#chuubo

[haveyouplayedthisttrpg]

Have you played CHUUBO'S Marvelous Wish-Granting Engine ?

By Jenna Moran

Chuubo's is a diceless RPG logging the daily lives of a cast of quirky teenagers living in a dimension adjacent to our own, each uniquely touched by errant divinity. Gain experience points through sharing emotional moments between characters and progressing through collaboratively-written plot beats, and then use them to progress through "Quests" that unfold new phases of their lives… and up the intensity of their newfound powers.

Prewritten archetypes in the "Glass-Maker's Dragon" module include the titular Chuubo-- a kind but hapless boy who holds the power of the very stars in his hands -- and company, consisting of an imaginary friend born from a wish, a mad scientist bent on saving the world, a mysterious transfer student from our world, and the Sun (in the sky)… and more!

Have you played ?

Yes I have played it

No but I've read it

No but I've heard of it

Never heard of it

Voting ended onFeb 19, 2025

[runespoor7]

I think when people talk about Chuubo and mention the length of the corebook, they should explain that about a third/half of the page number is devoted to "powers" (quest examples, in a very productive and constructive way). Because otherwise people get a really skewed impression and go snotty and negative without knowing what the game's about/like.

[jeeyonshim]

Once upon a time, you lived in the sky.

— The Glass Maker’s Dragon, by Jenna Moran

[brontes-anvil]

Yui Kovalyova-Hashimoto (The Younger Sister)

It's been almost a year when I did the first two siblings of this wonder-working dynasty and I wanted to take a spin at the third sibling. Like the other Kovalyov-Hashimoto siblings, Yui is supposed to represent a certain character type through the lens of an entertainer via a particular set of Arcs. In her case a Mad Scientist/Fashion Designer/Mimic.

I'm still trying to synthesize a few concepts together. Her original version was into a sort of DIY fashion, turning her older siblings hand-me-downs into something of personal expression. I think that's still there, but she's probably also got some Magical Science derivative that focuses on biomechanical wonders (?), acids and tinctures, and emotions: Her own spin on her parents' skills at turning monster parts into relics.

I think she knows that her older siblings are emanations of some greater force or truth (Since both of them have Awakening), and in a sense not real. It grieves her, I think, that one day, for any and no reason, those greater forces might decide one day to stop being her siblings.

Her Arcs aren't firmly figured out here.

Gatecrasher: Is where she gets the most mileage from her Magical Science derivative, though I don't know what her Hidden World is yet.

Wounded Angel: I think her Blasphemy is her first heart that grieved and feared and raged and birthed all manner of nightmare machines and plots in response to those feelings. She eventually made herself a second heart and swallowed the first one deep down.

Creature of Delirium: She fishes out your insecurities for her projects and gives people either a fierceness or precision to them.

Troubled: This I'm still noodling on, but it's possibly an expression of her secret identity and where a lot of her stagecraft goes.

[itskobold]

[bobertartrepository]

“The Prophet of Greed, an uneducated child raised by wolves [...]“ Thinking about the Dark Imperator of Greed, Pollution and Chemical weapons and making some fanart of a child version inspired by this quote about Prophet.

[franticbindings]

Next time on Chuubo’s Marvelous Air-frying Oven: Chuubo makes a cookie that looks like Seizhi, who has an existential crisis about if he should eat it.

[incorrectgluubilisquotes]

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