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I'm thinking of writing something this november, or i've actually been thinking of writing something for a while now and this is as good an excuse as any. Though I already know my shit work ethic and willpower will continue to be my biggest blocks. Other than improving that, any tips or prompt ideas you guys have? I've been tossing around the idea of trying to make a story that actually captures the feeling of Halloween that I enjoy that so many other things tend to miss, (spooky, mysterious, colorful, dangerous, i guess kinda Fae like) but I don't know how that would pan out.

>>398055

The constant rewriting stalled more than a few homebrew projects of mine. I'd dread working on some complex aspect of the game, so I'd tell myself that going back and rereading what I'd wrote to tweak the words was just as good as doing other work on the game. It never was.

It's almost like drawing. You can get hung up repeatedly trying to redraw the same section over and over, or painstakingly detailing the eyes or some other little aspect of the picture, but if you don't finish the rest of it, it won't matter. You've gotta flesh out those other parts, put in some background details, some perspective, lighting, shadows, color, and so on. But to get that far, first you've got to knock out a decent rough draft that you can then return to and work over until you have a passable finished piece.

As for the idea to have elegan/tg/entlemen make some isekai light novels, I was going to link to that "Isekai and Isekai Accessories" thread from a few months ago, but it isn't showing up in the archive. There were some good ideas in there. Shame that the flood of shitty cuckchan faggot threads flooded it off the catalog. Shame on us for not saving it.

Either way, the idea of isekai stories is actually quite old, and even though the standard done-to-death incarnation is to reincarnate a protagonist in a RPG-esque world with levels and classes, and also to give them cheat powers, there's a ton of ways it can be done a lot more interestingly.

>>397952

>I'd personally love to see /tg/ write a pile of half-assed Isekai stories

Remember when /tg/ did a weird, collaborative, kinda isekai story way back when on cuckchan? Harem Knights. Interestingly, they made a lot of the same mistakes that the current isekai trend is seeing. Namely that everything is too easy for the protag(s) and all the bitches trip over themselves trying to ride the protag(s) dicks. Also, it was literally self-insert fanfiction and it was cancerous as fuck.

I forget the quote, but some writing advice goes: "People don't like characters because they succeed, they like characters because they TRY." Or some shit like that. The idea is that a character who struggles, even when they fail, is more interesting and likable than a character who justs gets everything they want without sacrifice or risk. Isekai protags often have the trouble of being really low stakes on top of being saturated in a lot of typical anime cliches, which isn't always bad, but it primes things for some pretty predictable storytelling. The problem is that a lot of people seem to want that sort of safe, generic storytelling.

What matters here is the way in which its presented. It's like people calling out "the hero with a thousand faces!!!" everytime they recognize a basic hero's journey plot structure, or identifying a certain character as pandering fanservice. While these can be perfectly accurate analyses for stories, it doesn't automatically mean they are bad or that they can't be enjoyed. Star Wars (the original trilogy) is a hero's journey story, but what people like about it is the presentation, the settings, the characters, the way that journey is played out. The destination may be somewhat obvious, but it's the journey that matters to audiences. Likewise, you can tell a generic isekai story, but it can still be fun to read if it's done well.

You can have a big tiddy elf slut secondary character who is only there to be lewd and readers might love her if she's written in a fun and enjoyable way. Not all readers, of course. Some people will just be picky curmudgeonly cunts no matter what you do. Conversely, you can bend over backwards, jump through every hoop, and painstakingly try to avoid every cliche and trope, making your story a massive original subversion of the genre you're writing.. and it can suck. With Star Wars, again, the new movies attempted to "subvert expectations" and retarded critics ate that shit up and pretended it was the most brilliant thing ever. However, subversion doesn't automatically mean it's good, no more than pandering means something is bad. They tried to subvert expectations, and they did by making the movie a giant pile of unwatchable shit, and despite "challenging the audience" or whatever, they ended up with a boring story, unlikable characters, a moronic plot, and a massive backlash from the people they were desperately trying to encourage to buy their merch.

tl;dr - Your story can be generic and typical, but it can still be good -- and your story can challenge every expectation and still end up shit. Either way, write something that is fun and enjoyable that you like working on.

>>398502

So I typed a bunch of shit and still didn't really talk about isekai stories.

Like I was saying, the problem with a lot of isekai stories is that the central pillar of the story, moreso than the MC being someone dumped in another world, is that they are given cheat powers, or they discover something that allows them to gain cheat powers, like some absurd combination of classes, spells, and abilities. This isn't inherently bad, for the reasons I explained above, but it's all about how it's handled. In the bad examples, these cheat powers allow the MC to just waltz through every challenge and problem.

Exterminator is a good example of this. The series lures you in with the idea of a Pest control specialist using abnormal tactics on monsters, and then it just becomes a story of the MC murdering everything with no effort while women throw themselves at him and beg for his dick. Herest Spider does something similar, where Kumoko is surviving on wits and strategy over power and brute force, and then she's given a bunch of bullshit super powers and suddenly there's very little danger until some huge, bullshit God Monster shows up, which will only be a threat for a short while before the next set of bullshit cheat powers is piled onto her and the audience is forced to sit through chapter after chapter of the author fapping about all the skills and abilities Kumoko has.

The problem is that these stories feel aimless. Kumoko keeps getting stronger because... Kumoko needs to keep getting stronger. She unlocked some bullshit game admin magic that is letting her power level and that has become the plot. Exterminator got super powerful and now he's just sort of wandering around. There's the barest hint of a mystery, but most of what you get from the story is some unstoppable paragon of morality knocking down 1-dimensional baddies and collecting women, none of whom he has any intention of even touching, for some reason. Although, if he was just murdering baddies and fucking women endlessly, you'd get Grashros instead, where it's poorly played for laughs how the author keeps building up tension for nothing, so the MC can stomp the baddy in one panel, fuck a girl, and then move on to do it again.

Strong characters are fine, but they need challenges, risks, and stakes. Additionally, they need an actual goal or motivation and even if it's something simple, it can't just be handed to them. Any power they do have should not be the sole focus. This isn't always the issue with isekai series, but some of them do venture into obnoxious wankery where the MC just sits around for ages talking and thinking about what powers they have and how they've leveled up. Exploring the mechanics of the world and the magic systems in it can be fun. Plenty of non-isekai stories do it, too. It just needs to be done in a way that doesn't derail the story. Also, it helps if the underlying systems of the world are actually interesting, instead of just being some vague DBZ-esque power level. That sort of thing gets into good worldbuilding and internal consistency within a fictional setting.

>>398543

>this shit again

You are pitiful.

Going to preface this by admitting how desperate and even a little pitiful this idea is. For those who aren't in a position to knock out a novela in a month or who do not have the ability to design a whole game in such a short timespan (because November is a terrible fucking month to hold this event, and the NaNo people are fucking idiots for picking it)... but, if you want to do something for /tg/, you could instead resolve yourself to post more frequently. A certain number of posts per day, at least a set amount of posts in a week, all throughout the month, and hopefully continuing onwards.

Shitposting would make this pretty easy, but that's probably why there could be a catch. Posts having to be a certain length or of a certain perceived quality.

>>398672

>Imagine being able to perceive quality

<just imagine

>>398735

>he is unable to perceive quality

>he cannot interact with the abstract made tangible

>the cheetoh encrusted fingers of his mind's hands have never felt the velvety surface of a quality post

I bet your nose can't even smell shitposts.

>>398796

Honestly, if we were going to do this, we should have started the planning phase a few months ago, and also chosen a month that isn't infamous for Holidays, shopping, testing for all schools, and increased workload for every business.

Either way, planning a novel is hard. NaNoWriMo isn't about making something pretty and refined with immaculate worldbuilding and wholly original ideas. Swing by the garage sale thread (since someone just bumped it recently) >>307973 and peruse some random ideas. If anything inspires you, or gives you that little tingle of inspiration, just run with it. Start writing that story and just keep following through by asking yourself what would happen next.

>>398796

I'd honestly rather chase the vanity/I love it project then something original.

I got a wierd psychic but with alterantive timeline versions of yourself only (except for the big bad who is unantural in being able to "displace" someone from their proper personality cluster in order to spy/communicate telepathically , etc). Its a shit idea but I kinda want to run with it (or I can go with the best 12 year old idea I had when I was 24, singing teleportation rocks arrive from outer space and now we have a vetren diplomat who'se three days from retirement paired with a rookie linguist (because with aliens, that's important) who have to solve the mystery of who killed the creators of the singing teleportation rocks.

Im sure you'll think of something. Good Luck Anon.

>>398838

The common thought with a lot of projects, whether consciously or not, is that it needs to be economically viable and potentially marketable. That's dumb bullshit. Don't think like that. Don't believe that you need to approach your fun past times as products that must be tailored for maximum demographic appeal.

Unless you're already contracted to write a book that's going to be sold in stores, just don't worry about it. If it's not original, no one will really care. If it's a little derivative, that's not the end of the world. Write what you want to write and put it out there. Maybe some people will like it and cheer you on.

>>398847

A lot of board games and card games are very derivative of each other, but they get away with it by selling themselves on theming and slight twists to the same general structure. Some games are literally built on the premise of being derivative, but having a different skin to them, like Monopoly, Fluxx, Settlers of Catan, Munchkin, and so on. Then you've got games like Lords of Waterdeep and Champions of Midgar, which both have a near identical core gameplay mechanic (place workers, get resources) but each one branches out in different ways and plays differently, despite one arguably being derivative of the other.

Go for it if you think it's something that could work out and be fun to play. If you've got the time to try it, why not give it a shot?

Gimme some half baked isekai tropes and original ideas, harem bait etc. I'm getting shit done. Title is "In Another World With My Character Sheet".

>>398952

First thousand words, give me the first character and some bullshit to advance the plot. No telling if the remaining 49,000 can be reached but I'll make a half-decent effort. Criticism etc, but I'm not changing what's already written, beyond spellchecking, otherwise things will stall.

https://pastebin.com/gWk2Zutw

Been wanting to make a novel for a long time. First I had no motivation, now I have a clingy gal who gives me no time. One day, hopefully, I'll belt out more than a few vignettes. Mapped out what I want though, lest I forget. A colony ship crash lands on a verdant moon, the colonist split over whether to repair and move onwards or stay. Repairers decide to remove advanced tech from stayers by force, and the rest of the book explores /pol/emic philosophies such an act would create. When the only currency and resource of concern is imagination, desperation is the only means of production. The planet is Lucerne, the biosphere is mostly shallow seas and rainforests, and life is most comparable to the Gzhelian era of the Carboniferous period on Earth.

Azazoth's Dance, Clay Men in Sky Canoes 1

1. Ascent 2. Journey Bedeviled 3. God-smote

Landfall, the Universal Axis 2

1. Serendipity 2. Synchronicity 3. Providence

Insight, the Land of Nod 3

1. Twisted Flora 2. Twirled Fauna 3. Rock of Ages

Order, the Golden Flower 4

1. Foundation 2. Blueprint 3. Mandate of Heaven

Slow Chaos, the Begrudged Devil 5

1. Business Prospects 2. Hidden Enterprise 3. Deus Ex Congerio

Nyphelim, the Fall from Providence 6

1. Forbidden Lores 2. Silent Pacts 3. Exodus

Old Night, the Wisdom in Ignorance 7

1. Ultimatum 2. Execution 3. Clouded in Unknowing

Uman Manda, the Green Barbarians 8

1. Downgearing 2. Tribes of Lucerne 3. Magna Consolidationis

Vainemoian, the Tawny Wizards 9

1. Fane OS 2. Heretech 3. Rampancy

Angband, the Mountain Kingdom 10

1. Ruminating the Daylight 2. Reverie in Darkness 3. Long Roads in a Stone Ocean

Atlantis, the City Within Walls 11

1. Crystal Cracking 2. Winds Shifting 3. Sword of God

Schwarzensonne, the Green Flash 12

1. Armes à Enquérir 2. Uninvited Guests 3. Ultimatum Redux

Aparigraha, Jus Ad Bellum 13

1. Total War 2. Madrigal Counter 3. Wild Cat Destabilization

Genesis, Azazoth's Rest 14

1. Sky Crash 2. Three Corner Table Talks 3. Descent

Some ideas to work with, which I've rolled around my head, but can't bring myself to do anything with

>Isekai'd into a Star Trek noblebright (but potentially existentially terrifying) sci-fi future with own ship

>Isekai'd into a post-apocalyptic future (because who hasn't wished for something like that before?) with some kind of special weapon or technology

>Standard fantasy isekai, but instead of RPG shit, MC is given Kamen Rider powers

>Isekai'd into Inchling world, as an inchling, with the full strength of a normal sized person

>Comedic Fantasy Isekai where a NEET/Hikki wizard is granted actual magical powers based on his actual wizardhood. The BBEG sends all kinds of sex demons after him in an effort to depower him

>Fantasy Isekai where the MC'd special God Gift is hemalurgic magic, which can be used for healing, because MC'd blood is full of antibodies and shit from a modernized world. Everyone fears the MC and his terrifying blood powers.

>"That time I got isekai'd into a generic fantasy world as an immortal, indestructible mecha"

>>399134

Had a fun idea today, but I don't think I could write it because I don't know enough about idols

>Pair of bros reincarnate into a RPG-esque fantasy world as cute girls

>God has gifted them both with the super rare and unique job class "Idol"

>no offensive abilities whatsoever

>which sucks because the nation they've appeared in is at war

>all their magic is related to creating light shows and stage effects and changing costumes

>MCs must become the best Idoorus and become the Goddesses of Victory by using their bardic buff magic and elaborate stage shows to bolster their army

>>399716

Well I didn't start it in November but I did finish it in November. more or less

So here it is, a Naruto RPG I made on a whim. Took me way longer than I thought it would to hammer out 30ish jutsus.

I don't really plan on expanding it much unless anyone cares at all or if my friends like it. Also be aware that its pretty lighthearted and the advancement xp requirements are pretty arbitrary.

I don't have much to show for it yet, but I've now successfully run two sessions of an RPG that I slapped together. It needs a lot of fine tuning and the document isn't even worth sharing yet, but I'm doing something, I guess.

>>399972

Magic Assholes in Space is a very rules lite, beer and pretzels about a magical sci-fi future where players can get into stupid adventures and have a few laughs. I've stolen a couple ideas from another game that someone else is designing and doing a podcast on called Space Kings, specifically, using a deck of cards for each player instead of dice. Faces and Aces are successes, with the addition of players being able to pick one number to act as their lucky number, which counts as a bonus success the first time it's drawn during a flip.

Characters toss points in 7 different attributes, and split some other points amongst about 15 skills and one school of magic. Skills are pretty broad and vague, like "Fight" or "Ships" and depending on the action being performed, they get paired with one of the attributes. The magic schools consist of a general, fairly broad concept, like Nature, or Time, or Technomancy, and are paired with a short list of keywords that act as the guidelines for what a player can do with that magic. Still toying around with it, and it comes off as kind of broken, but because everyone has access to bullshit broken magic, it evens out.

Currently, the document is about 9 pages, with an earlier brainstorming draft adding another 5 pages. In the two sessions we've run, a combination of GM guidance and player input has shaped the setting on the fly. I'm pulling more from lighter, narrative-driven RPGs where settings and story beats are partially in the hands of players. So, for example, some events dumped the players in an unknown location, which I prompted one of them to describe. He decided they were in "dark space" which is the area between Galaxies, because he wanted the setting to take place on an intergalactic scale. Luckily for me, a lot of this sort of stuff means I don't have to get bogged down in lore dumping and world building while working on the game. Instead, I have the stranger trouble of finding the best way to codify on the fly setting creation for anyone who ends up reading my document.

The month is almost over fuck that went fast and only a few of us will have anything to show for it, but I think that's to be expected. November is a shitty month to tell people they should try and write a fucking novel.

For next time, or at least going forward, I think we either need to pick a better month or adjust the idea so we're doing One-Month Homebrew Projects or something to that effect. Maybe even copy /agdg/'s format and set up a specific day far in advance to be demo day, where we share our early drafts and playable versions. Since we're talking about tabletop games here, we'd either have to share audio or video of the game being played, or host playtest sessions with random fa/tg/uys. It would be difficult to organize, but we'd have plenty of time to figure it out.

Last day of November! Time to post what you've got!

>not big on reading anything that isn’t badly written rpg rulebooks

>want to get good at writing

nanowrimo made me realise that I’m fucked.

>>401549

reading books is always good advice for people who want to write. Luckily there are lots of options (including authors who used rpg's to help flesh out their stories, Roger Zelazny comes to mind). So read good rpg's or better books or at least read lots .

I meant to get a rough draft of Magic Assholes In Space ready by the end of November, but the pure shitty-ness of November has carried into December, and now that I'm really forcing myself to sit down and write for it, I'm faced with the horrible realization that most of the game exists in my head and what I have in the document are just my half-baked ideas and scribbles.

>>402103

It's really not much to look at right now. Lot of redundant text and half-assed notes right now.

>>402120

I think you got the wrong idea. I just ran out of time to work on the game during November, so I couldn't get enough done by the 30th to present a more acceptable early draft of the game. I'm already in the process of playtesting it and so far, all my players have responded very positively and have been eager to offer input. They really like the idea of being able to help shape the game from its earliest stages.

>>400576

>For next time, or at least going forward, I think we either need to pick a better month or adjust the idea so we're doing One-Month Homebrew Projects or something to that effect. Maybe even copy /agdg/'s format and set up a specific day far in advance to be demo day, where we share our early drafts and playable versions.

Since this thread is still around, I'll bump this idea instead of making a new thread. We don't have an active homebrew thread and I'm sure that many of us know the struggle of trying to muster the motivation to keep working on a project with no feedback or guidance. Instead of discussing it at length and trying to come up with something, why don't we just do this:

Friday, April 5th will be Homebrew Show and Tell Day

Anything you've been working on, but haven't really put enough work into, pick it up again, dust it off, and put in some work. Ask for help, seek inspiration, and try to get a semi-presentable rough draft ready so you can show it off to /tg/ and seek feedback and advice.

>>412298

You know I think you might be onto something. I'll see if I cant get this soldiers of sin thing I'm working on done /draft 1ish for then.

>im working on tables

<The TN for General Ambush activities

TN 10 - Prepare an adequate ambush attempt and ensure surprise until you and your men make your first attacks.

TN 12 - Misinform and lure an enemy unit into your ambush. You get to choose the location of the enemy unit within reason (as long as the placement of your soldiers confirms with the terrain and basic principles of soldiery)

TN 14 - Camouflage a bivouac and your unit thoroughly from detection allowing you to operate undetected by enemy soldiers for up to a week. Hide a small number (one or two fire teams or 1d6+2 men) in a completely unexpected place, escaping both detection and ensuring you attack first and with surprise.

TN 16 - Counterattack an Ambush, your attacks and actions during someone elses ambush are no longer surprised and gain a +1 to all rolls.

TN 18 - Camouflage a bivouac and your unit thoroughly from detection allowing you to operate undetected by enemy soldiers for up to a month. Hide a large number (up to a platoon) in a completely unexpected place, escaping both detection and ensuring your first attacks are with surprise and at a +1 bonus.

TN 20 - Counter Ambush an Ambush. You are considered to be not surprised and gain an extra round of attacks before the enemy can react to your Counter Ambush. Any bonuses they received for their Ambush are replaced with a flat -1 penalty and all of your actions during a Counter Ambush are at a +1 bonus. The Counter Ambush can involve soldiers who are not under your immediate command but like the tactical genius you are, you will have to explain to those units commanding officer’s why they were there just when you needed them waiting to ambush an ambush Creed. This can of course happen after the ambush.

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<The TN for General Fire activities

TN 10 - Clear a barrel obstruction, clean a weapon or otherwise clear a jammed or inoperative weapon.

TN 12 - Fire a Rifle or Sidearm at a target within 30’. This TN increases depending on the awareness of the target, how much cover they have and how big they are at the OC’s discretion.

TN 14 - Provide suppressing Fire to friend or ally. That ally is considered to have 3/4ths cover for their turn and you gain an additional attack against any enemy that tries to fire at your friend or ally. This empties the magazine of the weapon you are using.

TN 16 - Accurately use semi or fully automatic fire dealing double damage to anyone in your firing arc. This empties the magazine of the weapon you are using. Accurately use a larger then normal weapon such as a SAW or a mounted gun or RPG or mortar.

TN 18 - Fire at an exceptional range (more then 1000’ generally) dealing double damage with your weapon or return fire unexpectedly at a enemy also dealing double damage during their turn.

TN 20 - Kill one enemy dead, this attack takes two turns and some enemies (particularly anyone bonded with a Sin or a Virtue, enemies with full cover or enemies obviously not in the range of your weapon or eyesight) are immune to this. If someone is immune to this you deal your normal weapon damage instead.

>>412506

I always liked Crazy Asian's Agents of Sin and Virtue. Mind giving us an elevator pitch for what you're aiming for with your game?

>>412521

a strelo/k/ lite game where PMC's fight it out with their demon enhanced operators as the world goes to shit (mostly due to free gold in the shadow realm) and maybe we discuss the philosophical importance of angels.

How's everyone projects coming along? You have started working on something, haven't you?

>>412693

I can only find one actual homebrew thread, but it's been inactive for a long while now. I went through and gathered up a few noteworthy threads though. I think if we're trying to get back into a productive mindset, it helps to actually put your mind on the subject of game design and creativity. Reading through some of these threads and getting the gears turning might be helpful. In my experience, discussing ideas and answering questions about your plans can help when you come up with new ideas also. So, by all means, do talk about your stuff.

Homebrew Thread: >>316397

Idea Garage Sale: >>307973

Worldbuilding Thread: >>332161

Setting Building Thread: >>392400 (It's all kind of focused on jamming random ideas into a setting, but it's still something)

If we've got any writefags left, I'd also like to invite them to write up something for Show and Tell day, since this was originally partly a NaNoWriMo thing too. Game design is hard and pretty daunting, but the goal behind setting deadlines for each other is that it encourages us to do work and get acquainted with the idea of getting over that initial "idea guy" phase. It also doesn't hurt to get used to actually finishing projects. Don't get overly worked up about getting art and fancy formatting and print-ready quality for anything you're working on. Just keep working. Get the book laid out, make sure all your ideas end up on paper. Don't spend eternity in the sketching and refining phase where you're constantly re-wording paragraphs in the first 2 pages of the documents. Focus on keeping a forward momentum if you can help it.

Where the fuck does the time go? April 5th is just about 2 weeks away already.

Dawn of the final week. How many of you unproductive shits are planning on having something to share? I've still got some work to put in, but hopefully I'll have a PDF worth posting by friday. With any luck, I'll be doing more playtesting that same day.

>>414768

I am working on one so that makes 2 at least

Time's ticking away. Ready those PDFs and excuses for why you have nothing to show for tomorrow!

>>415244

>I GOT A PDF AND EXCUSES AND AINT NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT SUCKA

>>415319

We've put it off long enough.

TIME TO POST WHAT YA GOT BOYS.

∞/tg/'s FIRST ANNUAL HOMEBREW SHOW AND TELL STARTS NOW.

Firstly, my excuses: Time got away from me and I didn't get nearly as much finished as I wanted to. A lot of the work I've gotten done has been in the last few days and I still didn't get as far as I planned on. Right now, I've got a few minutes before I need to run out the door and hurry to the game night/playtest I set up with my friends.

Magic Assholes in Space was mentioned earlier in this thread and I've seen gone back and continued to tweak it, add new rules, refine the skill list, and change up the way magic is handled for character creation.

MAiS is a rules lite-ish game about going on stupid adventures in an ill-define magical sci-fi universe that is purposefully left vague so it can be filled out and defined by the kind of characters players will make and the dumb things they'll come up with in the middle of the game. Instead of dice, it uses a standard deck of playing cards. Players flip a number of cards equal to the Attribute and Skill being used to perform an action. Face cards and Aces are Successes, and the more successes flipped, the better the outcome. Number cards are neutral and Jokers add an unexpected twist to the result, usually comedic.

Besides Attributes and Skills, PCs also get Special Qualities, which are their Magic, their signature Gear, and Traits, which kind of cover any weird alien biology they might have, additional features like wings, or basic stuff like having special training or whatever.

Everything past the Special Qualities section in the PDF is unfinished and consists of the rough notes and half-assed ideas I was still toying with. I hoped to have more of that nailed down so I could start working on the combat section, but for the moment, I've got enough to make things playable.

>TIME TO POST WHAT YA GOT BOYS.

Well here we go.

>Things I like about the game

Strong emphasis on small bonuses

Strong DM control

Emphasis on the game subject matter

Interesting concept

Feels like Vampire Quickstart

<Things I don't like about the game

Writing is so so, didnt get a chance to do a second revision

Game mechanics are tight but not sure if fun

Needs more examples/guidance how to play

Didn't get the art incorporate

Showed my faggotry a little

Feels like Vampire Quickstart

This isn't everything, technically. I also have a bunch of older drafts, plus the monsters and treasures books and all of that other trash. It's an OSR-derived game; the home-brew rules that I use in my own games.

>>415326

I still need to read the other two systems, but I figured I should post some notes from the last playtest session.

>Core mechanics work nicely

>Letting plays Fold and Stay on skill flips gave a nice sense of control

>2/3rds of character creation went very smoothly

>Letting players run wild with their character concepts resulted in some of the most unique characters I've ever had in a party

>The loose sci-fi theme translated well and didn't cause any problems or confusion

>The card count as HP mechanic worked well enough. Might need some refining, though

<I need to get better at teaching the mechanics and terminology without taking an hour to do so

<point totals for Attributes, Skills, and Special qualities need fine tuning

<the skill list needs tweaking too. We ran into a couple issues where they were a little unclear and we encountered a situation where there was no applicable skill for an action

<I'm going to have to ditch the idea of not having any paper or book on hand when it comes to stuff like Magic and Traits

<Traits need a ton of work, because they were the most unclear

<Gear was also unclear and the boost mechanic might be better suited for more active, combat heavy games

<Character sheet needs tweaking too

<Need some rules for actions that involve augmenting things with magic (Att + Skill + Magic) and how to keep them from being too broken

At the very least, when we wrapped up for the night everyone was eager for the next session. So they're enjoying things and they want to keep playing. Makes for good motivation to keep working.

Homebrew Show and Tell day was a thing that happened. We had people participate and that's a great start, if you ask me. Going forward, we'll have to set another date and keep this going. I think this thread has served a purpose, but in the future, I'm going to say it's better to stick to the Homebrew thread ( >>316397 ) and to encourage each other to keep posting and talking about our projects and seeking feedback. It would be nice to see many people participating, but we'll have to get there with small steps.

For anyone who didn't participate, do your fellow fa/tg/uys a favor, read their shit, and tell them they suck and ways they could improve.