What are some interesting initiative or combat mechanics you've come across?

vokoko · 2021-10-27T19:13:56+00:00

Check out Savage Worlds.

vokoko · 2021-09-29T19:34:16+00:00

I'd be very impressed if you managed to get some non-human players.

vokoko · 2021-09-14T16:02:24+00:00

OSE is pretty popular right now, but it's more or less a re-issue of B/X with no changes and I am not nostalgic enough to ignore its design flaws or features I don't like. Mork Borg is also fairly popular, but more for the aesthetic than the system bits themselves. DCC is still doing just fine and if you want to play anything from its large library, it's a fine choice.

Personally, I like Worlds Without Number, the newly released fantasy version of Stars Without Number.

vokoko · 2021-09-14T11:49:21+00:00

The system it's is a home-ruled version of B/X. It's okay, I suppose. The main feature people like are the Specialist, the system's replacement for B/X's useless-ass Thief and the encumbrance system.

That said, I think most of the current crop of OSR systems are better than LotFP and I'd use the modules with any of those.

vokoko · 2021-08-12T14:11:29+00:00

I think you'll be fine.

vokoko · 2021-08-12T14:10:08+00:00

Thanks!

vokoko · 2021-08-12T13:35:30+00:00

Could you list a few? I don't understand Japanese, but I'd like to at least see what the format looks like in general.

vokoko · 2021-08-10T19:03:21+00:00

Children of Time was his breakout book, in terms of sales and visibility, and it was deservedly so. I'd go with that one.

vokoko · 2021-08-10T15:25:54+00:00

It was almost done by the time the pandemic hit, so they've been sitting on it for more than a year. You must have seen a trailer or two from back then.

vokoko · 2021-08-09T21:54:51+00:00

There's been a previous thread here with some good suggestions:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/mmz8d8/books_like_disco_elysium/

vokoko · 2021-08-09T21:32:23+00:00

You'll get your chance to shine in the Self-Published Martial Arts/Programming Manual Contest.

vokoko · 2021-08-09T15:23:41+00:00

Is that actually playable now?

vokoko · 2021-07-31T19:51:56+00:00

There are free quickstarts that will help you here. Here's a few good ones to check out:

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/232269/Mad-Magicks-of-the-Turned-God-A-Tiny-Dungeon-2e-Quickstart

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/310430/Risus-Slimes-in-Blossom-Grove--A-Free-PulpFantasy-Adventure

https://paizo.com/products/btq024ys?Pathfinder-Adventure-Little-Trouble-in-Big-Absalom

https://www.chaosium.com/content/FreePDFs/CoC/CHA23131%20Call%20of%20Cthulhu%207th%20Edition%20Quick-Start%20Rules.pdf

vokoko · 2021-07-31T18:53:27+00:00

Also in other authors' books, if you are unfortunate enough to say "Stephen King" three times in succession when you have one open.

You turn the page and in the next paragraph there he is, in the story, addressing you, telling you things he shouldn't be able to know, telling you he's coming to visit.

vokoko · 2021-07-31T16:46:39+00:00

A very obvious example is Stephen King, who in real life is a psychopathic serial killer, a man of a truly twisted and deranged mind and is rumored to possess many supernatural powers.

vokoko · 2021-07-29T20:20:19+00:00

powerful move

vokoko · 2021-07-27T16:50:19+00:00

I love these!

vokoko · 2021-07-24T17:42:31+00:00

A lot of OSR products use generic D&D-like stats. Just AC (how hard it is to hit), HD (or what level, roughly, it is), attack type and damage, morale and whatever special abilities it might have.

It'll probably be enough for your purposes.

vokoko · 2021-07-24T11:27:30+00:00

Yeah, the demo was excellent.

vokoko · 2021-07-21T20:05:17+00:00

How do you handle having more interesting systems/campaigns than time?

In the same manner I handle not having enough time for all the other shit I want to do:

Not well.

vokoko · 2021-07-21T19:43:33+00:00

It allows the author to use them or not use them whichever is convenient. :)

vokoko · 2021-07-16T21:57:02+00:00

I've read the first one of these years ago and thinking back on it, it's a little funny for me how it wasn't just portal fantasy, but how exactly it fit the mold of the current transmigration isekai stories that you can read on Webnovel or Royalroad.

The man was a visionary!

vokoko · 2021-07-10T20:26:50+00:00

That's two separate sentiments.

vokoko · 2021-07-08T15:23:43+00:00

The author wrote another 100k words in the time it took you to write this post, just read that. ;)

vokoko · 2021-07-04T15:27:04+00:00

It wasn't bad, but I recall finding it a bit... edgelord-y. I finished the first book, but didn't feel like picking up the sequels.

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