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TTRPG writer/editor Rolemaster Unified line editor for Iron Crown Enterprises. https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/publisher/461/iron-crown-enterprises/category/56292/rolemaster-unified LARP enthusiast, especially Mythical Journeys in CT, US. Keeper of koi.
* Stat mods go to +/-15, so that's equivalent to +3/-3 in a d20 system.
Or, just use point buy. There's no penalty for that.
The GM can tweak all the thresholds (the minimum reroll, the average stat for replacements) to change the power level of the campaign.
For comparison, in Rolemaster Unified:
* For each stat, roll three d100. (Reroll 20 or less.) The middle is your stat, the highest is your potential. (Increase stats towards your potential every level.)
* You get a couple tweaks. Boost any stat to average, or the high stat to 90, etc.
We had a basement but I don't remember gaming there.
These days, though, we play in my friend's basement. The walls are lined with an epic collection of miniatures and gaming books, there's a screen mounted to one wall, a big table, and separation from his kids upstairs (usually).
Kickstarter doesn't require you to refund money you don't have, so it's a perfect opportunity to ensure that everyone involved comes out angry and/or depressed.
If you have too much imposter syndrome to say you are worth that much, take it as a roleplaying exercise to keep a straight face while you name your price.
It's still nothing compared to what I used to charge for one single day of technical training.
Rising Tide discord.gg/WjUHcGHcTQ has an area for portfolios of TTRPG writers (also areas for editors, art, etc.). Might be a good resource. @risingtide.bsky.social
I'm available for freelance writing but I have not been at the narrative end of the TTRPG spectrum. Plenty of worldbuilding though.
Word is perfectly good for writing. I wouldn't recommend doing layout in it for anything larger than a small zine though.
In our LARP, a player wrote a journal of his character's father, a real mad scientist type. I made an aged copy and it has come in and out of game multiple times. People stole it, blackmail used to recover it, etc. Everyone who gets it reads it obsessively.
A screenshot from itch.io dashboard showing views over the past two weeks. It jumps from around 30 per day on average to 80+ per day in the last two days.
I cannot stress enough how important it is that you recommend indie TTRPGs you like online. Someone on Reddit asked for a game rec, only like 3 out of 20 people said my game, but it made for a massive wave of visits to the Itch page. Word of mouth is real.
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Hi everyone!
I'm looking for a #ttrpg actual play group to run an introductory scenario for my game, Undead Paradise.
Following the zombie apocalypse, the undead have reawakened with their memories and identities restored. Equipped with this new freedom, the zombies now explore the wastelands.
Pile of snow vaguely implied to have a waterfall underneath, with a picket fence and trees in the background.
Waterfall capped with and surrounded by snow, with one of several decorative stone tiles knocked askew by now-melted ice.
I can finally see my waterfall again! I think you can tell which picture is before and which is after. Maybe I can get a fish picture soon.
We went for a hike yesterday. It was sunny, warm, and a total slog through snow and slush. My shoes are still wet.
I haven't seen any issues. On the other hand, I find I constantly have to close Edge (which I use for different sites) because it's slowing the system down too much.
I did just now turn off the AI features in FF, since that's all useless at best.
Is there an InDesign setting that encourages ghosts to take root? Asking for a friend.
From a 1980s paper route to coding the future of roleplaying games. Lead developer Bob Morris is bringing Iron Crown Enterprises into a new era by automating High Adventure Roleplaying for Foundry and Roll20. Read the investigation into how the Chartmaster is going digital.
We (not actually me) use InDesign, since that's what the designers know.
From doing copy editing, I have the sense that InDesign is not really that great, just well established. But I haven't seen people say they love how wonderful Affinity is either, only that it works.
Which is not to denigrate either. Professional doesn't necessarily mean quality, hobby doesn't necessarily mean inferior. But the relationship (and probably time commitment) is different if it's not a job.
Once you start making money, then it slips into a gray scale, there's no clean threshold.
I'll go out on a limb and say "no." Putting stuff on the internet, definitely not, there's plenty of hobby stuff and just general chitchat that falls far short of "professional." If you monetize it but it's basically just paying its costs, it's an advanced hobby, not professional.
Or perhaps the PCs simply shouldn't actually recover that fast, and figuring out how to progress with a broken arm will increase the tension for the next scene, and give different characters more shine time as they are forced to fill in.
That sounds pretty clearly like a violation of the right of publicity. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persona...
That's state level law but in my non-expert opinion there is room for a suit. You might need to show damages (could be loss of business).
I used Roll20 because it seemed the easiest if all you want to use it for is maps and dice. I have a separate home-brew tool for rules automation.
At this point we have full integrations of RMU on both Roll20 and Foundry, but my group is back to the tabletop so we haven't adopted them.
That's my favorite part of Mythos work. I'm amazed it was co-written by a 17-year-old.
When we reach the end and start going in reverse, it will just be a big MOOD.
Unable to disagree? That does not resemble any group I have ever played with!
I do discourage PvP at the tabletop, but arguments, debate, disagreements, and differing values are all part of roleplay. And so are group decision-making, persuasion, and seeking consensus.
The interested industry should be supporting research in their field! Most of the industry, of course, has no money, but it seems to me that Hasbro could endow some chairs for the study of gaming or play.
And dice don't have to render the RP irrelevant. You can give a good argument a bonus, or a poor one a penalty. Something that touches on the target's personal priorities or issues might carry more weight too. But dice leave a chance for the unpredictable and value the character's abilities, too.
I think that's also true of fantasy literature. The theme of alienness is not really a focus of fantasy settings, unless you inject a Lovecraftian horror into it.
So, plenty of options. Fantasy, on the other hand, is overwhelmingly humanoid (occasionally plus tails), with a few centauroids and griffins (e.g., HARP's Cyradon).
I always liked Traveller's Hivers (basically starfish-like) and K'kree (vaguely centauroid) for just that reason.
Spacemaster had clouds of ionized plasma (Avatars), sentient toadstools with mobile carnivorous spores (Devi), 8-limbed lizards with hammer-shaped heads (Inheritors), etc.
Fun!
If you aren't familiar with www.deviantart.com/ashpwright you might enjoy how they subvert comic and narrative design.
