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[FallacyofUrist]

Could you please link to that?

Edit: waitaminute, that's not original. How about... You Are Final Boss?!?

[Andres]

Could you please link to that?

Here's the link. Sorry I didn't respond sooner.

[FallacyofUrist]

Thank you. I've made a game called We Are Final Boss recently. It seems nice to me. Not an RTD though.

[Tsuchigumo550]

Thank you. I've made a game called We Are Final Boss recently. It seems nice to me. Not an RTD though.

Sounds interesting, especially if you're some kind of body-horror final boss that adds whatever heroes it defeats to its biomass... but rather than becoming a hivemind, literally everyone involved has some iota of control. While most players might be able to swing the fist, there's always going to be that little itch that says "punch yourself, do it".

Because that's how players do.

Could run an uneven dice thing, where Heroes have a higher dice and control over their actions, but the more people agree on one action, the higher the monster's +X value gets to their roll. Let's say the Monster has a d6 and the Hero a d8.
If all actions are tied, the one chosen gets -1 or no action is taken at all.
If 1~24% of players agree on an action, it gets nothing.
If 25~49% of of players agree, it's a +1.
50~74% is +2, 75~99% is +3, and a unanimous decision is +4.
Furthermore, if five or more players choose the winning option and it isn't unanimous, an extra +1 is applied. This applies for 10, 15, etc, to allow larger player groups to be less hivemind, since popular options can still reach high bonuses.

The monster bonus is capped at +4.

Heroes do have a few options, as well. Heroes usually have a d8 and can take three hits, but they can give up a hit for +2 die size (d10 and 2HP or d12 and 1HP).
A Hit is only dealt on a difference of two or more- for the sake of speed, whoever has the higher roll in a non-damaging result carries a free +1 to their next roll; this does not get capped. If the rolls are even, no one gets a bonus.

[FallacyofUrist]

... hm. I just go with a simple- if it's the majority, do it sort of thing.

[Draignean]

Dear Lord. I swear I tried to keep everything simple, I really did.

Lore is ready. Character creation/attributes/skills are done. Magic systems are almost all the way in position.

Need to finish up spells and then give everything a good proofreading to remove the legion of phonetically indistinguishable typos I know have crawled in when I wasn't looking. That done, I can actually launch. Substantially later than I intended, but all good plans vanish on contact with the enemy.

[Urist Arrhenius]

Dear Lord. I swear I tried to keep everything simple, I really did.

Lore is ready. Character creation/attributes/skills are done. Magic systems are almost all the way in position.

Need to finish up spells and then give everything a good proofreading to remove the legion of phonetically indistinguishable typos I know have crawled in when I wasn't looking. That done, I can actually launch. Substantially later than I intended, but all good plans vanish on contact with the enemy.

Let us know when it's up. I'm interested.

[IronyOwl]

Dear Lord. I swear I tried to keep everything simple, I really did.

See the Augment Designations heading under the Special Weapon Rules spoiler for a description of the [Simple] tag as it applies to firearms. See the Major and Minor Skills heading under the Melee Skills spoiler for a description of the [Simple] tag as it applies to melee weapons. See the Improvised Association heading under the Miscellaneous Action spoiler for a description of the [Simple] tag as it applies to improvised weapons. See...

[ATHATH]

Dear Lord. I swear I tried to keep everything simple, I really did.

Lore is ready. Character creation/attributes/skills are done. Magic systems are almost all the way in position.

Need to finish up spells and then give everything a good proofreading to remove the legion of phonetically indistinguishable typos I know have crawled in when I wasn't looking. That done, I can actually launch. Substantially later than I intended, but all good plans vanish on contact with the enemy.

Let us know when it's up. I'm interested.

Me too.

[FallacyofUrist]

so... on another topic- does anyone remember the Magnificent Timelord? The historical figures gig worked really well there.

F=h*rtd*?*?

Deathmatch, anyone?

F=h*rtd*d*?

And let's throw in some special items and powers based on the historical figure in question...

F=h*rtd*d^p

And let's multiply all that by... random events? Something or other? Leveling up? How about whimsy!

F=w(h*rtd*d^p)

Fun_Game_Idea=whimsy(historical_figures*roll_to_dodge*deathmatch^powers_and_items)

Thoughts? Or I could just make a sequel to that drunk wizards game.

[Draignean]

And so it has begun... Lighthouse is born!

I'm surprisingly nervous about this game, I guess I've been out of the GM's chair for longer than I thought.

Here's the link.

[The Ensorceler]

That wiki is truly impressive. Did you have plans to open up the world to other GMs after Lighthouse is over? Because while I don't think I can get a character done for Lighthouse, the world is practically forcing me to come up with new items/weapons and character builds.

Well done, Draignean, well done indeed.

[Draignean]

Lighthouse is a setting, not a specific game. You can use it now if you like.

Granted, it's probably good to establish a ground rule that, unless otherwise specified, the different games happen in completely different splinters of the universe. That way nobody is screwing anyone else over if they want to reveal some incredible revelation or do something devastating.

The Wiki was certainly designed for more than one game, and it'd kind of be a shame if I was the only one who used it.

[Cheesecake]

I'll take a look at the wiki tomorrow. Certainly looks interesting

[Nicholas1024]

I'm curious, what are your guys' favorite RTD's that have since gone inactive? I was reading through the Mario Kart Grand Prix, and it got me a bit nostalgic.