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Postby The Four Corners Commonwealth » Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:06 am

Anything and everything table top RPG related. level, character, adventures, and more. Feel free to complain about metagaming, share your experience as a player or DM/GM, and ask questions if you are new to the concept.

Personally I've played with the D20 system a lot, the 3.5 D&D series, a little 4.0, played with Rifts some, and worked with the D6 system (which is free btw at drivethrurpg.com). I've DM/GM for a while, and personally prefer running to playing as weird as that sounds.

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The Four Corners Commonwealth wrote:Anything and everything table top RPG related. level, character, adventures, and more. Feel free to complain about metagaming, share your experience as a player or DM/GM, and ask questions if you are new to the concept.

Personally I've played with the D20 system a lot, the 3.5 D&D series, a little 4.0, played with Rifts some, and worked with the D6 system (which is free btw at drivethrurpg.com). I've DM/GM for a while, and personally prefer running to playing as weird as that sounds.


hey, why not jus get a D&D rp going on nationstates? oh wait, forgot about nationstates not having any dice.
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Postby Morrdh » Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:14 am

Played D20 alot in the form of D20 Modern and D&D 3.5.

Though I've tried out different systems in the form of the Cortex system for the Serenity RPG, 40K RPG Rogue Trader, World of Darkness and the Iron Kingdoms RPG.

Currently running a Kickstarter to fund a RPG book I'm working on for the Savage Worlds system, I'll TG links if people are interested.
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Mass Effect wrote:
The Four Corners Commonwealth wrote:Anything and everything table top RPG related. level, character, adventures, and more. Feel free to complain about metagaming, share your experience as a player or DM/GM, and ask questions if you are new to the concept.

Personally I've played with the D20 system a lot, the 3.5 D&D series, a little 4.0, played with Rifts some, and worked with the D6 system (which is free btw at drivethrurpg.com). I've DM/GM for a while, and personally prefer running to playing as weird as that sounds.


hey, why not jus get a D&D rp going on nationstates? oh wait, forgot about nationstates not having any dice.


really all you would need is the DM to have dice and just do it on an honor system. More than likely the problem would be an insane turnover rate for players, and I'm not going to be the guy who has to DM for 10 new people a day when only half would actually show up regularly lol. Thats the big problem with online RPG playing, you never know when they are going to up and leave for some reason or just forget to come back and check in on whats going on.

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Postby Mass Effect » Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:15 am

ok, im interested.
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I have always been interested in table-top RPG games, but can never find enough people to be able to play a game.
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Postby Mass Effect » Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:17 am

Novaya Tselinoyarsk wrote:I have always been interested in table-top RPG games, but can never find enough people to be able to play a game.


lol, ikr. everytime i play D&D i play 3 characters and the DM plays the enemies and some characters to take the pressure off of me a bit, but its a pain only playing with 2 people.
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Postby Morrdh » Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:18 am

Mass Effect wrote:ok, im interested.


Presuming the RPG book I mentioned?
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Postby The Four Corners Commonwealth » Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:20 am

Morrdh wrote:Played D20 alot in the form of D20 Modern and D&D 3.5.

Though I've tried out different systems in the form of the Cortex system for the Serenity RPG, 40K RPG Rogue Trader, World of Darkness and the Iron Kingdoms RPG.

Currently running a Kickstarter to fund a RPG book I'm working on for the Savage Worlds system, I'll TG links if people are interested.


I've played a lot of d20 modern, I'm running a D20 modern now. The vehicle combat system is very clumsy in my opinion, i've practically got more house rules to cover it than the book gives for actual rules. Its hard to find D20 modern campaigns, in my experience most RPG groups want The Lord of the Rings treatment rather than anything else. The gaming club at my school is basically "no dragons, no game", my post-apocalyptic campaign is the exception rather than the rule.

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Postby Morrdh » Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:22 am

The Four Corners Commonwealth wrote:I've played a lot of d20 modern, I'm running a D20 modern now. The vehicle combat system is very clumsy in my opinion, i've practically got more house rules to cover it than the book gives for actual rules. Its hard to find D20 modern campaigns, in my experience most RPG groups want The Lord of the Rings treatment rather than anything else. The gaming club at my school is basically "no dragons, no game", my post-apocalyptic campaign is the exception rather than the rule.


Guess I'm lucky that gamers where I am have a much broader interest, though depends how you pitch the game.

I mean I've had much greater interest when I've run one-shots based upon Fallout.
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Postby The Four Corners Commonwealth » Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:22 am

Mass Effect wrote:
Novaya Tselinoyarsk wrote:I have always been interested in table-top RPG games, but can never find enough people to be able to play a game.


lol, ikr. everytime i play D&D i play 3 characters and the DM plays the enemies and some characters to take the pressure off of me a bit, but its a pain only playing with 2 people.



If you live near a comic book store, I'd check there. My nearest comic book store has D&D nights every Friday and Saturday, and they do magic the gathering stuff on Sunday (I don't play MtG, but still its nice they offer). A lot of comic book stores have similar set ups, but I understand if you don't live nearby a store or have a problem with getting to one, that would be a lot more difficult.

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Postby Mass Effect » Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:23 am

The Four Corners Commonwealth wrote:
Mass Effect wrote:
lol, ikr. everytime i play D&D i play 3 characters and the DM plays the enemies and some characters to take the pressure off of me a bit, but its a pain only playing with 2 people.



If you live near a comic book store, I'd check there. My nearest comic book store has D&D nights every Friday and Saturday, and they do magic the gathering stuff on Sunday (I don't play MtG, but still its nice they offer). A lot of comic book stores have similar set ups, but I understand if you don't live nearby a store or have a problem with getting to one, that would be a lot more difficult.


dont have a lincense and the nearest rpg store is in sterling heights, i live in warren. same with a comic book store.
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Postby The Four Corners Commonwealth » Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:26 am

Morrdh wrote:
The Four Corners Commonwealth wrote:I've played a lot of d20 modern, I'm running a D20 modern now. The vehicle combat system is very clumsy in my opinion, i've practically got more house rules to cover it than the book gives for actual rules. Its hard to find D20 modern campaigns, in my experience most RPG groups want The Lord of the Rings treatment rather than anything else. The gaming club at my school is basically "no dragons, no game", my post-apocalyptic campaign is the exception rather than the rule.


Guess I'm lucky that gamers where I am have a much broader interest, though depends how you pitch the game.

I mean I've had much greater interest when I've run one-shots based upon Fallout.


Thats pretty much how I pitched it, but my problem was that I was new to the gaming group (though not a new player, the club president's brother taught me how to play D&D when I was 13 years ago) and they had narrow interests at the time. Luckily I put together a regular group and its run well ever since.

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Postby Mass Effect » Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:28 am

The Four Corners Commonwealth wrote:
Morrdh wrote:
Guess I'm lucky that gamers where I am have a much broader interest, though depends how you pitch the game.

I mean I've had much greater interest when I've run one-shots based upon Fallout.


Thats pretty much how I pitched it, but my problem was that I was new to the gaming group (though not a new player, the club president's brother taught me how to play D&D when I was 13 years ago) and they had narrow interests at the time. Luckily I put together a regular group and its run well ever since.


lucky.
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Postby The Four Corners Commonwealth » Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:29 am

Mass Effect wrote:
The Four Corners Commonwealth wrote:

If you live near a comic book store, I'd check there. My nearest comic book store has D&D nights every Friday and Saturday, and they do magic the gathering stuff on Sunday (I don't play MtG, but still its nice they offer). A lot of comic book stores have similar set ups, but I understand if you don't live nearby a store or have a problem with getting to one, that would be a lot more difficult.


dont have a lincense and the nearest rpg store is in sterling heights, i live in warren. same with a comic book store.


Yeah I was in that boat a few years ago too :/ I feel ya. Do you know how many comic book stores are in rural ohio? None. But hey it sounds like people here are starting to consider running a game.

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Postby Morrdh » Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:29 am

The Four Corners Commonwealth wrote:
Morrdh wrote:
Guess I'm lucky that gamers where I am have a much broader interest, though depends how you pitch the game.

I mean I've had much greater interest when I've run one-shots based upon Fallout.


Thats pretty much how I pitched it, but my problem was that I was new to the gaming group (though not a new player, the club president's brother taught me how to play D&D when I was 13 years ago) and they had narrow interests at the time. Luckily I put together a regular group and its run well ever since.


Fair 'nuff.

Presently I'm having a go at getting started as a RPG writer, so you may see my stuff in shops some point in the future.
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Postby Mass Effect » Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:30 am

Morrdh wrote:
The Four Corners Commonwealth wrote:
Thats pretty much how I pitched it, but my problem was that I was new to the gaming group (though not a new player, the club president's brother taught me how to play D&D when I was 13 years ago) and they had narrow interests at the time. Luckily I put together a regular group and its run well ever since.


Fair 'nuff.

Presently I'm having a go at getting started as a RPG writer, so you may see my stuff in shops some point in the future.


whats ur game going 2 be called?
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Postby Morrdh » Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:32 am

Mass Effect wrote:
Morrdh wrote:
Fair 'nuff.

Presently I'm having a go at getting started as a RPG writer, so you may see my stuff in shops some point in the future.


whats ur game going 2 be called?


Frozen Skies, tis a Dieselpunk setting (think Iron Sky, the Bioshock series, Crimson Skies, etc) for the Savage Worlds system.
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Postby The Four Corners Commonwealth » Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:33 am

Morrdh wrote:
Mass Effect wrote:
whats ur game going 2 be called?


Frozen Skies, tis a Dieselpunk setting (think Iron Sky, the Bioshock series, Crimson Skies, etc) for the Savage Worlds system.


So what exactly do you do as an RPG writer? Come up with a well written setting, rules, etc.?

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Postby Morrdh » Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:36 am

The Four Corners Commonwealth wrote:
Morrdh wrote:
Frozen Skies, tis a Dieselpunk setting (think Iron Sky, the Bioshock series, Crimson Skies, etc) for the Savage Worlds system.


So what exactly do you do as an RPG writer? Come up with a well written setting, rules, etc.?


Pretty much that, though for a licence for an established system you need to write up a good standard.
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Postby Mass Effect » Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:37 am

The Four Corners Commonwealth wrote:
Morrdh wrote:
Frozen Skies, tis a Dieselpunk setting (think Iron Sky, the Bioshock series, Crimson Skies, etc) for the Savage Worlds system.


So what exactly do you do as an RPG writer? Come up with a well written setting, rules, etc.?


pretty much, plus you have 2 come up with a story line that most players would like for the first adventure, and not make it 2 hard to understand. but also not to easy to understand. (MOST RPG GAMES HAVE HARD RULES TO UNDERSTAND AT FIRST BUT AFTER U GET THE HANG OF THEM THEIR PRETTY EASY TO UNDERSTAND) the reason i know that is because im aspiring 2 become an author and rpg writing is like that but adding rules and such.
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Postby Morrdh » Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:38 am

TBH it is really not that much different aside from say writing a factbook for your nation here on NS.
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Postby The Four Corners Commonwealth » Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:44 am

Morrdh wrote:TBH it is really not that much different aside from say writing a factbook for your nation here on NS.


huh I wrote a long module that all my campaigns have taken place in with an entire detailed history and rules and a complete list of adventures. Wonder if I should put that online... Maybe later, work in progress I suppose. Im not cheapening your job by saying I could do it, but I wouldn't mind putting it out for free or even making a little cash on the side haha

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Postby Mass Effect » Sun Jul 28, 2013 8:45 am

The Four Corners Commonwealth wrote:
Morrdh wrote:TBH it is really not that much different aside from say writing a factbook for your nation here on NS.


huh I wrote a long module that all my campaigns have taken place in with an entire detailed history and rules and a complete list of adventures. Wonder if I should put that online... Maybe later, work in progress I suppose. Im not cheapening your job by saying I could do it, but I wouldn't mind putting it out for free or even making a little cash on the side haha


who wouldnt mind making a little cash on the side.
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