-This site is terrifying, dude. As in, walking carp terrifying.-
I used to be scared... Not anymore. Don't worry, this site is very friendly. You'll soon realize that everyone is quite friendly.
Yeah, we're not an exclusive club that turns people away. As long as one has basic courtesy, and one doesn't get into a habit of making and abandoning games by the dozens like my friend Adwarf did, there is nothing that will cause us to be less than friendly.
And yeah, we've ALL got problems with living up to expectations. Eventually, you understand no one takes it personally if you put your best into it.
I mean, I made an awesome RTD and went crazy and abandoned it and all my players to eternal shame and dissapointment-and I've got no Death Threat PM's yet, so I take that as a good sign.
Just out of curiosity, is it a "Diablo" RTD as in "has a dark feel and heavily features demons," or "features X of the Y loot?" Or some of both?
Both, I'd guess-I don't really know the difference you mean. I'd personally end up making something like OoTKRTD-mostly story driven, lots of details, with lots of player choice and consequence. I wouldn't be making throw away equipment and things generated from a list, if that's what you are getting at.
For ex..
Battered Shortsword of the Fang
This smallish iron shortsword is dull and slightly warped-in all possibilty, it was a practice weapon improvised in the heat of battle for real combat. There are patches of acidic corruption all along the blade, as if it was plunged into somethings somethings stomach and partially digested...you can make out a few hastily marked claw runes on the leather hilt-a quick enchantment giving it a measure of sharpness, though you don't know how much it helped.
What exactly did you mean?