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[Lyeos]

Roll to Butt Monkey

One player (or the GM) is deemed the butt monkey. Players must screw up his life in the funniest ways possible.

Wait, would rolling a one in that situation make the buttmonkey's situation better? That... Actually sounds fun.

[Yoink]

It reminds me of that one RTD that one person ran that one time way back whenever.
Uh. There were rounds, with one team of players making actions to help the hapless protagonist, and one team making actions to hinder them. Someone will remember it for sure.

[IronyOwl]

It reminds me of that one RTD that one person ran that one time way back whenever.
Uh. There were rounds, with one team of players making actions to help the hapless protagonist, and one team making actions to hinder them. Someone will remember it for sure.

Roll to John or something? Were the players in the protagonist's head or what?

[adwarf]

It reminds me of that one RTD that one person ran that one time way back whenever.
Uh. There were rounds, with one team of players making actions to help the hapless protagonist, and one team making actions to hinder them. Someone will remember it for sure.

It was one of SeriousConcentrate's games, I can't remember the name of it and am to lazy to search though.

[SeriousConcentrate]

That was Roll to Alter Someone's Life. I'm not surprised it's a dim memory, it's like 2-3 years old.

[Yoink]

Is it that old?
It doesn't feel like that long ago that it was running.

[Fniff]

I think I might have been in that game, I have hazy memories of it...

Sidenote: For comedic RTDs, is having a solid fluff a good thing, not useful, or an active detriment?

[SeriousConcentrate]

@Yoink: Uh, I joined in August 2010 and I ran RtASL sometime into CvRTD, which only ran for about a year... so yeah, probably two and a half, three years old.

[IronyOwl]

I think I might have been in that game, I have hazy memories of it...

Sidenote: For comedic RTDs, is having a solid fluff a good thing, not useful, or an active detriment?

I'm not sure how much you can generalize this. Having flexible fluff is generally ideal for shenanigans, but that doesn't necessarily imply a given level of planning.

Other than that... I guess it depends on how much you want to emphasize flexibility versus existing hooks and foreshadowing?

@Yoink: Uh, I joined in August 2010 and I ran RtASL sometime into CvRTD, which only ran for about a year... so yeah, probably two and a half, three years old.

How come you're not running anything now, by the way? :3

[SeriousConcentrate]

Because I'm a shitty GM and I don't like disappointing people when I drop a game like three turns in.

[Fniff]

If you're the kind of guy who comes up with an RTD one night and regrets it the next day, like I am, I came up with a solution. Once you finish the OP, leave it a day. If it still seems good, post it. If you think it needs improvement, don't. Late night is great for coming up with ideas but terrible for seeing if they're any good.

[SeriousConcentrate]

Nah, it's not that. I have stuff I might like to try running. I just hate rolling and coming up with a plot and such - you know, the things you have to do as a GM.

[Fniff]

Oh, I know that feeling. It'd be nice if you could have someone who just makes roleplays and RTDs for you, but sadly it seems like the best way to get something done in life is by starting it yourself.

[Yoink]

Well, I'm pretty dang useless at GMing myself.
Maybe we could team up and form a half-decent GM between the two of us?

[IronyOwl]

You could form a Confederation Of Lazy GMs Who Kind Of Want To Run A Game But Not Do Any Of The Work For It And Have Thus Banded Together To Form An Essentially Useless Blob.

"Managers" or "a committee" for short.