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"Would you stake your life on a world that cannot be saved?"
Version 1.07 - Released May 4th, 2012
-Strategic turn-based battles reward careful positioning and smart actions over brute force.
-No typical HP/MP drudgery - Instead, battlers have Body, Mind, and Soul ratings that serve as both health and fuel for special abilities. Knocking any of them to zero means defeat, so heroes beware!
-No level grinding or money hoarding!
-Diverse elemental and weapon-versus-armor system for all sorts of exploitative goodness.
-Structured mission-based gameplay means you'll never have to wander around figuring out where to go next.
-Oh, and no random encounters either, because, seriously.
-Over a dozen colorful characters to recruit and train.
-20+ hours of adventure - multiple secrets, sidequests, and endings!
TV Tropes Page available here! Here be spoilers!
Unofficial Official Wiki available here! Here be spoilers too!
Fanfiction here! Spoilers?! You better believe it!
A play-by-play commentary at Dragon Quill! - Spoilers, slowly but surely!
Text of the entire in-game glossary! Note: Link is working again as of 4/11/14.
Version 1.07 - Released May 4th, 2012
-Strategic turn-based battles reward careful positioning and smart actions over brute force.
-No typical HP/MP drudgery - Instead, battlers have Body, Mind, and Soul ratings that serve as both health and fuel for special abilities. Knocking any of them to zero means defeat, so heroes beware!
-No level grinding or money hoarding!
-Diverse elemental and weapon-versus-armor system for all sorts of exploitative goodness.
-Structured mission-based gameplay means you'll never have to wander around figuring out where to go next.
-Oh, and no random encounters either, because, seriously.
-Over a dozen colorful characters to recruit and train.
-20+ hours of adventure - multiple secrets, sidequests, and endings!
TV Tropes Page available here! Here be spoilers!
Unofficial Official Wiki available here! Here be spoilers too!
Fanfiction here! Spoilers?! You better believe it!
A play-by-play commentary at Dragon Quill! - Spoilers, slowly but surely!
Text of the entire in-game glossary! Note: Link is working again as of 4/11/14.
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CloseFinished the basis for Blessed Corps, you can find it here.
Any suggestion/opinion will be greatly appreciated.
Any suggestion/opinion will be greatly appreciated.
author=Deltree
Haha, maybe it's time for a break!
It's unfortunate that CCGs have been commercialized to the point of "game balance? what's that?" for sake of keeping consistent interest from the playerbase. I could see the B/M/S system serving as a kind of simplified parallel to the Mana system, though. Maybe with the characters themselves adding certain amounts to each pool, and their abilities requiring certain total amounts to enact.
Hmm! Hmm. Maybe if/when I get into mobile development!
Life is short, too much homebrewing to be done, no time to rest...
This one used B/M/S for health and support characters as mana source. Something like land cards in Magic. They also allowed the use of their abilities, instead of generating mana. It was a very interesting concept.
I think I used Falitza and Kulkumatz, but for some reason Santes is easier to sample:
Santes D'Rath
Blessed Corps
Rank I
Keywords-Caster, Divine
Health
Body-6
Mind-8
Soul-9
Abilities
Judgment-Deals 3 Divine Soul damage
Energy-1 Soul or 1 Divine
Divine Mending-Heals 3 Body damage
Energy-1 Body or 1 Divine
Support
Divine energy
Soul energy
Battlepriest's Shell-Tap to reduce Slashing damage by 2
Divine Mending-Tap to allow an ally to use Divine Mending (Must have Divine and Caster keywords)
Haha, maybe it's time for a break!
It's unfortunate that CCGs have been commercialized to the point of "game balance? what's that?" for sake of keeping consistent interest from the playerbase. I could see the B/M/S system serving as a kind of simplified parallel to the Mana system, though. Maybe with the characters themselves adding certain amounts to each pool, and their abilities requiring certain total amounts to enact.
Hmm! Hmm. Maybe if/when I get into mobile development!
It's unfortunate that CCGs have been commercialized to the point of "game balance? what's that?" for sake of keeping consistent interest from the playerbase. I could see the B/M/S system serving as a kind of simplified parallel to the Mana system, though. Maybe with the characters themselves adding certain amounts to each pool, and their abilities requiring certain total amounts to enact.
Hmm! Hmm. Maybe if/when I get into mobile development!
author=argh
Ah, I thought you meant ally skills. Yes, if you're going for 100% enemy info you'll need a text dump from Deltree.
Taken care of.;-)
author=argh
I don't think the game really needs a strategy guide, though? Nothing's permanently missable, optional secrets are telegraphed with blazing neon signs, there are no sadistic tricks or moon logic puzzles, and the battles are generally pretty easy and straightforward. It's no Last Scenario.
It's going to end up as enemy encyclopedia/boss guide/character analysis.
I had a very weird dream last night, I was dreaming I was playing a card game based on The Reconstruction. It was awesome...
argh
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Ah, I thought you meant ally skills. Yes, if you're going for 100% enemy info you'll need a text dump from Deltree.
I don't think the game really needs a strategy guide, though? Nothing's permanently missable, optional secrets are telegraphed with blazing neon signs, there are no sadistic tricks or moon logic puzzles, and the battles are generally pretty easy and straightforward. It's no Last Scenario.
I don't think the game really needs a strategy guide, though? Nothing's permanently missable, optional secrets are telegraphed with blazing neon signs, there are no sadistic tricks or moon logic puzzles, and the battles are generally pretty easy and straightforward. It's no Last Scenario.
author=argh
I believe there's also a compilation on the wiki.
There is Enemy Encyclopedia, but it is mostly empty.
author=Deltree
My carpool's almost here, but I'll see if I can get that for you this evening. I should still have the design doc somewhere.
That would be awesome, I could just do a regular run for the guide. Take your time, I'm in no hurry.
My carpool's almost here, but I'll see if I can get that for you this evening. I should still have the design doc somewhere.
author=Deltree
I wouldn't try Procure Status on bosses or one-time unique enemies before her recruitment point. I didn't include any text (since it would be inaccessible) and it'll probably make the game crash. As for the trickery and cost when using it, I think it was just sadism on my part.
(Edit) Also I can just give you a text dump of everyone's thoughts if you want them; it's no problem!
She really never had a chance...
That would be great, but I am actually more interested in stats and skills.
I wouldn't try Procure Status on bosses or one-time unique enemies before her recruitment point. I didn't include any text (since it would be inaccessible) and it'll probably make the game crash. As for the trickery and cost when using it, I think it was just sadism on my part.
(Edit) Also I can just give you a text dump of everyone's thoughts if you want them; it's no problem!
(Edit) Also I can just give you a text dump of everyone's thoughts if you want them; it's no problem!
Inspired by the Let's Play (just finished chapter 1) I am thinking of making some kind of a strategy guide. I am going to be replaying the game to get some ideas anyway, and with the pre-recruited save (thank you Great Lizard) I can gather all the enemy data. It is going to be a pain to grind for skill/mana points to get Procure Status to rank V (not to mention rank IV Side of Caution, to get the enemy skill list) before the end of the first chapter. Can Procure Status be used on chapter one boss? It has a short range, so even with the maximum rush, it still might be out of range. Why does it have so short range? It is not something you can really abuse in any way, and it costs 8B, if I remember correctly.
I have been working on Blessed Corps's abilities, making some adjustment.
Judgment stays as it is, Divine Soul damage. I will need to change the high rank effect.
Holy Favor also stays the same, Soul healing and extra initiative at higher ranks.
Divine Mending will be changed to something Mind healing. Blessed Corps have Soul as their major focus and Mind as their minor focus. Body is their weakness, so it doesn't make sense for them to heal body. At least not very effectively.
Fervent Cry will be exchanged for Ease Suffering. Removing ailments and slightly healing Body sound appropriate.
Sanctify will be exchanged for something else, since it is way to powerful for a starting ability. Some kind of single target Mind attack with a negative effect at a higher level would fit well.
Pure Cleric will stay, with each rank having a different effect. One that boosts the effect of Holy Favor, one that boosts the effect of whatever replaces Divine Mending, one that makes Ease Suffering remove additional ailment, one that allows each healing ability to remove Seal(Disable) and one that somehow affects Judgment.
Blessed Are We is probably going to have different name. It will provide passive bonuses. The only rank that is probably going to stay the same is Piety, giving a bonus damage.
Healing Soul and Mind, dealing Mind and Soul damage and removing ailments. Sounds reasonable?
I have been working on Blessed Corps's abilities, making some adjustment.
Judgment stays as it is, Divine Soul damage. I will need to change the high rank effect.
Holy Favor also stays the same, Soul healing and extra initiative at higher ranks.
Divine Mending will be changed to something Mind healing. Blessed Corps have Soul as their major focus and Mind as their minor focus. Body is their weakness, so it doesn't make sense for them to heal body. At least not very effectively.
Fervent Cry will be exchanged for Ease Suffering. Removing ailments and slightly healing Body sound appropriate.
Sanctify will be exchanged for something else, since it is way to powerful for a starting ability. Some kind of single target Mind attack with a negative effect at a higher level would fit well.
Pure Cleric will stay, with each rank having a different effect. One that boosts the effect of Holy Favor, one that boosts the effect of whatever replaces Divine Mending, one that makes Ease Suffering remove additional ailment, one that allows each healing ability to remove Seal(Disable) and one that somehow affects Judgment.
Blessed Are We is probably going to have different name. It will provide passive bonuses. The only rank that is probably going to stay the same is Piety, giving a bonus damage.
Healing Soul and Mind, dealing Mind and Soul damage and removing ailments. Sounds reasonable?
author=argh
I very much agree with this. If I ever get the time I'll probably give it a more positive (and much shorter) review on Dragon Quill to counterbalance all the crankiness of my Reconstruction series. I think it's probably just a consequence of you having more writing experience under your belt. Do you think it could be that you enjoy/are better at writing sci-fi than fantasy, also? (Maybe the reversed scope theme of big to small helped too. So many moving parts.)
Combination of things. It probably helped that I started with a high concept and worked my way outward, as opposed to having parallel story threads that kind-of sort-of came together eventually.
Ro9ge
Everything looks pretty interesting! However, I'm a bit worried about the initiative section. Having to keep track of a new number every round for your own initiative seems to be a lot of paperwork for players to deal with. Have you tried it out with the other game you mentioned? If so, I'm curious about how it worked out for you.
Unfortunately, I didn't get enough people to playtest it. It was a Grandia game, so I couldn't get enough people to test it.
It is actually somewhat simplified version of the original system. Speed in The Reconstruction is even more complicated, since it is recalculated after every single action. This way it is only calculated once per round. Besides, the DM is the one that is supposed to keep track of the initiative, so it doesn't affect the players.
Deltree
Your original idea was neat (though I didn't entirely agree with the physical versus magical thing). I probably would have renamed "Speed" to something like Grace or Wile to keep it from being conflated with a turn-order stat.
I really, really, really like to separate swift and sturdy characters. If you guys think I should remove it I will go back to Body/Mind/Soul. I just think it adds an extra dimension to the game.
I use initiative for turn order, so there shouldn't be any confusion. I hope.
If you feel up to it, you can have the health pools grant alternate outcomes depending on which one was depleted. You could either tie it directly to a reward, or as a story branch.
I actually had a possibly very complicated idea for that. What if reducing one energy pool didn't remove a character out of battle, but rather apply a special ailment? This ailment would block the recovery of this energy (blocking any ability that is fueled by that energy) and redirect all damage of that type to other energy pools. So if your Body is reduced to 0 you would be unable to use abilities that cost Body points and any Body damage you receive would be redirected to Mind AND Soul (and Speed, if that stays). To complicated?
As for initiative, have you considered an AP system in lieu of Agility? Whoever has the highest AP goes first that round (ties decided by a dice roll), but unspent AP is banked toward having an earlier turn in the next round.
That could work, but I think this is closer to the original and it works really well with how stun works.
Lastly, in How Far I am eschewing Defense stats completely and making health pools the sole survivability factor. I'm going with small numbers, too. That may be less of a headache for you to calculate (though evasion is another matter).
That could work. It would kinda be inverse version of the original, where accuracy was not an issue, and stats affected the damage.
I modeled my evasion mostly after D&D 4E, the base chance to hit the target is somewhere close to 50%. So, if the attacker's Strength and target's Stamina are equal, you are left with 3d6 Vs 10. Rolling 3 6-sided dice gives you a result between 3 and 18, with the average being 10/11. Now, if the attacker specializes in Strength and the defenders Stamina is low that would boost your result by a few points.
argh
I worry that this is going to be way too complicated for humans to handle. It sounds like something that works better for a computer game where you have a machine to crunch and hold all the numbers for you.
That shouldn't be a problem, since most of the crunch is DM's part, and that would be me, at least for playtesting. Besides, it would be played in a PbP format, and online sheets are easy to update.
I've heard that tabletop-style things should generally aim for emergent complexity - a few easy-to-follow rules with a lot of potential application.
That's a very interesting subject. Tabletop games range from extremely complicated and crunch-heavy (like D&D and M&M) to simple ones that focus on the storytelling and use rules only when they need to resolve conflict (like Cortex). And then there are many those that fall somewhere between (like almost everything White Wolf published). It also depends on the DM, you can easily play a game of D&D without too much relying on the crunch.
If you're confident you can handle it, though, go ahead. Experimentation is always good.
That's not really a problem. I can easily work with anything I come up with, the problem what would work for players. I am not making this (only) for myself, that's why I am asking others for advise. This is a great homebrew exercise, but that's not the (only) reason I'm doing it.
That was long...
I tried using spoilers, but it doesn't work...
Everything looks pretty interesting! However, I'm a bit worried about the initiative section. Having to keep track of a new number every round for your own initiative seems to be a lot of paperwork for players to deal with. Have you tried it out with the other game you mentioned? If so, I'm curious about how it worked out for you.
Unfortunately, I didn't get enough people to playtest it. It was a Grandia game, so I couldn't get enough people to test it.
It is actually somewhat simplified version of the original system. Speed in The Reconstruction is even more complicated, since it is recalculated after every single action. This way it is only calculated once per round. Besides, the DM is the one that is supposed to keep track of the initiative, so it doesn't affect the players.
Deltree
Your original idea was neat (though I didn't entirely agree with the physical versus magical thing). I probably would have renamed "Speed" to something like Grace or Wile to keep it from being conflated with a turn-order stat.
I really, really, really like to separate swift and sturdy characters. If you guys think I should remove it I will go back to Body/Mind/Soul. I just think it adds an extra dimension to the game.
I use initiative for turn order, so there shouldn't be any confusion. I hope.
If you feel up to it, you can have the health pools grant alternate outcomes depending on which one was depleted. You could either tie it directly to a reward, or as a story branch.
I actually had a possibly very complicated idea for that. What if reducing one energy pool didn't remove a character out of battle, but rather apply a special ailment? This ailment would block the recovery of this energy (blocking any ability that is fueled by that energy) and redirect all damage of that type to other energy pools. So if your Body is reduced to 0 you would be unable to use abilities that cost Body points and any Body damage you receive would be redirected to Mind AND Soul (and Speed, if that stays). To complicated?
As for initiative, have you considered an AP system in lieu of Agility? Whoever has the highest AP goes first that round (ties decided by a dice roll), but unspent AP is banked toward having an earlier turn in the next round.
That could work, but I think this is closer to the original and it works really well with how stun works.
Lastly, in How Far I am eschewing Defense stats completely and making health pools the sole survivability factor. I'm going with small numbers, too. That may be less of a headache for you to calculate (though evasion is another matter).
That could work. It would kinda be inverse version of the original, where accuracy was not an issue, and stats affected the damage.
I modeled my evasion mostly after D&D 4E, the base chance to hit the target is somewhere close to 50%. So, if the attacker's Strength and target's Stamina are equal, you are left with 3d6 Vs 10. Rolling 3 6-sided dice gives you a result between 3 and 18, with the average being 10/11. Now, if the attacker specializes in Strength and the defenders Stamina is low that would boost your result by a few points.
argh
I worry that this is going to be way too complicated for humans to handle. It sounds like something that works better for a computer game where you have a machine to crunch and hold all the numbers for you.
That shouldn't be a problem, since most of the crunch is DM's part, and that would be me, at least for playtesting. Besides, it would be played in a PbP format, and online sheets are easy to update.
I've heard that tabletop-style things should generally aim for emergent complexity - a few easy-to-follow rules with a lot of potential application.
That's a very interesting subject. Tabletop games range from extremely complicated and crunch-heavy (like D&D and M&M) to simple ones that focus on the storytelling and use rules only when they need to resolve conflict (like Cortex). And then there are many those that fall somewhere between (like almost everything White Wolf published). It also depends on the DM, you can easily play a game of D&D without too much relying on the crunch.
If you're confident you can handle it, though, go ahead. Experimentation is always good.
That's not really a problem. I can easily work with anything I come up with, the problem what would work for players. I am not making this (only) for myself, that's why I am asking others for advise. This is a great homebrew exercise, but that's not the (only) reason I'm doing it.
That was long...
I tried using spoilers, but it doesn't work...
argh
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author=AsteronQuestarI worry that this is going to be way too complicated for humans to handle. It sounds like something that works better for a computer game where you have a machine to crunch and hold all the numbers for you. I've heard that tabletop-style things should generally aim for emergent complexity - a few easy-to-follow rules with a lot of potential application. If you're confident you can handle it, though, go ahead. Experimentation is always good.
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author=DeltreeI very much agree with this. If I ever get the time I'll probably give it a more positive (and much shorter) review on Dragon Quill to counterbalance all the crankiness of my Reconstruction series. I think it's probably just a consequence of you having more writing experience under your belt. Do you think it could be that you enjoy/are better at writing sci-fi than fantasy, also? (Maybe the reversed scope theme of big to small helped too. So many moving parts.)
I'm glad you enjoyed it otherwise, though! IMTS is a much tighter experience and, other than the ending meant to tie in to the series, stands by itself much more cleanly in content and theme. (In my humble opinion).
Oh boy!
The first one is revisited in IMTS.
If the cycle had been a success, the world would have been destroyed anyway and your cheery little party most likely chopped up/experimented upon.
The technological cycle is both addressed in IMTS and also a major part of the forthcoming game that I am working on!
You're half right - exposure to emitters basically makes people lose all sense of time. In the space-folk's world, everyone is immortal and so far apart from each other that time is basically relative to whatever you're trying to accomplish at the moment and is otherwise meaningless. As for Donz leaving at that moment in particular, chalk it up to dramatic tension. Or maybe it takes him a long time to solve the puzzle room.
Sorry for the headache, though it sort of feeds back in to the idea of scope! Originally I had no intention of explaining any of this, but then the game got popular so I felt compelled to make a prequel.
I'll spoil the last question separately just in case, as it's a big part of IMTS:
"Magic" is just an unknown form of energy that's been linked to traces of matter by the scientists who set up these experimental worlds. Tez is one such scientist. The worlds are basically test tubes trying to locate the source of it and how it affects biological entities, but the irony is that the Watchers (who are basically kept in the dark the whole time) see it as some divine conquest and have, over many cycles, defined their own parameters of who's "worthy" (e.g. shown sufficient mastery of the energy). Yeah, it's not the greatest overarching plot, but I doomed myself by only leaving scraps of hints behind in the first game's ending.
I'm glad you enjoyed it otherwise, though! IMTS is a much tighter experience and, other than the ending meant to tie in to the series, stands by itself much more cleanly in content and theme. (In my humble opinion).
The first one is revisited in IMTS.
If the cycle had been a success, the world would have been destroyed anyway and your cheery little party most likely chopped up/experimented upon.
The technological cycle is both addressed in IMTS and also a major part of the forthcoming game that I am working on!
You're half right - exposure to emitters basically makes people lose all sense of time. In the space-folk's world, everyone is immortal and so far apart from each other that time is basically relative to whatever you're trying to accomplish at the moment and is otherwise meaningless. As for Donz leaving at that moment in particular, chalk it up to dramatic tension. Or maybe it takes him a long time to solve the puzzle room.
Sorry for the headache, though it sort of feeds back in to the idea of scope! Originally I had no intention of explaining any of this, but then the game got popular so I felt compelled to make a prequel.
I'll spoil the last question separately just in case, as it's a big part of IMTS:
"Magic" is just an unknown form of energy that's been linked to traces of matter by the scientists who set up these experimental worlds. Tez is one such scientist. The worlds are basically test tubes trying to locate the source of it and how it affects biological entities, but the irony is that the Watchers (who are basically kept in the dark the whole time) see it as some divine conquest and have, over many cycles, defined their own parameters of who's "worthy" (e.g. shown sufficient mastery of the energy). Yeah, it's not the greatest overarching plot, but I doomed myself by only leaving scraps of hints behind in the first game's ending.
I'm glad you enjoyed it otherwise, though! IMTS is a much tighter experience and, other than the ending meant to tie in to the series, stands by itself much more cleanly in content and theme. (In my humble opinion).
Krolan
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MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD, ONLY MEANT FOR DEV OR PEOPLE WHO PLAYED THROUGH AND CAN EXPLAIN.
Other than my general confusion this was one hell of a good game! I applaud the developers! Long time no see. The story was gripping and intense if you got invested and No game managed to get me invested for the last couple years. I'm so looking forward to IMTS which I fear won't answer my questions about the end of this game.
Thank you for making this game, really awesome experience.
What is "something to come out of the watcher program." What was Fell's goal? So, ok, they gathered my guild KraneLoran to come to their immortality emitter powered room, and didn't want the Watcher of the Future activate the pillars. The world would not have the disasters of the first 2 pillars nor the heat-filled cleansing of the main pillar. But since Havan ascended the ladder and killed the watchers imprisoning the watcher of the future only 2 pillars were activated leading to disasters and stuff. What if none of this happened?
I understand that if my guild never followed the ladder then the 3 pillars would've been activated effectively killing everyone and start a new world from scratch.
But what would've happened if the Watcher of the future did not activate any of the pillars, met my people and called it a success calling the watchers from outer space to "take them"?
Is the whole point of this world to produce people strong/capable enough to be space-watchers as well? If so, why would you kill all of them to start anew? "The Idea is to close the cycle whenever technology is arising". Ok... What does this have to do with anything? Why is it suddenly not necessary to wipe out a world because of 16 dudes sitting in a waiting room?
If the purpose of this whole system is practical in that there is some result to strive for, why would there be a "watcher of the future" being sure that a new cycle has to be started because no results arose and being fundamentally wrong about it? If he's just an employee of that space-organization wouldn't he be informed like anyone else NOT to wipe out the world because we are CLOSE to results? At first I thought that Dehl and the others are stupid assuming that "they can wait" but the resolve of the story shows that they totally could have waited. Especially since they are in that immortality emitter room where time flies by. You're telling me the watcher of the future had something REALLY important coming up, so he couldn't wait for like, 10 seconds for another year to pass?
My head just circles.... god... There is something fundamentally not making sense here. I wish there was a bonus-menu after you beat the game with a text dump about all that.
Ultimatively I still just want to know what the goal of the Program is and what would've happened of dehl and the other if everything went according to Fell's plan, assuming she was not lying. If she was lying, I assume the explanation would be that she just wanted those "results" to escape the world before the cleansing and after many eternal years of grieving that their world is gone and they weren't fast enough to stop the activation so it's their fault, would present the opportunity to become... something.... yeah... something... still don't know what the point is... help! :( What classifies a "result"?!
I understand that if my guild never followed the ladder then the 3 pillars would've been activated effectively killing everyone and start a new world from scratch.
But what would've happened if the Watcher of the future did not activate any of the pillars, met my people and called it a success calling the watchers from outer space to "take them"?
Is the whole point of this world to produce people strong/capable enough to be space-watchers as well? If so, why would you kill all of them to start anew? "The Idea is to close the cycle whenever technology is arising". Ok... What does this have to do with anything? Why is it suddenly not necessary to wipe out a world because of 16 dudes sitting in a waiting room?
If the purpose of this whole system is practical in that there is some result to strive for, why would there be a "watcher of the future" being sure that a new cycle has to be started because no results arose and being fundamentally wrong about it? If he's just an employee of that space-organization wouldn't he be informed like anyone else NOT to wipe out the world because we are CLOSE to results? At first I thought that Dehl and the others are stupid assuming that "they can wait" but the resolve of the story shows that they totally could have waited. Especially since they are in that immortality emitter room where time flies by. You're telling me the watcher of the future had something REALLY important coming up, so he couldn't wait for like, 10 seconds for another year to pass?
My head just circles.... god... There is something fundamentally not making sense here. I wish there was a bonus-menu after you beat the game with a text dump about all that.
Ultimatively I still just want to know what the goal of the Program is and what would've happened of dehl and the other if everything went according to Fell's plan, assuming she was not lying. If she was lying, I assume the explanation would be that she just wanted those "results" to escape the world before the cleansing and after many eternal years of grieving that their world is gone and they weren't fast enough to stop the activation so it's their fault, would present the opportunity to become... something.... yeah... something... still don't know what the point is... help! :( What classifies a "result"?!
Other than my general confusion this was one hell of a good game! I applaud the developers! Long time no see. The story was gripping and intense if you got invested and No game managed to get me invested for the last couple years. I'm so looking forward to IMTS which I fear won't answer my questions about the end of this game.
Thank you for making this game, really awesome experience.
Your original idea was neat (though I didn't entirely agree with the physical versus magical thing). I probably would have renamed "Speed" to something like Grace or Wile to keep it from being conflated with a turn-order stat.
If you feel up to it, you can have the health pools grant alternate outcomes depending on which one was depleted. You could either tie it directly to a reward, or as a story branch.
As for initiative, have you considered an AP system in lieu of Agility? Whoever has the highest AP goes first that round (ties decided by a dice roll), but unspent AP is banked toward having an earlier turn in the next round.
Lastly, in How Far I am eschewing Defense stats completely and making health pools the sole survivability factor. I'm going with small numbers, too. That may be less of a headache for you to calculate (though evasion is another matter).
If you feel up to it, you can have the health pools grant alternate outcomes depending on which one was depleted. You could either tie it directly to a reward, or as a story branch.
As for initiative, have you considered an AP system in lieu of Agility? Whoever has the highest AP goes first that round (ties decided by a dice roll), but unspent AP is banked toward having an earlier turn in the next round.
Lastly, in How Far I am eschewing Defense stats completely and making health pools the sole survivability factor. I'm going with small numbers, too. That may be less of a headache for you to calculate (though evasion is another matter).
Ro9ge
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author=AsteronQuestar
With the great lizard's blessing I am posting my ideas for The Reconstruction tabletop RPG. I hope you guys have some comments.
Originally, I was simply porting the combat mechanics, but that didn't really work, so I decided to make some changes.
First, as much as I love the Body/Mind/Soul system, it always felt kinda unbalanced, because it always felt like Body=Physical and Mind/Soul=Magical. That's why I decided to expand the system by adding another category, Speed. This splits the current Body type character into "sturdy" (like Lani and Zargos) and "swift" (like Sirush and Kidra), adding even more fun.
Second, as much as I like multiple health pools, it's doesn't work that well in a tabletop format, so I found a middle ground. Body, Speed, Mind and Soul will represent 4 separate energy pools that fuel your abilities. This energy will recover every round. As long as you have enough energy of a particular type, half of the damage is done to your energy pool and only half is dealt to your HP. So, if you have 5 Mind energy and the enemy inflicts 10 Mind damage you lose 5 Mind points and 5 HP. This also adds another layer of strategy, since you can drain your enemy's energy with your attacks.
Third, the stats work a little differently. Each type (Body/Speed/Mind/Soul) has an offensive and defensive stat. This are used to calculate your Accuracy, Evasion, Power and Defense.
Accuracy-3d6+Offensive Stat
Evasion-10+Defensive Stat
Power-Base power(based on the ability)+Offensive Stat*2
Defense-Offensive stat+Defensive stat
Fourth, I am adding buffs and debuffs. I am happy with the ailments (DOT, Initiative damage and Seal-also known as Disable), but the game could really benefit from having buffs and debuffs that affect secondary stats. It will add so much variety.
Fifth, every defensive stat has a secondary purpose.
Stamina gives you extra HP.
Agility(Speed) makes your turn came faster.
Wisdom affects your debuffs.
Willpower affects you buffs.
Sixth, initiative system is something I made for another tabletop, inspired by this game. Every round you get 12+Agility initiative points. Once you have 40 initiative points you can spend them to perform one action. This system rewards those with high Agility, but it doesn't carry such a harsh penalty for those with low Agility. No, Agility is no longer a god.
I hope someone likes this...
Everything looks pretty interesting! However, I'm a bit worried about the initiative section. Having to keep track of a new number every round for your own initiative seems to be a lot of paperwork for players to deal with. Have you tried it out with the other game you mentioned? If so, I'm curious about how it worked out for you.
After a lot of consideration I decided to stick with multiple health pools. I will need to do a lot of calculations, but I will be sticking with low numbers. That is why base stats will not be upgraded directly, but rather through passive abilities. This means I will probably remove essences as EXP, leaving only Skill and Mana points. I'm not sure yet.
Every class starts with 5 action abilities and 2 passive. This are fixed. Each character can also learn 3 more action abilities and 2 more passive abilities. There are no real limitations for this, but it has to be fitting for a character. Working on a few sample classes at the moment, I should have something soon.
I was thinking of making changes to positioning, because it wouldn't work well in a tabletop format the way it is now. Currently, I am thinking of some kind of engagement system, where you can intercept any attack that the engaged enemy performs. This will allow your mage-type character, who has high Mind defense, to engage the enemy caster and intercept any Mind attack aimed at your warrior ally, whose Mind defense is not so high. I think this is in the spirit of the original.
Every class starts with 5 action abilities and 2 passive. This are fixed. Each character can also learn 3 more action abilities and 2 more passive abilities. There are no real limitations for this, but it has to be fitting for a character. Working on a few sample classes at the moment, I should have something soon.
I was thinking of making changes to positioning, because it wouldn't work well in a tabletop format the way it is now. Currently, I am thinking of some kind of engagement system, where you can intercept any attack that the engaged enemy performs. This will allow your mage-type character, who has high Mind defense, to engage the enemy caster and intercept any Mind attack aimed at your warrior ally, whose Mind defense is not so high. I think this is in the spirit of the original.
