Tucker’s Deception: Invitation to Kobold
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If you’re looking to steal some ideas there’s this DriveThruRPG.com
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thanks y’all, if it becomes more than a passing fancy maybe ill make a thread for workin on it
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there only seems to be a starter set right now. is this completely new or a translation of an existing japanese game? the set of dice it comes with at least offers hope that it isn’t just a 5e reskin
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stats on the pregens appear to be STR DEX VIT INT MND so it appears to not be a reskin
best case scenario it’ll be about as good as the dragon age ttrpg (which had better mechanics than the video games by a long shot), a bespoke trad combat-centric rpg that fits in somewhere between D&D and Savage Worlds in terms of crunch
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would it not be appropriately full circle for a Final Fantasy TTRPG to be a DnD reskin?
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yeah but in a dispiriting way
just like in the 3e era, the glut of 5e reskins is poisoning the scene
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i kept getting advertised this ghibli knockoff 5e game that made me pissed off every time i saw it. laser calculated to extract millions on kickstarter
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I know which game you’re talking about (but can’t remember what it’s called) and fuck that game
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A lot of the d20 srd stuff was at least enduringly amateurish. It reminded me of all the really early AD&D skirting stuff like those Role Aids books, the Arcanum, or Palladium’s output
All the 5e recycling games feel weird and glossy and predatory.
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the way that full color art books with glossy pages done by art school grads for sale on kickstarter will call themselves ‘zines’
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it’s brand new, but I want a ffxiv story game
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Can’t believe he named his company after his birth year
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What universe is this guy in where there aren’t dozens of ‘cozy’ RPGs and supplements getting pumped out on itch every week.
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he’s in the D&D bubble. Games on itch don’t exist, there is only 5e.
In this lifeless realm, there is no Wanderhome, there is no The Forest Hymn & Picnic, there is no Golden Sky Stories, there is no Ryuutama
there is only D&D products and D&D supplements and anyone who tries to play anything besides D&D is an ‘elitist’ because supporting an itch creator with < 100 followers is an act of elitism
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Further down on the page he breaks down the list of inspirations and Ocarina of Time and Breath of the Wild are noted separately. That seems both unorganized and uncool.
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Full disclosure, I did buy the hell outta that self published DCC monster booklet where everything is a legally distinct version of a Zelda 2 enemy that some other internet guy made.
If you’re going to be picky about which Zeldas you’re upholding, pick the cool ones.
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The best 5e supplement (because I backed it, and then have never gotten anyone to play it with me) is Brancalonia
There are detailed rules for non-lethal bar brawls that are treated as a key component of downtime between quests
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This one was cool because it actually had some ideas on how to change base 5e into something distinct, and the setting/genre was an appropriate fit for D&D
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