... You could do like Hero Machine (www.ugo.com/channels/comics/heromachine2/heroMachine2.asp), which lets you save and load examples by copy-pasting text. -...
Let's see: Human characters have stats of 3+(0-9), or about 8 average. Skill 6 is 'the beginning og competence', so a decent skill is probably also 8. That's...
... That's sort of a non-feature, as you can already do that (just copy-paste from/to the text window). Torben [Non-text portions of this message have been...
... That worked, thank you. The reload is fast enough that I don't think it is a problem. ... I have now changed the script to read the samples from a file....
... Average stat is 6 = 3 + 3... Going with the Apprentice-Journeyman-Master paradigm, an Apprentice would be Skill 0-2, a Journeyman 3-5, and a Master 6-8, 9...
... Or you could make the target# = attacker skill + 10 - defender skill. However, this does ruin the simplicity of always rolling against your skill. As I...
New features have been added to the Troll web interface: - You can now save your definition in a list of user-contributed definitions. - Graphics have been...
Hi all, I would appreciate if one of you wrote a review of the Troll web interface on RPG.net, so knowledge of it gets to more users. I feel it would be...
Time for a quick brainstorm: How many ways are there for the wielder to activate an activatable magic item? I need to cover all the general ways that there...
Bring into contact with - eg plunge the staff into water to freeze it, feed the sword blood to make it thirst, etc. Break the item (for one use items) - eg...
A key-and-lock type setup, where a unique item must be brought close to or inserted in the magic item to activate it. Bloodline or heritage specific. (i.e....
To expand on this, it could actually be a "binary" item in that it has two parts that don't work well (or at all) apart but are powerful together. Examples are...
... Environment-specific activations: must be swathed in fullmoon light, must be touching your skin while you sleep, ... Sacrifice: must kill a living being (a...
Ritualistic: Must purify your spirit by fasting for three days; must gather the ritual components and then perform a lengthy 1-4 hour ritual. Must attune your...
... Some of these could be combined into a larger "Mysticial trigger" or "Sympathetic" (in the occult meaning) category. - Raven Daegmorgan Wild Hunt Studio ...
... I guess my approach is to first generalize, then later on "branch out" into more specific rules, by adding detail. -- Peter Knutsen sagatafl.org...
... Sure thing. I suggested the broader category given that it seemed to me you had indicated you were looking for the general categories (first). - Raven...
Since in Abrigon, the magic is really nanite tech, with secondary neural networkss and power networks, the sword or like connnets to the grid via the persons,...
iv been makeing games for about 11 years and i want to start a publishing compony. if you live in washington state and want to write with me please reply....
Hello - I've recently finished writing an alternate history novel, and during the course of it's creation, I thought that this world would make an awesome ...
... Number 4 and 5 are just combinations of "command word" with physical actions, so I suggest you merge items 4 and 5 and allow combinations of two or more...
... Rule systems as such are not covered by copyright, so in theory you can use any system as long as you phrase it using your own words, call it something...
... Rule systems as such are not covered by copyright, so in theory you can use any system as long as you phrase it using your own words, call it something...
Hi Everyone, I am interested in creating an RPG game. More specifically, I am interested in creating an MMORPG (online RPG gaming). Can you tell me if this...
Guns and Flashlights. Trigger or a switch? Ritual, I am emowered or like Thors hammer, a walking sick until struck on the ground and words said and now its a...
I can't speak definitively for everyone here, but I can infer from my time with this discussion list indicates it's dedicated to traditional pen &paper gaming...
Yeah, from my experience on here, pen & paper, but the system mechanics of said RPG. So, I guess you throw ideas at the list for how you might handle the RPG...