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d my lesson already regarding scope right hell i thought so too but oh boy was i wrong this one was initially called vampire hunting weekly and was meant to be a simple cairn 1e hack for vampire hunters designed for halloween 2024 when i missed the deadline due to some serious irl issues i dropped all pretenses of making a simple game and decided to turn this into the best damn vampire hunting game i could possibly make and honestly i got pretty close project daybreak contains my cleanest writing and design work and i really should get back to it the process structurally this one was meticulously planned from the get go both in its original form and in the expanded version in fact most of the writing for it is pretty much done and the layout is so functional that there isn t much of a challenge in implementing what s written but the game hasn t found its way into anyone s hands so something must ve happened right the setbacks shit did indeed happen my health got progressively worse and my life was all out of whack for several reasons that don t actually matter here suffice to say that real life just got in the way and by the time things cleared up i no longer had the impetus to keep working on this one i ve been meaning to finish it ever since but every time i open its afpub file i just zone out and i wish i knew why is my heart just not in it anymore am i just out of touch with what i was making way back then i don t know i really don t the result i still regularly use the character creation tables i made for project daybreak whenever i run a modern day game i think they re pretty cool the game s cover is one of my personal favourites too and i think the combat rules are so neat and the special maneuvers will probably be the blueprint for any combat heavy game i ll ever make from a technical perspective i cannot complain about this game at all i want to finish it i need to i just don t know when i ll have the energy or motivation to do so we re just getting started i believe this brings us to the end of 2024 and since this is getting way too long i m going to split this thing into at least two parts maybe three who knows for part two we re gonna discuss games like breach drakönis and the dauntless destined stay tuned at august 30 2026 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday march 11 2025 three kinds of wealth abstraction rules i don t always have the time or the energy to track currency in my elfgames and although i see the merit in doing so when you re aiming for a specific kind of gamefeel it s not a great fit for every game so why is this so often treated as the standard i mean it can t be pure nostalgia or blind adherence to the old ways a lot of the games that still stick with this have traded inventory weight for inventory slots for instance gold for xp could be a plausible reason but then again there s no reason you can t implement this with abstracted wealth rules now while i can t give you a definitive answer to this conundrum if there even is one i have spent some time trying to come up with interesting rules for wealth abstraction just for fun if nothing else perhaps these will inspire some game designers to question why they re still sticking with the ol copper silver gold standard rather than experimenting with fun and less disruptive ways of handling wealth in their games wealth points you can spend your wealth points wp to add positive modifiers to negotiation checks when the party finds treasure tell them how many wealth points they acquired a small amount of coins would be worth a single wp for the whole party while a golden statuette with emerald eyes could earn them as many as 5 wps when you want to buy something you can make a negotiation check by rolling a d20 vs a difficulty rating of 10 mundane cheap items 14 uncommon expensive items 18 rare exclusive you can bypass a negotiation check entirely by spending a fixed amount of wealth points for each item tier as seen below common cheap 10 wps uncommon expensive 15 wps rare exclusive 20 wps if you still want to brute force your way through a purchase after a failed negotiation attempt add 5 to the wp cost any wealth points spent on the roll are subtracted from the total cost design notes so these rules intentionally put a big emphasis on negotiations over fixed prices this is meant to represent haggling rather than how much each item is actually worth prices normally fluctuate between stores and different regions irl so i thought this was a nice way to incorporate that in a game and since you always have the option of caving in and paying an exorbitant price even if someone is overcharging you for their wares i added that bit about bypassing negotiations finally if i were to implement this mechanic in a game i d definitely want to prepare a reference list for treasure and another for typical items just to keep things fair and easy to run wealth usage die if you want to keep the copper silver gold standard but don t want to bother tracking individual coins you can simply assign an usage die for each then make three item lists one for things that can be bought with copper another for items that can be bought with silver and one for the truly expensive things that only gold can buy copper can only buy from the copper list silver can buy from the copper and silver lists gold can buy from all three lists when you want to buy something roll a copper silver or gold usage die as determined by what you re buying if you roll a 1 or 2 drop the die by a step d12 d10 d8 d6 d4 nil if you don t have at least a d4 you simply can t afford to buy the things you want after completing a quest or exploring a dungeon the party can potentially increase their wealth usage dice by a step depending on how much they earned or pillaged the standard odds for wealth improvement are copper 4 in 6 silver 2 in 6 gold 1 in 6 the odds above are subject to both positive and negative changes per the fiction if the party was promised a fortune in gold they might have higher odds of improving their gold usage die if they were simply out in the sewers killing rats maybe they only get to try to improve copper or silver not both with gold being out of the picture entirely such is the life of an adventurer design notes the biggest hurdle to implementing these rules in a game is deciding the starting wealth of pcs do you just give them a d4 in copper in which case they re flat out broke are some classes if you re using those wealthier from the get go are some even poorer balancing this out can be fun but it s the sort of thing that will directly inform how your game feels in play at least until the party gets some experience under their belts gms can play around with positive and negative modifiers to ud checks by the way depending on what you re buying and from whom the gm may assign you a positive or negative modifier this is a good way to represent how cheap or expensive something is as well as the seller s negotiation skills and their disposition towards the buyer wealth levels no rolls no checks just a simple wealth level wl at wl1 you can afford common gear travel rations simple accommodations basic services at wl2 you can afford quality gear specialized services components luxurious accommodations weapons armor daily wages at wl3 you can afford property installments magic items monthly wages horses livestock characters increase their wealth level by getting paid for their services plundering dungeons and undertaking financial ventures there s no need for hard rules and parameters either if it makes fictional sense for a character to be on wl2 then that s their wealth level if they go on a buying spree and overspend they may drop down to wl1 easy clean simple optional rule if you want to mix gold for xp with these rules characters can only level up when they reach wl3 afterwards they must invest most of their funds into training under a competent tutor dropping back to wl1 design notes there s no denying that this is an incredibly high trust approach to wealth bordering on fkr and that s intentional if you re completely burned out on currency tracking this will probably be your favourite take on wealth abstraction in this post similarly this is a great fit for games where wealth doesn t matter all that much although the optional rule can give it a bit more heft if that s what you re looking for all about that cash a funny thing happened while i was writing this post i no longer know how i want to handle wealth in most of the games i m currently developing a few of these could be a great fit for some of my games and indeed they were built on ideas i initially had for the aforementioned games but dropped for one reason or another in a way i guess this means i succeeded at what i set out to do with this post i just didn t expect to be on the receiving end of it now if you ll excuse me i gotta go have a design induced existential crisis those are always a lot of fun at march 11 2025 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels osr procedures rules systems theory saturday march 8 2025 plants or how to enrich your setting s flora one of the things that impressed me the most about avowed was how much care was given to the flora of the living lands it s often vibrant awe inspiring and most important of all gameable want to upgrade your gear go harvest some plants need a way to deal with large groups of enemies but don t want to invest in magic well some plants are basically grenades molotovs or acid bombs oh and you know the cool looking ruins you ve spotted on the horizon they re probably overgrown by giant roots or if you re lucky something even cooler the way obsidian managed to seamlessly integrate flora into so many aspects of avowed made me think of how some of my favourite fantasy writers usually pay a lot of attention to the flora of their own worlds and how important those details are to making an immersive setting in my experience however most gms overlook this aspect of world building completely myself included sure some of us pay lip service to it dropping a few references to coniferous trees berries and stuff like that when prompted by the players but that s usually as far as it goes and honestly that s totally fine by me we re just nerds facilitating a game we can t all be expected to be master world builders who spend hours and hours researching what sort of flora would make the most sense for each region of our settings simply put this is the type of effort that rarely pays off like developing intricate economies for every city or kingdom still the reason behind my enthusiasm for avowed s flora wasn t related to realism or research at all but how fantastic and unique it felt and that my friends is much more achievable for us lowly gms achievable and gameable tables are always the answer well maybe not always but that s what i usually default to whenever i want to generate interesting things fast i quickly settled into six different categories appearance usually the first thing the pcs will notice about a plant and surprisingly useful for setting the mood too drop some fleshy writhing plants in the woods and your players are probably going to be immediately wary of the area biome the sort of region your weird plants are located in try generating at least a couple of plants for each major area in your setting but don t be afraid of reusing a plant in multiple regions interactions plants don t exist in a vacuum defining a few key ways they interact with their environment and the fauna that inhabits it is essential and a lot of fun too smell never underestimate the impact of describing a smell our olfactory memory is unreasonably powerful and you should wield it responsibly useful properties i did mention this would be gameable right rarity while most of the categories above are player facing this one is more relevant to gms you can outright tell your players how rare or common a plant is but isn t it more interesting to let them work for that knowledge now that we ve established what each table will explore let s dig in elegant rpg table appearance biome interactions 1 glowing tendrils 1 rainforest 1 calms nearby creatures 2 umbrella like leaves 2 desert 2 makes observers hallucinate 3 gem like flowers 3 tundra 3 attracts and feeds wildlife prey 4 thorny enormous vines 4 swamp 4 burrows when it rains 5 fuzzy humming moss 5 mountains 5 shrieks when approached 6 spiral petals 6 grasslands 6 protected by predators 7 color changing fronds 7 volcanic 7 attracts lightning 8 knotted roots 8 coastal 8 unroots itself and migrates 9 maw like blossoms 9 swamps 9 trips travelers 10 skin mimicking bark 10 rocky hills 10 changes color near magic 11 feather like leaves 11 fjords 11 hosts friendly insects 12 stained glass bark 12 lakes 12 attracts fairies 13 skeleton like branch 13 graveyards 13 worshipped by undead 14 sparkling stems 14 savannas 14 boosts plant growth 15 fur like shrubs 15 prairies 15 houses prey animals 16 covered in red sap 16 riverlands 16 contaminates water 17 crescent moon flowers 17 islands 17 darkens surroundings 18 iridescent spores 18 wastelands 18 taints the soil 19 bioluminescent patterns 19 overgrown ruins 19 repairs structures 20 pulsing organic growths 20 underground 20 infested with spiders elegant rpg table smells properties rarity 1 rotting meat 1 healing salve 1 common 2 sweet honey 2 disinfectant 2 uncommon 3 fresh rain 3 stamina potion 3 rare 4 burnt sugar 4 strong adhesive 4 very rare 5 spiced wine 5 powerful antidote 5 legendary 6 crushed metal 6 alchemical marvel 6 seasonal 7 bone dust 7 armor like bark 7 endangered 8 vanilla 8 highly nutritious 8 abundant 9 cinnamon 9 fire starting oil 9 cultivated 10 wet fur 10 insect repellent 10 regional 11 lavender 11 poison enhancer 11 corrupted 12 dragon s breath 12 dye making flowers 12 ancient 13 sea salt 13 paralyzing sap 13 interdimensional 14 goblin sweat 14 fermented alcohol 14 sentient 15 blood 15 magic enhancer 15 transient 16 sulphur 16 demon bait 16 infernal 17 arcane fire 17 charming fragrance 17 artificial 18 fairy dust 18 rust removal 18 sacred 19 wet stone 19 highly explosive 19 cursed 20 phoenix feathers 20 water purifier 20 mythical weird green wonders yeah that should do it i m excited to start making some truly bizarre plants and dropping them in my campaigns and if y all end up doing the same i d love to know how it goes at march 08 2025 no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels procedures rpgs theory sunday february 23 2025 an exercise in dice pool based game design i love rolling large dice pools hearing all those shiny math rocks clink eagerly hoping for a good roll and dreading those pesky 1s is way too satisfying sure rolling lots of dice can be unwieldy and lead to dice clog but years of playing vampire the masquerade have conditioned me to 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