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[SeriousConcentrate]

Hmm. Would we be basing our characters on ourselves, with a realistic strength and fault or two?

[Bdthemag]

It's like Keeping up with Bay12 when it comes to creating a character (Minus all of the shitty stuff that happened.)

You pretty much either play yourself, or how you act on the internet.

[Gatleos]

That's what I was planning on. You'll be playing as yourself, on your way to a DF meetup convention. By no means should it be anything approaching realistic, though; we'll want some room for havoc.

You pretty much either play yourself, or how you act on the internet.

Also, this. Imagine if the Bay12 forumites acted in real life how they do on the forums and in the game, and had the skills to back it up. Actually, that's terrifying, never mind.

[Dave1004]

Ack! Sorry, just watched the new Conan the Barbarian. Whilst it's not quite as good as the old 80's one, it's still pretty damn good. Once again, sorry for not quoting and replying to you guys, but...Yeesh, I'm exhausted. 1:32 AM...

Maybe I should make a "Roll to generic fantasy!"...Thanks, guy-whos-name-I-forgot! That actually sounds pretty good. And no, making an alternate account isn't my style. I hate ragdolls, it drives me nuts when people do that. And I thank you all for your encouragement and cupcakes, I'll make sure to repay you in kind. Except for the cupcakes, I can't bake.

I have the artistic value of a peanut, the wit of a seven-year dried prune and the ingenuity of a dead elf.

Oh come on, you can't be that bad.

I promise you, it's even worse than it seems. At my school, I was voted "Least likely to get raped". Most said it was because of a stale humor and endless nerdiness...

I also lack the confidence to make even a simple RTD, due to my (Almost ridiculous) fear of failure.

Force through it. While failure is definitely a possibility with RTDs, it didn't stop me from making my first, second, third, and fourth RTD. And do note that both my first, second, and third RTDs were/are all failures. Oh, and did I mention the bunch of normal forum games I've made and failed at? You have to muster your strength, and man up. Well, either that or make up an RTD then force yourself to press the post button. That's how all my RTDs have started, by the way.

I...I wish I could do as you have. Truly, you are a god among Bay12'ers...The problem is, I can't live up to most people's standards. Hell, I'm too afraid to even enter a coffee shop to buy a mocha, much less something like posting on Bay12! This site is terrifying, dude. As in, walking carp terrifying. I may give it a try, but I'm not good at stories. Except for ones involving cats, I tend to like cats for some reason. And no, "Roll to be a cat!" is not a good idea.

Player #1: Alright, I'm going to roll to do something catty.
GM: Good, you rolled a [3]. You lick your butt.

The embarrassment that would haunt my days forever on Bay12! I cannot let it happen, even if I do wish to make an RTD!

After failing horribly on my first and second RTDs, I honestly have entirely forgotten any embarrassment.

But you don't have an inferiority complex, do you? Then again, neither do I. I just tend to bitch and whine a lot...Glad to see that you can overcome embarrassment...

I shall continue to observe from afar, and lament on my sad, sad life. Woe is me, for I am pitiful!

Observing in envy is about as bad as failing, in my opinion.

Not for me! I've done it all my life. I guess I'm just that kind of guy...

Right, bedtime for this kid. I'm not an adult yet!

P.S: Right, go ahead and laugh at my quoting-failure. I'm not good at this whole forums thing, so please snuff the torches and put away the pitchforks. We don't want to turn this bad comedy into a murder, do we?

[IronyOwl]

Where are all the generic, fun fantasy adventures with elves, trolls and hobbits? Come on! Don't keep me waiting, I have pie and coffee to get to.

Arrrrrrgh.

Well, it wouldn't be "generic" per se, and I don't know that it would be any more "fun" than usual, but I'm trying to work out the rules for a magic-heavy adventure/RPG-ish game right now, so that could be up eventually. It... wouldn't really be "simple," though a lot of its complexity could be mostly ignored without too many side effects.

Maybe I should make a "Roll to generic fantasy!"...Thanks, guy-whos-name-I-forgot! That actually sounds pretty good. And no, making an alternate account isn't my style. I hate ragdolls, it drives me nuts when people do that. And I thank you all for your encouragement and cupcakes, I'll make sure to repay you in kind. Except for the cupcakes, I can't bake.

Trust me, worst case you'll learn how to make a better game next time. Also, baking is easy, you should start. Or at least, baking from mix is easy; from scratch takes a fair amount of time and effort, but still not too bad.

[Dwarmin]

Well, once Powder Miner gives me a rundown of what combat and character system we'll be using in Diablo RTD I believe we'll get started on developing that.

PM me, bro!

[Tarran]

I...I wish I could do as you have. Truly, you are a god among Bay12'ers...

I'm hardly a god.

The problem is, I can't live up to most people's standards. Hell, I'm too afraid to even enter a coffee shop to buy a mocha, much less something like posting on Bay12!

I'm too afraid to buy anything at all in front of people, in all honesty. Hell, I'm a very shy person.

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.

I may give it a try, but I'm not good at stories. Except for ones involving cats, I tend to like cats for some reason. And no, "Roll to be a cat!" is not a good idea.

Making a story is hardly necessary.

Also, there was a RTD about cats a while before. No, really, somewhere deep in the RTD pages is a cat RTD. It died, for some reason (I... think the GM just abandoned it or something), but it still existed. It had no story and was just plain silly... yet... I played it. I certainly wouldn't play it ever again, but I did play it back then. So a cat RTD is certainly not an absolutely bad idea.

[lawastooshort]

I don't think I would put as much effort into my RTDs if I wasn't as entertained by the players as much as (hopefully) I entertain them. I view it as a team effort of sorts, and even if your first fails you'll gain valuable experience you can use in the future. Nothing wrong with giving it a try.

I want to second all points of this. Keep your players interested, they will keep you interested, and suddenly: voila! no more lunch breaks at work. And no one will hate you if your game fails: plenty come and go and I'm always grateful to get onto one I like the look of, if it dies or fades away that's a shame, but I don't hold it against the GM. I guess sometimes the inspiration goes or people realise it's more work than it looks.

Also Irony's point about baking. Try to use an oven with better control of the temperature than mine though, 0 or 250 degrees C is pretty frustrating. And if you do butter icing for the cupcakes, you have to really whisk it to get it good.



oh:

Don't worry, this site is very friendly. You'll soon realize that everyone is quite friendly.

That's true as well.

[IronyOwl]

Well, once Powder Miner gives me a rundown of what combat and character system we'll be using in Diablo RTD I believe we'll get started on developing that.

PM me, bro!

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?

[Dwarmin]

-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?

[SeriousConcentrate]

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.

It's true adwarf is guilty of that, but some of us don't stop, believing~ hold on to that feeling~ street lights, people~

er.

Anyway. Yeah, even in that case we don't hold grudges, really. We might get disappointed but it's not like we dislike adwarf or something stupid like that.

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.

That's true. When I started Castlevania I had a few primary worries: No one's going to want to play this 'cause not only am I a noob on B12 but I also had never hosted an RTD before and Castlevania, while awesome, isn't as popular as other things people have made an RTD of. Luckily I got some cool people to start with and I liked the players who joined later, too... which means sometimes I feel a bit guilty if I let a turn sit for a day or two... ^^^;

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.

That's only cause we know better than to kill the goose laying the golden eggs. More seriously, it was kind of obvious near the end you weren't feeling it as much as when you started and I don't think anyone really wanted to force you to go on with it.

[Bdthemag]

A prime example is how I make somewhat good ideas and then abandon them due to laziness.

BUT I WILL GET OVER THIS FAD WITH THE HELP AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF MY FELLOW RTD ENTHUSIASTS!

[Talarion]

Did I just see a Diablo RTD? Where is the 'sign me up' option? >.> Diablo is awesome, and if it's Dwarminstorybased, it'll be good. No doubt.

[lawastooshort]

So. I have a draft idea which I would like to share.

Spoiler: Roll to be a Stone Age Genius! (click to show/hide)

Roll to be a Stone Age Genius!

The four of you huddle around each other in Chief Ug’s freezing cave. Some of you are here because you aren’t much cop at hunting dinosaurs. Some of you are here because you don’t want to hunt dinosaurs anymore. Some of you are here because you’re strange. You don’t think right. You keep wanting things to be… better. Chief Ug carries on.

“And so he says to me, pops, why do we have to have stone trousers? Why can’t we have something more… comfortable? More comfortable?! says I, incredulously, I only carved them last month, you can’t be telling me they don’t fit right! And I’ll have you know, I made them out of the finest limestone, not none of that there hard granite all the poor cave-boys have to use! It took me three months to carve them son! You won’t find a finer pair of trousers in the ‘ole tribe!”

“But no. He weren’t happy, my son. So that’s why you’re here. I’m gonna spare you dinosaur hunting duty until the next moon, if you can invent me some comfy trousers for me son. And if you manage that, well, I’m sure we can find something else for you to do too. I’m getting a bit fed up with me granite bleeding blanket, for one, it’s too bloody cold and the wife always ends up with it all on her side…”

“I warn you though! Most folks are gonna think you’re mad, and if you ain’t cut out to be an inventor, well, it’s back on bloody dinosaur hunting duty for you.”


So.

This is kind of how it would work.

Technology is strictly limited to Stone Age tech; that is: stone, mud, bush. And dinosaur. Until you discover new technology.

Each round would be an invention task: the first will be inventing comfy trousers.

Direct PvP action will not be condoned: murderers will get put straight back onto dinosaur hunting duty (mortality levels: high).

For discovering new technology you get One Genius Point. For aiding an invention you get Two. For inventing a successful invention, you get Three Genius Points! At the end of each round, the least successful inventor (lowest Genius Points) gets bunged back onto dinosaur hunting duty.

The tone would be as serious as I can make it.

Now. I have two questions.

1/ Any interest?

2/ The original idea was partly inspired by a book, and partly inspired by SC’s Roll to Alter – I was wondering how to make an interesting and different team game. So I was thinking either to have four players working on their own, or two teams of three, with the lowest scoring player on the losing side being dinosaur hunting dutied. A bit like The Apprentice I guess. The only thing is, I don’t know how well it would work in teams.


Or I suppose I could try my hand at something serious and fantasy-y.

[SeriousConcentrate]

I may not play, but I would love to watch some fools people try to invent comfy trousers. ^^^