Fight in the graveyardUnarmed fight, 1 to 2 opponents per character, complication: mourners Camp of the King’s loyalistsUnarmed combat, 3 to 4 enemies per character, complication: government loyalists have captured rebellious peasants The Shaolin school classFoot chase, 1 to 2 enemies per character, forest, complication: a Shaolin monk is teaching little monks in the forest.… Read More Fight scene ideas for Hong Kong action games
In 1997, Michael O’Brian showed how freeform rpg is done. “Maximum Game Fun” was the concept, and Runequest players all over the world have been using it ever since: https://t.co/U3ATZGECka. This is the game in a nutshell: Character creationx Things your hero does better than the averagex Things he does worsex Things everyone knows about… Read More Maximum Game Fun: freeform Glorantha
I LOVE Shadowrun.And I’m constantly tweaking rules, most of them FKR-style or Risus.Today, for the nth time, Risus. Take a look at the character sheet above. This is the famous Street Shaman of Shadowrun 1e. It has more than 30 (!!!) numbers. Not what I call elegant. So, let’s Risus-ify it. Menelaus QaysStrong-Willed Rat Shaman… Read More Shadowrun 1e in Risus: from 33 numbers down to 4
Replace damage dice with Effect Rolls:Roll a d20. Below-average rolls mean below-average damage: neglegible. Middling rolls mean middling damage: 50 percent of a weak enemy’s hp gone, but still nothing to write home about against boss-level nasties. Above-average rolls = above average damage. Weak foes die. Boss foes take a deep breath. Really high rolls… Read More Fast D&D combat
Everway still is one of the best diceless rpgs in the market. Its glorious Fortune Deck doesn’t give you quantitative results, but qualitative ones. Interpret the card you drew (or let your player draw), and apply this insight to resolve any challenge in your game. I wanted to write this generator for a long time,… Read More Forget dice. Draw an Everway fortune card instead. Online.
Thank you, holy mercenary, for helping my family and me so quickly, so swiftly, so elegantly – again. Thank you. You turned a situation not only into its opposite, but you absolutely ROCKED it. Thank you. (To my dear readers: If anyone of y’all is seeking help, please let me know. St. Expedite might be… Read More Thank you, St. Expedite
Rest in Peace, brother. Christian Rätsch, the internationally renowned Ancient America expert, cultural anthropologist, shamanism expert, ethnobotanist, ethnopharmacologist and – unofficially – visual artist, heavy metal rocker, Wagnerian and psychonaut, was called home to the halls of Odin. On the night of September 17, the Wallküren carried him away on their silver wings. May his… Read More Rest in peace, brother.
I’ve written a random character generator for Paul Gallagher’s brilliant Sprawl Goons. You can use the output for any cyberpunk game you like. I’ll keep updating it whenever I feel like it 🙂 https://perchance.org/sprawl-goons
About one and a half years ago, I described how to play Troika! with my Landshut rules. Yesterday, I posted the rules I’m using at the moment, so let’s apply them to FKR Troika!. SKILLDisregard this stat. STAMINADisregard this stat. LUCK!Roll 1d6+6. If the sum is 7, your character starts with 3 Bad Luck Points.… Read More Playing Troika! the way it has to be played: FKR-style
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