stepnix: Nanoko from Wish Upon the Pleiades (magical girl)
2025-02-08 02:05 pm
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Design Drabbles - froofs/stay night

My Far Roofs campaign is closing down, but the obsession doesn't stop!!!

The dramatic conflict rules create a series of back-and-forths, escalating as you try to outbid your opponent's cards, then ending on rolls for both offense and defense. This creates a lot of opportunity for dramatic reversals and oh hey what's that other thing I've been getting into with a lot of dramatic reversals...

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stepnix: Blue gear and sigil (magician)
2024-11-05 01:40 pm
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Design Drabbles - Card combat framework

Big fan of card-based TTRPG systems, big fan of mapless tactical combat, finally had enough ideas come together that I feel like I have a mostly coherent baseline to iterate on

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stepnix: Blue gear and sigil (magician)
2024-11-02 04:59 pm
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Design Drabbles - NPC Prompts

I fully believe that you can't really know a mechanic's implications until you see it in the context of the total system, and then see that total system in play. But also I'm hoping that making a habit of sketching out little things will help me sketch out bigger things too

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