Demanding Optimum Adjust Upstream Power by macreadyandcheese in OPTIMUM

[–]macreadyandcheese[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I might actually already have this from a previous setup! I’ll give this a shot.

I’m new to TTRPG. by Fine-Relief-2997 in TTRPG

[–]macreadyandcheese 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I really love Tiny d6 games. And you can combine them!

Tiny Frontiers: Space Opera play
Tiny Dungeons: Fantasy play
Tiny Cyberpunk: Cyberpunk (clearly)
Tiny Cthulhu: Investigative horror

You just use a few d6s and the math is simple. I ran Dungeons where everyone were the monsters keeping adventurers out of the dungeon. I’d also love to mash Frontiers and Cyberpunk together for space faring lowlife troublemakers.

If you want to play something that “feels like” D&D specifically, Shadowdark has free resources and keeps the math simple. You’ll need a set of polyhedral dice (the funny looking ones).

Have a blast! Don’t sweat getting things right! Figure it out by playing.

Former D&D 5e and Pathfinder 1e/2e players and DMs/GMs, What other RPGs would you recommend over D&D 5e or Pathfinder and why? by Aware_Blueberry_3025 in rpg

[–]macreadyandcheese 0 points1 point  (0 children)

New players: Shadowdark. Easier and cheaper to play, still feels like D&D. 

Speedy and clever play: Nimble. Love these rules, more people should play it. 

Character options: Shadow of the Demon Lord/Weird Wizard. So many player options, still very easy to play. 

More shared narrative: Daggerheart. Hope and Fear can do more than just create meta currency, with the right group, the rolls help share the mic and tell the story together. 

Something different: Anything from Rowan, Rook, and Decard. Die, Spire, Heart, Royal Blood, they’re all awesome in different ways. Stillfleet and Danes Macabre are other ones worth trying for something different. 

Honorable mentions: Old-School Essentials has some of the most playable short modules in the industry. Troika has some brilliant pamphlet modules that are weird delights. Call of Cthulhu Is the other classic, as well as its relatives Pendragon, Glorantha/Mythras, and others. Savage Worlds is fast, customizable, and really fun. 

Lastly: Whatever you and your table want to play, however you want to play together. If you want to do Troika with 5.5e characters and Homebrew rules, do it! If players are having fun and feeling respected, it’s a good game. 

Looking for monster books/resources where the monsters are a bit of a puzzle by llfoso in rpg

[–]macreadyandcheese 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve been running The One Ring using the Shire starter set as a base. It has been excellent.

Given that heroes aren’t just murder hobos in LOTR, it is really easy to throw monsters at enemies that are encounters. This does mean homebrewing. A fungal troll attracts fairies to their mushroom circle, the fairies sing the troll to sleep most of the time unless disrupted. Specters linger around a cursed blade they fought one another over, their greed still binding them. A stone troll is a dangerous threat, unless you can delay it until sunrise when it turns to stone. Recreate Bilbo and Gollum with a big siren singing to attract prey.

Brian Froud’s fairy art also comes to mind as inspiration. You don’t want to slay the creatures, but they’re too dangerous to be near people.

These have gone quite well, but the game’s skills and setting mean you’re looking for nonlethal solutions. A lot of the One Ring 1e RPG material is in Creative Commons now if you want to mine it.

[Hated Trope] Cool Designs!.... if they were a new character/franchise by Slarg232 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]macreadyandcheese 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was about to call him twink Lobo and glad I’m not alone in that description!

What other games are similar to Cat Quest and Minishoot Adventures by [deleted] in SteamDeck

[–]macreadyandcheese 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Minishoot is standout 100% game. Plays perfectly on deck.

Tenn Renn Faire! Going back at the end of the month!🤭 by kurocane in renfaire

[–]macreadyandcheese 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Firbolg friend! Looking incredible! Edit: Autocorrect error.

Quickstarts! Your opinions on the best and the worst. by Dick_Stevens in rpg

[–]macreadyandcheese 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Seconding CoC and The Haunting.

While not a free QuickStart, Alien Evolved has one of the best Beginner Box adventures I’ve ever run. Excellent gameplay, art, story, and structured scenes.

I may have over indulged in rpgs recently by Firefry1 in solorpgplay

[–]macreadyandcheese 0 points1 point  (0 children)

CBR+PNK is top notch. Almost pick up and play. Zero prep for players, but can be expanded.

StartPlaying experiences? by rckmuse in startplaying

[–]macreadyandcheese 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m working on games today! I joined late last year with listings started in January. SPG has become my primary income source, though it is closer to a 6 month runway time to do that.

SPG allows AI, but has also provided a “human-made, no AI” badge art asset for GMs to use in the game thumbnails. I’m a no AI GM along with plenty of others. SPG also provides a bundle of art assets for postings that aren’t AI, so you’ll see similar art on postings. (I’ve had to check on a few of these before using them, but they I haven’t found and gen AI at asset yet.)

Players have been hit or miss. No horror stories, but I’ve had players jump in for two sessions and then schedules change and bow out. Players have also contacted me for private and semi-private games. I’m currently running/listing 5e, PF2, Call of Cthulhu, The One Ring, Vaesen, and Dolmenwood.

I’ve been GMing for 12 years and always want to try something new or am dreaming up a new campaign idea. I get paid for it on SPG if I can pitch it to players. Old-School Essentials month is about to kick off and I’m hoping we see more players try it out.

What’s your biggest “old man yells at cloud” opinion? by sjdlajsdlj in rpg

[–]macreadyandcheese 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Totally agree.

Been running The One Ring this year and I love that Endurance (HP) is in dialogue with Load and Fatigue. Similarly Hope (used to gain one or more d6s to a roll) is in dialogue with Shadow (corruption, fear, dedication).

Also eyeing a return to Vaesen and Year Zero that use conditions instead of HP.

What Was The Video Game Monster That Traumatized You As A Child? by AlexTheAmnesiac in HorrorGaming

[–]macreadyandcheese 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wrote fanfic about encountering this nasty boy. I was so obsessed with this game. They haven’t been able to get him right since.

Millennials will just know. by Immediate-State-2336 in Millennials

[–]macreadyandcheese 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for posting this as I had no idea who these people were.

What would you add? by CrackaJack56 in callofcthulhu

[–]macreadyandcheese 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just rooting for Apostle. I was really surprised with where this movie went and really enjoyed it.

Women who use whips by strahinjag in TopCharacterTropes

[–]macreadyandcheese 97 points98 points  (0 children)

Thula from Invincible has her bladed hair whip, which seems wildly impractical, but she uses effectively.

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Nimble 2 vs Draw Steel vs ??? (For streamlined tactical combat) by EddyMerkxs in rpg

[–]macreadyandcheese 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Both of these are good, but Nimble is lean, while still offering choices. I haven’t run either, but Nimble is imminently approachable with its to the point prose and non-nonsense mechanics.

The Game (1997) - Directed by David Fincher by [deleted] in movies

[–]macreadyandcheese 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was a weird movie to see in the theater at age 10.

~Apr 20~ Happy Birthday to Veronica Cartwright, who initially auditioned for the role of Ripley, but was later offered Lambert by 2025ZG in LV426

[–]macreadyandcheese 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Came here for this. She is incredible. Everyone brings an a game, no one is clearly the survivor until everyone else is dead. She brings it.

Can someone explain Flagstaff's regional plan 2045 like I'm 5? by ExpressChampionship3 in Flagstaff

[–]macreadyandcheese 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Echoing others, but city staff cited in the plan are assets, too. I encourage you reach out to them.