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[TolyK]

*shakes hand*

[Tarran]

Don't killsteal or I'll punch you so hard the moon will cry once you hit it.

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*Shakes hand*

[Yoink]

Well, I doubt it will be all that complex, as I haven't run an RTD (or any other forum game, for that matter) before, so I'll probably just use basic RTD rolls, with 1 being a critical failure and 6 being an overshoot.
I think I'll try to keep weapon damage fairly realistic... Which should be kinda cool.
I'll start working out how combat and the like will work next. Mainly the urge to do this came about from watching too many old western movies!

[TolyK]

watching too many old western movies!

ahahahaha

Don't killsteal or I'll punch you so hard the moon will cry once you hit it.

Unless someone's aiming for us.
But I'll try.

[lawastooshort]

That sounds interesting but I won't say in just yet I am getting carried away at the moment.

[Tarran]

Well, I doubt it will be all that complex, as I haven't run an RTD (or any other forum game, for that matter) before, so I'll probably just use basic RTD rolls, with 1 being a critical failure and 6 being an overshoot.

So a 1/2 chance to do things right and a 1/2 chance to not succeed?

Mmmmmmhhh... I don't know how I feel about that.

Can you make a 3 roll a partial-success/not-great success? That way, we have a MUCH better success rate of 2/3 instead of 1/2. So we won't be flailing around doing absolutely nothing 1/2 the time and instead we'll be making some progress.

[TolyK]

*nods in agreement*

[Yoink]

I thought a 3 was a partial success? Heh, well, a 50% chance of failing miserably would get kinda boring, so yeah.
A three is a partial success. That's what I thought it was in normal RTD rules... See, told you I was new to this.

[Tarran]

From the RTDs I've seen, 3 seems to be considered a "You fail, but in a good way". Like 2, but slightly better. Though I could be miss-remembering.

Actually... I think I might have miss-remembered.

Argh...?

[SeriousConcentrate]

I think the rule was always '3 is a partial success' but it's usually interpreted as 'fail in a good way,' but that's just my thoughts.

[Darvi]

I kinda interpret 3 as the "meh" roll. Either a success or a failure that nobody's gonna care much about.

[Talarion]

Anyone wanna know what I think would be a good idea? An inFamous RTD. Maybe it's because I'm playing inFamous 2 as we (I) type, but I think it would be fun. Were I not on my iPod, I would already be writing a system/thinking up a storyline.

[lawastooshort]

I think it probably would be fun, and I'd probably be interested. I haven't played it, but a friend has played it HARD and made it sound very enjoyable.

[lawastooshort]

Apologies for the double post.

I have a waiting list for my rtd. I thought I'd cap it at 5 players, but the waiting list made me wonder.

What do you think would be best, to have more player death and speed up the waiting, to let in a 6th and not increase death, or leave it as it is?

My reasoning for leaving it at 5 was to keep my first rtd manageable. I had imagined some player death, but not a constant stream of it.

Any thoughts?

[Talarion]

Depends on what you're comfortable with. Me, personally, I ramp my player-list up to 8-10 players, because I like bigger games. But most people keep it at 6 to keep it manageable. I'd personally say expand the playerbase and keep deaths as is, but thats because I dislike killing my players unless they are REALLY stupid or unlucky. Im not a Killer DM Unlike some people I know...