Red: Can you prepare an hour-long rant about why you should play TTRPGs other than D&D? Magenta: Absolutely not. Magenta: Bare minimum I could do is an hour and a half

@arklaw8306

11 ай бұрын

"Rant"?

@DetectiveLance

11 ай бұрын

@@arklaw8306 "Lecture". There, happy? XP

@arklaw8306

11 ай бұрын

Yay.

@gabrielnichols9522

11 ай бұрын

I didn't have time to write you a short letter, so I wrote you a long one

@gman1515

11 ай бұрын

​@@arklaw8306 magenta uses the word rant, so i think rant is pretty fair here

I carry the burden of being the person trying to convince all my friends to try other tabletop games

@jakobrandel8105

11 ай бұрын

I feel you in my soul. Guys, please, this has magic in it too, and the entire system is less complicated than a single caster from 5e! Too much reading, I'm rolling a barbarian.

@urieldaluz250

11 ай бұрын

I feel your pain sibling, though I have had some success, thanks to crafting my group wholesale on the promise of superheroes (mutants and masterminds) and getting people used to the idea other games are fun

@quartzintherough

11 ай бұрын

I hear you, comrade. I hear you

@NayrAnur

11 ай бұрын

Mood.

@jackiecozzie4803

11 ай бұрын

I really wanna do this because my friends have tried DND multiple times and it never works so I feel like we should just...play something else?

My sister once mistook the thirsty sword lesbians rulebook for a comic book and bought it for me, and I really enjoyed reading through it. Neither of us realized the disconnect in communication for multiple years.

@thekaxmax

11 ай бұрын

so have you GMed her through a session or three? If not....

@coreDesignix

11 ай бұрын

@@thekaxmax not yet! I’d be interested in trying to GM a session or two but I’ve never done that sort of thing before lol

@Illitha

11 ай бұрын

​@@coreDesignix it's easier than it seems at first, I've GMd several different games over the years and it's pretty easy unless you have a shitty party

@michimatsch5862

11 ай бұрын

Run it! It's easier than it seems.

@thekaxmax

11 ай бұрын

@@coreDesignix GMing is pretty easy if you're any good at thinking on your feet. Read the rulebooks twice, take some notes, watch a GMing guide for the system you're working with (a brilliant resource we never had in the Old Days), and you and your players will muddle through. Just be willing to make mistakes and fix them, don't try for perfection.

I love how we can tell that Magenta and Red are siblings because they both share the same two brain cells, but they rib each other for only having two brain cells.

If Magenta's last name is Sarcasticproductions, that suggests Red is Red Sarcasticproductions. Does this mean that Blue is Blue Overly?

@endormorre6567

11 ай бұрын

Update the fan wikis people! XD

@Healermain15

11 ай бұрын

They did confirm on the podcasts that Blue has all the Extra energy, while Red has most of the snark (and Indigo obviously gets the productions).

@LuneWatcher

11 ай бұрын

Blue Overly and Cyan Overly Red Sarcastic and Magenta Sarcastic Indigo Productions Boom that's the channel

@starlesscitiess

11 ай бұрын

@@LuneWatcheralso cleo overly and ziggy productions im a big believer in cats are part of the family

@HailTheRegent

11 ай бұрын

​@@LuneWatchermakes them sound like a law firm Overly, Sarcastic & Productions

"They hired the *Pinkertons*" " -Oh Come on!" this is great Magenta is so based throughout, also the implication that Red's name is "Red Sarcasticproductions" because of the slide is insanely hilarious

@merrittanimation7721

11 ай бұрын

Blue must be the similarly named but unrelated "Blue Overly-Sarcastic".

@kilojuliet4

11 ай бұрын

​@@merrittanimation7721 im glad they they picked up Indigo O. S. Podcast

@MarcyTheKindaCoolWizard

11 ай бұрын

​@@merrittanimation7721Blue Overly The channel name is just a combo of their surnames

@theradionicrevival8068

11 ай бұрын

I always just imprint all youtubers real names as some weird shorthand of the channel names/ usernames Like Red’s real name hypothetically being Rebecca Ed Indigo becomes Indie Gogh Blue becomes Blendan Oswald-Owens etc (cause I’m uncreative and don’t know any names that would devolve into blue) So it’s always cool to see other people’s versions of these

@ojrmk1

11 ай бұрын

Ah, of the New Hampshire Sarcasticproductions? I heard they made their family fortune in fluff-wattling and Prattle futures.

I like that Magenta's last name is "Sarcasticproductions" meaning that's probably Red's last name too. And to me that implies that Blue's full name is Blue Overly.

@Catman_CM

26 күн бұрын

Bold of you to assume he goes by his first name. What if his full name is Overly Blue? Didn't think about that, did you?! :P

@anewhero1216

19 күн бұрын

Blue Overly sounds like an old foreign sports game's attempt at naming an American character lol

I feel like its worth noting that Magenta probably didn’t include the other large TTRPG ( like CoC , Pathfinder, WoD)because she’s trying to showcase niches TTRPG. She did a great job too.

@LordVader1094

11 ай бұрын

Yeah thankfully there's plenty of people to shout out those big three non-D&D systems. Also the SWRPG system is great if you like Star Wars at all.

@alexandredesbiens-brassard9109

11 ай бұрын

Also, Pathfinder is D&D. Like, it's literally a divergent evolution of D&D 3rd edition. Don't get me wrong, it slaps, amd I prefer it to D&D 5ed, but if you're looking for something completlu different from D&D, this ain't it.

@comyuse9103

11 ай бұрын

@@alexandredesbiens-brassard9109 but it should always be talked about imo because a lot of 'normies' do want something similar to D&D. people already into ttrpgs can easily find cthulhutech or besm or something, normies who just want a complete game that doesn't treat them like children but still has their whole fantasy going on would benefit greatly from at least a mention of pathfinder.

@rabbitknight87

11 ай бұрын

​@@LordVader1094 the generic version of the SwRPG is Genesys and while it does ask a bit of legwork from the GM, I find it very good as a system.

@asshole9191

11 ай бұрын

​@@rabbitknight87we just finished a pretty long campaign using Genesys and we didn't like it that much. The dice are unintuitive and combat is slow. Before Genesys, we did Coriolis by free league and we were able to get through 2 encounters in one 4h session. With Genesys we only could have 1 encounter in a 6h session

If I had a nickle for every time one of my favourite asexual creators turned out to have a trans memelord designer for a sibling I'd have two nickles, which isn't a lot but it's great that it's happened twice.

@JesterLaPear

11 ай бұрын

i GOTTA know who the other one is

@starsgears9200

11 ай бұрын

@@JesterLaPear Ok we technically don't know for a fact that Bernadette Banner is ace because she quite fairly doesn't talk about personal stuff on her channel, but she's worn an ace ring a couple of times and also "Dressed like a Victorian mob boss with busts of Athena and Artemis visible in her workspace" fits the vibe if nothing else.

@mariabjoerg

11 ай бұрын

​@@starsgears9200if that ain't ace it's sapphic

@eclipse2028

11 ай бұрын

@@starsgears9200 In which videos did she wear the ace ring?

@starsgears9200

11 ай бұрын

@@eclipse2028 It was most visible in a very early one about making buttons IIRC.

The amount of energy Magenta brings to the table makes Red seem calm and collected by comparison.

@cactusnarwhal8628

11 ай бұрын

Brings to the TABLETOP, eyyyyy! I’ll be here all night

@timothymclean

11 ай бұрын

From what we've seen today, I can only assume that everyone in Red's family is nerdy, passionate, and has incredibly floofy hair.

@davetronred11

11 ай бұрын

And I'm here for it

@michimatsch5862

11 ай бұрын

Just report the transphobe. This is a transpositive community.

@DragonbIaze052

11 ай бұрын

Their combined energy almost makes you forget Blue is even there sometimes.

Magenta: talks about the health bars in Lancer Blue: talks about the "crazy homebrew his DM used in 5e" Me, realizing he's talking about the Massive Damage optional rule from the back of the DM's guide: "Hmmm yes, 'Homebrew.'"

@nitsanraviddaos4797

11 ай бұрын

Same, different definitions of homebrew I suppose

@therat1117

10 ай бұрын

That's 5e in a nutshell - nobody knows the rules and nobody cares lol every DM only uses the rules they like and jettison the rest

@Humorless_Wokescold

10 ай бұрын

Listen, if you want it to be an actual rule, don't put it in the optional section of a book only one player at the table owns.

@timothymclean

4 ай бұрын

@@Humorless_Wokescold Rules in the back of the DMG are neither homebrew nor what you consider "actual rules". They're a secret third thing, or they would be if it wasn't already labeled as that third thing ("optional rules").

@Humorless_Wokescold

4 ай бұрын

@@timothymclean right so, like I said, if you want a rule to be a rule, don't put it in the optional section of a book only one player owns. And certainly don't try to claim a mechanic another game actually implemented.

NGL, when Magenta said she could keep going at the end, my first thought was, clearly we need a part 2!

@timothymclean

11 ай бұрын

Does Blue have a relative who plays TRPGs?

@TheCoffeeRobot

11 ай бұрын

I am honestly sad Magenta doesn't have her own ttrpg ranting channel. I want her to go in depth about all those topics she had to cut short!

@timothymclean

11 ай бұрын

@@TheCoffeeRobot Especially the moon VTubers

@Alabamabronygirl

11 ай бұрын

If there is a part 2 I hope they talk about one of my favorite ttrpgs, Mutant Epoch

@schnoz2372

11 ай бұрын

Yessss

Red and Blue: "So can you join us for a podcast on TTRPGS that aren't DnD?" *Door latch Clicks* Magenta: "Pay No attention to the locking noise".

Magenta: "Here are some games with cool fight mechanics" Me: "Boy I sure hope LANCER is on the list" *SLIDE 1* Me flailing like kermit: "YAAAAAAY!"

@electricblackattack

11 ай бұрын

Same exact though. So hyped

@gokbay3057

11 ай бұрын

Lancer was literally the first game that came to my mind upon seeing the video but I haven't ever played (or watched an actual play of or listened to a podcast of) Lancer before. I did read the Tv Tropes a bit thought.

@naoura4939

11 ай бұрын

Thiiiiiiiis, freaking love Lancer. GMing a campaign for it has been the most chaotic thing, I swear.

@artemisgeldman3327

11 ай бұрын

YAAAAAAAYY

@disconnected7737

11 ай бұрын

Lancer is such a joy to play and DM and read lore about Lancer is joy period.

I find it absolutely hilarious that that last official Lancer Supplement to come out (Dustgrave) has a character whose name is "Magenta Red".

@lucifermorningstar489

11 ай бұрын

Sus

@RainbowGod666

11 ай бұрын

Among us

@Eravel

11 ай бұрын

I came here to shamelessly plug Lancer, and here we are :D

@RainbowGod666

11 ай бұрын

@@Eravel fuck yeah lancer content (i don't even play lancer i just like COMP-CON and i hope AI dungeons will have some compatibility with it one day)

I absolutely understand Magenta's line about not liking horror but appreciating what horror does. I am no good with horror as a genre, but the mechanics of horror games can be so interesting, unique, and good. Even horror movies have some fascinating tropes and techniques that I can't help but appreciate from behind my protective couch cushion

@TheCoffeeRobot

11 ай бұрын

I don't like horror, but some of the best games I have ever played were with Ten Candles and I am still amazed at what that games does.

@gratuitouslurking8610

10 ай бұрын

Similar situation. When an atmosphere hits right I become jumpy as my cats, but horror settings often have such interesting story and ideas as well buried into them that I still wind up looking into a lot of horror-related stuff.

Im not quite sure what I expected from Red's sister- who i didn't know of before 5 minutes ago- but Magenta is somehow exactly as chaotic as anyone should have anticipated. She's absolutely Red-Lynel-genocide-is-fun-actually's sister and it shows.

@AegixDrakan

11 ай бұрын

The family resemblance in terms of personality is *uncanny* XD

Somehow I managed to remain unaware of Magenta's existence up until now! I do love the implication that her hair is even bigger than Red's.

@VivaLaDnDLogs

11 ай бұрын

I believe we saw her in the 1 million subscribers special! Hair is definitely poofier!

@fuglevesen

11 ай бұрын

Same!

@Rubymagicalgirl88

11 ай бұрын

Same

@Blueeyesthewarrior

11 ай бұрын

@@VivaLaDnDLogsWe did? To be fair, I barely know Blue and Red’s faces much less rarely seen sister’s faces.

@6MoonQueen9

11 ай бұрын

Magenta has definitely been around in the past but never often and it has been a while since we have seen her. Last I remember, she was clearly pre transitioning.

Fun fact! I knew i was asexual going into my first Thirsty Sword Lesbians session, but it made me realize I was also aromantic lmao

@sabertoothkim

11 ай бұрын

I knew I was aromantic going in, but discovered via play just how much pretending to be romantic makes me uncomfortable on a visceral level. Kindred spirit!

@Catman_CM

26 күн бұрын

This tell me all I need to know about TSL, and that I will never willingly get involved in any TSL games. I'm not Aro/Ace, I just consider romance an intensely personal and private thing and would never engage in "fake romance" in a TTRPG

One look at Magenta, and you can tell the floofy hair runs strong in the family

"Paranoia" is amazing. You're not supposed to be allowed to know the rules. And you have to betray everybody you can. It's such a wild experience.

@CrimsonBlasphemy

11 ай бұрын

But one that everyone playing should consent to. Do not pressure or trick people into playing. There are people who do not enjoy the betrayal aspects.

@isitnotwrittenthat1680

11 ай бұрын

I just love the fact that you get to play a six pack of soda wielding commie traitors hunting imaginary aliens for a crazy computer

@jasonutty52

11 ай бұрын

Paranoia is a gem

@littleleakyleakythere

11 ай бұрын

It's so fun to run too!

@coyoteseattle

11 ай бұрын

@@CrimsonBlasphemy Absolutely; Paranoia is a game where everyone has to come into it with the proper expectations. A former friend of mine is former in part because she didn't listen when we sat down and talked about what Paranoia is like before playing it, got too into the min-maxed combat character we advised her against, then flipped her shit when I tricked her into blowing the entire team up by trying to shoot me in a methane-rich environment. Obviously, there was a lot more than that going on there, but it kinda brought everything to a head, so she ended up storming out, and refusing to talk to me or the rest of the group after that.

Me and my group are playing a Blades in the Dark campaign that went from a fun ghost heist to a very intense and sad drama between one of my players and his character's ex wife. The heists have now become the intermission to the drama between these two and we are enjoying it so much.

@joyrowancasey788

11 ай бұрын

Your campaign went in a very different and way more wholesome direction from mine, our BitD gang hosts an illegal fight club out of my characters apothecary shop basement featuring anyone from freed jail prisoners to kidnapped street wardens and officers 😂

@Oakleaf012

11 ай бұрын

I’ve played BitD a couple times and honestly it’s one of my favorites

@davidvulakh744

11 ай бұрын

My BitD session had gone from intentionally killing Bazso Baz and accidentally killing a noble in the process to currently in 'we have to kill a high ranking noble because the Slide character pissed him off the most of the entire crew, forcing the Slide's brother in law to come in, who also came because said noble also killed a fellow noble who the in-law fought with in the Unity War and duty struck him even though by all accounts, the noble was an asshole arms dealer.' It is... certainly a jump.

@andrewtripp6837

11 ай бұрын

I ran a couple of one shots, but I really want to play Blades, not run it!

@SuperSnowshark

11 ай бұрын

I once started a campaign with a very safe "burgle Scurlock" heist. It's one of the pre-made oneshots you can use to kick off a campaign. One of my players wanted to try negotiating with Scurlock and took a Devil's Bargain "you fall madly in love with Scurlock" and that basically framed the entire campaign going forward, until his Demon girlfriend inevitably betrayed everyone, at least.

I had to do a double take when Magenta was introduced as Red's sister, as last I remembered Magenta was her brother. Good for her, hope her transition goes well, and I humbly request more cameos in the future, as she brings a certain "eat shit and die" energy the other two hosts don't.

@zanybrainy794

10 ай бұрын

Ok. I thought he was trans when I heard his voice. I was confused though because sometimes voices just sound weird recorded.

@elizabethkasner5799

10 ай бұрын

@@zanybrainy794 She is trans.

@squibble08

6 ай бұрын

​@@zanybrainy794*she, not he

@squibble08

6 ай бұрын

when was the last time magenta was on the channel, actually? (im not gonna watch it because as a trans gal im very sensitive to peoples pre transition selves, just curious

@ZARKWARTZ

6 ай бұрын

​@@squibble08last I recall it was the GoW 3 stream? Pre-transition

From my understanding, the "Forever GM" thing isn't about "I hate being the GM". It's "I love GMing, but I would also like to be a (non-GM) player from time to time, and I don't get the opportunity for that"

@bjornseine2342

11 ай бұрын

Red: You are actually right on the money with your "a lot of people want a game like Dark Souls because that means they don't need to [...] balance the combat". That is exactly (part of) why I want to do my DS / Elden Ring inspired D&D game where you are expected to die a whole bunch (but, importantly, dying does *not* mean loosing your character). It's so I can design interesting combat encounters without having to worry too much about making them survivable at any given party level. Yeah, that homebrew dragon in the starter swamp will f you up. Come back later, OR - the more exciting version - try to think up something clever on how you can deal with him at your level. And if you try it and fail, it's not that big of a deal - you can still come back later. Additionally I do also want to do the DS-style storytelling of little scraps of info that you have to piece together yourself. I'm just not sure if my players will actually go for it, or just ignore the story - but that's fine, DS is fun if you ignore the story as well.

Most people are focusing on TTRPGs while I’m focusing on the surprise appearance of Magenta! The one destined to defeat Red and usurp her throne!

OSP doing a goddamn community service encouraging other people to try other games and read systems even if they never play them. Seriously thank y'all.

I played Blades in the Dark at a con where our organization was a bunch of chefs with a waffle house as a front. We were trying to channel the ghost of the greatest wafflemaker in history by gathering his artifacts, because we were all actually terrible cooks. Our rival was the pancake mafia. It was amazing fun but a terrible introduction to the tone I was told. We also hardly did anything illegal actually, because we just convinced the person who had an artifact (a spatula) to give it to us.

@maximeteppe7627

11 ай бұрын

tone aside, the legality or lack thereof of an action doesn't matter for the game or lore to work because for one, since every faction is stepping on every other faction's toes, even the most benign actions will require scheming and antagonizing, and for two, city guards are just another criminal gang - that line in the lore being my clue that the author was an anarchist. Or to synthetize point 1&2, in the game, the law doesn't matter, or exist, it's all just power struggles.

I love how Magenta's attitude is that of basically any Lancer player I've met. I play in a couple discord westmarches games and basically every round of comvat everyone is chanting "fuck it we ball" instead of taking the sensible options.

@blainewheaton9679

10 ай бұрын

“I’m setting myself on fire for action economy purposes again”

Red you have been hiding Magenta for far too long we need more of her chaotic energy

@Roro-ig1gr

11 ай бұрын

It'd be nice to see more Magenta

@al1stone

11 ай бұрын

@@nothingyet120 I was thinking they were the same one

@gormauslander

11 ай бұрын

Where was the first time magenta appeared? I've been following the channel for years and I don't remember this person ever existing

@purpleisdebeste

11 ай бұрын

@@gormauslander She appears pre-transition in the holiday lets play

@somewhereelse1235

11 ай бұрын

@@nothingyet120 Magenta is formerly Red's brother now Red's sister

I cant get over red saying "you fool! Now neither of us have health bars!!" top notch comedy

Magenta's laugh has brought me so much joy today. Been having a bad day and she has such a nice voice and energy and it's lifted my spirits.

@mfmageiwatch

11 ай бұрын

wtf are you smoking?

@chukyuniqul

11 ай бұрын

Honestly I'm just happy for her, what with being out and all. The only time someone coming out as some flavor of trans is potentially concerning is if they're a public figure of ailing repute. That's always an eyebrow-raiser. But naw, Magenta really did just drop in, host a nearly 2-hour long show for us then peaced out. Neat.

A Court of Fey and Flowers was probably my favorite Dimension 20 season, largely because it combined regency storytelling with absurd D&D powers. I wouldn’t have cared about a group of random humans, but following these extremely powerful archfey as they balanced reputation and personal desire keep me hooked.

@eleutheros7216

11 ай бұрын

ACOFAF is just so goooood; it also shows the pros of mixing different systems with more specific mechanics into Dnd (Good society in this case); glad to see some love for that campaign!

@samlewis6487

11 ай бұрын

I haven't seen ACoFaF yet, but I'm on A Crown of Candy right now. So far the Unsleeping City is my favorite season. I just love the urban fantasy take on D&D, and it's the first season where I felt every character had a strong character arc.

@thegaspatthegateway

11 ай бұрын

@@eleutheros7216Good Society! I was wondering what they'd hacked into it but either it wasn't explicitly clear or I missed it. Thanks for reminding me abt that one, been meaning to check it out!

@shoestringVA

11 ай бұрын

Literally, Fey and Flowers made me realize why suburban moms love soap operas. When Chirp revealed she was married I was like “OHHH SHIT!”

@eleutheros7216

11 ай бұрын

@@thegaspatthegateway Yeah I think Aabria goes into the specifics during an after session table-talk, but I for sure remember it being referenced! I wanna look into it too, I really liked the whole reputation mechanic and such

The fact this is almost 2 hours makes me happy

@fabianthegreat10

11 ай бұрын

Saaaame 😊😊😊😊

@GayBearBro2

11 ай бұрын

Same. I audibly smiled when I saw the length of this.

@johnniefinney3266

11 ай бұрын

@@GayBearBro2 ay yo? 🧐📸📸📸 (I pretty much never uses emojis but I really wanted to make that joke)

@Darthalas

11 ай бұрын

Aye, got some food and my earbuds are fully charged. Time to get comfortable and listen to awesomeness!

@theradionicrevival8068

11 ай бұрын

Fun fact: the runtime is almost as long as across the spiderverse

"A 4X game is what we call a civilization builder." ... THAT'S WHERE PRATCHETT GOT FOURECKS FROM. I thought it was a joke about beer.

@timothymclean

11 ай бұрын

No, it's a beer thing. To quote the wiki: "The continent's name is a play on Castlemaine XXXX, a Queensland-made lager that is semi-popular in Britain, and advertised there with adverts playing on Australian stereotypes. According to the books, they put XXXX on the maps because no-one knew what the place was called." Which makes sense for a realm based on Australia.

Magenta and the sibling dynamics were delightful. I hope she guest-stars again.

@mfmageiwatch

11 ай бұрын

Let's hope not...

@timothymclean

11 ай бұрын

@@mfmageiwatch I found Red's secret backup Google account.

@mfmageiwatch

11 ай бұрын

@@timothymclean nah, Red seems to like her confused brother.

@JuniperF

11 ай бұрын

​@mfmageRaids Ah yes, because transitioning just means you're "confused". Pretty sure it's a definite step, not a tentative one. Not going to speak on this further, I can predict your bland, western-gender system-based normative claims before you write them. Hope you find a way to be less "confused" yourself.

@mfmageiwatch

11 ай бұрын

@@JuniperF that was a lot of words for you to convey that you are confused as well. I hope you find the help you need.

If anyone is interested in Lancer, the author/artist just released the latest version of his new game, ICON. It's got a lot of similar elements to Lancer, but with more fleshed out narrative rules for out-of-combat gameplay, and it's all wrapped up in an old-school RPG + Ghibli-style post-post-apocalypse vibe. Also, the art is as fantastic as ever, which is a plus. I highly recommend giving it a look.

As your local 5e content creator, people should ABSOLUTELY try other systems. Even if your primary game is 5e, there's so much to learn from the way other mechanics work and thematics, etc. etc. that there's no reason not to at least check it out! Also OSP comments section PLEASE play Ars Magica it's so good

@trequor

11 ай бұрын

Well there is one good reason: time. It takes time and effort to learn a new system andmost people dont get very many opportunitiesto play

@privatizitat815

11 ай бұрын

Like the wizard game?

@carso1500

11 ай бұрын

@@trequor yeah, 99% of players are casual players (that is likely an exageration but i wouldnt be surprised if i'm somewhat close) that play the game when they have the time but that time isnt always, so they learn a system most often than not DnD because that is the most popular and lets get this straight, it's really easy to learn and modify, and then stick with it because learning another system is time consuming and they already learned DnD

@tsovloj6510

11 ай бұрын

Ars Magica is fucking wonderful. I've never played a game where the wizardry felt so much like wizardry.

@NorninTGK

11 ай бұрын

I'd like to second recommending Ars Magica, it's THE wizard game in my opinion.

I am an insane person so instead of playing d&d I built my own system from scratch to fit the mold tv shows created in my mind for d&d. I am very happy with the results

@SerDerpish

9 ай бұрын

In all fairness, your system is probably better balanced too 🤷🏽‍♂️

@ojodeoro1106

9 ай бұрын

@@SerDerpish I built around being more fun and dynamic which I believe I achieved but if there's one thing I haven't gotten down yet is balance. It's getting there though the thing I need right know is to play more games so I can get a better grasp of the systems in practice

@lucysolomon5338

9 ай бұрын

PLEASE tell me more

@ojodeoro1106

9 ай бұрын

@@lucysolomon5338 it's built around not having turns. There's a "clock" that indicates time and everyone gets to be doing something at the same time.

@squibble08

6 ай бұрын

that sounds really cool! do you have it written down somewhere? id love to try it out!

'I can barely do my own voice.' I feel ya Magenta, I feel ya😭🏳️‍⚧️

@chukyuniqul

11 ай бұрын

Bruh I might need bigger glasses I was confused as to why (and even how) you used a deerclops emote 💀

@JoelMcCary

2 ай бұрын

What are they talking about magentas voice is fuckin beautiful

As an indie TTRPG dev, I'm grateful for this spotlight on my craft. (Though obviously my work isn't included in your discussion because it's too small)

@phictionofgrandeur2387

11 ай бұрын

I do have a Discord for it but I'm not linking it here unless you ask for it.

@oruc5130

11 ай бұрын

What's it called?

@phictionofgrandeur2387

11 ай бұрын

​@@oruc5130Starbourne. The server is called Starbourne And Stuff. And it's NOT Starbound. (I've been praised for work that isn't mine before) It takes place in a galaxy called the Adventine, where reality and fiction aren't as clearly separated.

@phictionofgrandeur2387

11 ай бұрын

Since I got 15 likes and only one is my own, I'll share the link.

@DetectiveLance

11 ай бұрын

@@phictionofgrandeur2387 I want to go to Adventine

I can absolutely go to bat for Lancer. The balance is “what if we balanced everything by making everything busted in its own way.” And it’s great! I play a Monarch (with some Lich) and it’s amazing to just pelt people with missiles from really far away! Highly reccomend.

@connorwalters9223

11 ай бұрын

I love how it is borderline impossible to mess up a build in Lancer. Everything is viable as long as you know what you’re doing. My current build is a Zheng. I literally just hit stuff really hard. But it works!

@thewaterdragonfr2561

11 ай бұрын

I swear as soon as I saw the notification pop up, I thought "I'm going to scream if they don't mention Lancer" so I'm glad they did. Looking forward to my first game later today, this came at just the right time!

@NayrAnur

11 ай бұрын

"For Pegasus' special, it wields a gun. (but it's not a gun)"

@huntre111

11 ай бұрын

@@NayrAnur Gun: gun; Extrude Gun

@birdbird5337

11 ай бұрын

​@@connorwalters9223 It is possible if you disregard the mechanics enough... My first build, based on vibes and aesthetics alone, was a melee Lich. NOT a great idea

For those scrolling the comments for other suggestions I presented Ryuutama. You play traditional npc roles such as a merchant or baker and you go on a journey. There is even mechanics for setting the vibe, like is this going to be a story of exploration or will this be about interpersonal conflicts. All with a cozy art style. Worth the google if nothing else.

The Glorantha setting is just... weird. And amazing. And based on a bronze age rather than a medieval world. And weird. And thousands of spirits from sprites to deities are dead in your face all the time. And you can heroquest in Hell to become a god yourself. Did I mention it's weird? It's weird. I love it.

**Places a Pretty Pastel Pony and a Gryphon on the table** This is our main campaign. **Gives the Gryphon a WW2 British helmet and rifle, and places a blood stained Unicorn with a German helmet on its side** And this is our prequel campaign. Any questions?

@somewhereelse1235

11 ай бұрын

Ah yes, Friendship is Magic, and its prequel, Equestria at War

@timothymclean

11 ай бұрын

Is it actually the same gryphon, or did you just reuse the mini?

@HeroofMightandmagic1

11 ай бұрын

Umm... Fallout Equestria?

@Starcat5

11 ай бұрын

@@timothymclean One, the figures mentioned above don't actually exist. The prequel campaign is over Discord, so no minis. Two, the Prequel Campaign was 1000 years earlier. The GM has confirmed that the two are related though.

@Starcat5

11 ай бұрын

@@somewhereelse1235 Given the presence of Flurry Heart, Equestria at War is actually set post-Friendship is Magic. Which is about as much as I know. I haven't looked into that setting much.

I am very happy seeing Lancer being brought up more and more. I can't emphasize enough how much fun Lancer is and also how easy it is to run as a GM. The game is just built from the ground up to be fun.

@NyJoanzy

11 ай бұрын

Abaddon truly has the golden touch.

As a hyper nerdy, trans fem, TTRPG player/GM/designer, I loved to hear Magenta talk about a bunch of different systems. Makes me happy, and I'd love to see more of her on the channel!

can we talk about Magenta's frilly skirt and jaunty hat wait, no, can we just talk about Magenta being SO TOTALLY RED'S SISTER god I love this family

@mfmageiwatch

11 ай бұрын

🤨

@i_am_Emmet

11 ай бұрын

omg, I didn’t even notice the hat, that’s so cute!!!

@imonly1man_

8 ай бұрын

omg I thought her skirt was a tangled mass of legs

I cannot stress enough how much fun my D&D tables have when playing Dread. It's hella unique, simple to learn, and has so easily (almost to the point of positive frustration) incorporated the sensation of absolute horror into said simple and unique mechanics. It's built for one shots, so it's great for a quick party game, or when a player or two can't show up to D&D last minute. There's a weird stigma, I feel, that 5e has caused in the D&D community, in that 3.5 fanatics have gotten pissy about how 5e is TOO simple. While certainly far more simple than 3.5, 5e is not a "simple" system. Yet, this has led to the stigma that ACTUAL simple systems aren't really well fleshed out, or sustainable for long term games. Which, sadly, isn't true. Trails of Cthulhu is a whole lot more simple to learn that Call of Cthulhu 7e, but I've easily ran a two year long game with it. Try a new system. If you're scared to learn an entire new system, try a simple system. Hell, even a one-page ttrpg can be a great icebreaker.

@animeotaku307

11 ай бұрын

I’ve been wanting to try Dread ever since hearing about it!

@shogunbowgun1220

11 ай бұрын

@@animeotaku307 It's really fun! Write up a quick questionnaire, print a couple out, get a Jenga tower, and some friends. It's even better when you know your players well enough. Most of the people at my table, I've known since middle school or high school, so I don't even bother with the questionnaire anymore; I already know what makes them spooked!

@isitnotwrittenthat1680

11 ай бұрын

Speaking as a 3.5 player who thinks 5e is too simple (still play it, but I definitely prefer more complexity) this is definitely true. I've played some very simple games and they can be great

@BDSquirrel

11 ай бұрын

Figured out the so-called 5th edition, played it, and hate it for it's abject laziness and over simplicity. Mind you, I do not hate it as much as I hate the previous edition that I have labeled "raw sewage" So, I'll go with 2nd or 3.5/Pathfinder 1e for the more original experience and/or a much better system. Aside from that, I'm all for HackMaster 5e for a great low magic system.

@Lady_Corwin

11 ай бұрын

I dunno about simple. More incomplete is the reason I jumped ship. Always feeling like homebrew was needed for the game to feel complete.

i cant express just how well Magenta's little doll fits her voice

@AceTaxiaGaming

11 ай бұрын

She's in the 1 million subs video, her hair is that fluffy irl

@ianaldridge7136

11 ай бұрын

The T Posing the whole time is wonderful

I think we could use more Magenta ranting. Hell, even a chaos reigns with Red and Magenta bouncing off one another would be really fun I bet!

@timothymclean

4 ай бұрын

They're siblings. If my experience having a brother is any indication, a third-party stabilizer might be a critical component for a discussion.

I need a video explaining all the colors and have them all talk in a diatride. Cyan, Indigo, Magenta, Yellow... There's a lot of em. Maybe Among Us? (Stares in Bards for Bards as Jocat screams for his life in the background) Also, great list Magenta. Personal favorite is Legend of the 5 Rings

@templarw20

11 ай бұрын

It breaks down when Green is involved, because Green is any of Blue's various roommates across college. "One of the Greens" has been used as a reference. Honestly, it's rather admirable that they've been able to maintain the level of privacy they have over the years.

@samanthakennedy121

11 ай бұрын

If I remember correctly, the original channel name was "Red Eyes Take Warning", or something like that, so Red was just a shortened version. I don't remember how Blue got his name, it may have been relatively arbitrary. I think everyone else kinda just chose a color? I think there was initially a thing where everyone connected to Blue was a cool toned color, and everyone connected to Red was a warm toned color, but I think I remember them mentioning that that kinda fell apart. And everyone who has ever been one of Blues roommates is a green.

@cgkase6210

9 ай бұрын

I think Red and Blue talk specifically about this in the podcast where they were discussing the past, where Yellow is like a stream help or just someone from the chat.

@EspeonMistress00

5 ай бұрын

​​@@cgkase6210Yellow is a history YTber/Twitch stream I forgot his name, who also helps with the cahnnel in the background. Edit: I remember immediately after I published the reply. It's Ludo History.

Geonosis is not the planet with the people with the necks, that's Kamino, Geonosis is the bug planet.

I absolutely love Lancer and love that it’s getting the attention that it deserves. One of the things I love about the game is that the four main mech manufacturers (IPSN, SSC, Harrison Armory, and HORUS) are all inspired by different kinds of mechs. IPSN very obviously takes inspiration from a lot of American mechs like Titanfall and Battletech, with its rugged, practical designs, bulky silhouettes, and heavy use of ballistic weapons. Smith-Shimano Corpro has more sleek and curvy designs emphasizing speed, agility, and elegance. Very reminiscent of Escaflowne. Harrison Armory is very obviously inspired by Gundam, with its colorful, geometric designs and preference for energy weapons (several HA mechs just straight up have Gundam beam swords). HORUS is inspired by Evangelion, with it’s esoteric, biomechanical, reality bending mechs.

I'm here for more Megenta, it's so wild been here since yall were two starving uni students and now...yall got a whole eu of amazing and equally nerdy co-conspirators. Love yall keep going!!

@FedorkablePro

11 ай бұрын

I know you probably mean extended universe, but my brain said "European union?"

@zshadowhunter3049

11 ай бұрын

@@FedorkablePro 🤣🤣🤣 Acronyms are fun 😅🙃

Immediately love the shilling of Kill 6 Billion Demons. I'd love to see it used in trope talks for examples!

@lvl99dh

11 ай бұрын

I couldn't tell you which but I'm sure it's popped up before in the slideshows, that said KSBD's relationship to tropes seems very twisty and turny despite coming back to a big loop of "but the trope is cool and we did it anyway" so it might be hard to pull for a TT

Never forget that Wizards of the Coast hired the fucking Pinkerton Detective Agency

@feritperliare2890

11 ай бұрын

Security agency and for the most petty of reasons they funked up on a delivery and someone locked a bunch of cards a few days early because cards are releasing so quickly I have no clue when we are now but we had a product to retcon the awkward new cards sold only through directly buying a limited time item into the normal products

@MelancholyRogue

11 ай бұрын

You can un-change the ogl,but you can't un-send the Pinkertons and un-raid that dudes home

I like Pathfinder 2e, I've been playing in a group roughly since its release and after getting over a bit of stat shock I have learned to love it.

Probably my favorite RPG experience has been with Monster Of The Week, a "Powered by the Apocalypse" game. Your group is basically a monster hunting group, and each adventure is you taking care of another, well, monster of the week. My character was The Expert, a character defined by both their smarts and their _dark past._ As in, they literally get a move called "Dark Past". They are hyper-prepared, have a safe haven, and are extremely good at gathering information. My favorite part about PbtA games is that failure is never "oh, you don't do it", it's always "you might do it, but here's some Bad Consequences". The Dark Past move especially was great for that. It's basically gathering information from your character's vast memories. If you fail, you do still get a piece of information... but it means you were _personally complicit_ in creating the situation you are now dealing with. That's just so fun, that a _failure_ would allow me to flesh out my character's backstory! I love that kinda stuff.

I'm partial to Nobilis, partly because it's character creation is extremely flexible, partly because it's just neat how it's explicitly designed so that when you have rules-lawyering arguments, you're also having philosophical discourse. "I turn her into a frog." "She's already a frog, that won't do anything." "Yes, but I turn her into a small frog instead of a ten-meter frog." "No, remember when you turned that car into a frog, and I ruled that it would become a two-ton frog? You have control of the frogness of a target, not the size." "Well, can I turn her into a tadpole? Tadpoles are a type of frog." "I would say that you can maybe turn a frog into a different species of frog, but not a different _age_ of frog." "Darn. Well, can I turn the big frog's legs into slightly smaller frogs, thereby disabling it?" "How would that work?" "Well, a frog's leg isn't equivalent to a frog, right? But I can make it equivalent to a frog, at which point it isn't a leg." "I'm going to judge that since a minimum amount of changes are made, the leg is going to turn into a frog whose purpose in life is to lift and stabilize the larger frog." "I don't think that should be the true meaning of a 'leg'...."

@kacperdrabikowski5074

11 ай бұрын

My god (pun not intented), I LOVE Nobilis so much! I've been looking for a group to play for quite a while and tried introducing it to RPG fans among my friends, but my inexperience in GMing and explaining the rules meant that we had a blast at character creation and not much fun later on.

@tjnova972

10 ай бұрын

Congratulations, I have never heard of Nobilis and now I am sold!

Oh hell yeah, this is what I needed in my day. As an addition to the Powered by the Apocalypse section, I want to shout out Masks, in which you play teen superheroes. It really captures the feel of being in Young Justice or Teen Titans, the angst mixed with saving the world. I've also always had a soft spot for Numenera, I think it's an instantly compelling world, and the Cypher System really makes your character feel powerful and unique.

@eleutheros7216

11 ай бұрын

Flando is an OSP fan, you truly have no negatives, king👑

@thekeeper6570

11 ай бұрын

Is that THE Flando of critical role KZread comments fame

@thegaspatthegateway

11 ай бұрын

Masks is sooo good for character drama, it's an essential part of all my PbtA hacks. Also, whoa it's Flando!

@karlwilker579

11 ай бұрын

An ultra rare Flando has appeared!!

@TheCBoysDotCom

11 ай бұрын

We love you flando

Shoutout to The Dark Eye, the most German of all TTRPG's. Very detailed, very beloved, low-fantasy, "authenticly medieval" lore with a very detailed system to create real persons. Also you need a bachelor degrees worth of knowledge to actually play it. It was my first and to this day my favorite TTRPG.

@yarion4774

11 ай бұрын

I love the fact that just to use and create horses, you need a whole separate rule book.

@timothymclean

11 ай бұрын

Do you need a bachelor's degree in a specific field, or will anything do?

@Curathol

11 ай бұрын

@@timothymclean It is an old running joke that there should be a B.DE.-degree on German universities - the Bachelor of the Dark Eye. You don't need an actual Bachelor-degree but sometimes it feels like the games rules are so intricate and detailed that you need to study them for years like they are a field of science. Just yesterday I ran a session of TDE and I had a duel between two swordmasters, one fought with a rapier and a lefthand dagger, the other with a cavalry saber and a buckler. The rapier-guy was a defensive specialist, the saber-guy a ruthless attacker. And both of their styles interacted with each other in very specific ways. It was a slow escalation into despair for the saber-fighter, when all his strikes were blocked while the rapier-fighter hit very precise ripostes to wound his opponent and slow him further down. Which was a great story to tell in a fight, but the level of detail in the rules made it quite hard to get right. And that was just one example of a very specific field of game rules. There is a magic system, a system for "clerics", a crafting system, very detailed systems to survive in the wilderness or to sail on the seas or manage social encounters or fight very high-scaled battles. It's basically a huge low-fantasy simulation alternative to DnDs high-fantasy arcade system ...

@Max3110

11 ай бұрын

Do you play it with the 3d20 checks that make my blood boil everytime I think about them or did you homebrew something?

@Curathol

11 ай бұрын

@@Max3110 I use the normal rules. Not gonna lie, I like math and I prefer rolling multiple dice for a roll (huge fan of dice pool-systems).

6:50 - The mech peoples points, for reference: 1. Giant 2. Stompy 3. Murder 4. Robots 5. Giant. Stompy. Murder. Robots. QED. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

If you want something even FURTHER afield, the game Microscope is very neat. You know when you're planning out the story of a book or comic or whatever and you have a flow chart with "here's a major setting detail" and "this character has these traits" and "this plot development happens here"? It's a gamified version of THAT! The group takes turns adding notecards to the table and/or choosing notecards to zoom in on and hash out in more detail through various lightly gamified means. It's fun to just use to tell a neat story but it's also a really interesting way to communally worldbuild a setting for future more traditional TTRPGs or various other things. My group used it during a D&D campaign to zoom out and communally tell how a several years long war unfolded after our really high level characters split up to lead the coalition armies of our various nations during an invasion of Eberron by the Nine Hells.

@pinkcupcake4717

5 ай бұрын

Microscope and it's hacks are AMAZING, but man finding a group to play with that can handle the collaborative/changing worldbuilding is hard.

@mr.incorporeal7642

5 ай бұрын

@@pinkcupcake4717 I managed to use a heavily tweaked version to very good effect in a campaign many years ago. The premise of the D&D campaign was that the party played divine beings who served the setting's primary deity and it was their role to periodically go to the mortal world, find mortal hosts to merge with, and then carry out some vaguely defined mission for their deity. Stuff like ensuring a specific thing happened, preventing a certain thing from happening, facilitating some great change in the world, etc. in order to help history to unfold in line with the creator's plan. The mission would be a very vague one sentence thing that was very open to interpretation. Once the mission was completed, the divine aspects of the party left their mortal halves behind to return to the divine realm. Then we zoomed out and used Microscope to flesh out the way history unfolded over the next century or two, detail the chain reaction of events started by the party's actions, how parts of the setting evolved, etc. Then after that was done, the party would return to the world and find new mortal hosts to carry out the next mission. Rinse and repeat through the ages.

One of my first ever DM experiences was playing Lancer and I gotta say that Lancer’s built in game master tools are excellent. My first encounter I presented the players with was a situation where they had to specifically keep a group of NPCs from escaping while under fire. Long story short, the fight concluded with a mech tackling a pickup truck and the driver going “OKAY OKAY YOU WIN JUST DONT SQUISH ME”.

I still have fond memories of my old LANCER campaign and my poor cloned-super-soldier-turned-freedom-fighter Jeremy Aesop. He had a whole character arc about overcoming the weight of his past and finding self-worth and went from a stammering anxious mess of a man to... well, still a stammering anxious mess, but one who was ready to punch his evil corporate enemies in the face with a giant mech. But then the final boss of the campaign, on his final turn (as his mech had so much heat it was gonna melt at the end of the round) dropped Jeremy to 0 hp with a crunch of his giant mechanical crab claws. For those who don't know, in LANCER if your character drops to below 0, you die instantly. If they're AT 0, though, you roll a d6, and while 2-6 still usually leave you actively dying, only rolling a 1 will instantly kill you. So guess who flubbed the last dice roll of the whole campaign and made their character a tragic martyr? R.I.P. Jeremy. Enjoy your cheesy holo-soap operas and prepackaged snacks wherever you are.

I'm having to clean up about 4 metric tonnes of plaster dust because my landlord finally replaced my shower, so this went a long way to offsetting that :) Also, the chaos sister energy is strong and I love it so much! Reminds me of me and my sister

Does Magenta have any other passions or hyperfixations that can justify further guest spots, she's got such a unique energy, she's very endearing and passionate and her voice is adorable.

I also want to suggest Masks: a New Generation. It's a superhero game specifically based on Teen Titans/Young Avengers, etc. Instead of classes you pick Playbooks that influence the story of the character and teen drama is encouraged. It's probably my favorite TTRPG and i just love talking about it

@littleleakyleakythere

11 ай бұрын

And then once you play masks go check out the 1 billion other pbta games out there too >:)

@mitkitty

11 ай бұрын

@@littleleakyleakythere oh definitely, i like glitterhearts too (despite the jank) and I've tried a few others

@littleleakyleakythere

11 ай бұрын

@@mitkitty my favorite of all time is monster hearts though I'll never play it again since I'm not in high school anymore, and my current fav is apocalypse keys! Love the system bc it's so easy to learn once you've played one game

Due to Magenta's glasses, I now know that the dots on the dolls are eyes. Thank you, Magenta.

@imveryangryitsnotbutter

11 ай бұрын

What What did you think they were before?

@koukaakiva

11 ай бұрын

@@imveryangryitsnotbutter I could not tell if they were eyes or cheek spots like blushes or the kind you see on cartoon children.

@markolenickjr.7431

11 ай бұрын

​@@imveryangryitsnotbutterNostrils obviously

@imveryangryitsnotbutter

11 ай бұрын

@@markolenickjr.7431 thanks i hate it

@VictoriaStarratt

11 ай бұрын

You could tell that if you watched the Christmas movie showdown Detail Diatribe and took a look at Cyan

The “greater than half hp” mechanic came from AD&D back in the ‘80s. If you took half or more hp in a single hit, you made a save vs death or died. It was “death by massive damage” in the rule book if I recall correctly.

@BDSquirrel

11 ай бұрын

I apply that to 3.5/Pathfinder 1e as well. It makes sense.

@timothymclean

11 ай бұрын

3.5's official (optional) massive damage rule was 50 HP or more, regardless of your maximum. Basing it on a fraction of your max HP makes more sense, though.

@almitrahopkins1873

11 ай бұрын

@@timothymclean That's because a 1st level fighter can die from the damage of a longsword hit using the 50% rules from AD&D.

55 minutes in and magenta is still like, SO excited talking about this, I love them need that energy.

Mentioning ttrpg-like video games, always recommend Disco Elysium for a Talky RPG, and an IMPECCABLE example of "failing forward". Apparently, the setting and systems actually started out as a home-brew ttrpg that the writers made to play with their friend group, so it's baked into the bones.

On the "landmine" topic of Forever GMs. I actually ended up having a completelly different problem in my group. I was the one who introduced dnd to our group so I ran our first two campaigns and after that everyone else got inspired and now I rarely get to GM. Not that I complain, because I love my creative nerds!

@chukyuniqul

11 ай бұрын

Suffering from success. Kinda similar deal with this new group a mate of mine introduced me to, and they usually want me in their games too, but I have enough energy for, like, 2 (3 tops) sessions a week. The schedule is so bogged that I don't get many days to do my time in as a DM, and I really am a way worse player than i am a DM.

I love that my country (Brazil) is being more open to national RPGs. It brings a lot of possibilities we didn't have with foreign RPGs like D&D and Vampyre.

@cailin5301

11 ай бұрын

Brazil is also starting to make a name as an up-and-coming producer of excellent board games, I hear.

I ended up starting with the dreaded D&D Red Box, which makes since because I originally got it because me and my dad had a really stupid idea: "Ninja's But what if they were cats?" But when trying to learn the Red Box we both felt disappointed for different reasons, I felt underwhelmed and my dad was disappointed how it played, and we were both disappointed that we couldn't do our stupid idea. Mind you: We didn't understood how to home brew that system, because I was like 8, and my dad never did that sort of thing. But my dad remember one RPG where you really could play anything you want and could make it anything, any setting, any type of character, any level of realism, or any level of complexity for combat. That system being GURPS, and after we played our stupid idea out, I almost play GURPS religiously even now, seriously I fricken love this game and how beyond flexible it is. To quote the game why I love this game: "You have your a medieval Wizard character get transported to D-day in WW2 without needing to change systems or worry of different rules." That and the game is 60% rules for games homebrew anyway with the books knowing this, there's no special rules in the other books, just suggestions of how to do a certain setting more realistically or more fun. In fact, so much so, you can use a book that's been around since its early days and use it in the modern edition of the game with no issues at all. plus usually the books can have some good starter education in to a subject, and again, the book actually knows some people are just there to read them and not play it and gives some good material for that part of the audience. The game has very few actual "Rules" you need to follow to make it work, its basically "pen and paper RPG but can played like a simulation" Don't like the rule? change it, because it can be done with little thought how to do so while still being functional. it's attribute and skill system also allows to have role play and story take the driver's seat and the game part only make sure its still functional, or you can basically have the TTRPG equivalent of ArmA 3 with the ACE3 mod (Except actually fun). And again you can have any setting and switch characters between them with no real issues, you can have a james bond spy story, a realistic war story, Shadow Run, medieval fantasy, monty python medieval, space exploration, Star Trek Wars, or, like what I'm setting up, Animal WW1. This has been my preach for this system. Now time to make a few complaints: 4 Edition isn't great for everyone. Its mostly a bunch of small changes that for certain players can come off annoying. I'd recommend for new players to mess with 3rd edition first, and if you plan not to use those characters again in that version of the system, then try 4th, compare the play styles and choose whatever one you and your friends like. Two, the vanilla magic system is annoying except for very certain settings, I recommend changing it to your and your groups own taste. I'll either do it through a advantage that cost points or just give it to players where instead of fatigue, it uses their intelligence for their max amount of points they can use for spells. And last and most important, the point system, its actually really brutal and hard to improve your character, but you can't get generous with it either (Unless you want to go Dragon Ball Z style) because the brutality is there for a reason. I like it for making characters due to it making very well rounded characters to the point I'd recommend it for writers if they're struggling to make a balanced character, but improving is slow and players might forget they can actually improve their characters. So you as a GM have to figure how what will work in each campaign to make sure players get excited for improving their character without them becoming too powerful. The core book makes a suggestion where improvement can be narrative driven and points are spent only as those moments happen. Screw the spending points part, because what's the point of getting them if the GM practically chooses where they go, but I like the "Improving the character through narrative" part. So you made a bunch of successful will saves to fight the giant spiders to save your friends despite giant spiders should put your character in a panic attack state? Well the GM could say: "Scumplus fought has fought his fear multiple times now, and saved the lives of his friends because of it, while they still terrify him, Scumplus doesn't feel as scared to face giant spiders anymore, the phobia has now been reduce to a minor fear, he will no longer have panic attacks over giant spiders if he fails his will save." It becomes a narrative turning point that also feels like an improvement/upgrade of the character both them as a character and as a pawn for the player. But again you have to really know what type of game your playing to figure best course of action. I usually like half-game logic and half realism for this system, but others might feel different. Making this games greatest strength also its greatest weakness: its flexibility. And to those who read this giant essay of why I like the GURPS system: 🍪 Here's a digital cookie. And some more: 🍪🍪🥠

@ranthalling

11 ай бұрын

Awesome story! Also mad props to GURPS - which will work for every system! Easier to play than Champions - the game I started with the flex to design any game - or Savage Worlds, which is same but came late to the party but still a good idea. I’ve ref’d & played all 3 and have SO many of all the games rule books. GURPS IOU is also just dang fun, while Savage Worlds legit has a Solomon Kane expansion! [Also, Rifts falls into this category & I have almost all those books, but that’s more for knowing the game dev, since ref’ing the game is not as fun & the system needs a GD better system of indexing!! Not nearly as fun as the other 3 games above, but still has good ideas buried in it - Vampire Kingdoms has some great ‘vampires in charge’ ideas.]

@PantherCat64

11 ай бұрын

@@ranthalling rifts is one I mean to get to at some point because I heard it’s flexible and would be a great place to figure out how the game handles it self to see what I can do for my GMing style. Also I really still trying to find a group again just to do GURPS IOU. Because it really does seem fun and a great place to introduce the game in a goofy way. Also the “crockpot of life” is added to my tool belt of weird fun overpowered things to add to any game that goes off the rails next to The Orphan Bus Gun that my old D&D group had.

Mutants and masterminds, World of Darkness, and cyberpunk red. These are all greate systems that offer a good deal of fantasy, realism, and all sorts of fun stuff that DnD does not

@urieldaluz250

11 ай бұрын

Those first two are my primary games (haven’t tried CBR yet) and I’m so glad they’re spreading

@NayrAnur

11 ай бұрын

Been playing Cyberpunk Red for almost two years now and I'm absolutely in love with it. It could use a bit of homebrew, though.

@vampirehunter9047

11 ай бұрын

I’ve been trying to get my friends to play cyberpunk red for a bit with little to no progress

@timothygiese6726

11 ай бұрын

​@@vampirehunter9047 same

@marcm5207

11 ай бұрын

I kind of like Shadowrun better than Cyberpunk but, otherwise, agreed

This is one of the most chaotic detail diatribe recording booths I've ever been stuck in and I'm absolutely loving it

Very surprised to see Wyrdwood Wand mentioned given how new and small it's community is, definitely had fun running a Wyrdwood Wand game.

Two additional recommendations not brought up during this video I thought I'd go ahead and list in the comments. Both of these I learned from the Live Play TTRPG podcast "The Adventure Zone," so take that for what it is: Monster of the Week - An Evil Hat Productions system using the mechanics of Powered by the Apocalypse. It is a narratively driven Mystery system, straight up mentioning how it's based off shows like Supernatural and Stranger Things. Players investigate strange happenings that eventually lead into a fight with the, as the name suggests, Monster of the Week, using what they learned from their investigation in order to defeat the Monster or whatever cause of the event being investigated. A Quiet Year - A DM-less game from Avery Alder about building a narrative out of drawn card. Using a 52 card deck, the players roleplay out and map a settlement being made within a post-apocalypses society. This can make for a great set-up for a game setting to be played within the narrative being created by the players.

As a German, I grew up with the Dark Eye, which was originally a bootleg DnD knockoff but realy became something completely different over the years. Its a lot less flashy and low fantasy with complex lore that is more grounded. It is also absurdly complex. Want to essentially be an accountant? Yes, you can do that? Is pastry-chef a playable class? Yes it is! Do you want to be a wizard? Time to select your amla mater, which not only decides your spells and starting gear, but also the amount of student loan you have to pay off. It is peak Eurojank but I love it.

@chukyuniqul

11 ай бұрын

Isn't that the system on which the Drakensang games are based? I swear those things are like a fever dream.

I Love Kill Six Billion Demons, I’m surprised it’s not more popular.

@doppelrutsch9540

11 ай бұрын

I mean by webcomic standards it's doing really well?

@suitguy969

11 ай бұрын

What's the premise? Is it literally just, "the main character has six billion demons to kill"?

@mayyoutubebeannihilated

11 ай бұрын

@@suitguy969 you'd think, but, no: The main premise is "regular human woman gets sort-of-not-quite-isekai'd to hell and has to try not to die," anything more than that would be spoilers. Main reason people like it is because it has one of the best artstyles going, a good story and characters, and the worldbuilding is god tier

@jonathantanner7083

11 ай бұрын

Reach Heaven through Violence baby!

@pseudonym6387

11 ай бұрын

@@suitguy969 It *was*, back when it was on the MS Paint Adventures forum and it was a Problem Sleuth/Homestuck style webcomic, but those forums died, the comic completely rebooted, and it's a very different beast these days. Intricately-drawn cosmic-fantasy type stuff with heavy wuxia flavouring (and like, Hindu philosophy?). The title is an artifact of its original premise (where it literally had a Demons Killed meter that maxed out at 6 billion, and she managed to kill about a dozen before the forums died).

Here's a recommendation from me considering no one seems to be talking about it: Savage worlds is a generic rpg system designed mostly for pulp action fun. It is designed from the beginning to allow homebrew with systems to create custom races. It is a classless system and uses a wound system instead of hp where you have to hit someone hard to deal damage, death by a thousand cuts does not work in this system. There are 4 companion books that expand on the core system for the genres of fantasy, sci fi, superpowers, and horror and then there are a bunch of official settings with plot point campaigns if you don't want to make your own!

This was amazing! Loved seeing Lancer & Blades in The Dark get some love, on top of all these new recommendations. Just to add to the recommendation list: If You're Looking For Something Similar to D&D: 13th Age The combat is D&D style but it has special mechanics to 1) keep the fights moving quickly and 2) makes it easier to do theater of the mind since instead of specific move speeds, or grid measurements, everything is either 'nearby,' 'faraway,' or 'engaged' It also has a lot more narrative mechanics that make roleplaying more satisfying like building unique backgrounds that you use to problem solve instead of going off a preset list of skills. The Icon system can be tricky for new DMs to utilize but its basically a broad faction system you can use to quickly improv stuff in the world that player's characters will have connections to or interest in + allowing for more opportunities for collaborative worldbuilding. If You're Looking For A Game That Doesn't Need A DM: Inspectors It's more on the comedic side and it's mechanics are simple but they allow for a lot of creativity with roleplay. It's basically The Office but you're a paranormal Investigators. You can do character asides to retroactively establish stuff, or just comment on stuff in character without other characters knowing it in game. You can make your business be more like Men in Black or Ghost Busters in terms of resources and style. Instead of a set GM the players take turns being the GM which basically means they get set up the mystery that session and do all the NPC voices that day. Most of the mechanics are based around players taking full control of scenes in terms of what clues are relevant, what the mystery actually is, or any other narrative twists. The better a player succeeds on their rolls, the more control they get of the scene. The worse they roll, the GM that session gets more control. But again the mechanics are pretty simple, but it's a nice clash between BSing a mystery, fighting supernatural creatures, managing company resources, and be filmed for a documentary. (Oh yeah and supernatural creatures are a well known fact in the game. Your super natural company is just one of many that people call on for help.) If You're Looking For A Pair of Games That Work Well Together: Cyberpunk Red & Shadowrun This is extremely biased I will say since this is something my friend put together but it's been one of my favorite gaming TTRPG experiences ever so I figured I'd share it! Shadowrun has a very interesting setting/ lore but the mechanics are awfully confusing and overly specific. So my group took the Shadowrun setting and decided to try out the Cyberpunk Red system with some homebrewed magic rules. Cyberpunk's vast array of skills meant we could all customize our character's to fill very specific roles on a team of professional criminals instead of all of us basically being mercenaries. Even those of us that speced for combat ended up focusing on enough different skills to the point we still fill different roles in a fight. And all of us ended up having very different utility skills outside of combat that made roleplaying social situations and stealth missions way more rewarding. For the homebrewed magic our GM came up with an interesting way of doing magic. Instead of rolling to hit, you roll to see if using magic hurts you or not. All combat spells automatically hit but there is always a chance your soul gets directly hurt by trying to manipulate powers beyond yourself. You can choose to cast your spells at higher levels at any point but each level increases the DC you need to clear as well as upping the number of dice for the damage you'll take if you fail the DC. It creates this situation where magic is a really fickle thing where even the characters who are good at doing have had spells horribly backfire on them. If any of these sound interesting please check them out!

I read a really cool Jojo’s bizarre adventure fan ttrpg where with each action the players can put things in the environment to use later for their strategy. For instance: You’d get hit and fly through a window and you can decide you land near a coffee cup nearby to use with your ability. It made the fights really interesting.

We switched from D&D after 5 years to Savage Worlds. It feels much more flexible and cinematic which fits my DM style a lot more. We've been enjoying it.

@montauk1684

11 ай бұрын

Someone is doing the good work of talking people's ears off about SW. Its my new favorite system and I run everything in it. I'm currently running a Deadlands game for a bunch of 5e players and they haven't looked back since.

@templarw20

11 ай бұрын

I got turned onto Savage Worlds when they started doing their Rifts conversion. I liked the Rifts setting, but hated the system, so this got me interested. Been all-in ever since.

@belward6251

11 ай бұрын

@Montauk I'm currently running a homebrew version of the One Piece world. It's great how versatile you can be with it both over the top and grounded. I feel like a lot of systems have trouble with stepping into the other camp without feeling limited.

@AegixDrakan

11 ай бұрын

I just started learning Savage Worlds this year (I ran a one-shot for it several times) and I absolutely love it. It's been a joy to run I love how you can just casually throw in multiple fun fights without each one dragging on for like 40 minutes. And that's to say nothing of how fun it is to reward players with Bennies and watch them spend 'em on nifty stuff. AND to say nothing of the sheer flexibility of character creation/levelling up that's possible. AND let's not forget "You can use any skill to 'test' your opponent in order to make them vulnerable/shaken/distracted". I really need to get around to wrapping up the worldbuilding for a High-Magic Faerie Tale setting (making a region map is the worst part) so I can find a group to run a longer-term game for. :P

So, I've seen Red's hair compared to her lil plushy, this Magenta plush makes me curious if it's a whole family thing or just this generation of their blood.

Magenta: I'll fight all of you in the comments! Red, who actually has to deal with all the notifications: No! No!

Also worth noting that the Structure Damage table in LANCER can kill you, in reality you have like 2.8x your HP.

@HydrallUrakan

11 ай бұрын

Unless you're my players, who have 4x their HP and 2x their Heat. So many nuclear fireballs...

@ThatSwiggityGuy

11 ай бұрын

@@HydrallUrakan POV: you’re a simple rifleman in Lancer and you see a Manticore swan diving directly on to your position

@elcrestdrakenia9437

11 ай бұрын

@@HydrallUrakan reactor stress is a resource

I have only known her for 2 minutes and 8 seconds but I already love Magenta

So funny story about Blades vs. Leverage- the flashbacks actually originated in the Leverage tie in RPG. So it's not just 'Like' leverage, it actually originated in an attempt to create that storytelling aspect in table top RPG's

@robinsanford5682

11 ай бұрын

Yep, and one of the Leverage writers also did a FATE Worlds setting they tried to capture some of the feel of Leverage as well.

I like the lil hat on Magenta's doll. Is there a list somewhere of all the osp colors who have been introduced, with pictures? I wanna know the lore

@josephperez2004

11 ай бұрын

The TV Tropes page lists Blue, Red, Cyan, Indigo and Magenta. It does mention a few of their joke name characters too, such as Green and Azul.

I know I'm being that guy, but Magenta is legitimately adorable. Like, her voice and laugh are so cute, and it's so cool how invested and knowledgeable she is about this.

@gattiam7006

11 ай бұрын

Honestly same she's fucking adorable, the TVTropes' definition of Moe, I'm glad someone else already started the Magenta Appreciation Club for me lmao

@MichaelBurling13

11 ай бұрын

I gotta admit that it was the exact opposite for me. There are just some creators who, while I may enjoy the content of what they’re talking about, the voice and personality makes it a chore for me to sit through their videos. And while I didn’t agree with every point Magenta made, I will admit that there is a need that each and every game she’s listed addresses far better than 5e(I just happen to enjoy individualized war gaming). And if management at WotC keeps dropping the ball like they have been, it’s not gonna take much for people to jump ship and find a new means of living out their fantasies.

The original D&D was created by Gary Gygax and Dave Arenson, basically homebrewing a bunch of War Games they played at the time

I'm enjoying "Savage Worlds" for a more action-oriented system I can put into any setting. Bonus points where a character's personality flaws are a literal mechanic in the game, where acting greedy/overly charitable/arrogant gets you a resource to avoid death when the danger spikes.

@TheMightyDM

11 ай бұрын

Love me some Savage Worlds, it rapidly became my go-to game after trying it out. And funnily enough I have never actually played one of the official settings for it, because the game is so easy to just make your own with.

You spoke a few times about D&D combat where nothing happens because you spend your turn just whiffing on all your rolls and it sucks, which made me think of Into the Odd which is a game that I've read and would love to play at some point. Two of the interesting points of that game is that you don't have a lot of health but also you don't roll to hit. You automatically hit if you attack and conversely you are automatically hit if you are attacked so the only thing you need to roll for is damage. It makes the question of "do you get into a fight" probably the most important decision because any fight could be taxing and dangerous and those hit points you might need for when you can't avoid a fight. If you pair it with Chris McDowall's setting Electric Bastionland which is pure insanity and I love it, I imagine that you'd have a pretty good game. That's probably my next stop after my current game. Caveat, I think the second version of Into the Odd is out now and I haven't read it so perhaps everything has changed but I expect that dynamic would remain as it was a pretty central thesis in the last one.

Magenta may be the best first guest you could have chosen! And so far this is hitting a lot of my favorite games *and* discourse points. Just excellent❤

Petition for a Spiderverse detail diatribe ❤🕸 🖤

@rebeccasaper1379

11 ай бұрын

Do we need a petition? It’s Red and Blue. They’re doing a Spiderverse DD

@samlewis6487

11 ай бұрын

I'm sure they will eventually, they're probably just waiting until it's out of theaters so that it has good screenshots and yo avoid spoilers

@kymme123

11 ай бұрын

Speaking of Spiderverse, there's actually a great Powered by the Apocalypse ttrpg called Masks: A New Generation that is made from the ground up for teenage superhero adventures!

I think this is my favorite detail diatribe so far! Magenta is delightful and I hope we hear more from her!

Hello Magenta!Thank you for coming on the channel and giving me much to consiter about game design for the RPG I'm working on with my friends.

TEN CANDLES! Absolutely everyone should at least look up Ten Candles, it is such a delightful, atmosphere-centric little game! It’s a oneshot focused system designed for tragic horror (though the rule book gives examples of other scenarios you can run with it.) Each story consists of 10 scenes, and when you’re ready to begin you light 10 candles at the center of the table and turn out the lights. At the end of each scene, the GM blows out a candle… but if a candle goes out on its own, the scene just ends whether the players completed their goal or not. It’s very collaborative story focused, with PCs literally dependent on what you decide with the people sitting next to you (traits, big secrets, etc.), with the people sitting next to the GM getting to influence/be influenced by that story’s antagonists, and the gaps between scenes bridged by going around the circle with everyone speaking “truths” of what has happened off-scene (things the characters did, things they might not even know yet, both good & bad, with players encouraged to add obstacles as well as benefits to keep things interesting.) And!!! It has possibly my favorite dice mechanic of all time!!! See, there’s a single pool of d6s for the whole table that gets split into 2: 1 for the players, 1 for the GM. Whenever players attempt something, they roll their pool, and they only need to roll one 6 to succeed. *However,* the GM also rolls *their* pool, with narrative power over how the attempt plays out going to whoever rolls *more* 6s. And the GM’s pool? Oh, that’s made up by all the 1s you’ve rolled this scene, plus one single d6 that gets transferred over permanently from the players to the GM at the end of every scene. (There are ways to get more dice, but they themselves are high-risk/high-reward.) The light slowly flickering out one candle at a time, and the palpable raising of the stakes as the players’ dice pool gets smaller & smaller… There’s nothing quite like it. And all it takes is 10 candles, a few scraps of paper, and the most common dice in the world. *Fantastic.*

@steamtasticvagabond474

11 ай бұрын

I remember the one time I played Ten Candles, I played as a Star Trek fanatic named Gary Goodman whose one goal before dying was to get his hands on a limited edition Captain Kirk action figure misprint signed by William Shatner himself. Somehow Gary was the last one standing

@Rowlesisgay

11 ай бұрын

Genuinely such a good rpg. I died first. lamely. however i was the one to initially discover them (our them existed before stuff fell apart). i didnt plan to, it just came together that way perfectly and got me one of my thingies forgot what theyre called. was awesome.