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Rohan Kishibe: Oct 29, 2011; Frankly, I don't like you
and I never have.

FrozenGoldfishGod posted:

To dig up this post from a few pages back:

I actually wrote a FATE adaptation of Homestuck. There's an early version of it posted somewhere in the Play-by-Post archives, I think - I've made some tweaks since then.

Unfortunately, I'm really not good at the whole Play-by-post thing. I'll have to see if I have it backed up on this computer somewhere - I probably do.

How long ago was this? I think a Homestuck pen and paper game could benefit from takinga few cues from the Dresden Files RPG if you are using FATE. The tweaked FATE rules in Dresden allow for things like character advancement, which is kind of a thing in Homestuck but isn't really modelled in the core FATE ruleset. I've always liked the idea of playing a Homestuck based game, but it's hard enough getting ourgroup together every two weeks for DnD let alone anything more modern.

Edit: vvvv There are plenty of rules-lite systems out there that aren't to the level of complexity of Hackmaster or anything, but still have rules to give the game some narrative structure so it isn't just passing the story stick around. Depends on what you like in a game, I think.

Rohan Kishibe fucked around with this message at 16:20 on Jan 30, 2012

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Lady of the Beech: Dec 16, 2011; I clearly just want to be a good friend and bring all my AMAZING FRIENDLINESS to bear on your problems.

Black Mage Knight posted:

Welp, with the lull currently going on I feel there is no better time than now to post this.

That this hasn't been done yet (at least to my knowledge) made me feel like I had to fill a void.

This is terrible and they are 13 years old and oh god what is wrong with you.

RE: PLAY BY POST: Bunch of internet buddies and I managed to slap together an Sburb RP at a whim. It was pure forum-based RP, no game mechanics, no math, just imagination. We never finished the RP because other stuff happened, but it was really good while it lasted. I think Sburb is best played as we did it since the game is built on story and character development, not rules and numbers.

# ? Jan 30, 2012 16:14

NO LISTEN TO ME: Jan 3, 2009; 「プリスティンビート」
「Pristine Beat」

A few friends and I set up a Sburb game through instant messaging and Pesterchum. It was surprisingly fun and I would definitely do it again with some Goons or something.

# ? Jan 30, 2012 16:32

the holy poopacy: May 16, 2009; hey! check this out; Fun Shoe

Lady of the Beech posted:

RE: PLAY BY POST: Bunch of internet buddies and I managed to slap together an Sburb RP at a whim. It was pure forum-based RP, no game mechanics, no math, just imagination. We never finished the RP because other stuff happened, but it was really good while it lasted. I think Sburb is best played as we did it since the game is built on story and character development, not rules and numbers.

The only "system" that I could see playing Sburb with is the idiotic pseudo-game Roll to Dodge that people play on some forums, since it allows for mundane actions such as picking things up to randomly succeed or fail with spectacular results. Although, true to form, you'd probably want to scale back the number of rolls taken once the hilarity of everyone accidentally destroying their houses with inventory shenanigans wears off.

# ? Jan 30, 2012 16:44

graybook: Oct 10, 2011; pinya~

If there's a goon Sburb thing via IM/Pester/etc, I might be interested in shenaniganing it up.

# ? Jan 30, 2012 16:47

Mr. D Bewildering: Mar 24, 2010; 8^y

Lady of the Beech posted:

This is terrible and they are 13 years old and oh god what is wrong with you.

Not to defend it, but Vriska is bleeding from her chest in the edit. It's safe to say that it has nothing to do with miscarriage (despite its being the subject of the original unedited comic) and more to do with Vriska's death.

But seriously, let's keep this poo poo in the PYF thread
e:(or none)

Mr. D Bewildering fucked around with this message at 17:01 on Jan 30, 2012

# ? Jan 30, 2012 16:57

Lady of the Beech: Dec 16, 2011; I clearly just want to be a good friend and bring all my AMAZING FRIENDLINESS to bear on your problems.

Gabriel Pope posted:

The only "system" that I could see playing Sburb with is the idiotic pseudo-game Roll to Dodge that people play on some forums, since it allows for mundane actions such as picking things up to randomly succeed or fail with spectacular results. Although, true to form, you'd probably want to scale back the number of rolls taken once the hilarity of everyone accidentally destroying their houses with inventory shenanigans wears off.

Yeah, we didn't use a system for our game. We did have inventory shenanigans and petty arguments between characters, though, game derails and in-jokes, and time loops up the wazoo. I feel like our game was quite true to the spirit of Homestuck.

Lady of the Beech fucked around with this message at 17:03 on Jan 30, 2012

# ? Jan 30, 2012 17:01

tinaun: Jun 9, 2011; tell me...

I really want to do something like this. Count me in whenever we decide on a concrete plan.

# ? Jan 30, 2012 17:18

Well Manicured Man: Aug 21, 2010; Well Manicured Mort

Yeah, I've never played DnD or done any other kind of roleplaying thing but I'd definitely be up with trying something like that out.

# ? Jan 30, 2012 17:22

KoB: May 1, 2009

King of Solomon posted:

They're given their titles to challenge them.

We dont know that, that was just one of the Troll's conjectures.

# ? Jan 30, 2012 17:55

NO LISTEN TO ME: Jan 3, 2009; 「プリスティンビート」
「Pristine Beat」

Enough people seem interested in some Sburb RP, so if you want to figure something out for an IM/PC Sburb thing, e-mail goonstuck@live.com with a few details:

Character Name
Short Description of room
Guardian
Pesterchum Name

I'm limiting applicants to around 6 to 8, because more than that takes some work to get organized and stuff. I'll be using an improv type system to run it, using a framework that a friend made a while ago specifically for Sburb-type games.

# ? Jan 30, 2012 19:07

Ominous Jazz: Jun 15, 2011; Big D is chillin' over here
Wasteland style

NO LISTEN TO ME posted:

Sburb RP

Sent you an email.

# ? Jan 30, 2012 21:16

NO LISTEN TO ME: Jan 3, 2009; 「プリスティンビート」
「Pristine Beat」

Ominous Jazz posted:

Sent you an email.

Yep, got yours, and Graybook's too.

# ? Jan 30, 2012 21:26

firestruck: Dec 28, 2010; nullify me

Hopefully in the time it took to bullshit that email 6 people didn't decide to jump on that like a hawk.

# ? Jan 30, 2012 21:41

Well Manicured Man: Aug 21, 2010; Well Manicured Mort

Sent off the email! Okay that took too much time to write. I'm really good at deliberating at things for way longer than necessary.

# ? Jan 30, 2012 21:54

clockwork chaos: Sep 15, 2009

Oh man this sounds like fun, hope I didn't write too little :ohdear:

Even if I don't get in, I'd like to see how this pans out - it sounds exciting!

# ? Jan 30, 2012 22:01

FrozenGoldfishGod: Oct 29, 2009; JUST LOOK AT THIS SHIT POST!

Ok, well, for those who want a bit more rules (though admittedly, not a lot more), here's my Homestuck FATE rules, slightly updated.

FrozenGoldfishGod posted:

FATE Homestuck:

Mandatory Aspects: These are simply the aspects that the game requires; if the GM wants to ask for more, that's certainly an option.
Basic Concept Character concept: pretty straightforward.
Likes
Hates
Strife Specibus In the true Homestuck spirit, this can be literally anything that the character can hold. These aspects are best left undefined at first, and for optimal use can be 'discovered' (read: defined) by the player early on.
Class of Element
Relationship With Guardian This especially can give the GM some idea of how to build your Land's challenges, so while it does have to be a pithy phrase, feel free to give them a lot of to work with.
My Best Bro, _____ This is a background Aspect, giving you a chance to tag in someone else: this Aspect describes how your character knows, and relates to, his or her 'best bro', another player at the table. If your character hates everyone else, this is just the one you hate least, etc.

Other Traits:
Land name
Guardian Again, one of those areas where more information gives the GM more to work with. Don't just say 'Dad', say 'My Dad, the street performer and clown enthusiast!'
Prospit Dreamer/Derse Dreamer
Tier
Echeladder Rank It's up to the GM if the players know how high they are on their Echeladders, though I personally favor working with them before the game to come up with a list of thematically appropriate levels if you have time. This is a purely IC mechanic, though it's not unlikely that you'll end up gaining more Refresh as you climb your Echeladder - and therefore more stunts/powers.

Stunts:
Class/Element Powers See below for costs
Psychic (2 Refresh) This works a bit like the Minor Talent stunt from DFRPG by default; you pick one specific kind of psychic power, and may roll Dreaming to use it under stressful circumstances, though the GM could, if they wanted, open this stunt up a bit.
Psionic Resistance (2 Refresh) This means that you are specifically unable to be targeted by psionic (or other innate) powers of your own species effectively; you gain a +3 passive resistance bonus against all attempts to use them on you, but this cannot be waived or relaxed.
Awakened Dreamself (3 Refresh)

Skills:
Strife The catch-all combat skill: if it involves your Strife Specibus and Strife, this is probably what you use.
Crafting This is the skill used to make things, from .ATH computer viruses to beloved heirloom robo-bunnies to sparring brobots.
Vigor This is the skill used to resist physical harm due to environments, poison, and to perform STRONG maneuvers and similar feats.
Trolling This is the skill used to inflict social stress based on negative emotional interactions: insults, browbeating, the works. See: Karkat.
Auspistice This is the skill used to inflict social stress based on positive emotional interactions: meddling, fussing, being a palhoncho, the works.
Pulchritude This is the skill used to resist the blandishments of Auspistice and the threats of Trolling.
Dreaming This is the skill used to glean information from Skaia/the horrorterrors while dreaming, and to call on your Class/Element powers if the situation calls for a roll.
Imagination This is the skill used to recall information, resist psionic effects, and basically attempt to negate mental damage.
(Optional) Sylladex Management This is an optional skill, best used if wacky sylladex hijinks are a thing you want. I recommend starting out with this, then gradually phasing it out - and allowing the characters to reshuffle those skill points into something else.

Stress:
Physical (2+Vigor)
Mental (2+imagination)
Social (2+pulchritude)
Chronological (5) This Stress track is gained by participating in unstable time loops; every loop you open gives you 1 Chronological stress. Once this Stress Track is full, you enter a Beta Timeline and are doomed unless you can somehow either close a loop, or jump back to where you went wrong.

Consequences:
2 Mild (-2 Stress) (vanishes at end of fight)
2 Moderate (-4 Stress) (vanishes after a good nap)
2 Severe (-6 Stress) (vanishes after about a day)
1 Extreme (-8 Stress) (semi-permanent; must be deliberately healed)

Roll 4dF. Starting Refresh = 5. Starting Skill Points = 20. Skill structure works
like DFRPG:
If you have a skill at +5, you need at least one at +4, +3, +2, and +1. All skills start at +0 by default.

Class/Element Powers as follows:
Type of Action: Attack +1/Block +1/Maneuver +0/Movement +1 This is pretty straightforward: what does your power actually function as? A Maneuver, creating and placing an Aspect on the situation or a target, is the default, but for a small outlay of Refresh you can do something else with it instead.
Area of Effect: Single-Target +0/Zone +1/Multiple Zones +2 Again, simple: By default, most powers are meant to be one target at a time. However, it's worth noting that by purchasing a wider area of effect, you can still attempt to target just one individual (or one Zone) with your powers.
Duration: Shifts rolled in rounds +0/One scene +1/Until next refresh +2/Until effect removed +3
Deployed: Item-dependent +0/Item-based +1/Innate +2 The difference between item-dependent and item-based is that while an item-based power might, at GM's discretion, function more efficiently or effectively with an item, it will still function without it: for example, Rose's majiks are item-based, but as she discovers, they are not dependent on them. Whereas Dave's time travel powers are completely dependent, at least pre-god tier, on his turntables. An innate power requires nothing in the way of props: see John and the Windy Thing.

Alchemizing:
The player whose character is alchemizing can pick up to two Aspects
each item has, and create a new item with it - subject to GM approval
(i.e, if the GM feels that it is too powerful, they are free to rule
that the player lacks the appropriate amount/types of Grist.)

Awakened Dreamself (3 Refresh)
You're already awake on Derse or Prospit!
If on Prospit, you can roll Dreaming at any time that you are awake on the moon to Consult the Oracle Clouds: The GM reveals one useful Aspect from a future event. It is up to you to determine when that Aspect comes into play, though you may tag any appropriate situation with it once for free and declare that this was the situation you saw in your dream.
If you're on Derse, you can roll Dreaming at any time to Speak with the Horrorterrors: This functions largely as per above.

The Class/Element Powers thing is meant to be expensive at first, because how many of the original players/trolls had their powers prior to actually entering the Medium? Not many.

# ? Jan 30, 2012 22:07

NO LISTEN TO ME: Jan 3, 2009; 「プリスティンビート」
「Pristine Beat」

I'm planning on using this sheet that a friend of mine made for Homestuck. I don't know what system it's based off of, but there you go.

More clarification on classes and stuff here, though it isn't exactly going to be the player that chooses their class.

P.S Only got 1 or 2 more spots available, so get that poo poo in yo.

P.P.S Never mind, that one got plugged up quick. I'm e-mailing everyone back because I forgot to ask for AIM names so I can invite everyone to the Blast Group. Also I'm dumb.

NO LISTEN TO ME fucked around with this message at 22:17 on Jan 30, 2012

# ? Jan 30, 2012 22:12

Walliard: Dec 29, 2010; Oppan Windfall Style

On the subject of Homestuck itself (madness!) Day 1025 is this week. On Groundhog Day, no less.

Something tells me we're getting a Flash.

# ? Jan 30, 2012 22:15

Rohan Kishibe: Oct 29, 2011; Frankly, I don't like you
and I never have.

What the hell. I don't post on an internet forum to show off that I'm not a huge nerd

Quotetype posted:

Hopefully in the time it took to bullshit that email 6 people didn't decide to jump on that like a hawk.

Ditto! by the looks of the thread though I might have missed my place

Edit: Ah well, looks like I'm out. Probably for the best since I realise I forgot to write any of the cool stuff describing the Guardian in the actual email I sent. Stupid real life obligations. I wonder if anyone else in this thread has as many irons in the fire as me. I DOUBT IT

Rohan Kishibe fucked around with this message at 22:27 on Jan 30, 2012

# ? Jan 30, 2012 22:22

NO LISTEN TO ME: Jan 3, 2009; 「プリスティンビート」
「Pristine Beat」

Prison Warden posted:

What the hell. I don't post on an internet forum to show off that I'm not a huge nerd

Ditto! by the looks of the thread though I might have missed my place

Edit: Ah well, looks like I'm out. Stupid real life obligations. I wonder if anyone else in this thread has as many irons in the fire as me. I DOUBT IT

Well now you have one more because you're in anyway :v:

. I said 6-8 and you were the 7th so I'm cutting it off now.

Email me back with your AIM username!

# ? Jan 30, 2012 22:25

A Great Big Bee!: Mar 8, 2007; Grimey Drawer

This Sburb RP is neat and all but if I wake up tomorrow to find the Earth bombarded by meteors I'm blaming you guys.

# ? Jan 30, 2012 22:32

Ammat The Ankh: Sep 7, 2010; Now, attempt to defeat me!
And I shall become a living legend!

LOCUST FART HELL posted:

This Sburb RP is neat and all but if I wake up tomorrow to find the Earth bombarded by meteors I'm blaming you guys.

I may not have gotten into the game on time but I am willing to drink my own pee out of a hat to survive!

# ? Jan 30, 2012 22:34

KoB: May 1, 2009

Walliard posted:

On the subject of Homestuck itself (madness!) Day 1025 is this week. On Groundhog Day, no less.

Something tells me we're getting a Flash.

He said he was taking a few days off to finish those drawings hes been doing.

# ? Jan 30, 2012 22:38

NO LISTEN TO ME: Jan 3, 2009; 「プリスティンビート」
「Pristine Beat」

Efb: that's what I get for not jumping on the low hanging fruit right away!

LOCUST FART HELL posted:

This Sburb RP is neat and all but if I wake up tomorrow to find the Earth bombarded by meteors I'm blaming you guys.

Stock up on fedoras.

# ? Jan 30, 2012 22:39

loquacius: Oct 21, 2008

I didn't have time for another PbP game anyway, but if this turns out well please post the game transcripts somewhere 'cause it sounds really fun!

# ? Jan 30, 2012 22:39

Bobulus: Jan 28, 2007

NO LISTEN TO ME posted:

Well now you have one more because you're in anyway . I said 6-8 and you were the 7th so I'm cutting it off now.

Email me back with your AIM username!

If you have too many applicants, clearly you should start a second, troll-like team of players and then pit them against each other.

# ? Jan 30, 2012 22:41

firestruck: Dec 28, 2010; nullify me

loquacius posted:

I didn't have time for another PbP game anyway, but if this turns out well please post the game transcripts somewhere 'cause it sounds really fun!

Put them in a hard drive somewhere out in the middle of paradox space.

# ? Jan 30, 2012 22:42

FewtureMD: Dec 19, 2010; I am very powerful, of course.

drat, missed the window because I was in class. Oh well, I look forward to reading the transcripts!

# ? Jan 30, 2012 22:43

NO LISTEN TO ME: Jan 3, 2009; 「プリスティンビート」
「Pristine Beat」

If transcripts become a thing I don't know where to post them because I don't really want to poo poo this thread up any further. Maybe an MSPAF thread? But then again, that's... MSPAF.

Conflictions!

Edit: Also I sent invites to everyone I got the AIM name of, but who knows if they went through. If you don't see anything just email me back or whatever.

# ? Jan 30, 2012 22:47

Lady of the Beech: Dec 16, 2011; I clearly just want to be a good friend and bring all my AMAZING FRIENDLINESS to bear on your problems.

Just in case you guys care

- for prototyping and that poo poo, most of the players in my game were prototyping books, including myself. At least three went in there: I remember Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Pride and Prejudice, and Ender's Game. In the future, in order to get the prototyping to be more difficult and crafty, I'd make prototyping something like a book add the qualities of the book itself rather than the qualities of the people in the book. So maybe instead of getting Elizabeth Bennet's dress and Darcy's hat, they'd get the glossy cover of the book for a face or something.

# ? Jan 30, 2012 22:49

Transient People: Dec 22, 2011; "When a man thinketh on anything whatsoever, his next thought after is not altogether so casual as it seems to be. Not every thought to every thought succeeds indifferently."
- Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan

Lady of the Beech posted:

Just in case you guys care

- for prototyping and that poo poo, most of the players in my game were prototyping books, including myself. At least three went in there: I remember Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Pride and Prejudice, and Ender's Game. In the future, in order to get the prototyping to be more difficult and crafty, I'd make prototyping something like a book add the qualities of the book itself rather than the qualities of the people in the book. So maybe instead of getting Elizabeth Bennet's dress and Darcy's hat, they'd get the glossy cover of the book for a face or something.

...Ender underlings. :psypop:

That's one way to end up completely hosed over by the Imps, for sure.

# ? Jan 30, 2012 22:56

Lady of the Beech: Dec 16, 2011; I clearly just want to be a good friend and bring all my AMAZING FRIENDLINESS to bear on your problems.

Transient People posted:

...Ender underlings.

That's one way to end up completely hosed over by the Imps, for sure.

I'm pretty sure the book was Ender's Game. Unlike P&P and Hitchhiker's Guide I did not know anything about that book though.

I don't remember having too much trouble with the imps. They did have a tough shell though.

# ? Jan 30, 2012 22:58

Well Manicured Man: Aug 21, 2010; Well Manicured Mort

Lady of the Beech posted:

Just in case you guys care

- for prototyping and that poo poo, most of the players in my game were prototyping books, including myself. At least three went in there: I remember Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Pride and Prejudice, and Ender's Game. In the future, in order to get the prototyping to be more difficult and crafty, I'd make prototyping something like a book add the qualities of the book itself rather than the qualities of the people in the book. So maybe instead of getting Elizabeth Bennet's dress and Darcy's hat, they'd get the glossy cover of the book for a face or something.

But then I wouldn't be able to turn the imps into Xenomorphs by first-tier prototyping with an Aliens DVD :unsmigghh:

# ? Jan 30, 2012 22:59

NO LISTEN TO ME: Jan 3, 2009; 「プリスティンビート」
「Pristine Beat」

Some things prototyped in my game were:

-A gary gygax blanket
-Ninja Gaiden on NES
-A shirt from some useless redshirt from some tv show.

The imps were interesting.

# ? Jan 30, 2012 22:59

Lady of the Beech: Dec 16, 2011; I clearly just want to be a good friend and bring all my AMAZING FRIENDLINESS to bear on your problems.

In my game were prototyped a hipster (one of the players connected in a mcdonalds and since there was a hipster sitting nearby he threw him in), some monster one of the players drew, the books I mentioned, an ipod, and some other stuff. The result was a rather... creative looking Jack Noir.

For their kernelsprites, most people did not throw in thing they had an emotional connection with, including me. In retrospect that was dumb and against the spirit of the game since kernelsprites are supposed to be drawn to the doomed and/or deceased with very rare exceptions. One player prototyped their actual dog who died in the RP, so that was in spirit.

Lady of the Beech fucked around with this message at 23:06 on Jan 30, 2012

# ? Jan 30, 2012 23:02

NO LISTEN TO ME: Jan 3, 2009; 「プリスティンビート」
「Pristine Beat」

Lady of the Beech posted:

In my game were prototyped a hipster (one of the players connected in a mcdonalds and since there was a hipster sitting nearby he threw him in), some monster one of the players drew, the books I mentioned, an ipod, and some other stuff. The result was a rather... creative looking Jack Noir.

This implies Jack got the ring.

Man you guys suck at Sburb.

# ? Jan 30, 2012 23:06

SexyBrianPuppet: Oct 5, 2010; remember, you are talking to the pranking MASTER.

You should have let Courtyard Droll get the ring instead.

# ? Jan 30, 2012 23:07

Lady of the Beech: Dec 16, 2011; I clearly just want to be a good friend and bring all my AMAZING FRIENDLINESS to bear on your problems.

NO LISTEN TO ME posted:

This implies Jack got the ring.

Man you guys suck at Sburb.

Yeah, he got the ring. I don't remember how that came about, but I do remember one of the players was crazy and mutinous and ended up being in cahoots with Jack. He probably helped him get the ring.

There was a Prospitian counterpart to Jack Noir called Jane [surname i don't remember], who took the white queen's ring after she refused to use it in retaliation to the attacks on Prospit.

We did this RP way before PM got the white queen's ring in homestuck.

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Thundarr: Dec 24, 2002

NO LISTEN TO ME posted:

Some things prototyped in my game were:

-A gary gygax blanket
-Ninja Gaiden on NES
-A shirt from some useless redshirt from some tv show.

The imps were interesting.

They have to roll d% at the start of every fight to determine which special weapon they have, but by the time that's done they're already dead? :v:

# ? Jan 30, 2012 23:10

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