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D&D Subforum / Pen & Paper RPG Discussion Thread

Fourier

Posted this in the tabletop forum, but it was suggested some here might be interested:

Anybody interested in an online play-by-post game of some tabletop RPG. I've been finding Roll20 difficult to schedule as most players are in different time zones and so would prefer an Irish crowd.

No experience required and it'd be relaxed enough in pace.

Games I'd be interested in running:

1st Edition D&D, but with one of the modern adventures (award winning ones published in the last few years).

Cyberpunk 2020 Blade Runner-ish, also going to be made into a game by the lads who made the Witcher games

Rippers Resurrected High action Victorian horror, like a lighter Penny Dreadful

All of these have very cheap pdf options.

EDIT: Another possibility is Vampire: The Masquerade.

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Fourier

I meant to say, Sci-Fi game is very open to the type. Could be Cyberpunk, Space Opera, Post-Apocalyptic, etc

More so I want to give the Powered by the Apocalypse rules a try.

Fourier

That sounds great Banjo, I'll play.

Banjo

If you fancy giving your brain a break for a while or buying some time to set up the next game, anyone up for a quick game of Icons run by the 2nd best DM from the Beginners D&D Game, not including players, bystanders or Barfas (he was running a successful Shadowrun game before the party showed up but alas, José Mourinho killed him before it could be discovered or joined by the gang) ?

Icons is a superhero game, Golden/Silver Age style, decent mix of creativity and dice rolls to drive it forward. If a couple of people wanted to play we could start off with an isolated module, small scale while I iron out any wrinkles and see how it goes?

I can't promise the epic scope or expert crafting of one of Fours games, the regular schedule and merciless gut-wrenching engagement of a Werewolf week, the thrilling highs and lows of a round of Codenames or the stripped-back pleasures of I Spy. But I can promise this. Post. Which I've already delivered. You're welcome.

(Just running through a test module to get through the "How hard can it be" and "Oh ****, what have I done" phases, but character creation is a game unto itself and has a collaborative impact on any wider world that the game might come to be set in, so no harm putting the feelers out there)

Fourier

Banjo wrote: »

I haven't read the rules, but what's the incentive to play a "not a Witcher" in The Witcher?

As a mechanical note, in the game Witcher is both a race and a class. Though they must be selected together.

Essentially you are a novice enough Witcher. Looking at some of the "famous" NPC stats, yes Geralt absolutely destroys most people, but you're a recently trained witcher. Depending on the fight you're not much better than a mage or man-at-arms, though you are better against monsters.

The system is basically the one from the Cyberpunk 2020 RPG, where combat is a good bit more realistic than in D&D, so fights are rarer and more lethal. Also the game seems to be going a bit more with the books view of the world, in that monsters are almost extinct and fighting them is uncommon.

For this reason there are many non-combat classes who basically shouldn't be in a fight at all.

That said, it's a new game even though it's not a new system. It could be the case that being a Bard or Merchant is simply crap, there isn't enough word of mouth reviews yet.

For that reason I'd be doing a test case. Village with a few problems in a forest clearing. If it turns out everybody needs to be a maxed out Witcher or Mage and all Merchants can really do is play Excel Warrior with stock prices we can move on to something else or just everybody play as them. As of yet, even being a Witcher might be crap.

(I'm making a great case here!)

Banjo wrote: »

Also, any scope for being a sexually aggressive teenage girl with an animal companion and some kind of speech-related abnormality Witcher? I'm ...uh... asking for a friend.

Well you could be a Bard, that way you'd even get to play a banjo.

Fourier

Won't be around tonight, but I'll have D&D on Wednesday.

Fourier

Off for the night

Evade

I haven't read the rules either but playing a sorcer/ess would be pretty cool, Witcher 3

the battle at Kaer Morhen would have been very different without them.

Necro

Banjo wrote:

I haven't read the rules, but what's the incentive to play a "not a Witcher" in The Witcher?

Trying to work that out myself tbh.

Was asking Four about the female Witchers before as they aren't technically in the 'lore' but according to the rules it's at the DM's discretion.

So brush down the pigtails, pick out your fave dress... and butter up Four :pac:

Banjo

I haven't read the rules, but what's the incentive to play a "not a Witcher" in The Witcher?

Also, any scope for being a sexually aggressive teenage girl with an animal companion and some kind of speech-related abnormality Witcher? I'm ...uh... asking for a friend.

Baggly

Return of The Negotiator, so.

Fourier

Ah don't worry it'll be grand.

Baggly

If i may, ill jump into one of them at least! Was just trying to figure out if a beginner such as myself would have more success in one of them. The core group in the forum may get frustrated with my inexperience (which is fair imo

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Fourier

Pter wrote: »

What level will the upcoming games be at Four?

In terms of speed? I was thinking slow for the Witcher and the Sci-Fi one. The Halloween one would be faster as I was planning it as a single scenario played over a week.

The Sci-Fi one will be first.

Regarding the system, I'm not sure whether to go with a space opera (Traveller) or Cyberpunk (I'd be using a game called "The Veil" for that).

Baggly

What level will the upcoming games be at Four?

Fourier

Current campaign will end/be paused with the end of the tower and one other adventure for those characters who choose to avail of it.

Plans after that:

Horror game for Halloween
Sci-Fi mini-campaign (not sure of system yet)
The Witcher RPG

Fourier

Off for the night

Evade

Fourier wrote: »

For 0th Edition there was a group called the Judge's Guild that made the first 3rd party adventures. These were more innocent times:

If the treasure list doesn't include at least one pearl necklace I would be very unsatisfied.

Fourier

Some RPG cringe.

Early Shadowrun ad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GPGQoR6f6w

For 0th Edition there was a group called the Judge's Guild that made the first 3rd party adventures. These were more innocent times:

Off for the night

Off for the night

Off for the night

Busy tonight so I won't be around.

Fourier

Off for the night

Banjo

Bunch of pathfinder stuff on humble bundle, though it's all 3rd party modules and such, not the source book

Necro

Banjo wrote: »

..And my axe!

Get your own axe!

I'm round anyways. Might be slightly distracted for 20 mins at 9pm but other than that free as a bird.

Banjo

..And my axe!

sKeith

Sweet.

Fourier

D&D tonight if ye want

Evade

I hope this doesn't throw you down too much of a rabbit hole but reddit.com/r/dndgreentext and this is one of my all time favourite stories there. It's kind of long, well long for posts on the internet.

Necro

Morning thing, eh Four? Trying to tell us something :pac:

First all the FATAL talk...