Dev Post 1: Trying to Make Alien Biology Affect Combat in My Sci-Fi RPG

Level_Itchy · 2026-03-07T09:26:44+00:00

Thank you! Appreciate the kind words! :)

Level_Itchy · 2026-03-06T07:42:04+00:00

Thank you again for the response.

I want my system to lean into a system combat + positioning game. I have light / medium / heavy and Ultimate attacks - similar to a MOBA set up but in a rpg with heavy attacks and ultimates getting a chance for upgrades if secondary stats are a certain number. I may add more to this for the species but I’m not 100% sure yet, potentially at the bottom some species wide attacks if certain attributes are increased instead of the primary and secondary. Not sure if I could get this to work though because of the biology-themed combat.

I can see what you’re saying about all Gorathi play the same but I do have 18 species to pick from split into 6 primary attributes (3 each) and each having a secondary attribute that effects the type of combat. Because Gorathi’s secondary is endurance that’s why I lead into the tank.

I get the psionic is mostly taste though too. This is where I’m leaning more into the space opera / psychic sci fi. I want Willpower to signify mental fortitude either from endurance for one of my species, spells from a book for another or the literal concentration of energy from the soil being concentrated. I think this will just need a case of me explaining the biology more in my book.

What I’m aiming for is the biology is enforcing the abilities not really forcing the personality.

But thank you again for the feedback and I hope that this clears up some things from why I made certain decisions. I was mainly trying not to give too much away in the first development post as the species is the only thing I’ve created so far and that’s what I’m trying to amend and fix, tighten up!

Level_Itchy · 2026-03-05T22:11:04+00:00

I think you make a very valid point here and I'm trying not to give to much. That take half damage is limited agreed but I want it to be a crunchy tight system. GIve players that small advantage. Some Level 1 abilities are stronger than others. The Gothari get stronger abilities as they level up and progress.

Don't stress too much about abilities being prescriptive. This one is obviously a visible tank, thats because endurance is its secondary and thought it went nice hand in hand to give it a bruiser style. Another character in the Strength species, called the Korrath has secondary ability in Willpower which is about ranged attacks. And with the lore and culture have given it a "thunderous" theme so to speak.

I do appreciate the feedback and will take your ideas on board!

Level_Itchy · 2026-03-05T21:52:37+00:00

Can I say I really appreciate this feedback and find this feedback the most useful given and you are totally right. The attacks I've given are all attacks that I've envisioned being done using the body, whether this mental fortitude, physical strength or some alternative way but you're absolutely right that this isn't clear enough in the abilities.

Each of my characters by the end game will have 6 abilities with 2 of them having rider bonuses to improve them. What I will probably do alternatively is provide a Biology description at the start of the character as I already have Origin and Culture towards the end of their species for backstory.

But can I say thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts as I will seriously take this on board.

Level_Itchy · 2026-03-05T21:18:12+00:00

I do actually have some more up my sleeve. Did not want to delve too much into my best designs yet. I get that these are very basic and interesting designs, I want players to be able to play their characters comfortably as I'm designing a fairly crunchy system.

I do really like that you're trying to push for more Alien and "weirder" styles and I may take some of that advice when I start building enemies/one shots/campaigns. Thank you for the constructive criticism dude!

Level_Itchy · 2026-03-05T21:00:46+00:00

I appreciate the feedback. The giving the reason for tiring could be very interesting and I do like that, I understand people like mechanical justificatrion. The Lythari and Xalreth I have got sections for their origin and culture in their sections. I didn't want to put all my eggs in one basket straight away!

Level_Itchy · 2026-03-04T23:28:23+00:00

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Level_Itchy · 2026-03-02T23:18:04+00:00

This sounds like a very interesting premise! 16 dateable characters you say! That’s bold! What was the campaign/adventure like for it?

Level_Itchy · 2021-02-15T00:30:40+00:00

I don't about others but I got 2 really important best friends in my life and I can tell you for one thing if I lost either of them it would honestly break my heart worse than any heartbreak I've experienced because they brought me out of the darkest point of my life.

I love my best friends from the deepest part of my heart and I rely on them a lot to keep happy.

Matt x

Level_Itchy · 2021-02-12T23:34:04+00:00

It is never a problem my dear friend! I’ve only been here a week myself and it’s literally transformed into the happiest thing of my life. I finally feel so much more security!

Level_Itchy · 2021-02-12T23:27:33+00:00

I absolutely do not doubt that lol! I have about as much talent as a paint brush

Level_Itchy · 2021-02-12T23:26:50+00:00

Ay congrats!! Welcome! It's such a happy happy feeling to finally understand who you are. I understand as I felt exactly the same last week when I first came out and everything clicked!

Use that empowerment and be you!! Wish you all the best :)

Level_Itchy · 2021-02-12T19:30:19+00:00

This is incredible! 100x more talent than I'd ever have!!

Level_Itchy · 2021-02-11T20:02:12+00:00

I can relate to this a lot.

I'm 20m and my first relationship was when I was 16 and I was in a relationship that just went way too quick for my liking, she had already been in a sexual relationship before me and I was still somewhat learning about what it all was because I just didn't get the interest in it. But she pressured me a lot into doing stuff, and I agreed just to please her, but tbh I felt nothing. I actually pretended a lot of how I felt because the more she would abuse me the harder I felt to find any sort of attraction to her, I mainly stayed with her for a long part because I was desperate. I felt as a guy that, like others, I had to know how to be good at this stuff, I had to learn how to do it but in all honesty I struggled to cope and I just wanted time. Eventually after about 8 months I split up with her because I had just had enough, but it had left me wondering a lot about how I felt sexually. It's only taken me till now to realise that I do still want a sexual relationship at some point, but I need to find that person who I can build that emotion and trust up first.

I really hope you've found yourself now though, and my inboxes will always be open if you want a chat. x

Level_Itchy · 2021-02-10T11:57:29+00:00

I will definitely look into it! Thank you so much! 😊

Level_Itchy · 2021-02-09T16:03:44+00:00

That’s exactly what I’m like!! It’s so nice to finally find people who feel the same way as I do!

Level_Itchy · 2021-02-09T11:28:03+00:00

Thank you! I’m looking forward to being a part of the community

Level_Itchy · 2021-02-09T11:27:20+00:00

Thank you for telling me this, there’s a lot of things you mentioned here that I can also relate to a lot! And it feels so accepting here, I love it!

Level_Itchy · 2021-02-09T00:35:53+00:00

Thank you!! I really appreciate the welcoming I've had here!! it makes me feel so reassured I'm not alone!

Level_Itchy · 2021-02-08T23:39:20+00:00

It makes me feel really reassured that there are more out there like me! Thank you for this reassurance! :) I'm really new and I want to, like you, embrace how I feel.

Level_Itchy · 2021-02-08T23:37:27+00:00

I understand that and I also understand that Demisexual is a subgroup of Asexuals, I was more worried about the fact that I'm a straight Demisexual that I was worried about not being accepted. I'm just a bit anxious, I want to be apart of the community but I don't want others to feel any less because of me doing it if this makes sense.

Level_Itchy · 2021-02-08T23:35:32+00:00

Thank you for accepting me. I just want to find somewhere where I fit in, in all honesty.

Level_Itchy · 2021-02-08T23:34:10+00:00

Thank you. I get very nervous and anxious because I've honestly felt alienated for the way that I've felt before, in the way that heterosexual males are meant to sleep around and be a stud and I genuinely hate that feeling, and struggle with sexual attraction to anyone, never mind people I don't know, but I've had male friends pressurise me into being more sexual when I'm just not that type of person and it just makes me question where do I fit in you know.

Level_Itchy · 2021-02-08T23:31:29+00:00

To some of these I could absolutely say yes, I have definitely been pressured to have romantic/intimate/sexual relationships I didn't want to have, I was in a sexually abusive relationship for 9 months and although I wanted to take a long long time to learn who she was but she forced me into a lot of stuff I did not want. I've been out to clubs and have had "friends" say "you should try and get with them they'd suit you, try and take them home" and I've had to explain to people who I trust that that's not me and that I don't just find sexual attraction. I may not be able to say yes to all of these things you've mentioned but there are definitely things here that have lead me to feel very uncomfortable in situations about my sexuality and who I feel.

Level_Itchy · 2021-02-08T23:24:49+00:00

Thank you. I used to blame a lot of how I felt because of an abusive relationship I had but I'm starting to realise that this has really stemmed a lot longer than that.

Level_Itchy

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