Best RPG Rule?

RPGPundit · January 03, 2007, 09:42:48 AM

Also, "let it roll" is a fucking stupid idea. The GM should be entitled to make you roll as many fucking times as he pleases.

If you want good rules: character generation in Traveller is one I definitely agree with. Absolutely brilliant.

The magic system for WFRP, as well as the intoxication tables and the rules for curealls and other snakeoil medicines.

The rules for Mythos books in CoC. The Bureaucracy Trap from Dynasties & Demagogues, the magic system in Midnight.

All of Amber.

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Wil · January 03, 2007, 09:49:21 AM

Quote from: RPGPunditAlso, "let it roll" is a fucking stupid idea. The GM should be entitled to make you roll as many fucking times as he pleases.

I dunno, makes sense to me and I am the GM. Hell, all it does is codify something that I've done for years anyway - all the rule says is that you don't need to reroll unless the conditions that you rolled under originally change. If you succeed the roll to get into the camp, until something changes you don't need to roll again. If you fail picking a lock, you don't roll again until the situation changes.

Ordo Draconis · January 03, 2007, 09:49:55 AM

Quote from: RPGPunditYour math is off.

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How is it off? I take it you mean the confirmation roll? In that case, I agree. Still, criticals are too easy to come by in d20.

Sosthenes · January 03, 2007, 09:54:44 AM

Quote from: Ordo DraconisHow is it off? I take it you mean the confirmation roll? In that case, I agree. Still, criticals are too easy to come by in d20.

Compared with what? Most other crit systems make it a bit easier...

blakkie · January 03, 2007, 09:55:13 AM

Quote from: RPGPunditAlso, "let it roll" is a fucking stupid idea. The GM should be entitled to make you roll as many fucking times as he pleases.

LOL, still peddling the same dumbass schtick I see? :hissyfit: :pundit:

You know, this "roll a d20 to attack" in D&D is a fucking stupid idea. The GM should be entitled to make you roll whatever dice/doobies/pastry dough/grandmothers to attack that pleases him.

Oh, and all these other rules mentioned in this thread are stupid too because the GM should be able to just ignore them. And make the players give them foot massages and rimjobs too!

Settembrini · January 03, 2007, 10:08:09 AM

Do I want to know what a rimjob is?

RPGPundit · January 03, 2007, 10:09:20 AM

Quote from: WilI dunno, makes sense to me and I am the GM. Hell, all it does is codify something that I've done for years anyway - all the rule says is that you don't need to reroll unless the conditions that you rolled under originally change. If you succeed the roll to get into the camp, until something changes you don't need to roll again. If you fail picking a lock, you don't roll again until the situation changes.

Wouldn't "having to pick another lock" be a change in situation? I mean if not, shit, why not just have every player roll each possible skill/attribute just ONCE and then dispose with dice forever?

But if that is a new situation, why the fuck wouldn't be "having to sneak past another guard" be a change in situation? And if so, basically the "let it roll" rule is fucking meaningless, because it doesn't actually change anything from how (normal, well-adjusted) people normally play.

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James McMurray · January 03, 2007, 10:11:27 AM

Quote from: SettembriniDo I want to know what a rimjob is?

I don't know. How sensitive is your prostate, and how much of a hygiene Nazi are you?

Joey2k · January 03, 2007, 10:11:51 AM

Quote from: SettembriniDo I want to know what a rimjob is?

You may be more familiar with the phrase "tossing a salad".

All right, it means you stick your tongue in someone's asshole.

James McMurray · January 03, 2007, 10:13:37 AM

Best Rule: critical hit charts. I specifically prefer the ones in Rolemaster, but haven't used ones from other systems a lot. The ones in Hackmaster are GM only so I've never seen them.

James McMurray · January 03, 2007, 10:14:11 AM

Quote from: TechnomancerAll right, it means you stick your tongue in someone's asshole.

Well, there goes my attempt to be discrete.

RPGPundit · January 03, 2007, 10:14:55 AM

Quote from: blakkieYou know, this "roll a d20 to attack" in D&D is a fucking stupid idea. The GM should be entitled to make you roll whatever dice/doobies/pastry dough/grandmothers to attack that pleases him.

Pretty stupid reductio ad absurdium there; but in any case, a GM, having supposedly been the one who chooses the system, would be pretty irresponsible to then change the fundamental rules of that system. Note I said "irresponsible", not "forbidden to".

But what kind of dice the GM uses doesn't actually affect his freedom of authority in the game. It makes no difference if he's rolling a D20, throwing bones in the air or licking your grandmother's pussy; he's still in charge.

Rules that stop him from being able to affect the world are a whole other matter, however.

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Mcrow · January 03, 2007, 10:20:09 AM

The free form magic in the Iridium system.

James McMurray · January 03, 2007, 10:29:17 AM

Hey Pundy and Blakki, can you take your "should the GM be God?" argument somewhere else? This here thread is about best RPG rules, not grandma pussy licking.

blakkie · January 03, 2007, 10:43:33 AM

Quote from: James McMurrayHey Pundy and Blakki, can you take your "should the GM be God?" argument somewhere else? This here thread is about best RPG rules, not grandma pussy licking.

My apologies for bringing attention to his illogical, ill-informed threadcrapping tripe.