This is to gauge interest in a MUSH environment in Mongoose Publishing's most recent iteration of the Paranoia TT RPG world. At first, it would likely just be an environment for running TT RPG type events and adventures possibly leaning more into a perpetual MUSH-type environment. Thoughts? WOuld this be of interest to people?

NOTE: I originally posted this to the wrong board. Sorry if you are seeing this twice!

Paranoia, for the uninitiated, is a comedy/horror RPG where humanity has retreated to a facility known as Alpha Complex. The facility is run and maintained by the Computer. The Computer is your friend, it never makes a mistake, and it needs help. This is where you come in. Human population is controlled by the computer. Clones are incubated as the Computer deems necessary and they are presented as Troubleshooters, little assistants to the Computer.

Despite the paradise that this sounds like, there are dangers. Several factors threaten the harmony of Alpha Complex and the tranquil balance that it maintains. Secret societies, terrorists and mutants are ever present threats that must be dealt with. Members of secret societies and mutants are terrorists and need to be immediately terminated.

Chargen is very fast. A completely randomized character can be completed and on-grid in under a minute. In Chargen, your secret society membership is randomly assigned as are your mutant powers.

@zombiegenesis I've been working, off and on, on a Custom SW MUSH system for a bit over a year now. Doing it in Evennia. System is, fairly basic on the surface. You have skills. The skills have a numeric value from 0-200+ WHen you 'roll' a skill, it divides the skill value by 40 and that is the number of d100s that get rolled. Then, depending on some various other factors, the top or bottom value is selected.

The system is also opaque. Meaning the players never see the actual stat values. Just text representations. I personally don't like min/maxers and thought this was a good solution for that.

There are other things too. An endurance system that either boosts or hinders your skill rolls. The Force is handled a little differently. There is no inherent morality to it. It is benign. Light Side and Dark side are reliant on decisions and commands used by the individual. For example, there is a +meditate command that pushes you more to the Light side of a spectrum. Then there is a cron jump type event that slowly pulls the player's alignment toward the middle. At the far ends, Light and Dark, there are boosts offered to like -aligned talents (force powers)

a lot of thought was put into these choices. But it's a huge job for one person to code. So it's taking some time to get it done.

@zombiegenesis I've been working, off and on, on a Custom SW MUSH system for a bit over a year now. Doing it in Evennia. System is, fairly basic on the surface. You have skills. The skills have a numeric value from 0-200+ WHen you 'roll' a skill, it divides the skill value by 40 and that is the number of d100s that get rolled. Then, depending on some various other factors, the top or bottom value is selected.

The system is also opaque. Meaning the players never see the actual stat values. Just text representations. I personally don't like min/maxers and thought this was a good solution for that.

There are other things too. An endurance system that either boosts or hinders your skill rolls. The Force is handled a little differently. There is no inherent morality to it. It is benign. Light Side and Dark side are reliant on decisions and commands used by the individual. For example, there is a +meditate command that pushes you more to the Light side of a spectrum. Then there is a cron jump type event that slowly pulls the player's alignment toward the middle. At the far ends, Light and Dark, there are boosts offered to like -aligned talents (force powers)

a lot of thought was put into these choices. But it's a huge job for one person to code. So it's taking some time to get it done.

Greetings, citizens! Alpha Complex needs more Troubleshooters! Your friend, the Computer, is constantly fighting to fix bots and machinery and other things that have been damaged or destroyed by terrorists! I mean some of it could be malfunctions, but no, it's just terrorism. Mutants and members of secret societies seek to harm the delicate balance that the Computer has maintained since the year 214. Now, in the year 214, we have big problems that need small people to help solve, with proper guidance.

ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY

Paranoia is a comedy/horror game with a minimalist skill/stat system designed to be /just/ enough to keep things balanced. The focus is on narrative and roleplay. Character generation can be fully customized or fully randomized. The latter can be completed in under a minute. Come by, check it out and have a good time.

HAPPINESS IS MANDATORY

telnet: paranoia.pennmush.org:4000

Currently, this is in Beta for testing.

This is to gauge interest in a MUSH environment in Mongoose Publishing's most recent iteration of the Paranoia TT RPG world. At first, it would likely just be an environment for running TT RPG type events and adventures possibly leaning more into a perpetual MUSH-type environment. Thoughts? WOuld this be of interest to people?

NOTE: I originally posted this to the wrong board. Sorry if you are seeing this twice!

Paranoia, for the uninitiated, is a comedy/horror RPG where humanity has retreated to a facility known as Alpha Complex. The facility is run and maintained by the Computer. The Computer is your friend, it never makes a mistake, and it needs help. This is where you come in. Human population is controlled by the computer. Clones are incubated as the Computer deems necessary and they are presented as Troubleshooters, little assistants to the Computer.

Despite the paradise that this sounds like, there are dangers. Several factors threaten the harmony of Alpha Complex and the tranquil balance that it maintains. Secret societies, terrorists and mutants are ever present threats that must be dealt with. Members of secret societies and mutants are terrorists and need to be immediately terminated.

Chargen is very fast. A completely randomized character can be completed and on-grid in under a minute. In Chargen, your secret society membership is randomly assigned as are your mutant powers.

@WTFE More of a 'Hold my beer' kind of thing.

@WTFE Ha! I love the Internet. It's so easy to say things that would get you beat in person.

@WTFE heh. I can't wait to see the awesome alternative you will unleash on the world. I'm sure we will all flock to it and create our virtual worlds with only you to thank for your tireless efforts.

Oh, wait...

Yeah, it's easier to tear down other people's work than take a chance in looking forward and trying something new. MUSHCode is a system that can work. But so was the telegraph.

Cling to your old way, grandpa. Watch the world pass you by.

@WTFE well it's probably the only accurate thing you've said on this thread. So kudos.

@WTFE Wow, you are kind of a prick.