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The present build (Continuance Effect based)

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[SirAaronIII]

Dungeons of Dredmor. It's a roguelike. I have it and I love it.

[applesauce machine]

Also, apples, please put posts without actual actions in this thread.

Ohkay, my bad.

Also, I can see your new, disgruntled avatar, and what is DoD?

This has already been answered but I'll say it anyway: it is Dungeons of Dredmor, an awesome turn-based roguelike. You can get it on Steam, but be warned that it costs money.

[SirAaronIII]

Semiserious question: do we have the whole story planned out including silly injokes or are we just winging it as we go?

[TherosPherae]

Semiserious question: do we have the whole story planned out including silly injokes or are we just winging it as we go?

Blade might have some sort of stuff planned out. As for the rest of us, I'm pretty sure we're just winging it like a flock of pigeons. Or at least I am. .-.

[Blade Master Model 42]

Major plot points, goals that must be achieved in order to claim the ultimate reward and etc. are all planned. What you all choose to do in regards to them is not. I can't control your actions as players, and I'll try not to try to.

[freeformschooler]

Big news, guys.



http://www.mspaforums.com/showthread.php?33724-The-Homestuck-tabletop-RPG-SYLLADEX-DECK-CREATOR-v-2/page19

An official announcement came through that the Homestuck RPG project in its current form is "dead" in terms of future updates. So even though the post by Babylon is littered with hopeful words like "hibernation", it's likely we won't be seeing any more updates to the book for a long, long time, if ever.

To be more specific, there's a chance of a ground-up book converted from Gamma World 2e in the future. However, the current incarnation based on 1.1E isn't going to be getting any more love. So I have some proposals:

We sit around and hope other people will continue it

There's been a little progress (especially at Obsidian Portal), but it's slow. I wouldn't recommend this.

We wait for the 2E conversion

Also possible. The current version of the ruleset is "stable", but it's missing some late-game components. For example: the highest tier Agent is still below Level 10.

We continue it ourselves

It probably sounds crazy, but I'm more and more familiar with building and balancing 4E powers, creatures and items every day. I have the 4E DMG, so I could easily build whatever materials (God Tier, more alchemy components, denizens, etc) are necessary. Since Blade is also an experienced 4E DM, we could go back and forth on this.

[TherosPherae]

Freeform, I'm pretty much fine with whichever option keeps the game going

That said, if we pick the third one I'll try to help out as much as I can, but not being a GM, all I can do is come up with zany ideas for what things could do.

Oh, and this.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I definitely should have been doing homework instead of this, but WHATEVER

[Blade Master Model 42]

We continue it ourselves

It probably sounds crazy, but I'm more and more familiar with building and balancing 4E powers, creatures and items every day. I have the 4E DMG, so I could easily build whatever materials (God Tier, more alchemy components, denizens, etc) are necessary. Since Blade is also an experienced 4E DM, we could go back and forth on this.

CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. If we're doing this though, we're going full-tilt. All canon class builds, Passive and Active Class Juxtaposition, associated aspect powers, more options for alchemy building, and anything else we can think of. We might also address certain aspects of the base equipment (as it currently stands, light ranged is worthless in comparison to heavy ranged). Oh dear god, this has suddenly become an enormous project, what have we done?

Unfortunately, freeform overestimates my power. I'm like the complete opposite of Anakin Skywalker in Episode III.

[freeformschooler]

That's alright, I'm always here to procrastinate real work so that I can waste an hour of my life designing a new D&D 4E power.

[SirAaronIII]

Yes, I am totally down for this. Even though I have more experience with 3.5. Whatever we can all do this together.

Should we start another thread someday (when it comes up) for the mechanics in Creative Projects or something? Yes this could be a whole new thing oh man I am way too excited

[The Fool]

I have time this summer, so I can test out balance to see if I can break the game horribly. I'm good at that normally.

[Blade Master Model 42]

That would probably be for the best, but we should hold off on that until we have some actual things we're ready to put up, up to and including a '1.2'

I think the first thing we should do is define class pairings, and work from there.

+ -
Thief - Rogue
Heir - ?Mage?
Prince - ?Knight?
Witch - ?Seer?
?Page - Bard?

I might be forgetting some. Probably am.

Edit: Sylph. Sorry Kanaya, no idea where that goes.

[SirAaronIII]

You're missing Sylph and Maid. Also remember that - is the active one and + is passive, though it's really weird to remember. Here's what I think:
Active - Passive
Seer - Sylph (It was said that Aranea helped other people see stuff, and Seers use their powers to see for themselves)

That's all I really have right now. We sure don't have much to work with.

[freeformschooler]

I personally think that designating active and passive classes for the purposes of the ruleset MIGHT be a waste of time. Aside from the chance that Hussie pops in and shatters all of our dreams, there's nothing intrinsically wrong with the classes as they are - unless, of course, we're willing to rework them to fit the active/passive system.

I'm more interested in making aspects play a more pivotal role. In the comic proper, aspects modified what exactly the class could do beyond its general purpose. If we were going to fulfill that definition, I don't think we would have to add more combat powers or anything.

Here's my idea for aspects, and by extension, titles in general: each character gets a unique skill based on their class/aspect combo, used the same way they use any other skill in situations where it would be deemed appropriate. By extension, Mikhael could roll his skill to harm people mentally, Mimi could roll to see things in space and Danielle could... actually, I have no idea what she would do.

Of course, this skill would go up as the character gained levels, representing their steady awakening to their powers. An item like Rose's crystal ball could be alchemized to boost her title skill.

[Johnfalcon99977]

I think the first thing we should do is define class pairings, and work from there.

These are the Active/Passive pairings I'm absolutely sure are Canon.
Active - Passive

Thief - Rogue
Prince - Bard

When it comes to (Somewhat) educated guessing:

Heir - Knight (Almost Definate)
Mage - Seer (Not sure, but Likely)
Maid - Sylph (Purely Guessing)

I don't know about the others. Keep in mind I was using the wiki for these pairings.

Edit: Wiki says that Seer was said in Canon to be a class made for helping her/his Teammates, and the same with Knight. Then again, wiki, so take some caution.

Edit2: @FFS: We could use the Homestuck Wiki very Liberally.
If we go by my route, then we would be able to see what power we would have in the form of a flowery Riddle:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Mikheal:
"One who manipulates Mind as a weapon in order to protect others"
Danielle:
"One under the protection of Blood"
Alex:
"One who benefits himself with knowledge pertaining to Rage"

Sure, it'll be a bit hard to figure out, but these powers actually kinda sound badass if you get by that fact.