#ttrpg help

[epikreaper19]

Anybody got any good ideas for CAIN hunts? i’m running a campaign and i’m bored out of my mind waiting for people to send in character sheets and i need something to do, so putting stats to ideas would be awesome!

[rthwrms]

anyone play daggerheart

i need help with making environment/adversary features? can someone help me understand what game mechanics are actually manipulate-able through passive, action, or reaction features on adversaries/environemnts? i can come up with the flavor text just fine but need help determining game mechanic effects and stuff. pls help ;;;

[cormorantcolors]

People who know indie TTRPGS, could you help me find a system that checks as many of these boxes as you can think of?

-Slower paced, focused on characters

-My group is saying similar vibes to Wanderhome but that’s the only slow, collaborative game they’ve played so maybe take that with a grain of salt

-Flexible enough character creation to allow us to port in characters (these characters have all been in Oh Fuck, the Killer! and Kids on Bikes before so basically we need to be able to be regular teenagers who may or may not be in a slightly supernatural world)

-Based around or otherwise would lend itself to being about preparing for Christmas

I know this sounds so specific but we all got really attached to our Halloween oneshot characters last year and it snowballed into us now doing a Christmas special 😭😭😭

Edit: Also it’s 1985 if that matters at all lol

[duckduckhjonk]

I wanna get into dnd/ttrpgs so bad, but I have 0 idea where to start, I've tried joining discord servers but they're a bit confusing, my brother refuses to run anything for me ragggggghhhhh

Could anyone give me some advice for finding good resources and finding some beginner friendly parties?

[bards-anonymous]

Tabletop Help #2 [ Dishonored RPG]

@buglich

1. Would you recommend the game overall then?

Honestly...Yeah. I totally would recommend it.

Now cause the game is rather new, it has its issues for sure. They don't include or explain certain rules for stuff like armor or ranged weapons very well. The already had 1 errata come out!

My party has run into these issues but were able to fix it a bit with "house rules"

As an avid Dishonored fan, I adore this game. Its really fun to play with and make your own dishonored characters. I also really like the character creation and EXP system. 16ish sessions into our current campaign and its fun as hell.

[grasstatical]

Hiii

I'm looking to set up a non-combat heavy my little pony dnd/ttrp campaign. Can y'all help me find a system that could be made into or already is made to be in an mlp setting.

I've found a couple already set in the mlp universe, but the races were slim(earth pony,unicorn,Pegasus only)

[loveologystudies]

how to dm send help i didn't think i'd get this far

[patmax17]

Help with creating threats in Apocalypse World 2ed

Hi! I'm playing Apocalypse World 2ed as the MC, and I have a terrible case of blank page problem. I played as a PC a few years ago and loved it, I've GMed other games and especially loved Dogs in the Vineyard, I was looking forward to finally be able to MC AW2! We made the characters, played one scene or two before running out of time, and now I'm preparing the threats for the next session.

And now I don't know what to do! Not as in, what I have to do, but how to create the threats.

I'd be glad for any help, even if it's just for inspiration or support :)

(note that I have the Italian edition of the game and I'm translating terms, hope I'm not botching anything too much)

The game is set in a post-apocalyptic jungle landscape, the player characters have a village on top of a small flat mountain that rises above the trees.

The characters are a gunlugger, a maestro'd and a brainer. The only one who has NPCs associated with them is the baestro'd (because the character creation requires that they name their customers and give me a bit of information about them).

Now, the game says that I have to create a threat with the place the campaign is set in. I made the jungle a Breeding pit (need: to generate badness)...I guess? I imagine every kind of strange mutated beast to be spawned by it, but I also kinda leaned towards Maze (need: to trap, to frustrate passage). Not sure which, I guess I could use it as both?

So, after the landscape, since there are no gangs, I have to "For any PC’s other NPCs, create as brutes, plus a grotesque and/or a wannabe warlord.". I made one customer (described as creepy and clingy) a cannibal. Disease vector was my first option because she's described to hit on everyone, but I didn't really like the idea of a disease spreading? But then again, I have to also create an affliction threat, and the disease would be a no-brainer to link to the grotesque.

I also created two warlords, one is the sceriff of the village (a dictator), who wants to close the maestro'd's establishment (a food stand with music and lots of (dubious) food and booze). He has his own gang (brute:enforcers). Another customer is a Collector, yet another is an ex associate of the maestro'd and wants the food stand for himself (collector). Three other customers are part of a family (brute). The brainer has a vehicle, so I made that also a threat. Which leaves only the affliction to be designed, and I don't know what to pick.

Now, I have a bunch of threats, and a lot of questions: Are these too many threats? too few? There are still NPCs that I haven't made into a threat, am I supposed to? Also, all NPCs and threats are linked only to the maestro'd, should I make some specifically linked to the other two PCs? Should I just link some of these NPCs to the other PCs, without asking? I feel I mismanaged the first session not asking enough about the characters around the PCs and concentrating maybe too much on the PCs and their environment. I guess I will explore this in the first session, but then again, I'd like to get there with *at least* an idea of a few NPCs with wants and plans, to set things in motion (that's what I liked about the prep of DitV).

I also struggle with coming up with stakes for the threats, not to mention custom moves or clocks, since I don't even know these NPCs yet.

Sorry for the ramble, but I have so many questions and I don't really know who I can ask for help on this.

Thanks for anyone who will take the time to write a reply, or even just bother to read this wall of text :)

I'm still very excited to be able to play AW again!