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What Would theRPGsite's own RPG be Like?

Started by RPGPundit, May 29, 2017, 04:14:54 AM

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May 29, 2017, 04:14:54 AM
So I've heard that ENworld is in the business of making their own RPGs these days, which I find funny, especially since I've otherwise heard zero buzz about them.

It got me thinking: what would theRPGsite's own RPG be like, if we were to make one? What would it look like? What would its system be? What would its setting be?
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May 29, 2017, 04:17:10 AM
Extremely violent, with 5e death saves so everyone can yo-yo from being downed in melee.
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#2
May 29, 2017, 04:37:25 AM
System: D&D with BRP-style skills and hit locations. So, in essence, Palladium.

Setting: Planetary Romance Pulp Fantasy in a Hard SciFi Universe.

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#3
May 29, 2017, 05:05:54 AM
Isn't Lords of Olympus and Dark Albion largely patronised by this site?

Anyway, I think it's likely to be an OSR type game otherwise.
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#4
May 29, 2017, 06:06:55 AM
Im sorry. To do the RPGsite justice Pundit would have to make a Swine game.

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#5
May 29, 2017, 11:00:18 AM
I don't know but I imagine that at least 50% of the book would be designer's notes lambasting other games and what they do wrong. :D

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#6
May 29, 2017, 06:31:37 PM
I'm guessing something built on a B/X-BECMI clone though I couldn't really say. I'll make a map for it, though. :)
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#7
May 29, 2017, 06:41:11 PM
Based upon the fan-base here, I'd guess some sort of OSR where you quest against the evil Social Justice Warriors which are a scourge upon the land.

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#8
May 29, 2017, 06:49:58 PM
A B/X game where the party is constantly arguing and shanking each other.

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#9
May 29, 2017, 06:50:25 PM
It would definitely be an OSR game and I would love to contribute if this were to become a reality.
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#10
May 29, 2017, 07:45:37 PM
Definitely a conventional old school RPG. I would lean heavy toward BECMI D&D influenced.

There just wouldn't be any storygame style mechanics. Given how the attitude about them has been expressed here.

However. What would I expect to come out of this site? Something that innovates on the old school formula. Something that shows the old school isn't old. That the theories behind it are every bit as viable as ever.
 

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#11
May 29, 2017, 08:15:46 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;965021So I've heard that ENworld is in the business of making their own RPGs these days, which I find funny, especially since I've otherwise heard zero buzz about them.

It got me thinking: what would theRPGsite's own RPG be like, if we were to make one? What would it look like? What would its system be? What would its setting be?

It would probably share one feature of Exalted, namely that no matter what it is, half the player base would consider it has taken the wrong way;).
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#12
May 29, 2017, 08:32:56 PM
Like Diplomacy, the negotiation rules would say "Any player can say whatever they like.  A player does not have to keep promises."

Unlike Diplomacy, it would conclude with "If you can't deal with this, boo fucking hoo."
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#13
May 29, 2017, 09:08:10 PM
"The League of Extraordinary Assholes":-)
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#14
May 29, 2017, 09:55:49 PM
Having purchased and read WOIN from EN publishing, I'm afraid all the suggestions so far (bar the "kind of like Palladium" one) hardly compare to the effort. WOIN is actually a savvy game with some cool ideas within. At this rate, we would have a ways to go to compete with that. Also, since there is already so much OSR stuff, I think theRPGsite offering would be better as a giant sandbox with contributions from the various forum-goers. Lots of tools and ideas you can pilfer for your own game - kind of thing.
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