Tabletop Roleplaying Games (D&D, Pathfinder, CoC, ETC.)

[Syaoran Li]

That's a good way of explaining a theme in Ravenloft (disempowerment). I was wrong, there is some magical side effects for certain spell actions, but only in Hazlan (the rest of the domains don't really have a problem).

There's even rules about not using cliché accents (especially for marginalized characters) or basing stuff on stock characters from fiction.

As autistic and retarded as this probably sounds, I think it would be funny if someone decides to record their group running a Ravenloft campaign that uses the core 5e rules but makes a point to explicitly break and defy all the woke rules that WOTC put in for their new Ravenloft supplement, complete with all sorts of cliche accents, stock characters, and evil villains who belong to "marginalized" identities.

Bonus points if they tweet the videos directly to WOTC and a few other woke hobby figureheads just to see the reaction on their part.

You'd probably have to do some homebrew conversions for all the stuff specific to Ravenloft.

 

[Hummingbird]

As autistic and retarded as this probably sounds, I think it would be funny if someone decides to record their group running a Ravenloft campaign that uses the core 5e rules but makes a point to explicitly break and defy all the woke rules that WOTC put in for their new Ravenloft supplement, complete with all sorts of cliche accents, stock characters, and evil villains who belong to "marginalized" identities.

Bonus points if they tweet the videos directly to WOTC and a few other woke hobby figureheads just to see the reaction on their part.

You'd probably have to do some homebrew conversions for all the stuff specific to Ravenloft.

Oh that would be so awesome!

 

[BlackDragoons]

Sucks, I've been buying heavily into the Battletech tabletop and I can't find anyone to slug it out with.

 

[Bass_Ackdwars]

Sucks, I've been buying heavily into the Battletech tabletop and I can't find anyone to slug it out with.

But we can be nerds about it on the internet for now to make ourselves feel better. What's your favorite era?

 

[Corn Flakes]

Sucks, I've been buying heavily into the Battletech tabletop and I can't find anyone to slug it out with.

But we can be nerds about it on the internet for now to make ourselves feel better. What's your favorite era?

Boys, we have a Battletech thread already. Join the fun there and let's all talk about how the only good Capellan is a dead Capellan.

 

[Bass_Ackdwars]

Boys, we have a Battletech thread already. Join the fun there and let's all talk about how the only good Capellan is a dead Capellan.

Ah, my bad. Something a little bit more on topic, here's a question for anyone willing to answer. I've been working on a setting for a while and have long since resigned myself to the fact I will have to homebrew quite a bit to make it work properly. In general for this kind of thing, what's the best way to review or test rules for if I've created something too easily abused and/or outright unfun to interact with.

 

[Corn Flakes]

Ah, my bad. Something a little bit more on topic, I've been working on a setting for a while and have long since resigned myself to the fact I will have to homebrew quite a bit to make it work properly. In general for this kind of thing, what's the best way to review or test rules for if I've created something too easily abused and/or outright unfun to interact with.

Get yourself one or more nerdy guys you trust and run the rules past them. After a couple of rounds, you can start actually playtesting those ideas with a group. Again, try to pick the kind of players you know will be trying to push the rules. Not necessarily full "kill a dragon in 3 turns at level 1" minmaxers, but people with a love for crunch. Make sure they know you want feedback on the rules, take notes, then... well, repeat until you're happy with it.

 

[Bass_Ackdwars]

Get yourself one or more nerdy guys you trust and run the rules past them. After a couple of rounds, you can start actually playtesting those ideas with a group. Again, try to pick the kind of players you know will be trying to push the rules. Not necessarily full "kill a dragon in 3 turns at level 1" minmaxers, but people with a love for crunch. Make sure they know you want feedback on the rules, take notes, then... well, repeat until you're happy with it.

It'll take me a while to find some guys I can do that with, COVID royally wrecked anything involving social interaction for me, but now I know what to do when I can. Thanks.

 

[Snekposter]

To add to that, make sure at least one of them is some sort of autistic, since if anyone can find a loophole its them.

 

[Corn Flakes]

To add to that, make sure at least one of them is some sort of autistic, since if anyone can find a loophole its them.

Good point. I didn't mention autism because... you know, I just assume anyone who's into RPG rules crunch is autistic by default.

Wait, wasn't I talking about doing 3.5e to 5e conversions? Oh, damn it. The autism is coming from inside the house!

 

[ZMOT]

It'll take me a while to find some guys I can do that with, COVID royally wrecked anything involving social interaction for me, but now I know what to do when I can. Thanks.

I think /tg/ has a homebrew thread (no idea about it's quality), might be worth a shot as well. there's also a worldbuilding general from what I remember, if you need some feedback in that regard.

 

[Kabuki Actor]

there's also a worldbuilding general from what I remember

Yeah DON'T go there until it's been fumigated of that autistic child who keeps trying to turn everything into a discussion about magic.

 

[Sobble]

This looks as stupid as fuck and I don't know who else will mock it with me:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sinisterbeard/extreme-meatpunks-forever-the-roleplaying-game

 

[Corn Flakes]

This looks as stupid as fuck and I don't know who else will mock it with me:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sinisterbeard/extreme-meatpunks-forever-the-roleplaying-game

Pretty sure @Adamska and his crew did a whole-ass stream ripping that one to shreds.

 

[Sobble]

Pretty sure @Adamska and his crew did a whole-ass stream ripping that one to shreds.

I knew KF wouldn't let me down. Is there a link?

 

[Corn Flakes]

I knew KF wouldn't let me down. Is there a link?

Here we go. I have to watch it, actually. I only watched bits and pieces the first time around.

 

[Adamska]

Let's just say combining a terrible system with a very smug and edgy wannabe "Steal this Book" vibe made this one of the few books that will not be finished on the show. It's arguably the worst book we've read on there, and we've read Beast, Black Tokyo, and Changing Breeds.

 

[Sobble]

I want to write a takedown of that sample adventure because holy shit, it's bad.

 

[DeagleNationRefugee]

lol, if I'm not confusing sword thirsty lesbians with this, meatpunks's adventure listed is just "you're at a bar and some fascists are there and make a comment so you better go over there and fuck them up because that's the worst crime in meatpunk town... also this fighting spills outside and robots are involved somehow"

 

[Capsaicin Addict]

lol, if I'm not confusing sword thirsty lesbians with this, meatpunks's adventure listed is just "you're at a bar and some fascists are there and make a comment so you better go over there and fuck them up because that's the worst crime in meatpunk town... also this fighting spills outside and robots are involved somehow"

You need to check out Jaimas's review of the video game. Suffice to say that no one will ever accuse these retards of excessive characterization.