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[CT]

Couldnt find anywhere that looked good to post this. What is a good system to use damage wise in an rtd? I want to stay away from plain old HP but i also want to post turns semi fast as we are just playing together on facebook meaning they have to wait for me between each action.

Help appreciated.

[Eotyrannus]

Couldnt find anywhere that looked good to post this. What is a good system to use damage wise in an rtd? I want to stay away from plain old HP but i also want to post turns semi fast as we are just playing together on facebook meaning they have to wait for me between each action.

Help appreciated.

Use the Chunky Salsa rule! They are dead if they explode. They are dead after a few turns of bleeding to death. And so on. For a good example, use Perplexicon!

[10ebbor10]

There's the Monk, Iawatoshort system circulating somewhere on the forums.

Can't find it right now.

[Dwarmin]

My systems tend to be overly complicated, but I try to go by the 'five hit rule'-a standard player can take five hits on average before dying-adjusted to fit the situation.

That being said, there's plenty of stuff around-take a look at the more popular games for inspiration.

[Persus13]

I've been thinking of a system where combat is two rolls (ex. [4 vs. 5]). If they differ by 4 or 5: (6 vs 1), (6 vs 2), (5 vs 1) they die, where as if it's a difference of two or three, they just get injured. Said injuries may give modifiers to the fight roll. The Roller's block thread will likely have some damage system ideas somewhere in that thread

[lawastooshort]

There's the Gatleos / lawatooshort system circulating somewhere on the forums.

Can't find it right now.

I wouldn't have suggested something I use myself but since Archimedes suggested it then, well, it has worked for a few games and can be as complicated or not as you want.

http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=125203

Dermonster's version of it was done well but I can't find it just yet.

This was faster and brutaller:
http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=127157.0

I think Dwarmin's sounds very good. You could combine it with an opposing d6 roll: if the attacker beats the defender then bang, one of your five hits is gone.

It kind of depends on how complicated the rest of your game is though.

[piecewise]

This all depends on how in depth of an RTD you're planning.

Will it be standard d6 for everything with no stats or skills?

Will there be stats and skills and how will the effect rolls? Dice pool? Bonuses to rolled number?

Do you want to use an HP damage system or one that is based more around blood loss and organ damage? Either works, really; hp is easier to quantify but leads to a bit of metaness when it comes to how wounds are handled. Ie, when you can have a rogue stab someone in the throat and the stabbed person doesn't care because hit points.

How in depth are you looking to go with things like injuries or persistent damage from being hurt?

[Joben]

I tend to favor hitpoints systems. Everyone knows how they work. They're fast. A lot of the other stuff is just obfuscated hitpoint systems anyway. (Want to categorize characters as Fine, Hurt, Injured and Dead? Congrats your characters have 3 hits points.)

I have a suggestion though. Behind the scenes it's basically hitpoints, but it's obfuscated in way that is useful for roleplay. Make it cinematic. A hero doesn't go down in one shot. He gets his arm sliced, puts it in a sling and carries on. So when a character is injured. It's never lethal the first time (unless they get nuked or something). Describe a simple injury that will limit them. After a few such blows they're out of Hero Luck, and the next one can be fatal.

So it's not "Bob has 1 HP left." It's "Bob is in bad shape with a broken arm and a concussion."