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10/21/2010 Necromantis: A offshoot idea -- RPG centered around personality
So a while back I was considering whether alignment had a place in the game I am designing (A Time of Steel & Staves) I posted here for advice and…
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Participants: Necromantis, Ar Kayon, Chris_Chinn, ShallowThoughts, Lassidus, Jason Pitre, stefoid.

10/21/2010 chronoplasm: Non-Combat 'Roles'
If there's one thing I like about D&D 4E, it is the well defined and transparent roles in combat (defender, striker, leader, controller). They ensure that character has strong niche…
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Participants: chronoplasm.

10/20/2010 Fungiochi: Reaper: Student Project
Hi! We're a group of students from QUT in Brisbane making a game for UDK, please check it out. All feedback is greatly appreciated. Check out all about the game…
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Participants: Fungiochi, Ron Edwards.

10/20/2010 mreuther: How to Design an RPG . . . (lol)
Ran across this today and thought it'd be of use to folks. ;) For the fun, a diagram to help . . . Some cliches to avoid, or play on,…
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Participants: mreuther, BunniRabbi, Ar Kayon, Noon, Ron Edwards.

10/18/2010 BunniRabbi: Wargame developement
    I'm not seeing this answered anywhere so let me just ask: Does this site revolve around RPGs only in a strict sense, or would table-top wargames also be…
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Participants: BunniRabbi, mreuther.

10/15/2010 Chris Chambers: Game System in the works
Hi I am kind of new, well I was here years, and years ago, and am working on turning our house game system into a full RPG.  I would like…
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Participants: Chris Chambers, Ar Kayon, Noon, Abkajud, Mike Sugarbaker.

10/13/2010 Kalandri: Yet another Conflict Resolution idea: The Battle Track
The game session is getting boring, the GM is running into a wall, and so he resorts to the old standby: GM: "An army of like thirty ninjas jump out…
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Participants: Kalandri, Noon, Ar Kayon, Eero Tuovinen, Bloomfield.

10/13/2010 Warrior Monk: Fantasy heartbreaker, version 7
Long time without posting :P ok, after several tests I came up with another ruleset to try on a medieval fantasy game. I'm still using the Anima rpg setting so…
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Participants: Warrior Monk.

10/10/2010 Trollkin: Alignment system, kind of
Again I was working on my fantasy RPG, and I realised that I don’t have any system, or mechanic for some kind of character alignment. At first my plan was…
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Participants: Trollkin, Moganhio, Locke, Noon, Ar Kayon, David Artman, Warrior Monk, BunniRabbi.

10/9/2010 sojikai: Systems designed to be opposed to one another -within one game-
I don't believe that the title of this thread does a good job of explaining what this thread is about. Excuse my naming ability. The topic in hand is designing…
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Participants: sojikai, mreuther, Vulpinoid, Noon, Kalandri, Abkajud.

10/8/2010 sojikai: Samurai RPG
The setting is feudal Japan, or really any place similar, be it historical or made up. I have seen people do simmilar things in the past, though more like samurai…
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Participants: sojikai, Abkajud, Noon, contracycle, Chris_Chinn, Ron Edwards, dindenver.

10/7/2010 Locke: [Age Past] Steam punk supplement, Technomancy
So i am getting the baseline rules for character building down for the steam punk supplement to my Age Past game.  Everything is coming fine, but I hot a roadblock…
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Participants: Locke, Magnus Pym.

10/7/2010 Gunnox: What about a mythical RPG?
While playing the strategy game age of mythology the idea about making a mythical war-rpg struck into my head. Ok, here are my ideas: It should be like age of…
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Participants: Gunnox, Chris_Chinn.

10/7/2010 Trollkin: Doing health
I’m continuing with the design for my fantasy game, but I cannot decide wither to pool hp like in D&D, or to break it into the hit locations like in…
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Participants: Trollkin, Locke, mreuther, Necromantis, contracycle.

10/7/2010 Kalandri: I dare you to do this better
This is a light game I made with the primary intention of having a story-driven rules-light game with characters that felt different and were easy to make. PRIORITIES --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These…
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Participants: Kalandri, mreuther, Noon, Chris_Chinn, Necromantis.

10/6/2010 Ar Kayon: Story games. They suck.
But I had a thought when I found myself singing the Butcher Pete song you hear in Fallout 3.  Wouldn't it be cool to play a game set in the…
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Participants: Ar Kayon, Abkajud, Certified, Adam Dray, Necromantis, Noon, Trollkin, Magnus Pym.

10/5/2010 Abkajud: [general reflection] Why dungeons?
I have a question: does anybody have a notion as to why Arneson, Gygax, and the rest chose to set their game in underground labyrinths? I'm primarily interested in actual,…
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Participants: Abkajud, VAgentZero, Trollkin, Ron Edwards, epweissengruber.

10/5/2010 Kalandri: Are these character creation options balanced?
I'm going to need a statistics nerd to help me out here; I'm wondering if these traits are mathmatically balanced or not. In particular if Strong is balanced against Fast,…
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Participants: Kalandri, Jason Pitre, Ar Kayon, Locke.

10/3/2010 chronoplasm: Timing and Pacing
This thread got me thinking about pacing in games and mechanics for keeping track of the passage of time. http://www.odd74.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=4783&page=1 I'm interested in simple, abstract game mechanics for keeping track…
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Participants: chronoplasm, Locke, VAgentZero, Adam Dray, Moganhio.

10/2/2010 Ar Kayon: Grids. They suck.
This is where the line between realism and speed really split me in two.  As a designer, I've conquered this mountain many times before - devising mechanics that are both…
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Participants: Ar Kayon, Noon, Eero Tuovinen, Ron Edwards, Locke, contracycle, arithine, Necromantis, dindenver, Mike Sugarbaker, Kalandri.

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10/22/2010 Warrior Monk: What's in a fighter? without using
I like to play characters that go straight into the battle, but often find them in disadvantage against mages or simply boring to play in combat since combat options are…
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Participants: Warrior Monk, Chris_Chinn, BunniRabbi, dindenver.

10/23/2010 Moganhio: Is Gumshoe simulationist?
Is Gumshoe (Trail of Cthulhu) simulationist or gamist? this question comes from a debate in a spanish forum where no agreement was reached. I felt curious about what would pop…
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Participants: Moganhio, Ar Kayon, Necromantis, Chris_Chinn, mreuther, Ron Edwards, davidberg, Bloomfield.

10/24/2010 BunniRabbi: Attribute question
This is a very specific question about a larger project; I'm creating a superhero narrative RPG, and am currently going over the attribute spread.  In most games there is "Strength"…
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Participants: BunniRabbi, Necromantis, Locke, VAgentZero, Jason Pitre, Noon, Bloomfield, Roan, dataweaver, Certified.

10/25/2010 davidberg: Pass the Ball, Tick the Clock
I wonder how much fun it would be to play a game where no one must (or can) invent setting features.  You play your characters and choose what they encounter…
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Participants: davidberg, chronoplasm, Noon, Bloomfield, stefoid.

10/25/2010 chronoplasm: Humans in Dwarf
I'm designing a game called Dwarf: The Old World of Dwarfiness. It's what it says on the tin; it's a game about the lives and the adventures of fantasy dwarfs.…
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Participants: chronoplasm.

10/28/2010 Bloomfield: Mechanic for creating connections between characters, and secrets
Hi all, I'd appreciate some feedback on this idea I'd like to use for a homebrew cyberpunkish SF game. The style of the game will be open-ended with stuff happening…
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Participants: Bloomfield, mreuther, chronoplasm.

10/28/2010 sinrabies: first ever game created, feedback appreciated.
im a newcomer to both this website, tabletop game design, as well as tabletop gaming in general. first of all, i have never played an official game, only ever homebrew…
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Participants: sinrabies, mreuther, Noon.

10/28/2010 Noon: Musing on true solo games and writers block
I was on another forum, actually in terms of browser game design, and I decided to write a post that pitched a sort of situation and I asked what people…
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Participants: Noon, mreuther, FetusCommander, masqueradeball.

10/28/2010 Leovaunt: [Legacy of Heroes] Introduction/Class and Class Point Mechanic
This is my introductory post on my Legacy of Heroes role-playing game. Legacy of Heroes is a fantasy setting about exploration, warfare, political intrigue, the corruption of absolute power, fierce…
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Participants: Leovaunt, Adam Dray, mreuther.

10/28/2010 Necromantis: [A Time of Steel & Staves] Critical strikes/fails issues
So first I suppose I should start out by outlining my system's conflict resolution mechanics. Everything (or as near to it as I can) that a character decides or attempts…
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Participants: Necromantis, Bloomfield, Ar Kayon, Chris_Chinn, Ron Edwards.

10/28/2010 Leovaunt: [Legacy of Heroes] Tests and Attack Rolls
Introduction/ Class Mechanic Thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=30612.0 In the Legacy of Heroes role-playing game, all checks (combat or out of combat) are done by making a d100 test. Most checks are made…
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Participants: Leovaunt, Adam Dray, Ar Kayon, mreuther, Paka.

10/28/2010 Leovaunt: [Legacy of Heroes] Wounds and Fatigue System
Attacking and Check Mechanic Thread Note: This the Wounds and Fatigue System and Attack and Check Mechanic Threads are closesly linked http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=30614.0 Introduction/ Class Mechanic Thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=30612.0 As part of…
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Participants: Leovaunt, Adam Dray, mreuther, Necromantis, dataweaver, Ar Kayon.

10/30/2010 Roan: My Game (Obis)
I have been creating the idea of a RPG for almost 10 years now and recently (within the last year) begun my 7th version of it. The former versions were…
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Participants: Roan, Noon, Chris_Chinn.

10/31/2010 dataweaver: Power and Finesse
I'm experimenting with a game mechanic that's built around the idea that the core attributes come in Power/Finesse pairs, where the Power stat determines how much you can do while…
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Participants: dataweaver, Necromantis.

11/2/2010 Vulpinoid: [FUBAR/WALKABOUT] An optional rule to reflect attitude/alignment
I've just written, and rewritten, this optional game rule a half dozen times. I've gotten to that point where I know what the words are meant to convey, but I've…
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Participants: Vulpinoid, Noon, mreuther, stefoid.

11/4/2010 Hour11: At the intersection of P&P RPG and mini Wargaming.
  So me and a couple of guys (Calling ourselves Hour11 Games) have been working on a game for a little over a year and I was wondering what people's…
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Participants: Hour11, Noon, Vulpinoid.

11/7/2010 sproket: Goldchest
Hi everyone, I've been a lurker for a while - I decided to be brave enough to post now. :) I've been working for about a year on a new…
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Participants: sproket, Ron Edwards.

11/8/2010 Leovaunt: [Legacy of Heroes] Corruption
Attacking and Check Mechanic Thread http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=30614.0 Introduction/ Class Mechanic Thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=30612.0 Wounds and Hit Point Mechanic Thread http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=30615.0 I have the basics on the corruption mechanic for my roleplaying game.…
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Participants: Leovaunt, Ar Kayon, davidberg.

11/8/2010 Leovaunt: [Legacy of Heroes] Spell Casting Systems
Attacking and Check Mechanic Thread http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=30614.0 Introduction/ Class Mechanic Thread: http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=30612.0 Wounds and Hit Point Mechanic Thread http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=30615.0 Corruption System Note: This has some relation to this thread http://www.indie-rpgs.com/forge/index.php?topic=30657.0 Keshan…
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Participants: Leovaunt, Ar Kayon.

11/10/2010 Abkajud: Ancient Rome, Lead Poisoning, and Violence
[x-posted at story-games.com] I got sucked back into Adult Swim's delightful game Viva Caligula, and an idea struck me. - Your character is a resident of ancient Rome. You're either…
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Participants: Abkajud, Vulpinoid, Magnus Pym, Airafice.

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