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, 2006 6:04 pm
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Hello all, I've just been learning a little of about the indie rpg scene (yeah I know, old timers slow to catch up... etc...) and I am particularly taken with...
You might want to also check out "Formless" made available by pigames. It is, in my opinion, what RPGs aspire to be. jonfreeman2000 <damianaxaxas@...>...
At last, I have taken the fools leap over the precipice of knowing... I now own the Risus Companion (which looks great!) and I suppose am a member of IOR as...
I just saw this, and thought it might be useful for Anachromerica (Hi, Guy!) Here's the premise: "The Movie Timeline is the history of everything, taken from...
... The way I see it, probably not. As long as he's got a crowd of true believers, he can whip 'em into a religious frenzy. (The congregation would count as ...
I like Brother Clary! ________________________________ From: risustalk@yahoogroups.com [mailto:risustalk@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Hank Harwell Sent:...
Beautiful! Not only can I SEE this guy, but I can HEAR him as well: "Sumtahms, the pow'r o' Gawd kin turn men's souls. Otha tahms," ka-click! "Gawd helps them...
I agree that Brother Clary is fine just as he is, and doesn't need tweaking. ... I think that Brother Clary would also have the ability to RAISE a crowd of ...
... However, I would be inclined to say a preachin'-sized Bible is certainly a Tool for that cliché; preferably one of those fat, 10-to-12-inch-tall floppy,...
... Well, if I were a GM it would depend on how difficutl I wanted to be, and the nature of the roll. Some things (quoting scripture, being dogmatic, thumpin'...
... <snip> ... I think you'd achieve the same effect by replacing "Tent" with "Revivalist" in the Cliche, and not need to worry about if there's a tent around...
Thanks for all of the encouraging words! I've taken some of the best comments and dropped them into a word doc to use for fleshing out the cliches even more...
I'm very interested in the optional "Cascade" combat system in the Risus Companion (p 56). I have always liked things that give players choices in combat. Has...
Interested in you Risoids' take on the discussion in the Companion on using an Uzi to make multiple attacks, or attacks on multiple characters. So how would...
Has anyone tried a Risus powered Eberron campaign? Or just created a list of Eberron cliches for someone to ste...er, proofread? [Non-text portions of this...
... Depends on what the player says. "I'm gonna pin them down with a hail of bullets!" = target number 'I'm gonna try and hit their leader, but I'm not worried...
Just letting everyone know that my 4 Risus settings (Mariachi, Dao Sheng, Arcadomai and SHGGFTAWSGDSSFDF) are all up on the Risusiverse. I'm taking a small...
... Companion on ... you do? ... wins ... any ... against two different rolls for two different effects? And is that a single roll contest of the sort that...
I have no idea if someone has thought of this already, but I figure that I would share my small addition to the elegantly awesomeness that is Risus... I call...
Rev. Frank posted a new idea for "critical hits", someone else complained the math was too hard. Frank's idea was that a critical should happen if the...
... I call it... Doubling Up If during a Risus combat, one of the combatant's dice rolls adds up to TWICE the number of his opponent, the opponent loses two...
Sounds like it could work easily enough. Feel free to add it to the Risusiverse wiki ( http://risusiverse.wetpaint.com/ (or if you give permission, I can add...
Seems that I have already been beaten to the punch - even with the cool naming... Sort of. Upon reading it a little more closely, my option requires a ...
I personally don't have it but I have access to one - which page is it on? I was trying to find it (briefly) yesterday but came up wanting. ... hits"...
I think Karl is referring to the Deadly Combat options on page 54 (I don't recall anything in there specifically about critical hits, but I could be mistaken)....
