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[Remuthra]

Ideally i would like a school that has a cost attached.

Yes! Powerful, dangerous, difficult magic is arguably more fun.

[flabort]

Wait, another "Block" thread? Well, PTW, then, because the multiforum robot deathmatch would go better here than Rollers Block (too late for that, though).

[Aklyon]

Ideally i would like a school that has a cost attached.

Yes! Powerful, dangerous, difficult magic is arguably more fun.

Blood magic?

[darkpaladin109]

Ideally I would like a school that has a cost attached.

Illusion based magic that makes you see or hear things that aren't actually there if you use it too much?

[Harry Baldman]

The problem is i don't want the magic itself be inherently evil.
Ambitious, yes. Self righteous, yes. Unlawful, no. 
If i were to use "Demonic" or "Pact" magic that would clearly be evil. ...
Corruption is covered by "curse"

Ideally i would like a school that has a cost attached.

Hm... how about Sacrifice? Destroying objects and living creatures to endow yourself with related empowerment, usually of the temporary sort?

[hachnslay]

The problem is i don't want the magic itself be inherently evil.
Ambitious, yes. Self righteous, yes. Unlawful, no. 
If i were to use "Demonic" or "Pact" magic that would clearly be evil. ...
Corruption is covered by "curse"

Ideally i would like a school that has a cost attached.

Hm... how about Sacrifice? Destroying objects and living creatures to endow yourself with related empowerment, usually of the temporary sort?

Good enough i guess.
Broad enough and powerful at a cost.
Now i will probably run character generation within the next week.
Even if the rest of the Game will take a bit longer.
I am currently trying to draw a map of the main dungeon with Dungeon Designer 3... it is rather frustrating, as that seems to be used to only make small blocky maps, like single rooms.
Stupid goblin warrens ...
... i will be creating the other rooms one by one, so they don't look stupid (not one nice dirt texture)
you can make a map out of it.

!! the buttons that are used to create the posts seem to have stopped working for me. i don't know why.

[kj1225]

SO. Does anyone have any interest in a generic zombie suggestion game?

[Nerjin]

As Zoombees or as humans?

[kj1225]

Hoomans. Wit magic.

[Fniff]

Generic zombie suggestion games are pretty well trod ground at this point. Usually they're as the zombies.

[Remuthra]

Generic zombie god game.

[sjm9876]

Would there be any interest in a town builder RPG inspired by darkest dungeons?
So the players are trying to build and defend a town whilst under assault from nightmarish creatures each night. They can develop fears and phobias etc... The game would likely be very lethal, with minimal expectation of success.

Spoiler: Rambling system ideas (click to show/hide)

STR: Strength - how hard you hit etc...
CON: Physical endurance - health etc...
DEX: Dexterity -dodging etc...
MAG: Magic affinity - the power of potions etc... (Combat spellcasting isn't a thing)
WIL: Willpower - the ability to resist fear and morale drops etc...

Races would probably be free form, represented as a few additional attribute points.
Skills would be preset, with associated attributes.
Each character could have a custom mechanic, providing slight bonuses - possibly. Might be too hard to moderate.

Each character has a morale level between -5 - 5, granting its level as a bonus to actions. A level below -5 is fatal, whereas -5 itself prevents actions. Seeing friends die, sustaining wounds, critical fails etc lower morale; critical successes, luxuries (resource heavy), and some abilities and skills raise it. WIL grants a chance to resist a morale loss. Any further drop in morale whilst below 0 can cause the character to develop a negative effect of some sort, impairing their abilities somewhat.

[kj1225]

It sounds cool.

[sjm9876]

Some further development:

Spoiler: More rambling on systems (click to show/hide)

Basic rolls:
d20 roll + applicable attribute/skill + situational modifiers.

Attributes are
ATK: Bonus to attack
DEF: Bonus to defense
CON: HP = (CONx4)+1
WIL: Bonus to rolls to resist fear/morale loss

Skills are used outside of combat, and are separate from attributes. They are:
Construction
Blacksmithing
Carpentry
Farming
Hunting (& trapping)
Enchanting
Alchemy
Medicine
Entertaining

For all skills, most uses beyond basics require some sort of recipe/training purchasable from the caravan.

Characters start with 15 attributes (3 of which are racial) and 7 skill points (2 of which are racial)
Skills can be leveled with an amount of xp equal to (2*current rank + 1)x10
xp gain is equal to any corresponding roll made - without modifiers (ie. a roll of 4+6 for carpentry gives 4 carpentry xp)
Attributes cannot be leveled under ordinary circumstances

Characters have relations to each other and NPCs, ranked from 1 to 5. Each has a chance to gain morale when interacting, and a loss upon death. Multiple chances represent multiple rolls, each of which can result in a level of morale. Chances are given as x/20 - change results when the roll is less than the value of x. WIL is applied as a bonus when losing morale. Format is lvl - name - loss chance on death - gain chance on interact
0 - Acquaintance -no loss - no gain
1 - Friend - 5/20 - 1/20
2 - Close friend - 10/20, 5/20 - 4/20
3 - Inseparable - 20/20, 10/20, 5/20 - 10/20
4 - Lover (or equivalent) - 20/20, 20/20, 10/20, 5/20 - 15/20, 5/20
5 - Devoted - 20/20, 20/20, 20/20, 10/20, 5/20 - 20/20, 10/20

For example, P (WIL=3) interacts with a Devoted - the 20/20 is guaranteed, and he rolls a 14. This is greater than 10, so he only gains 1 morale level. His devoted then dies - he rolls 18,12,8,9,10 - with the modifier this is 21,15,11,12,13 - safe, loss, loss, safe, safe - and loses 2 morale levels.

Relationships between PCs must be mutually agreed. A relationship change can only occur once every 2 days, but does not take an action.

During the day, 3 actions can be taken. These include interactions, progressing constructions etc... One action can also act as a substitute for a nights sleep - failure to sleep results in a loss of morale with chance (#nights missed in last 10 days)x(#consecutive nights missed) / 20, which functions as in a relationship - WIL also takes effect here.

HP loss is a simple attack roll - defense roll.

[Rolepgeek]

WHY DID THIS DIE?

Anyway, since everyone's doing it and I've been playing a shitton of Final Fantasy recently, what do you guys think of a Final Fantasy Emblem? FFE, rather than FEF, as confusing as that is(not my fault they have similar acronyms!)?

It would be heavily influenced by Final Fantasy Tactics, Tactics Advanced, and Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift(mostly the latter, I would think, since that's the one I have), and mostly use the Fire Emblem mechanics, heavily modified(the degree of which is half of what I'm here to ask about), in a Final Fantasy setting, with Final Fantasy jobs/races. Inspired by other Final Fantasy games, too, of course, but Tactics was itself based off Fire Emblem, I think.

What do you guys think? And how much should the rules shift?

And is anyone good at pixel art and/or knows how I could get better?

EDIT: OH GOD I JUST REALIZED ANOTHER IDEA.

It might be awesome. It might be dumb. Worth saying either way.

Perplexicon, but instead of words, songs, or pieces of songs. Battle of the Bards. You string together songs to make your magic, and the song/verse or whatever has to do with the effect, somehow, no matter how obscure. And it may be very obscure. Probably less cool in practice than theory, though.