Friday, June 9, 2017

Turns out I overlooked one rule of the game that says Threats should always equal the number of players. I don't know that it really affects me much, since I've been rolling randomly for what threats to take on.

Turns out I overlooked one rule of the game that says Threats should always equal the number of players. I don't know that it really affects me much, since I've been rolling randomly for what threats to take on.

As for whether I'll go beyond this last upcoming Threat before moving on to Act 2, I'm not sure yet. I can say that spotlight scenes keep my interest afloat as I dig into the personalities of the characters (with the help of the text parser for Hema and Catherine).

Speaking of the parser, for this session, I had to dig a bit deep into the generated content at times to find something that fit the context. It wasn't too bad, though, and the phrases that made sense in context still surprised me.

Interestingly, it took me more time for me to think about what I wanted to say as Brett, which requires no parser. Had this been a social game, I wouldn't have had the privilege to think about it so much. Yay for solo gaming.

Let's see how it goes when I take on the Threat next session.

p.s. I don't have a precise visualization of the character's environment. It's just vaguely the inside of a spaceship, though it feels somewhat big. Big enough that these two were able to have a short conversation with pregnant pauses and everything on the way to see Catherine. I'm pretty sure that if I really thought about it, it'd be ridiculous...but i"M not going to think about it.

https://groups.google.com/d/msg/solorpgs/T4Br-4kMd6s/1fy6Zgw4AgAJ

#SoloActualPlay #actualplay #soloap #OurLastBestHope #TheKillerAsteroid #sharedscifi #soloroleplaying #solorpg
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/solorpgs/T4Br-4kMd6s/1fy6Zgw4AgAJ

Ha, how about letting twitter be your GM?

Ha, how about letting twitter be your GM?

Edit to ask a question -- what bots are missing from the list in this post? What would you want to see from a twitter-GM?

And a few more:

https://www.reddit.com/r/rpg/comments/6gcce6/wrote_a_few_rpg_themed_twitter_bots/?st=j3qpqknf&sh=f2a02ac1

(None of these are my programming.)
https://www.reddit.com/r/rpg/comments/6g70ly/i_wrote_a_twitter_bot_that_generates_interesting/?st=j3qa5w28&sh=1491aaac

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

This happened during my son's nap using FU for mechanics, MISO for the GM, crawlers companion for resolutions, sword and backpack for mood and notebook, and a slash hack of The Black Hack for modular conversion since my dungeon was created by the iPhone app DunGen (no longer exists):


This happened during my son's nap using FU for mechanics, MISO for the GM, crawlers companion for resolutions, sword and backpack for mood and notebook, and a slash hack of The Black Hack for modular conversion since my dungeon was created by the iPhone app DunGen (no longer exists):

Lovecraft’s mythos always produces interesting stories, so I decided to make my next Untold game part of this world.


Lovecraft’s mythos always produces interesting stories, so I decided to make my next Untold game part of this world.

Location: Euclidipus hospital.

Threat: a “Blob” pursuing someone.

Hero: Johnathan Grey, patient of the daily ward of psychiatric wing of the hospital due to his believe in magic. Johnathan has knowledge of the mythos and a spell book from some other reality.

Danger
“The Blob” pursues a baby recently born in the hospital. It is a girl named Maria Rack, from mother Eleonore, father unknown. Baby exists both in this reality and in some other dimension, and Blob wants to use it to open a portal between worlds. The only thing stopping Blob from accessing a baby is Johnathan’s spell book.
So, in order to save the baby, Johnathan puts the book in the mother’s luggage. Then, our hero tries to sneak into the hospital archive in order to find baby’s home address, but he is in for surprise. Hospital archive is a room that seems to go for kilometers – it might even be endless. Using his mythos knowledge, Johnathan tries to find the data he needs, only to discover that several woman named Eleonore Rack give birth to daughter named Maria at the same time. All these women live at the different parts of the city, even in different towns and countries. Being unable to get any conclusion from his findings, Johnathan returned to his room.

Intrigue
Johnathan is now sure that Euclidipus hospital is just a secret base of the Blob and his cultists. Blob uses his cultists masked as emergency medical crews to operate in the city. Once the book left the hospital in Eleonore’s suitcase, Blob will infect hospital patients with its essence and in that way travel to try to reach the baby.

Confrontation
In the hospital, doctors are looking for Johnathan. He uses the oldest trick in the book and escapes through laundry elevator. Out of the hospital Johnathan enters the phone booth and uses address book found there to look for the Rack family. There seems to be one Eleonore Rack living nearby so he goes there. He is careful to avoid any sign of medical emergency crews, but there are none of them. Actually, the whole neighborhood seems deserted.
Johnathan sneaks into the house where baby should be, only to find out that interior of the house is really an exterior located on some strange world…

Revelation
Obeying this evil person all along – the baby is pulling strings! She is really this world reincarnation of old goddess Mariarack. She opened the portal but she is unable to bring anything from portal into our world without the Blob essence.

Showdown
In front of the portal, mother holds a baby. Baby looks very week, somehow sick. Eleonore accuses Johnathan that he is trying to kill her baby girl by planting a book into her luggage.
Johnathan tries to persuade Eleonore to give him back a book, but she gets mad and turns into monster. She than tears the book in such a way that pages fly all over. Johnathan grabs pages flying by him and starts to read spells. One attacking spell hits monster and it grins with pain. Then, Johnathan casts protective force field around him, making monster mad since it can’t hurt a mortal standing before it. Using the feelings of the monster, Johnathan draws it as far away from the baby as possible, then runs, grabs a baby and throws it through portal.
The portal starts closing, and all returns to normal. Johnathan stands inside the house now, and what was a monster is again a woman. With a satisfied smile, Eleonore steps through the portal that completely closes behind her.
Johnathan is left standing amongst the torn pages of his book, wandering if he just saved the world or doomed it.

roryb bracebuckle John Fiore

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Here I go with another episode of "Rumbles from the Rift" using the amazingly fun Untold Adventures Await...Darrel Miller, Rory O'Connor, John Fiore

Here I go with another episode of "Rumbles from the Rift" using the amazingly fun Untold Adventures Await...Darrel Miller, Rory O'Connor, John Fiore

“Duty or Honor “

Danger Scene - A location, a threat, attacking someone/or something

Location - tree icon used, a forest, Brichtwood
A Threat - Campfire icon used, fire in the woods
Someone/Something

There has been a fire set in the Brichtwood by someone/something

4 Questions for the Danger Scene
Who set the fire in the Brichtwood? Scale Icon used, a fallen paladin, named Stamus Fulton.

Why did Stamus set the fires? Planet icon, Stamus was attempting to clear the Rift of a perceived evil blight.

How did our hero get involved? Conversation bubble icon, The hero met with the unicorn, Bran ap Seamus, and was given this task to investigate.

What kind of damage was done to Britchwood? Tent icon, a small village of brownies was burnt to the ground, causing the surrounding area to flare up as well this fire seem more potent than normal.

Heroic Entrance

Thuls Silvermane, is a centaur of the resident clan in Britchwood. Having served under the village elders for numerous years, he was finally granted the status of Horn Spear and allowed to serve the great Bran ap Seamus. Thuls carries a finely crafted spear and is a skilled tracker.
Once given his task Thuls makes haste to the burnt brownie village, known as Fursh, hoping to uncover what has happened. Thuls arrives at the Fursh.

4 Actions for the Danger Scene -

Thuls wants to investigate the scene to determine what happened by using his tracking ability.

Reaction - green face, startled face and BUT

As Thuls digs through the wreckage of the brownie village he discovers a mangled shield far too large for a brownie to wield, but the shield is so badly bent, misshapen and scarred with fire that Thuls can see at one time it bore a coat of arms.

Thuls tries to speak to the local animals about what has happened by using his natural equine nature to converse with them.

Reaction - red face, hadn’t expected that and BUT

Thuls creeps to the edge of the village, mindful of his approaching woodland creatures, who are skittish at the best of times, as he sends out a call to the denizens of the forest, nothing is returned to him, the forest is quiet, eerily so, but as he starts to return to the village a twig falls from the canopy above, when it lands on the ground it is in the shape of an arrow that leads north.

Thuls wants to head north by following the sign given to him

Reaction - red face, angry face and AND

Thuls starts to the north. As he does something stings him in his rump. He turns to look, but is unable to find anything and as he tries to resume his journey he now realizes he is lost, what once seemed familiar is now foreign.

Thuls, knowing something is wrong with him, is going to commune with the forest to clear his mind by clearing his thoughts and thinking of his task given to him as the Horn Sword.

Reaction - green card, surprised face and BUT

Thuls is able to center himself. Calmness surrounds him. He is able to shrug off the confusion, but as he opens his eyes he realizes he is no longer in a Britchwood he recognizes…….

End of Danger Scene off to Intrigue Scene

Intrigue Scene -
Evil Ally connected to the Threat from the Danger Scene
Cane Icon used - an evil witch, name Yisl

3 Questions for the Intrigue Scene

Why is Yisl involved with Stamus? She wants Stamus to start a war with Bran

How did Yisl gain Stamus support? She promised to give Stamus a small portion of what remained of Britchwood.

Where did Yisl come from? She is a servant of the Flightless Arrow.

Confrontation Scene - A location, a threat, attacking Thuls
Location - The magic fountain in Britchwood
Threat - Stamus, the fallen paladin

Thuls even though he was in what he would describe as a “shadow” Britchwood, found that the geography was the same. He knew the location to the healing fountain within Britchwood. Thinking this would be the best place to figure out what was going on Thuls headed there. When he arrived he saw a scarred man hammer away at the fountain with a malevolently glowing hammer. Thuls, who hadn’t tried to hid his approach, was immediately turned upon by this man, who was covered in soot, this man flung the hammer at Thuls……..

4 Actions for the Confrontation scene

Thuls is going to defend against the flying hammer by dodging out of the way.

Reaction - red card, unhappy face

Thuls is too slow or the man was too fast. The hammer spins through the air and strikes Thuls in the right flank. Thuls can hear the human running towards him…..

Thuls, though shocked by the hard strike of the hammer, wants to defend
himself by using his spear to slow the humans advance

Reaction - red face, argh face and AND

Thuls was apparently more dazed than he thought. He tried to bring his spear up to the defense, but as he did the point dipped low and lodged into the ground. As Thuls looked up, the human, with murder in his eyes, descended onto Thuls swinging an axe.

Thuls tries to react by lashing out at the human with his front equine legs.

Reaction - green face, sweety face and BUT

Thuls manages to strike the human in the chest with his legs, but as he does the axe strikes Thuls in the leg. The human, having the full weight of a centaur kicking slam into his chest is thrown back several feet and lands on his back.

Thuls is going to pin the human, but using his entire body

Reaction - red card, neutral face and BUT

Thuls springs forward to pin the human to the ground, but in his haste didn’t realize how injured his leg was, it buckles and forces Thuls to the ground. Thuls hits the ground, but as he starts to get up his hand grasps the shaft of the hammer thrown at him. Feeling the power coursing through it Thuls understands how dangerous this hammer is…..

Revelation Scene -
Obeying this evil person all along connected to the threat from Confrontation Scene
Parachute Icon used - A black dragon, Storra, is the evil being obeyed.

1 Question for the Revelation Scene

Why is Storra wanting a war started in Britchwood?
Answer - Storra, who is alone in Thunder Rift, believes that by seizing the magical fountain in Britchwood she can fertilize her eggs, thus ensuring a new generation of black dragons and help overthrow the other races of the Rift.

Showdown Scene - a location from a the Danger Scene, 2 Threats and the threats are attacking Thuls.

Location - Britchwood,
Threats - Stamus and the witch, Yisl.

Preamble - Realizing the hammer was of importance Thuls knew the man would be hell bent on getting it back, so Thuls to retreat to a defensible hill, some miles north of the magical fountain. Bandaging his wounds Thuls prepared to meet his foe(s).
Just as Thuls is preparing to care for his wounds, from the forest he hears a bellowing horn. Bursting forth from the forest is the man carried upon a female center with a hideous face to look upon. The feminine centaur’s hands glow and a shot of green energy arcs towards Thuls.

6 Actions for the Showdown Scene

Thuls wants to evade the green energy by ducking behind a long forgotten and worn out wall.

Reaction - green card, hmmm face and a BUT

Thuls manages to get behind the wall for protection, but as he does the green energy slams into it. The wall shudders as if a gale force wind has hit it and the wall blows into numerous pieces, some of the pieces strike Thuls but don’t cause him any harm.

Thuls is going to attack the 2 by charging them and striking them with the hammer.

Reaction - green card, smiling face

Thuls immediately reacts to the disappearance of the wall, by rallying his vigor and charging the pair. He gets close enough to land a solid blow on man, who is knocked to the ground.

Thuls is going to hit the centaur with the hammer in an attempt to kill her

Reaction - red card, angry face and AND

Thuls manages to catch a glancing blow as the centaur dances out of his reach and as he does the hammer flickers and seems to lose some of its glow. The glow races towards the centaur and evaporates into her body. She seems to be invigorate by this energy.

Thuls realizes this hammer, while powerful, is a thing of evil. Thuls recalled that when the man was striking the fountain the man was very careful with his strikes. Thuls wants to take the hammer to the fountain by running as fast as he can.

Reaction - red card,crying face and AND

Thuls pulls up and prepares to run for all his worth. As he starts to gain momentum his injured leg gives out and as he falls he feels the swipe of a sword lop off his already injured leg. The pain sears through Thuls like a hot knife.

Even in pain Thuls realizes his duty is to the Britchwood and Bran ap Seamus. Seeing a fast flowing river, a fork of the Drake River, nearby and knowing that the Drake has many pockets which will make finding him or the hammer hard Thuls is going to limp to the Drake and toss himself in.

Reaction - green card, embarrassed face and but

Thuls manages to make it to the river’s edge, but stumbles as he attempts to jump into the river. Close behind him he can hear the pursuit of the man and centaur. Though he knows this will be his last act he flings the hammer out into the middle of the river. A soft splash is heard. The hammer starts to sink, but slowly rises up grasped in the hands of a friendly Thurloin, or Merfolk. The merfolk winks at Thuls as it slips back into the water. Behind him, close, is a shriek, Thuls knows the enemy is upon, but weariness has descend on Thuls, who just smiles as the point of a sword erupts from his chest. Thou breathing is difficult Thuls heads off to brightness knowing his duty and honor are both intact……..


Monday, June 5, 2017

This is my latest obsession. Has lots of cool ideas. Wonderful character creation. Awesome advice for the GM.

This is my latest obsession. Has lots of cool ideas. Wonderful character creation. Awesome advice for the GM.
Need to playtest this further as it uses a strict turn order and I'm not sure if this is fun on the long run. But I'm smitten.

Originally shared by Sophia Brandt

Where I playtest one of the mini-scenarions of the new No.1 game on DTRPG: Index Card RPG Core
#ICRPG #solo

http://dieheart.net/index-card-rpg-core-solo-trial-run/
http://dieheart.net/index-card-rpg-core-solo-trial-run/