Posts made by fatefan

@Derp You might be right, but isn't FS3 primarily for a "PVE" (GMed NPC opponents) rather than "PVP" combat setup? I suspect Transformers might be a theme where people would want to play both Autobots and Decepticons.

What sort of system would be preferable/required to emulate Transformers-style combat?

@Seamus That also sounds similar to the basis of the Wild Cards setting, IIRC.

Thank you for the recommendations so far!

@Lotherio Hopefully some recs will come this way. I suspect what will ultimately need to happen to get the itch scratched is to start a new game--while I love most comics, perhaps an OC-only pastiche/homage game might be the way to go.

Looking for recs for a supers game that seems to have some activity and doesn't have a complete dumpster-fire of OOC atmosphere or staff/player relations.

Theme specifics can be pretty open.

@JinShei No, I don't think I ever made any house rules/adjustments when my group played it.

I've run/played it a few times, but I'm not sure if that's familiar enough for what you need.

@Ghost I can help a little with that: https://twitter.com/ZweihanderRPG/status/1179938859276259328

Here’s the skinny on #FeastOfLegends: it was made by VMLY&R, the agency I worked before leaving to @AndrewsMcMeel. It was created by @TonyMarin & several talented former co-workers on the @Wendys team @VMLYR.

From the maker of Kill Six Billion Demons/Broken Worlds and Lancer, a game that feels very Blades in the Dark-like about spaghetti western roleplay:
https://twitter.com/Orbitaldropkick/status/1179816630467076097

There are a couple ways to try to get PennMUSH working on Windows: https://github.com/pennmush/pennmush/tree/master/win32

For those interested in fantasy games about exploration, DrivethruRPG has the core game PDFs for Forbidden Lands free for today (9/20) only.

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/258593/Forbidden-Lands-Core-Game

@insomniac7809 That's entirely fair. The game is clearly centered on a single adventuring party's worth of characters (with each's unique die reflecting that, if nothing else).

A MU* approach would have to allow for the possibility of multiple parties having been brought to Die, whether at the same time or at different times, and there'd need to be a way to deal with having multiple godbinders, fools, and even masters--unless the master role becomes, effectively, a "staff PC" role for antagonist/storytelling purposes.

@insomniac7809 Speaking of Die: https://musoapbox.net/topic/2888/feasibility-of-a-game-set-in-the-comic-die-using-its-rpg-ruleset

@reimesu I'll see if I can get ahold of it!

I've been giving this some serious thought, and I wonder about the extent to which this would be feasible without needing/feeling obligated to invent a ton of additional thematic details to facilitate RP.

I am ... really down for this. I probably need to re-watch everything at least once more before I would feel confident helping out with (or overseeing) this.

I've thought about this in the past, but using Astro City or 2012-present Valiant as a base universe. That way, even though all the canon heroes had left, there would (hopefully?) be less fighting over legacy connections just because most players would likely be unfamiliar with the comic or feel a need to have close connections to the canon heroes. But maybe it would still happen anyway.

I found myself really digging Die, a comic about a group of adults who had a traumatic experience playing D&D in their teens (more or less getting stuck in the game world, Jumanji-style, for two years) and who then return to the world once again.

Kieron Gillen, the comic author, developed an RPG for the comic that is influenced greatly by PbtA philosophy: http://diecomic.com/rpg/

I wonder if it'd be possible to set up a game that's based on the comic's premise, using the RPG rules.

The biggest downside is that the game suggests each character is unique in their role--but I'm considering having PCs from different groups who've come to the world (and either having other PCs as part of their original party, allowing them to be apped in +roster style, or just letting them be NPCs in a backstory).

Worth considering further? Or is it too difficult to juggle that sort of "different clusters of 'unique' character types" premise?

@Prototart I would love to see an updated version of this using The Wild Storm...