Hi! This is the hopefully not-too-annoying monthly mailer for the Risustalk mailing list, where we prattle on about Risus: the Anything RPG, by S. John Ross (a...
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Oct 1, 2005 4:50 pm
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As I see it a cliché is written in three parts as follows: Name of the Cliché (Value of the Cliché) (Abilities of the cliché) Like this: Barbarian (4)...
First, thanks for posting! You might want to start chanting "There's no wrong way to play, there's no wrong way to play..." at this point ;-) ... The...
Anatomy of a Cliché (from the Risus Companion) is freely available over at Uncle Bear... http://unclebear.com/archives.php?id=A2004011 (it is the post for...
... Well, umm, no. That's not how it works. The Barbarian cliche gives you the ability to do EVERYTHING that a Barbarian can do. A Barbarian (2) (or even a...
Maxwell Smart Cliches: Bass-Ackwards Logic (4), Dumb Luck (4), Spiffy (3), Special Agent 86 (2) Hooks: Constantly finds himself in the middle of diabolic...
... I have several problems with this description and will now discuss them. But, not without the cones of silence.... That's how I feel about it. Nothing you...
BOBA FETT CLICHES: You do NOT want a piece of THIS (4), Make a Statement by Standing and Doing Nothing (3), Clone, Clone on the Range (3), Mandalorian Armor...
TOM CRUISE CLICHES: Ignore Reality (4), Set Jaw Resolutely (3), Action Maven (3), Charm the Impressionable (3) HOOK: Has gone from being the world's leading...
I know there's supposedly no wrong way to play Risus, but your cliches seem a bit....un-clicheish. I always use nouns as my cliches, never just adjectives or...
Hmm, yeah, I'd say a cliche is descriptive while also being specifically targetted on the character. Pronouns are fine (such as: The One Who Will Bring...
... I always thought it would simply do when both player and master know what the cliche are supposed to mean. Using the +ing form here "Ignoring Reality"...
All of your opinions are noted and appreciated, but as long as my players and I understand what is meant by the cliche, what actions and concepts are covered...
Sorry about delay; you mean my Clone Wars, or no? ... -- Stefan Livingstone Shirley "...has a propensity for colorful metaphor." (aka peregrine "bright"...
"All of your opinions are noted and appreciated, but as long as my players and I understand what is meant by the cliche, what actions and concepts are covered...
Hi folks. I was reading the back logs of the Star War conversation and a good point came up about Inappropriate Cliches being, I believe "the well from which...
Awesome observations! It just goes to show you that Risus IS the Anything RPG... who needs that GURPs crap! All that time pouring over tables for modifiers ...
A recent comment sparked a thought: I've seen a few cliches that weren't phrased in the conventional manner, but nonetheless conveyed exactly what they were...
Aw, I wouldn't be too hard on the crunchy games. They have their time and place. For our group, we like Risus for one-shots and mini-campaigns. Crunchy systems...
It reminds of the Aspects from FATE (http://www.faterpg.com/). I don't have a problem with describing cliches this way, though I tend to prefer noun-based...
Got to love a game where we can argue about syntax and grammar and still be argueing about rules;) ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
You see, I prefer the line "who taught you how to fly" as opposed to just "Pilot," or even "brash pilot." "Who Taught You How To Fly?" gives me the feel of a...
Crackerjack Fighter Pilot who hears people say, "Who taught you how to fly," a lot on account of his unorthodox style (4) I like the cliche good and long,...
Just to point out in my own defense that my example wasn't just "Pilot" but "Daredevil Pilot". Of course, in play I'd probably make it something like Daredevil...
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