http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/ This is a list to discuss the creation of role playing game systems (mechanics, genre, style, etc). Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:37:58 GMT Peter Knutsen http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44047 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44047 ... I guess my approach is to first generalize, then later on "branch out" into more specific rules, by adding detail. -- Peter Knutsen sagatafl.org Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:29:37 GMT Raven Daegmorgan http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44046 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44046 ... Some of these could be combined into a larger "Mysticial trigger" or "Sympathetic" (in the occult meaning) category. - Raven Daegmorgan Wild Hunt Studio Sat, 07 Nov 2009 21:00:40 GMT Malckuss http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44045 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44045 Ritualistic: Must purify your spirit by fasting for three days; must gather the ritual components and then perform a lengthy 1-4 hour ritual. Must attune your Sat, 07 Nov 2009 19:51:02 GMT loki_29091974 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44044 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44044 ... Environment-specific activations: must be swathed in fullmoon light, must be touching your skin while you sleep, ... Sacrifice: must kill a living being (a Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:19:29 GMT Brian Gross http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44043 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44043 To expand on this, it could actually be a "binary" item in that it has two parts that don't work well (or at all) apart but are powerful together. Examples are Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:12:22 GMT Nickolas Miller http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44042 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44042 A key-and-lock type setup, where a unique item must be brought close to or inserted in the magic item to activate it. Bloodline or heritage specific. (i.e. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 12:07:14 GMT Wayne Imlach http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44041 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44041 Bring into contact with - eg plunge the staff into water to freeze it, feed the sword blood to make it thirst, etc. Break the item (for one use items) - eg Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:18:44 GMT Peter Knutsen http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44040 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44040 Time for a quick brainstorm: How many ways are there for the wielder to activate an activatable magic item? I need to cover all the general ways that there Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:22:47 GMT Torben AEgidius Mogensen http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44039 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44039 Hi all, I would appreciate if one of you wrote a review of the Troll web interface on RPG.net, so knowledge of it gets to more users. I feel it would be Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:11:44 GMT Torben AEgidius Mogensen http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44038 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44038 New features have been added to the Troll web interface: - You can now save your definition in a list of user-contributed definitions. - Graphics have been Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:42:28 GMT Klaus Æ. http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44037 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44037 ... Or you could make the target# = attacker skill + 10 - defender skill. However, this does ruin the simplicity of always rolling against your skill. As I Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:01:42 GMT foxiekins http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44036 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44036 ... Average stat is 6 = 3 + 3... Going with the Apprentice-Journeyman-Master paradigm, an Apprentice would be Skill 0-2, a Journeyman 3-5, and a Master 6-8, 9 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:05:23 GMT Torben AEgidius Mogensen http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44035 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44035 ... That worked, thank you. The reload is fast enough that I don't think it is a problem. ... I have now changed the script to read the samples from a file. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:16:25 GMT Torben AEgidius Mogensen http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44034 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44034 ... That's sort of a non-feature, as you can already do that (just copy-paste from/to the text window). Torben [Non-text portions of this message have been Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:04:29 GMT Klaus Æ. http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44033 http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/rpg-create/message/44033 Let's see: Human characters have stats of 3+(0-9), or about 8 average. Skill 6 is 'the beginning og competence', so a decent skill is probably also 8. That's