Back to basics edition
This is a thread for discussing Wild Talents, Monsters and Other Childish Things, Reign and any other games built on Greg Stolze's One Roll Engine.
>***The System
Roll some d10s. Find matches. The number of matching dice is your Width. The number ON the dice is your Height. So a Set of [5,5,5] has a Width of 3 and a Height of 5, written as 3x5. That's it. Width and Height tell you a lot about your action, such as how fast it was, how strong it was, how precise it was, etc. Everything in the system is built around this fast, simple mechanic.
>***The Games
>Nemesis
A game about cosmic horror using the Madness system invented and popularized by Unknown Armies. It's available for free on ArcDream's website here: arcdream.com
>Godlike
Superhero roleplaying during World War II. Fight supersonic Nazis and invisible French knife maniacs in a brutal setting where you're equally likely to be killed by a mortar blast as from a supervillain.
>Wild Talents
The sequel to Godlike, blowing the doors of the system to let you create any superpower you can imagine. /tg's favorite ORE game.
>Monsters and Other Childish Things
You're a kid with an imaginary monster friend who's real, and you have adventures. Converts nicely to Jojo and Persona.
>Reign
High fantasy roleplaying in a crazy world that would need to have an entire post just about it.
>A Dirty World
Noir at its best. Relentlessly focused on character growth and psychology. A much lighter system than the others.
>Better Angels
You're a supervillain whose power comes from a contract with a demon. Try not to get dragged to hell.
>***This Thread
---Let's get some Wild Talents back in the thread
---More work on the MaOCT Persona Conversion
---Talk about lesser known or played ORE games
/ore/ One Roll Engine General
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/ore's Pastebin Archive
***1x- WILD TALENTS: Superhero Roleplaying in a World Gone Mad***
>1x1- Wild Talents Advice
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>---/tg's collection of tips and tricks to up your Wild Talents game (or make it slightly less crushingly lethal)
>1x2- Wild Talents Sample Power Creation
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>user walks a new Wild Talents GM through the process of creating a complex power
>1x3- Miracle Flea Market
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>---/tg's collection of homemade superpowers for use and reference.
>1x4- Wild Talents Vehicles
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>---user's home-brewed system for car races, chases, combat and collisions in Wild Talents.
>1x5- One Shots
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>A collection of one shot ideas and proposals. All should be considered works in progress.
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***2x- MONSTERS AND OTHER CHILDISH THINGS***
>2x1- Random Relationship Events
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>---user's home-brewed system for randomly generating teenage drama and tangled social problems.
>2x2- The Velvet Book Discord
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>---Discussion for converting MaOCT to play Persona
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***3x- GODLIKE***
>3x1- Published One Shots
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Here's the current draft of The Velvet Book. It's currently being playtested in the Discord Chat and we're always looking for new GMs and players for more data.
I thought it would be helpful to move the pastebin archive into the second post of the thread to increase it's visibility. That way folks can see all the work that was done on Wild Talents content in addition to the Persona conversion.
So the other day I thought "Can I create Noctis' warping ability in Wild Talents, with a few twists?" Here's what i ended up coming up with. Pretty cheap and nicely representative of how it works, with some twists thrown in to differentiate it from a standard teleportation Miracle.
POWER: Jumping Jack Flash (6 pts)
>Useful Extras and Flaws [if/then-1 (Effect is gobbled by EM jamming techniques)] Capacity: Speed
>Defends+1 Extras and Flaws [if/then-1 (Effect is gobbled by EM jamming techniques)] Capacity: Self
>Attacks+2 Extras and Flaws [Limited Damage(S)-1, if/then-1 (Effect is gobbled by EM jamming techniques, Goes First+2, Limited Capacity-1] Capacity: Range
EFFECT: Jumping Jack Flash Allows its user to temporarily transform the physical state of his body from solid matter to an electromagnetic wave that is locked onto the position of a metal object with X yards (see Power Capacity Table for the Speed Capacity). The user will then swiftly move to that position and return to his solid state. Thus, the user appears to transform into a bolt of light that zips in a flash to another location before appearing again as himself.
Jumping Jack Flash can be used to move rapidly through spaces by jumping from one metal object to another; where no objects are present, the user can create jump points by tossing small metal objects like coins or knives to the location he intends to reach. These jumps can also be used defensively to avoid incoming attacks by flashing out of the way.
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When transitioning from a EM waveform to solid state, the power’s user retains an extraordinary amount of kinetic energy that is normally dispersed immediately after as a burst of visible EM radiation. However, if the user instead directs his movement into another person, such as by warping onto a metal object he is wearing or by throwing an object at his intended target first, that kinetic energy can be directed into that target as a powerful physical strike dealing Width+2 in Shock at Width+2 speed.
The one weakness of this ability is that it is sensitive to EM jamming technology such as signal interference (1 Gobble Die), chaff (2 Gobble dice) and EM insulated environments such as Faraday cages (3 Gobble dice).
Bump
1.) Wild Talents GMs, how are your campaigns going?
2.) Last thread there were a couple guys who were gearing up to give The Velvet Book a spin. Any success with that?
These threads are what finally persuaded me to start playing Persona 4 on an emulator, first Persona game I ever played. I'm loving it and fully intending to make two runs to get the true ending, then play 3 and 5 when I'm done. Just wanted to come in and say thanks for getting me into this series, /ore/.
I am one of the Velvet book GMs. Campaign has run for two sessions so far with only one combat encounter between the two. some insights so far:
>Persona Power
Personas are stronk: Frankly, a little too powerful. In my opinion it would be better to depower starting personas so the player is encouraged to do more human combat, aswell as offer a real sense of character advancement when their persona proceeds to become a powerhouse over time. Persona was all about growth, and I think this helps. The way to depower them is simple, when making a persona, instead of locations being worth 5 dice, they are worth 3. It makes every choice of extras worthwhile. We've made several test examples, but they have not seen gameplay testing yet.
>S-Links are YUGE
The social aspect was huge for the players and so far has given them the most enjoyment. Plenty of opportunity to use MaOCT's social and emotional combat rules. (Sadly, I have not had players use these rules yet, but I do plan to test them.) there next crushing emotional breakdown will be imminent.
>Prepper's Paradise
So much prep was done for this campaign. more so than I was expecting or used to. Just a fair warning for those who want to run it. Players are hoping for it to be like the game, and there is a shitload of things and concepts in those games.
>Personas too Stronk
The more feedback I get about this the more I'm inclining towards the 3d Persona idea. MaOCT isn't a game about progressing through a gauntlet of increasingly dangerous threats the way that Persona is, so lowering starting Persona power may be the best solution.
I'd love for the next playtest group to operate on a 3d/hit location system for their Personas.