Basements & Beards- Analogue Gaming Thread

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Re: Basements & Beards- Analogue Gaming Thread

Post by VoiceOfReasonPast » Thu Jan 20, 2022 10:24 pm

There's a new cripple supplement coming!

Limitless Heroics: Better worlds via Dice & Disabilities 5e

It's like an expanded version of the famous Combat Wheelchair homebrew thingie, except now with support for different kinds of cripples and retards!
The 2-page preview further reminds me of the Combat Wheelchair thing because it feels the need to justify its existence, and goes further by "explaining" how you can't fix this stuff (at least when you're born this way; 'cause Orcus makes no mistakes).

(One might also argue that getting fixed with magic is "too expensive", but it can't be more expensive than the famed Combat Wheelchair which can float, is effectively indestructible and a magic item that is not affected by anti-magic zones, which I'm pretty sure is artifact-territory).

The preview PDF also has some weird bits...
Have the Discussion

Talk to your players during Session Zero or when you first introduce disabled characters or when you plan to give a player character a disability.
Here's a good tip that will save you a lot of drama: If your GM regularly fantasizes about crippling your character: look for a different group.
Don’t Force It

If a player is uncomfortable playing a character with a disability, the GM should not force this on the player.
Oh, that makes it alright, then :3

"You're Half-Orc Barbarian falls down a deep chasm. Do you want him to be paralyzed by this? I have this great Combat Wheelchair we could try ou..."
"No."
"Awww, shucks..."

Cthulhu Awakens (Aka another Woke of Cthulhu)

Another attempt to wrest control of the Mythos from Lovecraft's filthy racist hands. No detail on Kickstarter so far because it hasn't properly started yet, but there's a blog post from the writers.
Cthulhu Awakens deviates from Lovecraftian “canon” in the interests of creating an inclusive setting fit for the roleplaying campaign medium. In the game the original Mythos stories hinted at the truth, but it was obscured by their authors’ biases and fallibilities. Cthulhu Awakens creates a distinct vision of the Mythos that provides a new springboard for Cosmic Horror roleplaying. It allows you to play at any point between the 1920s and the present day, through a period it calls “the Weird Century.”
"Silly Lovecraft got it all wrong! Here's the real Mythos for ya!"

If you say so. And does this imply that Lovecraft and his work is an actual in-universe thing?
And how do you make the Mythos more "inclusive"? Is fucking fish people okay now? Mi-Gos, too? 'Cause that would be hot retarded.
The Cthulhu Mythos is one of the pillars of modern roleplaying,” said Green Ronin Publishing president Chris Pramas
Man, this will sound awkward in hindsight if you pull an Evil Hat Productions and start reminding people how Lovecraft was the scum of the Earth (but please buy our book anyways).
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Re: Basements & Beards- Analogue Gaming Thread

Post by mad bum » Fri Jan 21, 2022 2:41 am

Watch it be a con rule if you use the incorrect pronouns on purpose is grounds for removal.
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Post by Guest » Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:28 am

What con doesn't already work like that?

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Post by VoiceOfReasonPast » Fri Jan 21, 2022 5:34 pm

More and more cons have had draconic rules for a while now, so it's likely.
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Re: Basements & Beards- Analogue Gaming Thread

Post by VoiceOfReasonPast » Tue Feb 01, 2022 8:29 pm

The officially-licensed Dork Souls tabletop RPG will use D&D 5e

Sure, why not. Could've translated the already written Doruku Souru TRPG from Japan that uses a d6 die pool for combat and shit. Could've used a Basic Role-Playing derivative (as seen Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest) which actually has a blow-by-blow combat system that is tactical and lethal af. Could've done something OSR-inspired because older editions of D&D where actually lethal.
But I guess having that shiny "5E" on the cover is what truly matters.
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Re: Basements & Beards- Analogue Gaming Thread

Post by Guest » Wed Feb 02, 2022 6:42 pm

Dark souls? Is that even a thing any more?

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Post by Guest » Thu Feb 03, 2022 5:53 pm

Guest wrote:
Wed Feb 02, 2022 6:42 pm
Dark souls? Is that even a thing any more?
It exists in perpetual soy motion.

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Post by VoiceOfReasonPast » Thu Feb 03, 2022 5:56 pm

If it's not a walking simulator or (mostly empty) sandbox, it's a clone of Dork Souls.
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Re: Basements & Beards- Analogue Gaming Thread

Post by Newhalf » Thu Feb 03, 2022 6:16 pm

Dark Souls comparisons are to be made by all aspiring game journalists about any games that are too difficult for them.
It's a trap!

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Re: Basements & Beards- Analogue Gaming Thread

Post by Guest » Thu Feb 03, 2022 6:52 pm

I remember when game journos compared the original Settlers with Populus for some weird reason, it goes back to the age of the Amiga.

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