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[MaximumZero]

Certainly much cleaner than the ones I come up with, almost to the point of looking like there's not enough there. If that's all you need to play, then I congratulate you on coming up with a simpler system than I seem to be able to.

The character sheet is a little heavier than I would like, but that's everything you need (aside from dice and a pencil.)

One of the things the people I've had playtest for me have universally liked was that the second page of my character sheet was a cheat sheet for the blanks on the first page, with cross-references to the pages on which concepts were initially described. It's the sort of innovation I think should be encouraged, especially for people who are unfamiliar with a system--it really cuts down on the time spent shuffling back and forth trying to find a particular rule.

That's a pretty cool idea. I have what I call the "Bare Bones" ruleset toward the front of the book that's half index, half recap of the rules.

[Zaerosz]

If I were to play this, I would most likely end up running a city powered by hamster wheels with gremlins in them. Would that be possible, perhaps?

[MaximumZero]

The Gremlins on hamster wheels idea is funny, but what would you need powered? The campaigns I run are set in a pseudo-Renaissance era, pre electricity.

Failing that, you could play in an "Ancient Ruins", which would probably have leftover pieces of a power grid.

[Zaerosz]

...aww, no power? Damn.

Well, I could use them to prep the siege engines for firing. Like a bowstring, except on a catapult/ballista/whatever, and pulled back by gremlins on a hamster wheel, and this is a really bad analogy, isn't it?

[MaximumZero]

Better yet, mod the ballistae seats to have actual chairs mounted on slides. Sit the gremlins in the chairs and shoot them out of the ballistae.

This has actually been done in game.

I also had a necromancer who raised an army of skeletal hamsters and annihilated an entire continent with them. By the end of the campaign, he was controlling well over a million hamsters, right up until he attempted a TPK, when one of the other players used a "Secret ability" to destroy the entire group by turning his body into a black hole. This is something he came up with on the fly, consulted me about, and honestly thought he would never use.

...That campaign was so much fun to GM for. ^_^

[ed boy]

Any hope of another status update?

I wouldn't want to pester you too much about it, but I'm rather eager to see how it all turns out.

[MaximumZero]

Haven't really done anything on it in a little while. New job. Also, haven't really been inspired to write.

Is there anything that you're hoping to see, though? Whenever someone wants to see something in particular, that usually pushes me into getting it done.

[ed boy]

If there was one thing that I would be particularly interested in, it would be the different types of equipment available. Namely the unusual mundane equipment (for example, DnD has things like caltrops).

But I don't want to pressure you to do it, though.

[Fishbreath]

I'd second that. The fancy equipment is all well and good, but I'm a huge fan of creative solutions with limited materials.

[MaximumZero]

Short Swords:

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Baselard, Falchion, Gladius, Katzbalger, Machete, Ninjato, Sabre, Urumi, Wakizashi

Long Swords:

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 Arming Sword, Cutlass, Hooksword, Jian, Katana, Kodachi (candidate for removal), Khopesh, Nine Ring Sword, Rapier, Seven Star Sword, Willow Leaf Sword/Baguazhang

Great Swords:

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Bastard Sword, Broadsword, Claymore, Estoc, Flamberge, Nodachi, Zweihander

Hammers:

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Club Hammer, Dishing Hammer, Golden Melon Hammer, Mallet, Mason's Hammer, Maul, Polehammer/Bec-de-Corbin, Sledge, Spiked Hammer, Warhammer

Axes:

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Battle Axe, Bearded Axe, Double Axe, Executioner's Axe, Francisca, Great Axe, Hand Axe, Hatchet,Tomahawk

Chain, Whip and Soft:

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Bullwhip, Cat o' Nine Tails, Chain, Double Flail, Flail, Manriki, Manriki Gusari, Meteor Hammer, Mother and Son Hammers, Nine Section Whip/Chain Whip, Nunchaku, Rope Dart, Scourge, Sjambok, Studded Whip, Three Section Staff/Grandfather Staff, Whip, Yoyo

Scythes:

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Kama, Reaper's Scythe, Scythe, Sickle, Shotel, Twin Scythe

Knives:

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Athame, Balisong, Berladau, Cern-Do, Dagger, Dirk, Katara, Kris, Kubaton (Not really a knife, didn't know where else to put it,) Main Gauche, Pata, Stiletto, Tanto, Ulu

Staves and Clubs:

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Aklys, Baton, Bo, Club, Cudgel, Escrima, Jo, Mace, Quarterstaff, Sap, Scepter, Shillelagh, Shortstaff, Spiked Club, Tonfa

Spears and Polearms:

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Arbir, Bardiche, Bill, Bisento, Double-Spear, Fauchard, Gisarme, Glaive, Halberd, Harpoon, Javelin, Kwandao, Lance, Lucern Hammer, Monk's Spade, Morningstar, Naginata, Obelisk, Partisan, Pike, Pudao, Ranseur, Shortspear, Spetum, Tiger Fork, Trident, Voulge, Yari

Misc.:

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 Bagh Nakh, Garrote, Jitte/Jutte, Mattock, Pick, Sai, Shovel, Tessen/War Fan

Bows:

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Flatbow, Hunting Bow, Longbow, Recurve Bow, Siege Bow, Shortbow, Yumi

Crossbows:

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Arbalest, Crossbow, Hand Ballista, Light Crossbow, Sniper's Crossbow

Other Fired:

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Atlatl, Blowgun, Sling, Slingshot

Ammo:

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Arrows, Bolts, Blowgun Darts, Caltrops, Sling Bullets

Thrown:

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Bola, Boomerang, Chakram, Dart, Flying Sickle, Fuma Shuriken, Net, Senbon, Shuriken, Sui-jien, Throwing Axe, Throwing Knife

Armor:

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 Banded Mail, Breastplate, Brigandine, Chainmail, Cuirass, Gi, Hauberk, Half-Plate, Padded, Platemail, Ringmail, Scalemail, Splintmail, Studded Leather

Shields:

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Buckler, Cavalry Shield, Door Shield, Escutcheon, Kite Shield, Large Shield, Ramming Shield, Round Shield, Serpent Shield, Shell Shield, Skull Shield, Small Shield, Star Shield, Tower Shield

Headgear:

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Bascinet, Chain Helm, Chaplet, Circlet, Cowl, Great Helm, Helm, Sallet

Handgear:

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Archer's Gloves, Banded Gauntlets, Chain Gloves, Fingerless Gauntlets, Fingerless Gloves, Padded Gloves, Pugilist's Gloves, Plate Gauntlets, Scale Gauntlets

Footwear:

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Chain Boots, Chukka, Geta, Half-Shin Boots, Heuse, Jackboots, Jhodpurs, Mukluks, Padded Boots, Padded Shoes, Plate Boots, Sandals, Scale Boots, Tabi

Clothing:

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Fullsuit (5 var), Shirt (7 var), Pants (6 var), Dresses/Skirts (10 var), Overwear (14 var), Hat (18 var), Accessories (25 var)

All items can be made of 100 different types of materials, and are fully customizable. Glass caltrops or arrowheads filled with acid or liquid flame? Doable. Porcelain sword? Doable. Llamellar/lacquered armor? Doable. Stained glass or bone crown? Doable. Rose petal clothes? Doable.

[ed boy]

You can use a yo-yo as a weapon.

That is awesome.

[MaximumZero]

Well, the yo-yo initially was a weapon, as dreamt up by the Filipino Police Force (as far as I am aware) around 1200. Easily concealed and easy to use quick, targeted, nonlethal strikes. Historically made of petrified wood.

[MrWiggles]

So, what does everyone think of the new charsheets? I know that without the data that actually fills in those spaces, it's all meaningless, but I just want input on the layout.


...anyone?

are you still there?

Character sheet are suppose to do three things: Present information in a digestible format in preference toward the most used information. Help character fill out this information. Look presentable, and fetching. (As most end users will know your game by its character sheet, it being the second to first more looked at things for the game.)

Among these three design goals, you have design characteristics to keep in mind; such as using space efficiently (Double whammy fail. You do so by fitting everything on one sheet, but you leave fair bits of unused bits in the box format), giving reasonable room for estimated printing sizes for recording the information. (This is hard to judge as the character sheet doesnt hint at how much data there is to record, but inventory list is painfully small and weird.), encouraging end users to keep to information to the row and column separation. (This is so to encourage players from ruining their own character sheet with their scribbles.) ect...

From this it seems like you never taken a graphic design course, or looked at other character sheets and see how the information is broken down and why.

Also, this character sheet doesn't hint at any of the other game modes you've claim to have with yer system. This character sheet would be barely useful for a dungeon crawl. It doesn't have information for the other game modes. Or it doesn't seem to. Are all the game modes ran from this single character sheet?

You character sheet fails almost all accounts. Quite horribly, there are no redeeming factors, and warrants starting anew.

Also, from an earlier bit of thread:

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Some WotC:
Starwars (any edition they had)
Spycraft
d20 Modern
Chuthulu

Some White Wolf:
Exalted
Scion

Now more or less (or less) an alphabetical list of games I can name with one book. They may have campaigns, but they aren't needed to play the game. The game can be played and was ment to played with just the one book.

TFOS
Paranoia
Big Eyes Small Mouth
Thrash
Street Fighter (By white wolf)
Cyberpunk
Shadowrun
Mutants and Masterminds
FATAL
Ironclaw
Seventh Sea
Tunnels and Trolls
WUSHU (This is less then 15 pages)
Aternity
Deadlands
Pathfinder
Frindgeworthy
Doctor Who: The RPG
Heavy Gear
Mekton. (Though for my personal taste I cant play without Mekton Z. But I LOVE making mechas)
All Flesh Must Be Eaten
Beyond the Supernatural
Hackmasters (It reminds me of this.)
Munchin
Pokéthulhu
Toon
Feng Shui
Mercenaries, Spies and Private Eyes

To oldball ones. FUZION and GURPS can let ya play with just its book, heck with FUZION you can play most genres with its free download.

And I can actually go down a larger list, this is just the one I know of personally that are one book, from either playing, owning or reading them. With some effort I can add a great deal to this list.

It is the standard practice to release all in one book. Its silly to no release add on if its popular, because gosh forbid someone should make a living off of these things.

[Fishbreath]

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The game can be played and was ment to played with just the one book.
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FATAL
...

I dispute this. FATAL is unplayable no matter what number of books you have.

[MaximumZero]

So, we've gathered that MrWiggles doesn't like my game's charsheet because I'm not a graphic designer.

...
The game can be played and was ment to played with just the one book.
...
FATAL
...

I dispute this. FATAL is unplayable no matter what number of books you have.

I agree.