Agents of Fate Kickstarter is LIVE!
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by /u/JoeFredrick348
8h ago
Hello everyone! As some of you might have seen over the past month I've been sharing information on my latest book (from the design to the presentation of the Kickstarter) and it's FINALLY LIVE! In case anyone was interested in checking it out, you can find the Kickstarter here:https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/thedreadofnight/agents-of-fate Thank you everyone! submitted by /u/JoeFredrick348 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more
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Organising teams?
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by /u/Apprehensive-Donut90
8h ago
Hey so currently for a project there's a bit of a design team emerging just from creative people I know and have worked with before. We're actually starting to grow into a team of around 10ish people so considering that are there any tips on how you setup workflows for ttrpg teams? submitted by /u/Apprehensive-Donut90 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more
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Copyright infringement?
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by /u/Raflawel
8h ago
I'm currently making a system that focus a lot on open world mechanics, so there are a lot of mechanics for a lot of different things that aren't necessarily part of the main story, and hunting/skinning animals is one of them. I'm using CUTS as a base because i really really liked it's skinning mechanics, but there's a little problem I plan on selling my RPG system one day and CUTS license is CC-BY-NC-SA, meaning i can't commercialize modifications of CUTS would it infringe copyright if i'm only using it as a small part of a much bigger system? btw i do cite every inspiration i use in the end ..read more
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Do not cross the streams (design opinion piece)
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by /u/klok_kaos
8h ago
To be clear, I'm not the TTRPG police, do what you want and whatever works at your table. That said, I've seen a trend with a certain kind of design I'm not really excited about as I think it's fundamentally flawed. The idea is that progression mechanics be tied directly to meta player behaviors. I tend to think the reward for character advancement should be directly engaging with the game's premise, so for a monster looter like DnD it makes sense that the core fantasy of slaying monsters gets you progression in terms of XP and items (less with items, but sure, we'll go with it). Technically ..read more
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Citations
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by /u/DeLongJohnSilver
8h ago
I’m working on a project and I’ve been thinking about if I should add citations for mechanics or guidance principles. For example, I’m borrowing an idea from a smaller essayist on the idea of a fear-ymid (fear pyramid) for a horror game. It feels right, and I’m probably going to do it regardless, but I’m curious on how others thoughts on the idea of citations in ttrpg game materials. submitted by /u/DeLongJohnSilver [visit reddit] [comments ..read more
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Awarding Xp for different skills in groups based on emotions.
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by /u/framabe
8h ago
I got this idea last night as I lay down to sleep, (which is sometimes when you get your best, or worst, ideas. There was a game that awarded experience points based on actions reflecting one of the major arcana in a Tarot deck (the game is Artesia: Adventures in the know world, for those who wonders) So I had the idea of basing skill xp in groups more in line of the emotions in Sims 4, like Anger, Focused, Flirty, Inspired, Playful and Energized (i probably forgot some more atm) Anger Xp would be gained and spent on skills that depended on raw physical aggression like Intimidate, Brawling, W ..read more
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Feedback Request: Hard Sci-Fi Adventure TTRPG
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by /u/Bardic_Improvisation
8h ago
Hey All, Following the advice from my last post I'm hoping that this gives context as to what I'm looking for and why I'm trying to make my own TTRPG. Background: I have been playing TTRPGs for almost a decade, primarily it has been DnD 5e, but I have also played CoC and have read through many systems. I found that none of what I played or read scratched the itch of what I wanted to play. So I thought, I may as well make it. My Game: The game in question has no name yet, but what I envision it to be is a hard sci-fi adventure game, that takes the feel and vibes from stories and universes like ..read more
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An idea for xp triggers that will hopefully inspire rp.
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by /u/KrokenbytheRiver
8h ago
Holloh, the Golem TTRPG I had the idea to make a ttrpg where players are golems made to fulfill daily tasks that no longer have creators to dictate what they do. In this world, golems have a wish, a piece of paper in their mouths that has a few words on it. Those words are their drives to continue living, even when they no longer have a purpose. The idea is that these three drives are level 1 xp triggers and if they use it once per session, they get one xp, but if they ignore it all session it gets weaker, eventually becoming level 0 if they never use it. Every time they intentionally do some ..read more
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Injury and Body Part Targeting
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by /u/TheCigaretteFairy
8h ago
I'm developing a TTRPG that I would broadly call post-apocalyptic survival high fantasy (or maybe sorcery-punk), and I want combat and other elements of physical danger to feel real and high stakes. The game has a certain level of crunchiness to it, but I'm trying to keep it as simple and playable as possible while still achieving my vision and desired mechanics. As such, I want there to be a system for targeting specific body parts and causing injury or maiming, but I don't want to go nearly as far as having five separate health tracks and armor values per character. My general framework for ..read more
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Software for book design?
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by /u/FROM-ANCIENT-GREECE
8h ago
I have tried to torrent InDesign but I cant figure it out, I have clipstudio but it doesn't let you have multiple pages or pdfs, gimp is an option but seems like a terrible time, im not too sure what to use to format my text and images because im broke. any ideas are welcome. submitted by /u/FROM-ANCIENT-GREECE [visit reddit] [comments ..read more
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