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I quite like Monte Cook’s Cypher System for just about any setting. Fast, elegant rules with just the right amount of crunch to keep things interesting. It’s really easy to grasp and can be easily tailored to fit any setting. I also love how it uses a descriptive sentence instead of cookie-cutter character classes.
I’ve been toying around with the idea of a vampire-themed setting using the Cypher System (MY go-to!). I’ve got tons of ideas…it’ll be a fun writing exercise, if nothing else! :)
Sounds like ‘What We Do in Shadows - the TTRPG’ (which isn’t terrible!). =)
This reminds me of the extremely-low-budget-and-really-dated-but-still-hilarious film, ‘The Gamers’. One of the players can’t make it to the session, and so in all of the live-action scenes, you see this character just standing still and staring off into space while the rest of the group is fighting, etc. =)
This makes sense to me. I like the idea of playing the absent player’s character by committee. I don’t usually run the kinds of games where just anyone can hop in or hop out of the game (I always have story arcs), so having the group take over an absent player’s character seems like a logical method to mitigate their absence. Thanks so much for sharing!
So true, it burns. >_<
I think the d100 is so lots of people can add their own entries. :)
ROFLMAO!! It’s so cringe! I absolutely love it!! =)
5 - a cheerfully written letter addressed to the slain party’s significant other, describing in glowing terms how the slain party feels like they have a new lease on life ever since kicking some unnamed and dreadful disease, and how they can’t wait for this last job to end so they can come back home and start being the husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend/whateverfriend that they always wanted to be.
It’s pretty much a thankless job 80% of the time - which is why I have to take my joy from the act of creating something and NOT from the approval and appreciation of my players. It’s sad that it has to be like this, but it’s always been this way - at least in my experience.
God, PLEASE…go with actually faster combat. It’s hard enough to get everyone to commit to showing up to the game for a few hours on any kind of a regular basis. Don’t waste what little time they DO have to tell stories together with pointless minutia. Just one guy’s (very fervent) opinion. ;)