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Countblanc posted:its literally only you Army of One 
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Ningyou posted:the attraction is TORG TORG TORG TORG TORGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG TORG TORG, TORG TORG TORG TORG! The best part about TORG's name is that it started as an internal company shorthand for "The Other Roleplaying Game" (As opposed to Star Wars d6, their moneymaker) and they just never found a better title.
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Jul 11, 2015 01:54
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I prefer the Final Fantasy 8 game, NORG.
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Jul 11, 2015 01:55
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Helical Nightmares posted:Never played Torg. Skimming the wikipedia page it seems to be a multigenere mashup where anything goes. The setting. The idea is that Earth is invaded by six alternate realities that "overwrite" parts of the world. A large chunk of North America has been replaced by a Lost World-style jungle full of dinosaurs and fanatic lizardpeople where technology flat-out does not work. England and northern Europe have been overwritten by a Generic Fantasy World. Northern Africa has been replaced with a 30's pulp reality run by an insane mad scientist Pharoh and his Ningyou posted:its sole noteworthy quality was the game name sounding like a pokemon and you would be surprised how effective 'naming your game after a pokemon you just kind of made up who is also an anime cyberpope' is as a marketing strategy holy poo poo
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Jul 11, 2015 02:04
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unseenlibrarian posted:The best part about TORG's name is that it started as an internal company shorthand for "The Other Roleplaying Game" (As opposed to Star Wars d6, their moneymaker) and they just never found a better title. Ah, yes, the same logic that gave us 'Thedas', THe Dragon Age Setting. (I will never get over this.) Evil Mastermind posted:You are completely wrong and I hate you. Well, as a title, it tells me literally nothing but that it has a funny name that's fun to say - it doesn't even evoke a proper mood beyond Caveman. Not that other Traditional Game names are great! I mean, Dungeons & Dragons has dragons, but there's no particular focus on medieval prison facilities. (I'm so sorry.) Real talk, though, that setting sounds kind of lame and...overextended? That's a lot of different genres mixing together, like some really bad mash-up T-shirt. (Or RIFTS.)
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Jul 11, 2015 02:16
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Queen Fiona posted:Ah, yes, the same logic that gave us 'Thedas', THe Dragon Age Setting. (I will never get over this.) THAT'S where that name comes from?! Are you kidding me? Queen Fiona posted:Well, as a title, it tells me literally nothing but that it has a funny name that's fun to say - it doesn't even evoke a proper mood beyond Caveman. Not that other Traditional Game names are great! I mean, Dungeons & Dragons has dragons, but there's no particular focus on medieval prison facilities. I have to agree. I read the F&F review of Torg and it just sounded incredibly boring. Maybe if it laser-focused on one of them it'd be interesting, but as it was it sounded like one of those settings where there's no hope for anybody because grimdark, and that's boring as hell.
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Jul 11, 2015 02:22
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The real problem with TORG is that as a useable system it's about on par with Rifts. It also doesn't actually support crazy mashup stuff by letting you bring laser rifles to hunt dinosaurs or be daring pulp heroes in dystopic corporatocracy Japan because it's chock full of rules and restrictions preventing all that, including random chances for your character to just spontaneously explode if you try too hard to cross the streams. It's a missed opportunity coming and going. I don't think it's a coincidence that the only thing most people remember about it is "it's the game with a cyber-Pope" because that's really its most noteworthy feature.
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Jul 11, 2015 02:27
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It doesn't really execute the concept well because the world's don't play with each other. You can't be a cyberninja in nazi pharoah egypt.
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Jul 11, 2015 02:30
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gradenko_2000 posted:Their general manager, Alexander Macris, (and possibly other writers) is a Gamergater, and they've engaged in disreputable practices such as plugging Macris' D&D retroclone on The Escapist without disclosing the relationship. This whole situation sucks cause Adventurer Conqueror King System is a really good game and this mess basically makes the game a messy topic to talk about
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Jul 11, 2015 02:39
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Kai Tave posted:The real problem with TORG is that as a useable system it's about on par with Rifts. It also doesn't actually support crazy mashup stuff by letting you bring laser rifles to hunt dinosaurs or be daring pulp heroes in dystopic corporatocracy Japan because it's chock full of rules and restrictions preventing all that, including random chances for your character to just spontaneously explode if you try too hard to cross the streams. It's a missed opportunity coming and going. I don't think it's a coincidence that the only thing most people remember about it is "it's the game with a cyber-Pope" because that's really its most noteworthy feature. The attraction of TORG, mechanically, is that as you travel from genre to genre, the rules change to reinforce that genre. That's a great loving win for rules reinforcing the setting. I still have, in the back of my head, the idea of running TORGWORLD using things like: Core Earth: Spirit of 77 Orrorsh: That one urban horror setting whose name I can't remember Nippon Tech: The Sprawl Aysle: Dungeon World The Cyberpapacy: heavily reskinned Sixth World (the shadowrun hack) Living Land: Apoc World Nile Empire: Inverse World or whatever pulp world I can find. You'd have to make a damage/hp conversion of some sort, but other than that, gently caress it, whatever genre you're currently in, their rules are the default unless you burn possibility energy to impose your own genre.
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Jul 11, 2015 02:45
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Davin Valkri posted:THAT'S where that name comes from?! Are you kidding me? Gazetteer fucked around with this message at 20:36 on Jul 11, 2015 |
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Jul 11, 2015 03:08
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The TWAIN api for printers is my favorite thing like that. As for combat in D&D, today I broke it to my irl DM that no, I was not having fun last week when I spent three turns in a row failing to roll higher than a 12 on a d20. The other three players seemed to be having a blast with their turns, though! He seemed genuinely shocked and I feel bad because he lost his excited mood. I really wish these people would play something other than Pathfinder/d20 stuff. Like, I know two people (DM included) own and have played actually fun systems.
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Jul 11, 2015 03:27
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Helical Nightmares posted:Is it just me or are other people finding playing/listening to D&D/d20 combat ... boring and tedious? Every encounter take at least an hour. Pewdiepie would deffo make a killer RPG podcast.
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Jul 11, 2015 04:03
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NinjaDebugger posted:The attraction of TORG, mechanically, is that as you travel from genre to genre, the rules change to reinforce that genre. That's a great loving win for rules reinforcing the setting. I still have, in the back of my head, the idea of running TORGWORLD using things like: While this is an interesting idea, I'd have to say that Apoc World wouldn't work for the Living Land. Also concepts like the Drama deck should be converted over to TORGWORLD. The deck allowed for the players to affect the narrative in ways they normally wouldn't be able to do.
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Jul 11, 2015 23:48
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What would be a good system to run a Futurama like campaign. A comedic adventure of space trips. I have also been looking to get into a miniatures game, preferably something skirmish or 10-15mm scale. I played 40k on and off for a couple editions and never really enjoyed the system. Just kept getting sucked into the cheesy lore and painting. goodness fucked around with this message at 07:28 on Jul 13, 2015 |
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Jul 13, 2015 07:25
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goodness posted:What would be a good system to run a Futurama like campaign. A comedic adventure of space trips. well how crunchy and/or combat heavy would you want it to be, cause if you don't mind it being somewhat crunchy and combat focused I'd say the most recent version of Gamma World could work pretty well with some minor tinkering, maybe grabbing a skill system from another game though cause the D&D 4th edition rules that Gamma World uses are kinda lacking
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Jul 13, 2015 07:42
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drrockso20 posted:well how crunchy and/or combat heavy would you want it to be, cause if you don't mind it being somewhat crunchy and combat focused I'd say the most recent version of Gamma World could work pretty well with some minor tinkering, maybe grabbing a skill system from another game though cause the D&D 4th edition rules that Gamma World uses are kinda lacking Less crunchy would probably be better for comedy, though combat would definitely be a part of it.
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Jul 13, 2015 07:50
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goodness posted:Less crunchy would probably be better for comedy, though combat would definitely be a part of it. well luckily outside of combat(and somewhat character creation) Gamma World isn't that complicated, and the crunch isn't that bad, especially since Gamma World simplifies D&D 4E quite a bit, just gotta keep in mind that it has a somewhat high lethality built into it
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Jul 13, 2015 07:54
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I'm not one of those guys who suggests Fate for everything, but if you're looking to capture the more sitcom side of Futurama it might work well.drrockso20 posted:well luckily outside of combat(and somewhat character creation) Gamma World isn't that complicated, and the crunch isn't that bad, especially since Gamma World simplifies D&D 4E quite a bit, just gotta keep in mind that it has a somewhat high lethality built into it High lethality is probably a good thing for Futurama, especially if you're playing as one of Professor Farnsworth's old crews, or something modeled on that idea.
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Jul 13, 2015 08:16
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if you want something with grid combat that isn't actually that crunchy (ie no barrage of +1 buffs flying everywhere, no separate rolls for damage and attacks, streamlined defenses) Strike is a really strong option for something lighthearted and corny like that.
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Jul 13, 2015 08:17
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goodness posted:What would be a good system to run a Futurama like campaign. A comedic adventure of space trips. Lasers and Feelings.
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Jul 13, 2015 08:30
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I'll check those systems out as I get more recommendations. If anyone wants to DM this futurama game I'm looking as a player.
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Jul 13, 2015 08:41
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goodness posted:What would be a good system to run a Futurama like campaign. A comedic adventure of space trips. ...in SPAAACE! is Greg Stolze writing a Futurama RPG without the license.
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Jul 13, 2015 09:18
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Nothing says "tabletop roleplaying" like watching your players cut through a mystery designed to last for several sessions in the course of three hours through blind luck, recklessness, insanely good persuasion and intimidation rolls, and sheer, bloody persistence.
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Jul 13, 2015 15:39
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Or quickly render said mystery completely unsolvable by utterly burning all necessary bridges and taking off for a different city.
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Jul 13, 2015 17:15
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They almost did that! They also almost made themselves enemies of the state in the city-state they just saved from a dragon, though they might still accomplish that. I will say that I was impressed to see them arguing their motivations in-character (this particular mystery's solution led to several characters' political sympathies conflicting with each other and with their duties) and taking into account consequences before leaping to violence. That's new for them. They even sympathized with some orcs, which is remarkable because they went into the session thinking "let's chop up some orcs!"
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Jul 13, 2015 18:20
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Ratpick posted:The way I'm picturing this is the Warblade taking a firm stance, inhaling deeply until the cloud of poison gas is all inside his lungs and then letting out a mighty belch to disperse the cloud. Okay, yeah,.t hat should DEFINITELY be allowed.
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Jul 13, 2015 18:25
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Oh man, I forgot that we change chat thread each month and was wondering why nobody was posting anything Hello chat thread, how are you doing
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Jul 14, 2015 22:31
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A friend lent me his copy of the Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen and this may be the best TRPG book I've ever read.
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Jul 14, 2015 23:26
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I'm working on a sci-fi DW hack that I hope will lie somewhere in crunch between Lasers and Feelings and Stars Without Number.
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Jul 14, 2015 23:28
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In the stickied Older D&D thread, Jennell Jaquays came up and it reminded me of how much I loved her (probably hilariously over-crunchy for me at this point) Central Casting series of books. Hundreds and hundreds of tables to randomly create backstories for RPG characters hit just the right spot for me back in high school. Have there been any more recent takes on the same idea?
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Jul 15, 2015 18:30
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can y'all tell me a good Trail of Cthulhu one shot?
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Jul 15, 2015 21:30
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So apparently Wizards of the Coast bans sex offenders from the DCI. Even if it happened ten years ago. And the guy did time. Unless I'm reading biased articles that seems a little overkill.
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Jul 15, 2015 23:18
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Len posted:So apparently Wizards of the Coast bans sex offenders from the DCI. Even if it happened ten years ago. And the guy did time. Unless I'm reading biased articles that seems a little overkill. That guy got a sweet plea deal so his victim wouldn't have to recount the details at a trial and is completely unrepentant to this day. You're reading biased articles.
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Jul 15, 2015 23:27
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Potsticker posted:That guy got a sweet plea deal so his victim wouldn't have to recount the details at a trial and is completely unrepentant to this day. You're reading biased articles. But how does that relate to a card game?
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Jul 15, 2015 23:33
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Len posted:But how does that relate to a card game? I dunno, because they don't want a rapist to be publicly associated with their card game?
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Jul 15, 2015 23:38
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Len posted:So apparently Wizards of the Coast bans sex offenders from the DCI. Even if it happened ten years ago. And the guy did time. Unless I'm reading biased articles that seems a little overkill. Aatrek was convicted and did time on the same period so hell, let's get him back to mod TVIV.
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Lightning Lord posted:I dunno, because they don't want a rapist to be publicly associated with their card game? They're cool with a guy who did time for drugs though?
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Jul 15, 2015 23:39
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alg posted:can y'all tell me a good Trail of Cthulhu one shot? I like all of the adventures in Arkham Detective Tales, particularly The Kidnapping.
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Len posted:They're cool with a guy who did time for drugs though? This isn't loving reddit, you're not going to find much sympathy for this idiotic point of view here, friendo.
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