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

[Kyria the Great]

Actually, I am fine with newer game systems but I see where you're coming from. I have encountered that attitude a lot in the OSR scene.

Personally, I was thinking of modern systems that could work, like New World of Darkness and All Flesh Must Be Eaten. I honestly had not considered All Flesh Must Be Eaten despite it being an obvious choice.

I mean, I like the OSR games a lot, even though I started with D&D 3.5 and wasn't around for OD&D and the like, but some things in games have changed for the better since the 70's and 80's.

All you are is a pretentious hipster faggot who speaks a big game, but can never tell us any of your experiences in said ultra-grognard games. Seriously, you talk alot about games you want to run, but we never hear about you committing to them or your games in AD&D or 1st edition.

 

[Anonymus Fluhre]

You could check out The End of the World: Zombie Apocalypse. The game runs EDGE System. I would also recommend RaXXon which is part of the Dead of Winter series. It's a card game however. I do find it's easier to find people for board games/ card games of this sort though.

 

[Syaoran Li]

All you are is a pretentious hipster faggot who speaks a big game, but can never tell us any of your experiences in said ultra-grognard games. Seriously, you talk alot about games you want to run, but we never hear about you committing to them or your games in AD&D or 1st edition.

I must confess, I have played in several old-school games with some of my IRL friends years ago but have sadly never GM'd one.

I always overthink shit, lose confidence in myself, and end up chickening out.

 

[REGENDarySumanai]

So I was checking out Mutant Crawl Classics (goes great with Dungeon Crawl Classics), and one of the defects is called thin skin. This is what happens when you get 20+:
The mutant is so thin-skinned that they are unable to participate in any group activity unless constantly praised by their fellows.

 

[Randall Fragg]

So I was checking out Mutant Crawl Classics (goes great with Dungeon Crawl Classics), and one of the defects is called thin skin. This is what happens when you get 20+:
The mutant is so thin-skinned that they are unable to participate in any group activity unless constantly praised by their fellows.

And now I’m imagining a Post-Apocayptic Philthy, wandering the wasteland in search of asspats.

 

[robobobo]

Which books are you looking for exactly? If it exists I either have it or can get it. I have nearly 1TB of RPG's including some stuff from the early 70's and some miniature games. I have the latest Legend of the Five Rings book as well (5th Edition) somewhere among all of my hard drives.

I've been interested in seeing the new L5R but haven't been able to find a copy anywhere, would certainly like a copy if you can find it.

 

[Hummingbird]

I've been interested in seeing the new L5R but haven't been able to find a copy anywhere, would certainly like a copy if you can find it.

If you want the PDF, you can find it here.

 

[Anonymus Fluhre]

@robobobo check messages. If you like what you see I'd recommend buying a copy, physical if you can. It's from Fantasy Flight so it should be a well-made book, not sure if they use Perfect Binding like Paizo used to. Should mention it's a beta test version of it. Can't seem to find the actual version.

 

[BlueArmedDevil]

@Syaoran Li check out delta green for your zombie needs.

 

[robobobo]

@robobobo check messages. If you like what you see I'd recommend buying a copy, physical if you can. It's from Fantasy Flight so it should be a well-made book, not sure if they use Perfect Binding like Paizo used to. Should mention it's a beta test version of it. Can't seem to find the actual version.

Thanks, I've been a little iffy about the things I've heard of the dice system they set up in the latest edition, wanted to get a read on it before dropping cash. I've been generally positive about FFG's RPG stuff, bought a few of the 40K settings and the three main Star Wars books, but they still occasionally screw up. Was expressly not a fan of their version of Warhammer Fantasy.

 

[MembersSchoolPizza]

I'd atually second (or third, or whatever) All Flesh Must Be Eaten. It's what got me interested in the Unisystem rules in general.

It's such a fucking shame that Eden Studios is basically a zombie themselves at this point... Not quite dead, but certainly not alive, either.

On the other hand, if you want proper "old skewl" cred to your zombie crawl, look up the Palladium zombie game... I can't remember what it was called, came out a decade or so ago. I mean, I don't suggest actually running it, because the Palladium game system has been known to give you AIDS, I guess the writing was ok. I also remember it was (in)famous for being a zombie game where headshots were based on a random roll table.

 

[Hummingbird]

I'd atually second (or third, or whatever) All Flesh Must Be Eaten. It's what got me interested in the Unisystem rules in general.

It's such a fucking shame that Eden Studios is basically a zombie themselves at this point... Not quite dead, but certainly not alive, either.

On the other hand, if you want proper "old skewl" cred to your zombie crawl, look up the Palladium zombie game... I can't remember what it was called, came out a decade or so ago. I mean, I don't suggest actually running it, because the Palladium game system has been known to give you AIDS, I guess the writing was ok. I also remember it was (in)famous for being a zombie game where headshots were based on a random roll table.

Is this the one you're talking about?

 

[RomanesEuntDomus]

Is it just me or is the "throw a pound of dice" mechanic of games like WoD, Shadowrun or Degenesis really awkward?
Might be I'm just too used to D20 systems, but there's a certain elegance with just rolling one die over upending a bucked of d6's on the table.

 

[Picnic_Boy]

Is it just me or is the "throw a pound of dice" mechanic of games like WoD, Shadowrun or Degenesis really awkward?
Might be I'm just too used to D20 systems, but there's a certain elegance with just rolling one die over upending a bucked of d6's on the table.

Not at all, at least not for me. Rolling dice is part of the fun, and having everything hinge on a single d20 is something I never liked about the various D20 systems. If you really just want to RP, though, I can see how dice pools might break the immersion.

 

[Hummingbird]

Not at all, at least not for me. Rolling dice is part of the fun, and having everything hinge on a single d20 is something I never liked about the various D20 systems. If you really just want to RP, though, I can see how dice pools might break the immersion.

Personally, I can go either way on this subject. Though I've yet to use as many dice as I've heard it takes to play Shadowrun.

 

[Kamov Ka-52]

Is it just me or is the "throw a pound of dice" mechanic of games like WoD, Shadowrun or Degenesis really awkward?
Might be I'm just too used to D20 systems, but there's a certain elegance with just rolling one die over upending a bucked of d6's on the table.

I find rolling 20d6 to be a viscerally satisfying experience.

 

[REGENDarySumanai]

Personally, I can go either way on this subject. Though I've yet to use as many dice as I've heard it takes to play Shadowrun.

Exploding dice are fun, aren't they?

I find rolling 20d6 to be a viscerally satisfying experience.

I just roll the same dice multiple times. I should really get myself a dicebag and a shitton of dice and some coins.

 

[Hummingbird]

What's the most dice someone has had to use in a roll? The most I did was casting Magic Missile at level 13. (I ended up doing a killing blow on an red dragon with that one.)

 

[Picnic_Boy]

Personally, I can go either way on this subject. Though I've yet to use as many dice as I've heard it takes to play Shadowrun.

You do wind up rolling at least six dice for most skill resolutions, since you typically only use skills you uniquely excel at in your group, and most skills are capped at 6 for new characters. That, when combined with the bonus dice you get for your Combat Pool, does indeed mean lots of satisfying Yahtzee action.

A lot of people might find it laborious, but I love the classic Shadowrun system. Deciding how to split your Combat Pool between offense and defense adds an extra level of strategy. It also really helps to simulate the effectiveness of your character in a fight; a berserker will throw all his dice into a single blow, while a character that knows he isn't much help in a fight can shift all his dice into defense to simulate his skittering about trying to stay out of the action.

 

[RomanesEuntDomus]

What's the most dice someone has had to use in a roll? The most I did was casting Magic Missile at level 13. (I ended up doing a killing blow on an red dragon with that one.)

A friend of mine once played some DBZ homebrew, where you could multiply your dicepool by channeling your energy. This was possible several times in a row (like in the show, where people channel their energy for a couple episodes) and in the end, they had to use a website to roll for damage, since the number of dice ended up being a 4 digit number.