In last night's SR session we all became millionaires, our employer got his face shot off upon leaving the building, we had to hold off a swarm of random gang assholes who were supported by a sniper and mortar fire, our wizard knocked himself out casting too hard, Croguy and some of my drones got wrecked by a mortar, and then the sniper tried to flee in a sports car, dodging everything fired at him but the RPG and somehow survived the wreck, so we're dragging him to a safe house for a good old fashioned interrogation. We also befriended a samurai.
[editline]22nd February 2015[/editline]
Oh, and we looted a cyberdeck, so along with my RCC and control rig I am a master hacker (once I have the skills)
I wonder if The Legend of Zelda series (and I suppose a more levelless video game-y) style kind of progression can work well in roleplaying games. Where most upgrades aren't just another +1 to a roll or stat, where upgrades all do something and require more of a trial to obtain.
[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;47189998]I wonder if The Legend of Zelda series (and I suppose a more levelless video game-y) style kind of progression can work well in roleplaying games. Where most upgrades aren't just another +1 to a roll or stat, where upgrades all do something and require more of a trial to obtain.[/QUOTE]
Of course it could. It'd take some effort, but it could work.
Although a lot of the shit you find in Zelda games are basically +1 to a stat. Especially heart containers.
[QUOTE=elowin;47190041]Of course it could. It'd take some effort, but it could work.
Although a lot of the shit you find in Zelda games are basically +1 to a stat. Especially heart containers.[/QUOTE]
Only heart containers and the swords, really. Maybe you could count lifting upgrades but that's about it.
[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;47190054]Only heart containers and the swords, really. Maybe you could count lifting upgrades but that's about it.[/QUOTE]
Depends on which game.
In the original especially, a lot of the things you get are just upgrades.
Upgraded boomerang, upgraded arrows, two different sword upgrades, the skeleton key, both rings, the upgraded lantern, and of course heart containers.
Anyway though, that's going kind of off topic. It certainly can be done, but assuming the GM will be completely in charge of whatever new abilities the players get, it will take a lot of effort on the part of the GM to personalize that for every individual character.
Also when it comes to puzzle design, you'll obviously have to go a completely different route than the puzzle design in Zelda games. Ninety percent of Zelda puzzles would not work at all in a tabletop RPG.
[QUOTE=elowin;47190076]Depends on which game.
In the original especially, a lot of the things you get are just upgrades.
Upgraded boomerang, upgraded arrows, two different sword upgrades, the skeleton key, both rings, the upgraded lantern, and of course heart containers.
Anyway though, that's going kind of off topic. It certainly can be done, but assuming the GM will be completely in charge of whatever new abilities the players get, it will take a lot of effort on the part of the GM to personalize that for every individual character.
Also when it comes to puzzle design, you'll obviously have to go a completely different route than the puzzle design in Zelda games. Ninety percent of Zelda puzzles would not work at all in a tabletop RPG.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, I don't think you can really hand someone a worksheet or set up children's blocks. Puzzle design is the biggest thing holding me back from making my own campaigns. That and sloths.
[QUOTE=Rents;47189696]In last night's SR session we all became millionaires, our employer got his face shot off upon leaving the building, we had to hold off a swarm of random gang assholes who were supported by a sniper and mortar fire, our wizard knocked himself out casting too hard, Croguy and some of my drones got wrecked by a mortar, and then the sniper tried to flee in a sports car, dodging everything fired at him but the RPG and somehow survived the wreck, so we're dragging him to a safe house for a good old fashioned interrogation. We also befriended a samurai.
[editline]22nd February 2015[/editline]
Oh, and we looted a cyberdeck, so along with my RCC and control rig I am a master hacker (once I have the skills)[/QUOTE]
and I entirely forgot I was playing and watching adobe premier tutorials and played league
[QUOTE=Mellowbloom;47190357]and I entirely forgot I was playing and watching adobe premier tutorials and played league[/QUOTE]
You need to turn the ping noise back on.
[QUOTE=Aperture fan;47189126]his back leg got eaten up by a preposterously lucky burst fire[/QUOTE]
No luck, just skill. There's a reason all the girls are into me. Ace pilot status.
[QUOTE=Oliolio;47190412]You need to turn the ping noise back on.[/QUOTE]
I would in a heartbeat if I could edit its volume
it's deafening but if I lower firefox's overall volume I can't watch videos
[QUOTE=Mellowbloom;47190833]I would in a heartbeat if I could edit its volume
it's deafening but if I lower firefox's overall volume I can't watch videos[/QUOTE]
You could just run it in chrome, or another browser.
Or pay attention. :v:
[QUOTE=RearAdmiral;47178951]Anything involving Cthulhu is overdone[/QUOTE]
I always found the idea of CthulhuTech to be interesting though. Lovecraftian horror has always felt too impersonal to me, and it's too grim and depressing for my taste (defeated the cultists? YOU WERE CULTIST WHOLE TIME YOU INSANE). But apparently in CthulhuTech there's a small chance for hope and actually winning but still manages to be bleak.
Except I heard that CthulhuTech sucked after it got a lot of controversy involving depicting rape and religions very poorly or something. And also making the human-controlled parts of Earth seem very boring and monolithic in culture.
[QUOTE=LiquidNazgul;47190916]I always found the idea of CthulhuTech to be interesting though. Lovecraftian horror has always felt too impersonal to me, and it's too grim and depressing for my taste (defeated the cultists? YOU WERE CULTIST WHOLE TIME YOU INSANE). But apparently in CthulhuTech there's a small chance for hope and actually winning but still manages to be bleak.
Except I heard that CthulhuTech sucked after it got a lot of controversy involving depicting rape and religions very poorly or something. And also making the human-controlled parts of Earth seem very boring and monolithic in culture.[/QUOTE]
And also having a horribly confusing dice system.
[QUOTE=Oliolio;47190838]You could just run it in chrome, or another browser.
Or pay attention. :v:[/QUOTE]
yeaaah, it probably doesn't help that I was extremely tired last night
couches shorter than your body by a couple of feet aren't the best place to sleep it turns out
[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;47189998]I wonder if The Legend of Zelda series (and I suppose a more levelless video game-y) style kind of progression can work well in roleplaying games. Where most upgrades aren't just another +1 to a roll or stat, where upgrades all do something and require more of a trial to obtain.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Legend_of_Zelda_RPG[/url]
This system is completely built around Zelda progression, seeing as how it's a Zelda RPG. I'm currently running a game with it, about 5 sessions in.
Personally, I think it works really well. My player doesn't even like the series, and he's enjoying himself.
[QUOTE=Mellowbloom;47191160]yeaaah, it probably doesn't help that I was extremely tired last night
couches shorter than your body by a couple of feet aren't the best place to sleep it turns out[/QUOTE]
Or caffeine.
[QUOTE=MeltingData;47191307][url]http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Legend_of_Zelda_RPG[/url]
This system is completely built around Zelda progression, seeing as how it's a Zelda RPG. I'm currently running a game with it, about 5 sessions in.
Personally, I think it works really well. My player doesn't even like the series, and he's enjoying himself.[/QUOTE]
Except it ironically still has your standard skill and ability score style progression, which I think is exactly what Disco wants to avoid.
[QUOTE=MeltingData;47191307][url]http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Legend_of_Zelda_RPG[/url]
This system is completely built around Zelda progression, seeing as how it's a Zelda RPG. I'm currently running a game with it, about 5 sessions in.
Personally, I think it works really well. My player doesn't even like the series, and he's enjoying himself.[/QUOTE]
Huh, didn't think the Zelda universe lended itself to having heroes other than Link. Same with Third Era Middle Earth, the biggest of the bads is already fated to die by someone else's hand. As it is written, Link must defeat Ganon.
[editline]22nd February 2015[/editline]
[QUOTE=elowin;47191353]Except it ironically still has your standard skill and ability score style progression, which I think is exactly what Disco wants to avoid.[/QUOTE]
I don't know what I want.
[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;47191450]Huh, didn't think the Zelda universe lended itself to having heroes other than Link. Same with Third Era Middle Earth, the biggest of the bads is already fated to die by someone else's hand. As it is written, Link must defeat Ganon.[/QUOTE]
It doesn't really, but when has that ever stopped fans from making what they want.
[editline]22nd February 2015[/editline]
[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;47191450]I don't know what I want.[/QUOTE]
do you ever?
[QUOTE=elowin;47191513]It doesn't really, but when has that ever stopped fans from making what they want.
[/QUOTE]
Well there are also the bosses of any of the dungeons. Surely they could be badass enough to fight not-Link! Or the non-Ganon final bosses from, for example, the Oracles games (my favorite in the entire series)
[QUOTE=Chronische;47191553]Well there are also the bosses of any of the dungeons. Surely they could be badass enough to fight not-Link! Or the non-Ganon final bosses from, for example, the Oracles games (my favorite in the entire series)[/QUOTE]
except everyone in the zelda universe is incompetent other than ye olde triforce bearers
[QUOTE=elowin;47191654]except everyone in the zelda universe is incompetent other than ye olde triforce bearers[/QUOTE]
What about Link's dad in LttP? He was pretty competent as an adventurer. There clearly ARE other adventurers it's just Link is the best.
[QUOTE=Chronische;47191677]What about Link's dad in LttP? He was pretty competent as an adventurer. There clearly ARE other adventurers it's just Link is the best.[/QUOTE]
he died in an area where there are no enemies
competent
there are other adventurers but they all suck balls
[QUOTE=elowin;47191948]he died in an area where there are no enemies
competent
there are other adventurers but they all suck balls[/QUOTE]
Yeah no enemies because he cleared them all out! There were totally like, 10 bosses at once, and you know how they de-spawn when you beat them.
[QUOTE=Chronische;47191984]Yeah no enemies because he cleared them all out! There were totally like, 10 bosses at once, and you know how they de-spawn when you beat them.[/QUOTE]
it was a fucking corridor
[QUOTE=elowin;47192344]it was a fucking corridor[/QUOTE]
Yeah that's why it was so hard, he ran out of bottled faries!
[QUOTE=KOManiacJim;47192356]*Reads the beginning of the OP* [U]Thank You.[/U]
I am going to collect Munchkin Cards again because I like it's zany nature. There should be an Semi-Serious Cartoon based off of Munchkin and it should be in the style of the Yu-Gi-Oh Anime's formula.[/QUOTE]
only if it stops after the first season
[QUOTE=elowin;47191513]do you ever?[/QUOTE]
All I know is pixies, lesbians, and Frozen.
[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;47192419]All I know is pixies, lesbians, and Frozen.[/QUOTE]
so just lesbians then?
After a closer look as the rules for vehicle speeds in Shadowrun 5th ed, I've discovered it's possible to get into orbit with a nudge from magic, some cyberware, a sports car and a ramp.
[editline]22nd February 2015[/editline]
Without the spirit assistance you can only manage a measly 6.9km/s, or about Mach 10 for people who don't like metric.
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