I want to run a 2-3 session MM game about defeating a Dark Overlord (y'know the kind that run rampant in certain...

I want to run a 2-3 session MM game about defeating a Dark Overlord (y'know the kind that run rampant in certain kinds of fantasy). Kinda one part Lord of the Rings to two parts The Dirty Dozen .

Does that sound at all appealing?

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Here is a little thing for you survival minded refs. What do you think?

Foraging and hunting

Foraging and hunting takes half a day. Do a WIS check. If it's a pass, roll a d12 on the table below. If the referee thinks the area doesn't have much food to offer, they may ask you to roll a different die.

If the check is a failure, roll the encounter dR both on this table and as the normal procedure (or on the dungeon encounter table if you're using that). Roll only once, but apply both results.

1. You find nothing, but a monster finds you
2. Fresh meat d6... and something still eating it
3. Nothing but tree bark and grubs d4
4. Chestnuts or walnuts d8
5. Squirrels or pigeons d6
6. Snails and leaves d8
7. Apple and pears d6
8. Honey and roots d8
9. Fish and herbs d6
10. Deer meat d10
11. Tasty mushrooms or berries d8
12. Boar meat d6, or roll again twice

Keeping things in the coffee-name tradition, what would you call a fantasy-heist game?

Keeping things in the coffee-name tradition, what would you call a fantasy-heist game?

MM+RND = peanut butter and chocolate!

MM+RND = peanut butter and chocolate!
I think I stole that from Chris Bennett

Originally shared by Chris Stieha

Ran my game of RND + Macchiato Monsters at Weird Realms in Cleveland, Ohio. The photos show the start of the adventure (clean map) and the end of the adventure (scribbled on map).

Zag the Druid and Arlock the disgraced wizard professor wanted to sell four urns of ashes to the Worm King. Kain the dwarf trader told them he knew how to find the Worm King in the crypts below the city. Shrutan the Mushroom person was the muscle for his creator Zag.

To reach the crypts through the library, Zag used his library card +1 to get Kain in. Shrutan was required to show his skill as a translator and penned the beautiful poem of the two asexual fungi who no longer wanted to be asexual. Kain negotiated with a vampire dog into letting the group into the crypts and gained a buddy. In the crypts, Lothar the barbarian crashed into the group, but not before causing the floor to collapse. Shrutan used himself as a bridge to allow everyone to cross. After a run in with a group of monkeys (and some monkey-talk) and a dance-off to convince the Worm King to show himself, the group found out Kain was only out for loot and that Zag and Arlock wanted (and gained!) magic and wisdom from the Worm King.

Lothar and Kain started a Mouser-Fafhrd relationship and blew up one entrance of the crypts on their way out. Zag and Arlock were going to use their new wormy abilities to take over the town. Shrutan, having been cursed by the Worm King, now inhabits the crypts.

I really enjoyed running for this group. A lot of great players with strong imaginations. They made my life easy.

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Contests between players:

Contests between players:
I had two players try to out lie each other, but this would apply to other contests, like arm wrestling. How have you handled this?

I ended up having each person describe the outcome if they won (but they couldn't outright take control the other character), then each player roll a pertinent check. The best passing roll got their outcome/was allowed to narrate what happened.

Here is an attempt at citycrawl tables - well to be more precise, they are just event tables.

Here is an attempt at citycrawl tables - well to be more precise, they are just event tables. I think the two risk dice they use could be useful, but I have yet to test them out. Thoughts welcome!

I'm puzzled not to find any dungeonverse creation rules, so maybe i didn't understood the "build together" part.

I'm puzzled not to find any dungeonverse creation rules, so maybe i didn't understood the "build together" part... Maybe i need a second reading ;)

Just picked this up. So far so good!! Just few questions regarding armour.

Just picked this up. So far so good!! Just few questions regarding armour.

If someone rolls a 1-3 do they still get whatever they rolled for the remainder of that combat even though their dR is reduced?

Also. If they take a quick rest the dR only refreshes to its current dR not its original? That can only happen if it's completely repaired yes?

So with all that being said any d4 armour is pretty much toast every fight yeh?

Cheers.

So last night I had an opportunity to run a demo of MM, and I decided to do that multiverse stunt: I let the players...

So last night I had an opportunity to run a demo of MM, and I decided to do that multiverse stunt: I let the players choose whichever equipment list they wanted. These fine people woke up as exhibits in a wealthy planewalker's zoo in the middle of a city riot.

- Chen Lan the Hong Kong stevedore (Redtie Tigers with armour from MM)
- Chrysanthe the Bladedancer (regular dungeonverse)
- Poopoo the unnoticed (regular dungeonverse)
- Takedi Kido the shugenja (Redtie Tigers with weapons from MM)

They are now loose on the streets of Port Conquest, looking for a way back to their respective worlds. We agreed to play another session to see how this pans out. And I have an opportunity to work on some citycrawl tables...

Eric Nieudan did you ever consider letting players pay for rerolls on the equipment lists, in a way similar to the...

Eric Nieudan did you ever consider letting players pay for rerolls on the equipment lists, in a way similar to the way you can buy hit point rerolls with CON?

(I might've had too much coffee).

Here's the first draft of Frappuccino FutureFight. It includes that mishap table from the previous post.

Here's the first draft of Frappuccino FutureFight. It includes that mishap table from the previous post.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4XPsApBrOnLQ2dKc2lJNXJWc0k/view?usp=sharing

So, you wanted to use that humongous auto-cannon, even though a kitchen knife gives you trouble?

So, you wanted to use that humongous auto-cannon, even though a kitchen knife gives you trouble?

Here's a table (for a near-future game) for when you use a weapon that's got a higher die than your combat training.

Hello

Hello,

look at those pictures !
They are made by R. Paul in the 40's !
I really love them and I will use them for Robusta Robots !

In what other contexts do you use risk die?

In what other contexts do you use risk die?

For example, the rulebook mentions a dungeon risk die where something happens when it steps below d4. What are some other things? A chase? Solving a puzzle?

I remember someone was using a risk die for a trial, but I can't remember how they handled it.

What happens if you try to use a weapon that's out of your range, combat ability-wise?

What happens if you try to use a weapon that's out of your range, combat ability-wise?

I'm looking at this game with interest, but before I buy, can anyone elaborate on this:

I'm looking at this game with interest, but before I buy, can anyone elaborate on this:

"One-roll combat rounds: no initiative, no maps, no quarter given"

Cheers!

The work-in-progress body-mod table.

The work-in-progress body-mod table.

Cortado Competitive Carnage?

Cortado Competitive Carnage?

Frappuccino FutureFight?

Ruthless Ristretto Rampage?

(I'm working on a fight-heavy mod).

Ok, I'm thinking of making a(nother) MM setting which I'd like to include a gear table for body mods and cyber-crap.

Ok, I'm thinking of making a(nother) MM setting which I'd like to include a gear table for body mods and cyber-crap. They'd range from the cosmetic to the quite useful.
Do you think it would unbalance things horribly if some of the results gave you a 'free' Trait?

The mad dwarven smith Flokker Copperarse offers you a special suit of armour to replace your trusty platemail (dR10).

The mad dwarven smith Flokker Copperarse offers you a special suit of armour to replace your trusty platemail (dR10).

Dwarven fancymail has 2dR6 protection, knowing that a double dR is only stepped down when both dice are 3 or less. So better average protection, better odds of keeping it intact, but only two steps til it's destroyed.

Do you take it?

Hello my minions.

Hello my minions.
Today we are the first of march so it's the end of the fabulous "Gear Tables Contest" (with many versalers because Eric Nieudan love them).
We have the increduble chance to have 6 marvellous new settings.
You can see and download them here :
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B0FabNkczQcqM1B1UVhoclpLaXM
On the 6, only 4 were in competition :
- AMERICANO ANOMALIES by Tore Nielsen
- Caffeine versus Decaf _ Old West Macchiato Monsters - by Dani Cox
- Moka Mechanoïd Z by Quentin Forestier
- RedTieTigers by Norbert G. Matausch

So now, it's time for the Macchiato Master (Eric Nieudan) to design a winner.
Even the real winners are the MM players who can play with very badass settings !

Thank you for creating that great stuff !