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 Weekly Free Chat - 03/23/24
Posted: 2024-03-23T11:00:42+00:00
Author: /u/AutoModeratorhttps://www.reddit.com/user/AutoModerator

**Come here and talk about anything!**

This post will stay stickied for (at least) the week-end. Please enjoy this space where you can talk about anything: your last game, your current project, your patreon, etc. You can even talk about video games, ask for a group, or post a survey or share a new meme you've just found. This is the place for small talk on /r/rpg.

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 Did you want to GM your current campaign?
Posted: 2024-03-29T03:53:13+00:00
Author: /u/BrilliantCash6327https://www.reddit.com/user/BrilliantCash6327

If you’re a GM running a game… if you could have picked playing in the campaign or GMing, which would you have picked? Are you GMing out of need or because you prefer it?

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 GMs of Reddit, what was the stupidest way one of your BBEGs have died?
Posted: 2024-03-28T19:11:55+00:00
Author: /u/mattmaster68https://www.reddit.com/user/mattmaster68

Shamelessly stolen from /r/dnd but figured there'd be entertaining answers from groups that play other genres and systems besides DND!

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 How Do Y'all Organize Your PDFs?
Posted: 2024-03-28T14:05:14+00:00
Author: /u/MercifulHackerhttps://www.reddit.com/user/MercifulHacker

How do y'all organize your RPG pdfs? I tried:

Unread Archive (stuff I didn't like) OSR Rules OSR Adventures Storygames Other 

But then is a Mothership adventure OSR? Or should it have it's own folder? Do ALL Mothership adventures go in the mothership folder? Does Cloud Empress? HALP!

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 What’s the craziest sequence of dice rolls you have ever seen in an RPG session?
Posted: 2024-03-29T09:15:35+00:00
Author: /u/Jau11https://www.reddit.com/user/Jau11

Has anyone else witnessed a series of die rolls that is so unlikely that it defies the laws of probability?

My players just had the most unbelievable run of bad luck.

I was running Escape from Dino Island as a DM. Escape from Dino Island is a Powered by the Apocalypse game, which means the Moves (or triggers for certain narrative actions) all involve a 2d6 roll. Anything 6 or below is a complete failure. Modifiers on the character sheets go up to +2, so rolling a 4 is still a failure.

It was our first time playing a tabletop RPG and we were all friends, so it was an easy time getting into it. Then the cursed dice rolling began.

A PC (kid) throws her baby dinosaur at a threat – rolls a 4 Second PC (lawyer) whacks man with her briefcase – rolls a 4. Another PC (doctor) fires a harpoon gun at the same man – rolls a 4. Lawyer attempts to scout her surroundings – rolls a 4. The kid tries to take another baby dinosaur from its nest – rolls a 4. Lawyer talks her way out of an encounter with a pterodactyl – rolls a 4. A fourth PC (soldier) attempts to distract the pterodactyl with a lump of meat – rolls a 4.

At this point, the people at my table have exhibited the full gambit of emotions. Fits of laughter, followed by complete disbelief, then feigned anger as the dice tray was blamed and joking accusations that the dice were rigged. Then back to howls of laughter as no one is seemingly able to break out of the streak.

In case anyone was curious, the chances of rolling seven 4s in a row with two d6s is 0.00000271% (or 1 in 36 million).

The session continues, and the doctor finally rolls a success to heal himself. He tells me he wants to tranquilize the pterodactyl so they can use it as a mount and escape from the island.

He rolls a 4.

In dismay, this player tells me he would like a reroll. I oblige. But he stipulates that he wants me, the DM, to roll for him. I hesitate because DMs don’t typically roll in PBTA games. But I roll the dice anyway.

It's another bloody 4.

In the end, we still had a good time. But if anyone can share some stories of woe about their horrible luck, I would love to hear them!

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 Can "Masks" support a "The Boys" style campaign?
Posted: 2024-03-29T01:32:10+00:00
Author: /u/ThrawnCaedusLhttps://www.reddit.com/user/ThrawnCaedusL

Masks is currently on Humble Bundle. I generally don't play Super Hero RPGs, but I recently did have interest in designing a campaign inspired by "The Boys".

I'm not specifically looking for "mature" content, but more the satire, "the heroes are just doing it for the fame and care more about the camera angles they're being recorded from than the civilians in danger" nature of it. I picture a campaign that starts with a group of young heroes basically trying to be an indie band and get "gigs" protecting specific streets before trying to make it big (almost certainly by unethical means).

Does Masks have the mechanics to support that kind of campaign (ie rules around fame or flashiness to go with the more standard super hero combat stuff)?

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 When do external factors pull you away from the hobby?
Posted: 2024-03-28T23:03:10+00:00
Author: /u/RedditThrowaway21391https://www.reddit.com/user/RedditThrowaway21391

I'm not sure if I can safely say if rpgs take more time than other hobbies, but right now I feel like I'm being pulled away from rpgs. I typically play or host one 3 hour game weekly , but a long and difficult multi year family medical process plus a very intense period of work stress and very long commute is making me think life would be easier without that weekly commitment.

But I've talked to many people who have seemingly bigger responsibilities, i.e. all that plus multiple children and they still bang out their sessions weekly without a sweat.

Where have you drawn that line?

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 Looking to break away from DnD
Posted: 2024-03-28T16:17:07+00:00
Author: /u/Goronianhttps://www.reddit.com/user/Goronian

Hello, me and my party are planning to start a new campaign and we've all been kind of tired of DnD for a while. 5e is fun, but it gets kind of stale after 5 years, so we were looking for a new experience. But perhaps not TOO radical of a diversion.

So what I'm looking for:

1) Can buy it officially on Roll 20 or other VTT that won't cost and arm and a leg. This is the most important part, as we are a tight-knit bunch from different countries who don't have any ability to play at the same table.

2) Fantasy, original setting, ideally I want tools to be able to make custom races and monsters without needing to think too hard about the balance, but eh, I can work with a lot.

3) Since our group is mixed minmaxers and roleplayers, I would love to play something that has better social options than DnD, but still allows the rule junkies to create crazy characters

I understand that no perfect games exist and I just want general pointers. I've been skeptical about PF2E because it just feels like DnD with the numbers shaved off. I've also been looking into The Dark Eye, but I'm afraid it's too tied to its setting.

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 Dark Dry Humor, any Suggestions for RPG world?
Posted: 2024-03-29T05:44:25+00:00
Author: /u/ImpossibleCollar148https://www.reddit.com/user/ImpossibleCollar148

Hey Yall, been making a new setting for some of my players, and doing all that cool jazz of worldbuilding gods, people, culture, monsters, ect, but Im a bit stuck. I made a dark fantasy world but I want it to be a little less serious and a little more jokey, I was thinking of Monty Python gags in like a dark souls world for example, but think Monty might be too jokey, anyone have suggestions or inspiration I can look for?

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 Do you mostly use bought pre made campaigns and/or settings or just use homebrew ones?
Posted: 2024-03-28T16:24:17+00:00
Author: /u/Jimbopaloozohttps://www.reddit.com/user/Jimbopaloozo

I'm new to all this so sorry in advance if it's not a good question.

Just wanna know the lay of the land

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 How do you run a longer campaign with inconsistent players?
Posted: 2024-03-29T10:26:36+00:00
Author: /u/mawburnhttps://www.reddit.com/user/mawburn

I've been grappling with a problem lately. My group is a mix of busy 30-45-year-old professionals, and while we've nailed down a consistent schedule of twice a month, the turnout is inconsistent. We have a core of 2 players who make 90%+ of the games, and then 2-3 other players who pop in and out due to life commitments or exhaustion from work.

I miss running a connected campaign where each session builds on the last. But this revolving door of players has forced me to shift to episodic games. I'm not a fan of this style, and I suspect it might be contributing to the inconsistency in turnout. As a GM, I want to provide an engaging escape for my players because entertaining people through this escape is my escape.

Here's where I'm stuck: I want to lead my players through a portal or on a lengthy journey in our modern-day setting, turning it into a sort of dungeon crawl for a little while. But with the fluctuating attendance, I'm don't know how to achieve this without disrupting the story flow.

On top of this, I'm starting to feel the burnout. I love entertaining people, and these episodic games aren't doing it for me. Being completely honest, I've been phoning it in a bit and it's not only depriving my players of the experience I want to give them, but it's also diminishing my own enjoyment.

So I have some questions: - How can I adjust my campaign to accommodate inconsistent players? - How do I keep the narrative going when I have to constantly invent reasons why a character has been snoozing in the back of the Jeep for the last three sessions?

I can't enforce a "be here or don't play" rule, as it's not practical for our group. It'd likely leave me with just the two core players. Four players is my magic number, but recruiting is a challenge since we're not playing D&D.

Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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 GDW Point buy? Twilight 2000 2.2, Dark Conspiracy, Traveller NE
Posted: 2024-03-29T10:01:47+00:00
Author: /u/jfr4lyfehttps://www.reddit.com/user/jfr4lyfe

Does anyone know if there was ever a point buy system for any of the GDW games?

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