know it yet).
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 2 October 2020 19:01 (four years ago) link
Slayers’ first attack on the rat ogre was to hit it with his “bottle of cheap spirits”, and he was lucky enough to catch it right in the snout and give it a second ‘ablaze’ condition. He then basically dismembered it as it tried to flee.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 2 October 2020 19:06 (four years ago) link
waaaaagh
― the late great, Friday, 2 October 2020 19:42 (four years ago) link
i bought troika and am excited to run it soon
― the late great, Friday, 2 October 2020 19:43 (four years ago) link
Played through about half of the legendary Night of Blood in our fourth session. My Kanka journal entry:A stormy night, in pursuit of a mutant family – but is it to capture or to warn? – the road turning to sludge beneath cartwheels, a strangled, braying sound from beyond the treeline: someone – or something – crosses the road behind the cart, following closely at the forest edge. Then a stag, suddenly, bloodied and terrified, lunges from the forest ahead. The cart upturns, and beastmen attack, giving up their hunt of the stag to hunt the party instead.The Slayer dispatches them swiftly, and the journey resumes, thunder and lightning, something is in the forest and following: mutants attack! A slog of a battle this time, eyestalks and fur, eventually overcome. Too late to turn back, keep going, a flash of lightning illuminates a coaching inn up ahead. But the gate is locked. A side door gives entry to the courtyard, but the inn is locked, though lights illuminate inside behind drawn curtains.Knock on the door, a disgusting landlord, surprised to see anybody and not keen on strangers tonight, a roadwarden and a lanky, goggly-eyed barman, suspicious of the party, something about a bandit attack. The ratcatcher takes his dog outside and notices horses in the stables are uneasy, lets them out carefully, and finds the half-devoured corpse of a stable boy in the hayloft.What in Sigmar’s name? Summons his companions, something alive on the stable roof, the Slayer climbs up there and battles a hideous, mutant spider thing, perhaps once a man, slipping on the pitched roof, flaming arrows from the physician illuminating the scene. The outlaw sets the hayloft alight, and Slayer fells the spider-thing but slips and falls from the roof, two stories straight down onto hard, sodden earth. Is he dead? The doors of the inn are locked and bolted again, and this time they will not open.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 26 October 2020 19:46 (four years ago) link
this is a neat description of a solo dungeon world game, for anybody here who's never played the system and is interested it.
https://www.enworld.org/threads/one-on-one-dungeon-world.349103/
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 7 February 2021 21:50 (three years ago) link
Can we get an update from Karl Malone??
I've been running Call of Cthulhu games since the summer - regular group, we've run through four scenarios now, starting up on our fifth now. Still getting a bit of a grip on how best to use the mechanics to advance the game but everyone is having fun so that's cool. Only one character death, another close call. This week we continue our investigation in Foxfield, MA, where the town supervisor has been acting strangely. (SPOILER: the Mi-Go have kidnapped his children and put their brains in canisters and their bodies in suspended animation).
― ian, Thursday, 18 February 2021 00:11 (three years ago) link