SARPG General Chat and Ideas

Welcome to the general discussion thread for the Stand-Alone RPGs! Here, you can discuss ideas for new games and get input from other members. You can also use this thread to get advice from more seasoned gamers about how to play or GM.

Have fun, folks!

So when will this stuff all be open for posting up some fresh new content?

I was told that I could post an RPG if I wanted, so this seems as good a place as any to see if enough people are interested. (It does say discuss ideas for RPGs)

Ok, fantasy RPG that basically separates the players into two groups, the chasers and the runners. Basic plot is simple, for reasons unknown to the charachters the kingdom wishes a young boy caught. The players either are at the capital in, where a servant of the king will hire you in a group, or in a near by town, were a scared little boy will do the same.

Anyone interested in this?

I would be Chad. It would be good to see you as GM again, since The Mist got me hooked on RPG's in the first place

It sounds like an interesting premise. I would consider it for sure.

Aye aye! I agree. Though I'm gonna be swamped for the next couple days, so dunno how much I'll be able to commit. :p

I've got this idea in my head right now, and I'm working on the details. Either tomorrow or the day after I'll post some stuff and see if you're interested. It's basically about a group of people waking up in a strange forest. They don't know each other and don't know how they got there, but they each receive a note that tells them where they should go. An RPG filled with danger, battles, deceivement and everything you can think of that makes and RPG fun!

Here is an RPG.

Based on the My Little Pony idea, in fact each player is a Pony just like the My Little Pony, with a tattoo on their rump that is symbolic of their "Power" or gifted abilities.

These abilities are not driven towards combat, but more happiness, joy, healing, just all around carefree fun.

Each Pony lives in Ponyland, and was hand made by the Loving Peaceful Goddess Equine, where they graze, laugh, play and enjoy the sun while running carefree in their lives.

There are no weapons for them to use, they don't have armor or any of that. There is no amazing Horsey kung-fu, or death ray eyes, none of that!

You are happy horsies living in horsie paradise! (At least at the start)

Here is the problem. The Evil Clown Cows have decided to make a move on your pasture, and are now building a "Rain Dancer" device that will keep you all in constant droopy weather until you become sad and leave.

You have decided to band together a small group of Undercover Secret Covert-Ops Ponies to destroy the rain ray and teach those Evil Clown Cows a lesson they will not soon forget.

As dorky as this sounds, it is very hard to pull off for players. Mainly because it forces you to deal with something that is not the norm.

To make the Pony, you have a specific stat that is stand out among the others.
IE: I am the strong one. (Or) I Am the Smart One, (or) I am the fast one. Etc. You get the basic idea.

Once you have picked your "Stand out Stat" the GM then gives you a negative stat to work with to counter your positive stat. (power balance is also part of the game)

What your image looks like is all you get to Pick, you do NOT get to choose what it can do or the idea behind it. Once you state what your image is, the GM then tells you what your image can do and the basic premise behind the image. (Everything is going to be happy joy love peace fun theme, so don't think just because you picked a skull, your going to get an "evil power")

Also, your a Pony, deal with the fact that you have hoofs for hands.

What do you all think of that RPG idea?

LOL!

I will say this; it is revolutionary.

I haven't seen much that comes anywhere close to this one; and as you said, it would certainly be an interesting challenge!

Alas, with Ardus, and some other plans that I have, I don't think the idea intrigues me enough to get me involved full-time. This could change, though. We shall see.

Epic. Absolutely epic. I love it.

Thanks.

Just an idea I had played with a while back as a bit of a challenge to the "norm" of RPG's.

And it would pretty much be 'Stand Alone", play for a week at best and then call it a day. Once you get a nice set of hoof prints on the Cows rump. You go back to the joy of playing in your field again.

Hum.. I don't think that's for me. Without bloodshed? I need weapons!

I suppose you could have a "horn" if you played a unicorn and then you could impale pillows pretending that you were killing them.

I'll think on it a little.

Hey guys the Light of Darkness SARPG is up here. The very beginning the characters will be in 3 groups of 2 in 3 different regions. If you want to join as a hero, best do it quick, first come first serve rules of character profiles apply. Anyone who wants to join after that will be a villain, if you want to join you have to PM me, or my AGM (still undecided). Don't expect, however, to join the game just yet, I will PM you as to when you can join, but still keep reading to know what you're up against. So far there are 5 slots available, you might want to reserve your position and element in case you don't know what to post yet. I hope this will be as successful as I'm hoping it to be, so in the meantime think and enjoy.

alright I've got another idea for a game its called Gobo, I'm not sure how this one will sit out with you guys as an SA, mainly because it involves dice for the randomness. I seriously mean this game is random. Its fun though, if you guys don't approve that's fine, but that doesn't mean I won't teach you how to play the awesome game.

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if you guys don't approve that's fine, but that doesn't mean I won't teach you how to play the awesome game.

No, if the players don't want it then it won't run. Simple. In that case there would be no teaching.

well its a dice RPG I'm just saying that it might not be as good as an RPG is all with comp writing. Its a fun game and the randomness never stops.

well I could actually reword my previous statement, "those willing to learn I will teach the game too."

Its fun really and like I said incredibly random, here is an example

a few friends of mine got stuck in a cave and had to fight a space marine, so I attack, but the guy throws me so hard against a wall that my spinal cord falls out my ass. When the battle was over I ask for some duct tape, well I rolled a low number, thus resulting in a duck that was wrapped in tape.

So I tape up my spinal cord and stick it back up my ass, duck and all. Duck wings immediately sprouted out of my back and a duck beak sprouted out the back of my neck. I am now able to hover with my duck wings for a short period of time and because gobos are incredibly stupid, the duck now fused to my spinal cord actually increased my character's intelligence.

I also got surgury done to remove the beak, but it was only partially successful resulting in me having to feed my duck every once in a while.

The second story involves the power of Waaagh being used which is the ork's and gobo's magic abilities and where, when used, anything can happen (for example you could have the ability to poop gold out of your but or make a nice can of Bud Lite appear from nowhere.)

So what happens is that using Waaaagh! we made the tank we were riding in fly up to heaven, and the explosive speacialist threw a pack of C-4 which got stuck up an angel's ass. Long story short one angel is now dead in heaven and my friend now has the wrath of God upon him for all enternity.

Just for the record, I've started this topic/poll. Just let me know what you guys are thinking.

I REALLY want to do a X-men RPG. There was one on another forum but it was finished. If anyone is interested, I sort of have a plotline for it.

I remember the last X-Men RPG I did on WF. I was this guy who could make shadow weapons and move in and out of the shadow realm. It was fun, but then the GM wasn't on for a long while and no one did much of anything after that so, it pretty much went kaput.

Ah, Blue Skies, how we miss you.... I played a rich eccentric and was trying to score a date with Foxee's char while Gloom's char stole my pocket watch (I had about a dozen of 'em) then CG stormed in with his gun-toting goons, wrecked the tavern, and took us all away as prisoners of war on his fancy airship.

I also seem to vaguely recall Shadow Dragon playing an effeminate weirdo, Blossom playing the local schoolteacher (whose young student was hanging out at the bar with us), and Mike playing an airship racer.

And that was before the real game even started.

Aye aye, good times! I played an eccentric artist; but didn't really get him too far off the ground.

Actually, Moose, I still wouldn't mind taking a go at the space western you and Flux had in mind months back, too.

Alright, Mirror World it is then. I'll have some more information up soon, so everyone can speak their thoughts and ask questions etc etc. Won't start it till after the summer holidays though.