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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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Tigger WW

Fourier wrote: »

Yeah, hop on board Tigger

Bounce

Fourier

Yeah, hop on board Tigger

Tigger WW

Room for. Skiffle one

Necro

Sorry for delay, sent on now, just unsure on whether we do the History thing yet is all...

Fourier

Okay so with character class picked you basically just answer the questions listed for them. PM me with the sheet or any questions.

Fourier

Nebelwerfer wrote: »

Hi, still spots free here?

Yeah definitely Nebel, more the merrier.

Nebelwerfer

Hi, still spots free here?

Necro

Banjo wrote: »

I can confirm, character creation can be done in seconds, it's just a few questions and no rolls at all. The Wronged is taken!

The Wronged... why does that seem so fitting for you.

I'll create mine a little bit later this morning.

Banjo

Fourier wrote: »

Character types are here:
https://www.evilhat.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Monster-of-the-Week-Revised-Playbooks.pdf

Let me know which one you want and we'll do the rest of the chargen (which is trivial, especially if you're Banjo since you've already done it).

Necro, Giles would be "The Expert".

I can confirm, character creation can be done in seconds, it's just a few questions and no rolls at all. The Wronged is taken!

Fourier

Character types are here:
https://www.evilhat.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Monster-of-the-Week-Revised-Playbooks.pdf

Let me know which one you want and we'll do the rest of the chargen (which is trivial, especially if you're Banjo since you've already done it).

Necro, Giles would be "The Expert".

Fourier

As I go over your character sheets, I'll probably give you 1-3 custom moves to reflect equipment or background.

Fourier

Powered by the Apocalypse Rules:
Powered by the Apocalypse has basically only one type of roll. 2d6 + Attribute.

The rules are listed as a serious of "Moves", a phrase all the PbtA games use. They're basically just a list of situations where you roll or something mechanical happens. What's unusual about PtbA is that the rules only cover the situations listed specifically under the "Moves", outside of that it is pure narration.

An example move is (I've shortened the text):

Monster of the Week rulebook wrote:

Act Under Pressure
Used when you try to do something under pressure
10+ => You do what you set out to do
7-9 => Either worse outcome, price to pay or hard choice
< 7 => Things go to hell

The thing to notice is that the moves are far more narrative than most RPGs. In the case of let's say trying to escape an exploding house and the door is barred, a roll of 8 would have me offer you something like:
(a) Door gives way, but it leads to a cellar rather than out of the house
(b) Gary, an NPC, dies saving you
(c) The door will open only via an offering of flesh

So what the house looks like, i.e. what's on the other side of the door, or even the exact nature of the door isn't fully determined by me.

Monster of the Week doesn't go as far as some PtbA games like "The Veil" which has a Shopping Move where a 10+ allows the player to specifically say exactly what the market district is like, adding to the setting and creating an area where other PCs can adventure (e.g. they can pick the NPCs and even dangers)

Outside of this there are little other rules. Two small features are forward (+1 to next roll, given by some Moves) and ongoing (+1 to all moves until some condition is met).

Also there is "Hold", which are just points you get to spend, e.g. a move might say on a 10+ you get "2 Hold" and you spend a Hold to ask me a question about the scene.

Each character type has its own unique moves. Levelling up basically grants you access to a special 12+ outcome for a move of your choice.

Health is typically 8HP (HP called HARM in most PtbA games), weapons do 1-3 HP damage per attack.

Banjo

Ahem, 3rd - I was only caretaker of that Beginner game for about a week!

Anyway - all praise the mighty Four!

Necro

Two games of D&D, a beginner's game, Vampire: The Masquerade, Traveller and Deadlands. Icons and a second GM in Banjo.

Not to mention it now has it's own subforum.

Quite the year Fourier, and it's all down to that original post you made.

Thanks for that, without it I would have never known quite how much fun those games are.

Here's to another year!

Fourier

Happy First Anniversary of RPGs on boards!

Fourier one year ago wrote:

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).

Fourier

Necrominus wrote: »

We could have a game in honour of Greg Stafford. Seems like the right thing to do.

Halloween game will be either it or Call of Cthulhu, depending on preferences.

Fourier

Necrominus wrote: »

How does the Ghostbusters game work Four?

Basically there are traits and skills.

There are four traits, in D&D terms STR, INT, DEX, CHAR, just with different names.

Skills (called Talents) are just a list of skills that tended to come up a lot in the film and cartoons.

Both traits and skills work in the same way. Your rating in them means how many d6 you roll. You score for the roll is just the sum of the dice and it has to beat a number picked by the GM.

There are also Brownie points which you can spend to get extra dice.

Ghosts come in seven categories. Starting with the lowest which are just voices or vague lights and colours, all the way up to the highest which are interdimensional super beings.

The first and second editions differ in how much equipment there is (first just has stuff from the films) and health, XP and brownie points are separated in the second.

Necro

Banjo wrote: »

Fitting for Halloween too.

Your turn to run one - good luck and bagsy me be Louis Tully!

:eek:

Banjo

Necrominus wrote: »

We could have a game in honour of Greg Stafford. Seems like the right thing to do.

Fitting for Halloween too.

Your turn to run one - good luck and bagsy me be Louis Tully!

Necro

Banjo wrote: »

Sounds interesting and enjoyable. One strongly suspects that busting would most likely make one feel good.

We could have a game in honour of Greg Stafford. Seems like the right thing to do.

Banjo

Sounds interesting and enjoyable. One strongly suspects that busting would most likely make one feel good.

sKeith

Necrominus wrote: »

How does the Ghostbusters game work Four?

"i'm afraid of no ghost."

wikipedia

Necro

Fourier wrote: »

We haven't yet played any of his games here (Ghostbusters, Pendragon, Runequest, Prince Valiant, Call of Cthulhu), but probably the greatest RPG designer Greg Stafford has passed away.

Ghostbusters, Pendragon and Runequest are nearly universally considered the games with the best design.

How does the Ghostbusters game work Four?

Fourier

We haven't yet played any of his games here (Ghostbusters, Pendragon, Runequest, Prince Valiant, Call of Cthulhu), but probably the greatest RPG designer Greg Stafford has passed away.

Ghostbusters, Pendragon and Runequest are nearly universally considered the games with the best design.

Banjo

This feels weird

Off for the night!
(Unless I show up drunk later

)

Nebelwerfer

Banjo wrote: »

OK, thread's up.
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=108303705#post108303705

Sorry about the delay but... well... this is terrifying!

Banjo

OK, thread's up.
https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=108303705#post108303705

Sorry about the delay but... well... this is terrifying!

Fourier

Banjo wrote: »

Alien Hunger

I remember running that years ago, still have my copy, so cheesy. Louis Pasteur tries to cure vampirism in a backdrop of 90s trench coats and attitude.

Necro

Banjo wrote: »

OK, everyone has submitted their stuff so we should be good to go on the morrow. I'll post the thread up hopefully in the morning. And then let the car crash games begin!

(Sorry, I'd have done it today but I had to look up a lot of detail about Cabra in the 60s and 70s for another game.)

Banjo

OK, everyone has submitted their stuff so we should be good to go on the morrow. I'll post the thread up hopefully in the morning. And then let the car crash games begin!

(Sorry, I'd have done it today but I had to look up a lot of detail about Cabra in the 60s and 70s for another game.)