Google+ VRPG
Posted: November 30th, 2011, 4:02 am
I'm putting together a Google+ video hangout roleplaying game. Nerd overload, eh?
If you've never played a D&D style RPG, don't worry. The rules we'll be playing with are easy to pick up.
I'll be the GM to get the ball rolling, but I'd love this to be a long-term thing with rotating GMs.
To start, I'm going to run a ~2 month campaign with a watered down version of FUDGE. The full verison of Fudge is available as a free PDF here:
http://www.fudgerpg.com/goodies/fudge-f ... ion-(PDF)/
You don't really need it though, I'll be fudging a lot of the mechanics. (haha)
The game will be played mostly live over Google+ video hangouts. You need a mic and the willingness to talk
Characters have four attributes: Stength, Dexterity, Charm, and Mentality. Their ability in these attributes goes as follows:
Terrible (-3), Poor (-2), Mediocre (-1), Fair (0), Good (+1), Great (+2), Superb (+3)
The average human has fair in every attribute. Starting PCs can redistribute their points (subtract from one attribute and add to another), but no attribute can be worse than poor or better than great. Starting PCs also get one free point to add to a skill of their choice.
You need to write a decent backstory for your character. Make sure he fits within the setting as described below. Don't worry about specific places and names and factions, the GM will help fill in those blanks.
The setting is a low-magic fantasy world. The PCs start in Veunda, Veun. Veun is a temperate country that deals mostly in agriculture. Veunda is the capitol city of Veun. A general map will be provided.
There are no "Wizards" in this setting. Magic is not very controllable. There are magical artifacts that have supernatural ability, but not blatant magic ability.
The PCs should be able to handle themselves in a city environment.
Skills will be decided based on your character's backstory.
If you want to take a fault, such as blindness, code of honor, fanaticism, etc., talk to me and we'll work out a way to make it worth your while.
We're going to assume that your character has mundane equipment fitting his backstory. You can be as specific as you want with that. If you don't fill it in, I will for you. YOur cahracter will also have one extraordinary articfact to start out with. Get an idea of what you want, nothing too powerful mind you, and I'll polish it to fit the setting and scale of the campaign. I'll work out some starting currency for each player as well.
We're going to be using FUDGE dice. Four of them, to be exact. These are six sided dice with two "+" faces, two "-" faces, and two blank faces. Plusses are ones, minuses negative ones, and blanks zeros. The cool thing about fudge dice is that they average to zero and have a gaussian distribution. To mess around with them, check out this roller: http://www.fudgery.net/omnium-gatherum/ ... oller.html
We'll have an active roller client set up for everyone to use during the game.
Combat is going to be heavily role-played with skill checks. Health is going to be tracked as wounds. No HP, because a broken arm isn't going to kill you, but it will hinder fighting. Criticals in combat could damage an internal organ, which will require medical attention. I'm going to try to make your physical condition enrich the roleplay, rather than be on a seperate level like it is in D&D.
That about covers it. If you're interested, post here with the times you are available for play. As of right now, I'm thinking of doing it from 10:00 PM Friday to 3:00 AM Saturday (UTC). This would be 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM EST and 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM PST. Bring your own beer/food, I'm not mailing you any.
If you have any ideas about anything, post here too.
I want to get ~ four players, so it'll be first come first serve. If I don't get enough from here, I'll be opening it up more globally.
I'd really prefer players that are 18+, and I'd prefer it if I actually knew the people in the game.
Players:
iamcello (non-fcraft)
If you've never played a D&D style RPG, don't worry. The rules we'll be playing with are easy to pick up.
I'll be the GM to get the ball rolling, but I'd love this to be a long-term thing with rotating GMs.
To start, I'm going to run a ~2 month campaign with a watered down version of FUDGE. The full verison of Fudge is available as a free PDF here:
http://www.fudgerpg.com/goodies/fudge-f ... ion-(PDF)/
You don't really need it though, I'll be fudging a lot of the mechanics. (haha)
The game will be played mostly live over Google+ video hangouts. You need a mic and the willingness to talk
Characters have four attributes: Stength, Dexterity, Charm, and Mentality. Their ability in these attributes goes as follows:
Terrible (-3), Poor (-2), Mediocre (-1), Fair (0), Good (+1), Great (+2), Superb (+3)
The average human has fair in every attribute. Starting PCs can redistribute their points (subtract from one attribute and add to another), but no attribute can be worse than poor or better than great. Starting PCs also get one free point to add to a skill of their choice.
You need to write a decent backstory for your character. Make sure he fits within the setting as described below. Don't worry about specific places and names and factions, the GM will help fill in those blanks.
The setting is a low-magic fantasy world. The PCs start in Veunda, Veun. Veun is a temperate country that deals mostly in agriculture. Veunda is the capitol city of Veun. A general map will be provided.
There are no "Wizards" in this setting. Magic is not very controllable. There are magical artifacts that have supernatural ability, but not blatant magic ability.
The PCs should be able to handle themselves in a city environment.
Skills will be decided based on your character's backstory.
If you want to take a fault, such as blindness, code of honor, fanaticism, etc., talk to me and we'll work out a way to make it worth your while.
We're going to assume that your character has mundane equipment fitting his backstory. You can be as specific as you want with that. If you don't fill it in, I will for you. YOur cahracter will also have one extraordinary articfact to start out with. Get an idea of what you want, nothing too powerful mind you, and I'll polish it to fit the setting and scale of the campaign. I'll work out some starting currency for each player as well.
We're going to be using FUDGE dice. Four of them, to be exact. These are six sided dice with two "+" faces, two "-" faces, and two blank faces. Plusses are ones, minuses negative ones, and blanks zeros. The cool thing about fudge dice is that they average to zero and have a gaussian distribution. To mess around with them, check out this roller: http://www.fudgery.net/omnium-gatherum/ ... oller.html
We'll have an active roller client set up for everyone to use during the game.
Combat is going to be heavily role-played with skill checks. Health is going to be tracked as wounds. No HP, because a broken arm isn't going to kill you, but it will hinder fighting. Criticals in combat could damage an internal organ, which will require medical attention. I'm going to try to make your physical condition enrich the roleplay, rather than be on a seperate level like it is in D&D.
That about covers it. If you're interested, post here with the times you are available for play. As of right now, I'm thinking of doing it from 10:00 PM Friday to 3:00 AM Saturday (UTC). This would be 5:00 PM to 10:00 PM EST and 2:00 PM to 7:00 PM PST. Bring your own beer/food, I'm not mailing you any.
If you have any ideas about anything, post here too.
I want to get ~ four players, so it'll be first come first serve. If I don't get enough from here, I'll be opening it up more globally.
I'd really prefer players that are 18+, and I'd prefer it if I actually knew the people in the game.
Players:
iamcello (non-fcraft)
