by skalchemist

Related Item: 5e Game System Product (D&D 5th Edition Compatible)

This made a lot of money, US$6,796,922. I was pondering what I thought was the unknowable fraction of that which could be attributed to the RPG elements, but then noticed there were two polls in the updates asking what folks were most excited about. "The TTRPG" was the answer for 2% or 6% (depending on which poll). So I think one could reasonably attribute the presence of the RPG elements of this project to maybe 5% of that total, e.g. ~$340k.

Still pure guesswork. This one is an asterisk in my end of year report, for sure.

by Lennyface

SlyMathMan wrote:

It truly is the most difficult microbadge I've obtained.

Such a difficult process for me, I shrink from re-learning it, although I want to!

by Ugavine

I've used my home town twice in Doctor Who adventures but not modern day. One was in 1910 encountering Silurians and the other in 1927 with Cybermen invading the local steelworks.

Worked pretty well for historical adventures. The closest in modern day was a player in a D20 Modern game and more recently in Werewolf. Both games were set in the local borough but not my actual town, probably because nearby towns have more interesting features.

by pdzoch

QOTD AUG 22: If your home, your neighborhood, or your town were set in an RPG, what kind of RPG would it be? And would you play it? How would it have to change to be a game you would want to play?

by pdzoch

If your home, your neighborhood, or your town were set in an RPG, what kind of RPG would it be? And would you play it? How would it have to change to be a game you would want to play?


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by big_booboo

This was my first time playing a solo RPG, so I decided to take it easy on myself and play out a light-hearted scenario.

[heading]Protagonist[/heading]
Name: Preshus
Concept: Adorable but ferocious warrior bunny
Skills: Axe, Quickness, Jumping
Frailty: Temper, Ego
Gear: Battle axe, Chainmail shirt
Goal: Free Fufuland from its smelly invaders
Motive: Concern for the creatures of Fufuland
Nemesis: Goblinoid invaders, King Snorfbargum

[heading]Frame[/heading]
Proposer: Help-seeker
Mission: Protection
Incentive: Help
Target: Treasure
Seed: Object
Complication: Time

[heading]Opening Scene[/heading]
Preshus was chopping wood angrily when she received a letter from Pudgy the bear, asking for protection from a group of goblins who had been stealing from Fufunot's strategic honey reserve. This reserve ensured the sweetness of all the breakfast toast in Fufunot. In exchange, Pudgy offered to help Preshus get out of doing public service for breaking the town wall in her last rampage. However, time was desperately short -- the annual toast-sweetening festival was only days away!

Preshus couldn't believe her eyes. "They're stealing the HONEY?! What's next, the carrots? Not on my watch!" She drove the wood axe emphatically into the last piece of firewood, splitting it in two and sending the pieces flying in opposite directions. This was a no-brainer: protecting something vital to Fufunot, while bashing smelly goblins, AND getting out of chopping all this wood to repair that stupid wall! It was the stupid wall's fault, anyway.

There was no time for delay, so she hopped quickly to her burrow, forgetting to wipe her paws on the doormat before entering, and therefore tracking dirt on the freshly-cleaned carpet. But Preshus had no time for niceties! She hopped right over to the trunk in the corner, pulled out her chainmail shirt, and hurriedly put it on. She then hopped over to the fireplace and pulled down her best battle axe from its pegs above the mantle. Since she was in such a hurry, Preshus only stopped for a moment to caress the beautiful, deadly object. "Today you will drink the blood of our enemies!" she promised in a fervent whisper.

After that, she grabbed a satchel and tossed in a few carrots and some celery. Then she was off, hopping swiftly down the trail to Pudgy's cave.

Does Preshus get to Pudgy's quickly enough?
Rolling with advantage
Yes, and... she even arrives in time to catch the goblins in the act!

The kingdom's strategic honey reserve is stored in a large cave next to Pudgy's. Preshus arrived to find a group of goblins lugging away large honey pots, loading them onto the goblins' crude two-wheeled carts.

Preshus snarled in fury and bounded forward, her gleaming axe held out to the side, ready to reap the souls of the vile honey thieves.

Does Preshus instantly chop down the first goblin?
Rolling with advantage
No, and... she failed to notice the ogre guarding the goblin workers!

Preshus tensed her shoulders to deliver the first deadly chop. She had almost reached the nearest goblin. But just then, a great club swung out from the trees to her right, knocking Preshus several feet off course. She quickly gathered her wits and turned to face the foe she had failed to notice in her righteous outrage at the theft of the honey. It was a foul ogre, a goblinoid larger than a bear.

Preshus shivered with rage. How dare this big ugly attack her unawares? She bounded toward it, axe raised menacingly. The ogre readied its mighty club and awaited her approach?

Does Preshus smite the ogre?
She is skilled with the axe, but this is a formidable monster. Even roll.
Yes. The ogre is down to 4 luck.

Preshus was too quick for the ogre. She darted to one side as the lumbering brute swung its club, then delivered a solid chop. That would have been enough to take out a goblin, but the ogre absorbed the blow with a grunt and readied its club again.

Round 2: No! Preshus is down to 4 luck.
Round 3: No! Preshus is down to 2 luck.

The ogre managed to thwack Preshus with a forehanded swipe, then caught her again with the backhanded return swipe. Now Preshus was really angry!

Round 4: Rolling with advantage due to Preshus' intense rage. No! Preshus is knocked silly.

Her aggression worked against her, as Preshus bounded right into the ogre's next swing. She went flying into the underbrush. She peered out from beneath the ferns she was under to see the goblins finish loading the honey on the goblin carts and pull them away. The ogre chuckled to itself, gave one last disdainful look over its shoulder in Preshus' direction, leaned its club against its shoulder, and trudged off after the cart.

[heading]Next scene: meanwhile...[/heading]
King Snorfbargum kneaded his toes in the fur of the hide lining his tent floor. He lifted his gourd of rotgut and took a self-satisfied swig. His guest, a shifty-eyed gaunt man in a dark purple robe, sniffed his own gourd of rotgut, gagged, and lowered it without drinking.

"What's the matter, sorcerer? Don't like my hospitality?" the goblin king chuckled.

"I don't typically drink in the morning," the skinny man responded lamely.

"Why not? All times are good for drinking, if you ask me!" the king proclaimed, laughing uproariously at his own wit.

"You seem to be celebrating a bit prematurely," the man complained.

"What could possibly go wrong now? My goblins are collecting the honey as we speak. Soon, your foul sorceries will do their work, and Fufunot will be doomed forever!" The king tilted his head back to laugh, only to fall off his stool and hit his head on the ground.

"This is good rotgut!" he realized as the tent spun in circles around him.

[heading]Next scene: quiet[/heading]
Pudgy gently lifted Preshus out from her spot among the ferns. "Oh, dear!" she said.

"What?" Preshus demanded, wincing at the aches in her head and body. "I had that smelly ogre right where I wanted him. He just got in a lucky shot at the end."

"More like three lucky shots in a row. I saw the whole thing. I was hiding over there." She pointed to a tree a little ways off.

"What now?" Preshus huffed dejectedly.

"I guess we follow those tracks to wherever they took the honey, and get it back."

"What's the use? I couldn't beat one big smelly ogre, and there's still the goblins, and who knows what else."

"That doesn't sound like the Preshus I know," Pudgy chided. "You're the greatest bunny warrior in all the land. Here, have a carrot."

Pudgy handed Preshus a carrot. She chomped on it gloomily.

"Maybe you shouldn't charge in next time," Pudgy offered.

"What?" Preshus demanded.

"I'm just saying, maybe we should make a plan so we can knock those smelly goblinoids for a loop the next time."

"Yeah," Preshus said thoughtfully.

The two continued discussing as Preshus gnawed on her carrot.

[heading]Next scene: dramatic[/heading]
The goblins were unloading the pots of honey from the cart. The ogre sat on the ground nearby, gnawing on a hank of rancid meat.

Preshus heard the loud bear growl from the opposite side of the clearing. That was her cue! As the goblinoids turned to look in the direction of the growl, Preshus bounded out from behind her tree and went straight for the unsuspecting ogre.

Is she able to knock it silly before it even knows what hit it?
Rolling with advantage
No.

Sensing danger, the ogre spun around and lumbered to its feet before Preshus was able to clobber it. It was an even fight.

Round 1: No. Preshus loses 2 luck
Round 2: Yes. The ogre loses 2 luck
Round 3: Yes, but... The ogre loses 1
Round 4: No. Preshus loses 2. Now she has 2 luck left to the ogre's 3.
Round 5: Yes, but... The ogre loses 1. It could go either way!
Round 6: No. Preshus loses her last 2 points of luck.

The battle went back and forth. The tiny bunny darted about like a fiend, dodging most of the swinging blows from the ogre's massive club, then delivering biting chops with her razor-sharp axe. But a few of the ogre's attacks managed to land, bruising the fierce warrior bunny, and finally sending her flying.

Pudgy saw it happen out of the corner of her eye. She gave up trying to wrest a pot of honey from the goblins, and charged off in Preshus' direction. She pushed past the ogre, grabbed Preshus, and fled into the forest to regroup.

by elclarkey

<div>Bernard</div>

by Sweety_liesje

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by Pods_basement

If we didn't have enough/ the right players to run the campaign, we'd often roll up some generics to go through "City State of the Invincible Overlord" but I don't really consider that spontaneous cuz we had gotten together to game. My brush with spontaneity was at an early Gencon, I was walking through the free play area and stopped to watch a small group playing "Gamma World". I would have liked to been invited to join but no such luck. It still remains on my RPG bucket list.

by Cathalijn

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by Cathalijn

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A new episode has been added to the database: The Walking Dead RPG Campaign Of The Dead SE 3 EP 14 Grande Finale