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equalseleventhirds · 7 months

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Hey, do you have any recs for long form, more serious ttrpg systems for fantasy settings? I feel like I hear a lot about short/definitively-lengthed systems, but I've been yearning for a DnD-esque system without all the baggage of equip loads and complicated Challenge Ratings and other rules-y baggage I don't super care about.

do i! do i ever!

serious & long-form systems do on the whole tend to be crunchier than shorter systems (not always, but generally); nevertheless, i've picked out a........ handful......... ok there's Several, i did try to control and limit myself but u kno.......... games......... anyway, here are some that are considerably less crunchy than d&d but still lend themselves to long fantasy campaigns.

uh. under the cut for. oh god it's so long. it's so long. tried my best to explain them, u see. (which is also why it took me so long to reply lol, sry abt that)

godeater (& godeater 2.0): play in a broken, post-apocalyptic fantasy world, where dead and dying gods warp the land, and you raid their bodies for divine magic to help support humanity. 2d10-based, get weird & funky with it! i admit a small preference for version 1.0, which gave u some loose examples but left much of the worldbuilding and even character building up to u to create; 2.0 has some extra books that go with it that i haven't much looked into yet, but seem to give more solid lore to work with, if u would like that.

when the guilds pay in copper, crime pays in gold: alchemical guilds pay shit wages to use people for magical experiments. go do crimes on 'em with your own magic. d6 base, assign dice to stats to make ur own dice pool; fairly light rules and in fact very little in the way of instruction or hard lore on the gm's side, so better played with an experienced gm who's good at making their own stuff, but certainly campaign material for the right gm!

third empire - violence + beauty: the world sucks, and has sucked for a while, through two oppressive empires and into a third one. you play adventurers who are trying to carve out a little goodness, a little justice, a little vengeance, in the world. y'know. lasers & feelings based, but expanded beyond the original (which also comes with it if u get it!) into more lore, more character choices, very collaborative worldbuilding, downtime mechanics, etc etc.

ruby radiance 6e: streamlined dungeoneering built to let ppl play the way actual play podcasts sound, essentially. d20 pool system, based on trophy mechanics but v much adjusted. lots of choices to make during character creation & leveling, but much much less to keep track of during the playing part. u get it.

wizard pals: all of you are wizards, going on adventures and trying to accomplish your goals in a fantasy world. d12-based, fairly lighthearted (can lean silly but u could use it for more serious if not super grimdark adventures), much worldbuilding left up to the gm, but very simple rules, so.

grimblade rpg: (speaking of grim lol,) action & adventure in a grim fantasy world; things like character creation and rewards (and magic) fully imply a fantasy world, but worldbuilding is left up to the gm, altho there are many tables to roll on to give some help. uses d4, 6, 8, and 10; all rolls are contested rolls, with dice picked based on how serious the gm feels this roll is.

shattered aether: post-apocalyptic science fantasy, you roam around a fucked up magic world and protect ppl from various dangers. 2d6 based, based on the lumen system so fairly combat-forward in a very high-action very cool asskicking way. for some reason the font chosen for this book is murder on my eyes, but if u can get past that (or just zoom in lots and read a bit at a time) it's straightforward, simple, and fun!

familiars of terra: this one may be a little too crunchy, but i love it a lot and rly the most crunch is in character creation and tracking experience, actual gameplay is (imo) pretty easy. post-post-apocalyptic fantasy world, some science fantasy elements depending on where you choose to focus, bcos there are absolute PAGES of lore on this extremely cool and enormous world; you and your party go around with your soul-bonded animal friends to spread hope and healing and also do cool shit. y'know. card-based, again it is probably more crunchy than ur looking for but less abt tracking what you can do during things and more abt tracking experience in order to level up stats, so.

1400 quest: ok that last one was crunchy, this one's very uncrunchy. pick a handful of things and get going! clearly inspired by d&d, but very very streamlined, so things that were pages of mechanics are like, one or two sentences. gm's side of it is like, a handful of rollable tables and then do whatever, so prolly for the more experienced gm. d6 based, but you may have occasion to use other dice. also if you like this one there's others by the same author focusing on other things (1400 mage, sneak, etc), or you can check out others in the 24XX type of games, which started out sci fi but has since been expanded to a bunch of other stuff. u kno.

beast dream: pokemon-inspired game where you make friends with magical beasts and go on magical adventures! d6-based, forged in the dark, so there is a little crunch wrt deciding on position etc and stuff like stress, but the author rly wanted to focus in on letting u adventure and have fun without getting bogged down in numbers and i think that shows, stuff like load and reputation aren't so much a thing.

cognatons: play as sentient, magic-filled automatons doing whatever fantasy adventures your robot heart desires. d4-based, caltrop core, so you get a fairly simple & defined set of actions; less to keep track of, easy to follow.

dethrone the divine: you're gonna overthrow the gods, and also take their places. you're already either divine, semi-divine, or magically powerful in other ways, and you adventure with the goal of gathering power and followers so you can take the place of the shitty gods in power. d6-based, pretty straightforward system, makes characters v cool and powerful, which is always fun.

perilous: do you love dungeon crawls bcos i love dungeon crawls... streamlined and easy to understand fantasy dungeoneer adventures in this one! d20-based, leans towards tags instead of complicated numerical skill stuff to keep track of. go to dungeons, fight monsters, get treasure. simple n good. (adds in some metaplot, like who sent you, how will this affect the people living here, whatever, but rly strong with the very old core of d&d-style 'go do a dungeon' kinda thing, if that's what u like.)

high magic lowlives: ok my latest obsession bcos i'm currently planning a big ol campaign for friends in this one. there are classic adventurers in this world, out there cleaning out monster nests or whatever, but they're usually in the employ of the immortal aristocracy. you? you make your money by stealing from and humiliating the immortal aristocracy, because you're a lowlife. it's a dangerous gig, but isn't it better than going into student debt at wizard school? melds high fantasy aesthetics with like, magical twitch streaming aesthetics. fun as hell. uses all the dice and also sometimes tarot cards (mostly just for character creation, u kno). easy to understand rules, i'm having a great time.

ellipses rpg: setting-agnostic system (make ur own setting!) with simple, streamlined rules and an emphasis on improvisation. d20 based, rly just some very basic foundation and then a lot of encouragement to make things up and do what's fun. so like, loosey goosey & not super structured if you want structure, but could be fun!

unbound: setting-agnostic system but with much more formal structure, got structure around how to collaboratively worldbuild your setting and everything. obvs this means some crunch, but it's still not super crunchy, nice and straightforward rly. lotta character options but not so complex and math-heavy, u kno. card-based system. designed actually for a series of short campaigns in a linked world, tho, so if ur not up for exploring new characters a lot, may not be for you.

#algie talks ttrpgs #i have HUNDREDS of games u don't UNDERSTAND #tried to limit myself. took off some rly more urban fantasy or cyberpunk fantasy or noir fantasy or horror-focused.#took off some more crunchy ones tried to stay with the less crunchy.............#even the ones i took off are STILL not as full of useless-ass rules than d&d but i tried to go for ones with much less to keep track of #took off some ones that are perhaps not as easy for someone moving from d&d eg. gmless ones non-combat ones rly meta ones etc #and still it's like. sixteen here??? which obvs u cannot play all of them lmao #but anyway here u go i hope this helps!! i lov games #long post #just in case the readmore fucks up bcos it's moved itself like three times since i started drafting this

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wa-royal-tea · 9 months

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This is a very random thing for me to do but yeah, I kinda need opinions on this. HYPOTHETICALLY SPEAKING, if I were to change Alfie's hair, which one looks better on him?

#gonna be honest. It feels weird seeing Alfie with long hair #I'm so used to seeing him with his short and manicured hair #Obv the change is not immediate bcs I already have drafts with him and his current hair but-#the change (IFFFFF i decide to change it) would come some time in the story #personally. I like Hair 2 #But his current hair is still my fav :')#i'm just asking for opinions bcs i wanna know what you guys think about me changing his hair :')#WRTPolls

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gojonanami · 4 months

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It's really fantastic how you write these 10k fics that when I finish reading, I feel like, "Oh god, why is it so short? Shouldn't there be more?? Where can I read more??" It's like a true measure of talent, making a fantastic plot + incredible writing skills that are so compelling you don't even notice the length, I don't know if it's something you're going for, but I really hope you publish your own book someday :)

you're so sweet??? i appreciate this so much!!! <3 you have my whole heart honestly!!

i am writing a book (well i've written one, working on two others at the moment!). i appreciate your support so much!! :) <3 it means so much. hopefully i'll be published someday!! honestly i haven't been able to work on my book with my schedule, but maybe i will soon :)

#sab [asks]#sab [praise]#it means so much honestly #because i started writing because i wanted to be published super bad #and because i love writing obv #i have a book i've been working on since i was in high school #i've rewritten it three times lmao #third draft is like 350+ pages??#i still probably got like 200 pages left to write lmao #and then the other is actually a plot i came up for a fic i wrote for my other account #but decided it would be better as a novel :)#and i'm about 50+ pages into that one #the dream totally is to be a published writer ugh #i love writing so much

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master-k0hga · 1 month

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Idk Kohga face HC or something [ He/They/it ]

Black hair ver.

| Idk I never really had a set face reveal design for this fat fuckass, he'd always look NOT the way I picture him- Even this isn't really that close to how I'd want him to be... But guess close enough I s'pose....

Also why does he deepthroat bananas so well in AoC Koei, how do you know thIS KOEI-

But potentially this may be the best design of him I'll do so... Yeah, genderfluid looking aa bish I still have a deep love for him that isn't going away and I am unhealthy with this obsession hhhhhh,,,, Since BotW ofc so he is definitely plaguing my life in a not good way..

... I love my wife- I miss my wife tails, I miss her a lot-

Anyways, not much has changed with him, he (imo Idc) is still a 20 something yr old (120-something in BotW/TotK) shortstack who gives major bitch vibes and is in fact a major bitch hh, is the most secretive lewd artist even to his clan, can't cook for shit and math isn't his strongsuit- But can do the math when it comes to his passion hhhh //cough Sheikah/Zonai neeeeeerd-

The way his pretty ugly ass looks is the only difference and that's it- hfhbf

.. He'll still forever be besties with Zelda after the events in AoC as they become nerds for Sheikah and eventually Zonai tech, and then go "harass" Purah and Robbie (mainly Robbie since Purah is def more chaotic than he is), also Koh loves getting on Impa's nerves since they both share a love interest who's also a grampa (//cough Sooga cuz at least before the DLC, I actually had a proper HC for the "Yiga hubs" that actually works BETTER for them. So I'm sticking to my guns and paying attention to how THEY met and got together,,, to which any 'o ya'll who are interested hmu or spam my inbox so I can get into detail, and no the AU I now scrapped no longer applies anymore so forget about shit ass childhood, scummy step family and killer sister... Well I'mean Koh still has a shit ass dad but this ain't about him so- Oh wait nvm, people never gave a shit before so why would they n o w )

DON'T FORGET TO MENTION ABOUT THE BINDER HE WEARS UNDER HIS UNIFORM SO HIS BIG NATURALS DON'T BOUNCE UP AND DOWN ALL IN HIS BABY FACE

Close ups:

White hair alt

Black hair alt

PERSONALLY. The Yiga still have their traditional Sheikah white hair, it's only ever a choice if they dye it black or not aaaaand- The floof on their uniform is just a head piece,,,,, otherwise Sooga has some stupid ass hair

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I said what I said, you heard me... And I stand by that statement, the floofs on their heads is DECORATION!! It's just easier to call it hair for the "Creating a Champion" book! Also cuz duh, Eng translation!!

.... Anyways, as an avid lover of this loser, my self conscious, thicc ass scrunkly boy with the wide birthing hips since the BotW days,,, He is my wife, my girlfriend, my bestie, my husband, my boyfriend my enemy, my lover, my victim, my babygirl and my family.. All in one-

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Shut the fuck u-

. Art © Me . DON’T RE-POST .

Also yeah changing my watermarks and @ 's again cuz my older one was kinda hard to see, so I kinda gave 'em more of a colourful design and ngl really liking it a lot!

I was gonna try getting Glaze and Nightshade to work for somewhat extra protection on my art but my laptop is too old and definitely on it's last legs for it to run the programs properly.. So the over watermarking and adding my overdoing my sig for my current OC refs and future art will be enough for now..

Anyways, I'll add OC refs to their bio posts at a later date til I got all of the current refs updated and touched up...

#MASTER-K0HGA #Ary / Kohga Chronicles #Ary / Kohga OCs and Works #Gonna like... Tag this with the essential tags...#And this would've been like maybe like a week/ month or two since I posted this shit ass headcanon post in my drafts so like #stfu #....#But uhhhh.... Another thing to add to my art spam which will happen in like... another couple months from now...#My recent one was like uhhhm...... uuuuuuuuuhmmmmm.... ........... Uhhhhhh last Tuesday I think Idk #dhvhfdv #Kohga #Master Kohga #Yiga clan #although I love him and would love to post him more.. And obvs I will cuz I absolutely love Kohga to oblivion and back and wish he were rea #Yiga community get the fuck away from me. LoZ and the like.#FUCK. OFF UR GROSS!!#HE'S IN MY LIL WORLD BUBBLE NOW JUST HIM AND HIS BESTIES #GO AWAY!! U NASTY AND I H8 U!!#Will def still apply from when the time I mass post my shit art ofc so uh... Go awaaaay tee hee twirls hair

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lovl3igh · 2 months

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Stop shitting in the arya/sansa tag you asshole. You got your ass handed to you back in 2019 and are still seething. Truly the fanbase of all times

ahh the coward urge to call someone names anonymously

hey, here's the idea for you - block me! and go to the oculist cause where tf you're seeing me using arya tag?

also is there a written law that forbids to comment/criticize show and characters after idk more than the year from the premiere of the last season?

#there are still books and shows to see from universe #asoiaf isn't dead #new people still join the fandom #obv people gonna still talk #not only what's now #but what was 5 10 or 20 years ago #like wtf #and if you look in arya sansa tags #then clearly you have nothing against writing about asoiaf #it's just you don't like someone criticizing your fav #boo hoo #sansa posts still in my drafts #time to publish them?#sansa stark #anti sansa stans #anti asoiaf fandom #asoiaf #got fandom

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wherevenusholdssomeofficespace · 10 months

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I think the Dwampyverse on some level is kind of a family affair. It's so cute how much the creators families grew into it.

Like on a purely in universe standpoint we have all the characters who are named for IRL family members of Dan and Swampy. Isabella is named for Dan's older daughter, Lil' Sparks Melissa, Melissa Chase (and probably Tia Meli) are named for his younger daughter Melissa. Django and Jenny Brown are named for Swampy's kids (their last name Brown could have come from Swampy's grandfather). Linda and Tiana are named after Dan's sisters. Ferb is named after a friend of Dan and Swampy's and based off of Swampy's uncle. Adyson Sweetwater is based on Swampy's granddaughter. Ferb and Lawrence being British comes from the time Swampy spent in England. The fact Phineas and Ferb are step siblings also comes from Swampy's own childhood. The Grant-Gomez family is inspired by Dan and his wife and being a half-Venezuelan family. The large age gap in the Grant Gomez family (and likely between Jeremy and Suzy) is due to Dan's own large age gap with his sister. The premise of enjoying summer vacation came from his mom. Perry's double life is inspired by a cat Dan had.

But then out of universe, their IRL family is involved too. Django has voiced Balthazar Horowitz, some of Ferb's cousins, and Chad Van Coff among other minor characters. Meli voices Gretel of course, and Alex/Isa Povenmire sings "I'm the Bomb" along with doing temp voices. Not to mention Olivia Olson, daughter of Phineas and Ferb writer and Songwriter Martin Olson voiced Vanessa, sang a lot of other songs for the show, and Olivia is now writing for the Phineas and Ferb revival, so that's basically come full circle.

This was sort of inspired by Gretel, voiced by Meli Povenmire, quoting a memed Doofensmirtz line, who is voiced by her father Dan Povenmire. I don't think she was even born when Phineas and Ferb first came out. And now she and her sister are now teenagers, which Olivia was when she first got involved on Phineas and Ferb. And now Olivia's writing. That's kind of crazy.

#Also worth noting #Vincent Martella voicing Bradley and Phineas #Alyson Stoner for voicing Isabella Jenny Lydia and Lauren #Maulik Pancholy for voicing Baljeet and Neal #I just love it when Phineas and Ferb voice actors voice other Dwampyverse characters #Obviously they aren't the only ones #But I'm cutting it off here #bc we'd be here all day #it's just the themes of family #obvs idk what goes on behind the scenes but still #lifelong friendship and community aren't just surface level but seem to be embedded in the production itself #The themes of which I do promise to talk about #Eventually #I have it probably mostly written I just need to find it #I have so many drafts you don't even know #I just scrap most of them bc I repeat myself a lot #I've been busy #and too emotionally invested in a tumblr poll #pnf #phineas and ferb #mml #milo murphy's law #hamster and gretel #h&g #dwampyverse

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mobydyke · 1 year

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an achievement I'm proudest of, you ask? well I was a teenage girl (lol) in 2012 and despite that I still, gun to my head, could not look at a photo and tell you which member is which of one direction

#obv not a girl any more lmao but. i really really thought i was one in 2012 (it's the repression)#anyway. just saw a gifset of them and was like. i have never been able to tell who is who. thank god #this post goes hand in hand with my nickelback one #wait in hindsight that might still be languishing in my drafts. ill post it too #ace txt

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blackbutler-readerinsertsandjunk · 6 months

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I haven't done anything tonight yet bc I rediscovered Guitar Hero (damn I feel old XD)

but good news is I've only got 16 things left to do! by tomorrow, I should have more things in the queue than are left to be done, which is always a good feeling

I still have a little ways to go but DAMN I should have the askbox open in about a week! I'm so freaking excited <3

#mod post #my hands hurt tho idk if it's still eczema or if it's dry skin or what but they're cracking and painful #esp across my palm and on the webbing between my thumbs and first fingers? it SUCKS bc like obv you use your hands for everything #I'm a lil angy about it but I'm managing #also on shark week AND haven't had any ibuprofen in almost a week when I used to take it at least once a day for headaches #so I'm in a little pain but I'm trying to power thru bc I'm worried that my headaches are rebound headaches from taking ibuprofen so much #ALSO BITCHES????? BITCHES FNAF MOVIE DROPS ON FRIDAYYYY #me and Mom are gonna watch it on Saturday after I get out of work... WITH PIZZA AND WINGS!!!!#that thought is getting me through the rest of the week dammit #really looking forward to it #ANYWAY SORRY I RAMBLED IN THE TAGS BUT I'MMA TRY TO GET SOME HECKING THINGS DONE!!#should be able to manage at least two tonight <3 #but I'm tired so two mmmmay be the most I can muster up tonight #but that'll mean the queue and my drafts will be tied at 14 each and that will feel HUGE #love you guys pls take care of yourselves!!!! practice good self care drink water take your meds go have a snack and watch a show!! <3

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soldier-poet-king · 1 year

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GOD FORBID I try to discuss some antisemitism bc bro 3 won't Shut Up About You Know What and he's like "I don't know what that is" but is apparently socially aware enough to complain about cancel culture and argue that "well if we got rid of everything that someone didn't like we'd have nothing" and "I don't see any Jewish ppl complaining" like what utter bull. And bro 2 is SUPPORTING HIM. But I'm just the family's stupid brain-dead sjw and I need to stop taking everything so personally. Ffs. "The game is fun so I don't care if its bad"

I literally dk how I can be like this is clearly a shofar. And they're like....hmmm. dont see it.

Yes yes my idealism about communities and peace and non violent conflict resolution is all well and good, and I still dream of it, but it's really fuckin hard when I have no where to retreat to and regroup and like. Can't even bother making an argument about trans ppl in my family. Like??oh just let some people fuckin EXIST???? Too controversial.

#franposting #ask to tag #politics sorry not sorry #my family just. continues to be the pits #both to me personally and just in general #like yes i still bear some fondness for hp and my childhood wonder! i still own the books! i enjoy them still #of obvs more critically and with absolute distaste for the awful aspects that i didnt understand at aged 8 #but i wont support it financially #ugh anyway. even BEFORE all this happened #i was making a gender schmender i will get my perfect body back someday playlist #and i am taking suggestions #it is obve based on tmg Hebrews 1140 #but also mcr mama and gudnersons david #and just. weird relationship with the concept of body and gendered form #not physical form broadly. i love being an incarnate creachure. but gendered creature #thats unrelated to this i was drafting that on the bus because david came up on Spotify #and yeah i wanna kill giants and hunt a man etc etc

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