Permission to break tumbleweed-filled silence requested.... The Risus companion p. 37-38 suggests any attempt for one individual to attack a bunch of foes at...
It kinda depends on what the referee wants to happen here. Remember, how a grunt squad stacks up is up to the ref alone. The three old foes could become a...
I'm loath to come up with an all-inclusive "appropriateness rule", especially since there's already one in place: "there's no wrong way to play". If you think...
Will and Guy : sound advice both; thanks, of course appropriateness should be subject to "no-wrong-way" yeah I see what you are saying. I guess that the...
Hi Risus Pals, I'm going to be running a Risus one-shot next Monday, and it's basically a zombie horror game aboard a cruise ship (can we say zombie horde...
... You probably know this, but I wouldn't tell them about the zombies before the game starts, just tell them "This is an adventure set on a cruise ship". One...
If the players are passengers, give them issues of their own to solve when they board the ship. The old "Love Boat" TV series could be used for some hilarious...
I recall that someone posted an alternative to using funky dice for supernatural (superheroic, magical) powers, but I can't seem to find it. Does anyone...
There's Rescaled Risus in the Companion; essentially, you just shift the target numbers down a bit (or quite a bit, depending on how heroic/superheroic) and...
Brilliantly diabolical :-) Thanks guys! Best Wishes, Manu ... From: jonfreeman2000 To: risustalk@yahoogroups.com Sent: 6/14/2007 9:38:42 AM Subject:...
For whatever reason target numbers continue to befuddle me. I'd like to run a game for moderately powered superhero types, which means funky dice. To make it...
If 'target numbers continue to befuddle' you. Don't use 'em. Give the object a cliche, roll a single action conflict and narrate. For example: VW Beetle (2) ...
Thanks, John, but, again, how did you come up with the numbers below? I like the fact that you can make things contested combats (e.g., alien versus blopod...
You'll find Risus is subjective. What I mean by that is it depends on the moment. The car cliches I made might change up or down depending on the tension that...
Target Numbers are very much dependant upon how much of a challenge you want to give the players, and which cliches the players are using against them. If your...
I've got it. So, the target number is a combination of "how hard should it be given the character's level in the cliche" and "how hard do I (GM) want it to...
I've come to the conclusion that funky dice are unncessary. It's really about setting the target numbers to where (1) is the easy stuff and (6) is the really...
For me, it would be based on whether the opposition was 'super'. If it is, I'd go with maybe equal sided dice. A quick comparison could be done by sides too. ...
Nothing to do with Zombies here, but my brother and his wife take cruises regularly. I'll never forget the story he told me about one cruise line (forget...
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I've just uploaded my "Swords and Sandals" setting for Risus. It's a Greek Mythology setting with a lot of influence from the old Hercules movies, the Hercules...
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I've just uploaded a file of example characters for my Swords and Sandals campaign setting. Please let me know what you think of them. It really isn't...
This is pretty amazing (I hope it gets the Risusiverse treatment when done). Feedback: You mention earning funky dice with experience, bu don't really detail ...
... Probably. ... True, although it has been detailed elsewhere (I can't remember where). Basically, when you have reached 6 dice in a cliche, you bump it up...
To clarify the Funky Dice situation, as I've specified it, you can't buy Funky Dice with your starting dice. However, once you've reached 6d6, your next...
... Hehe, just want to suggest Just Say No to Funky Dice! Er, no wrong way to play and all that. :) Though I suppose your way of only getting them when you...
