The first few minutes about your character stat design made me proud because I did the same thing when adjusting D&D for middle school students! Sounds like a fantastically intuitive system

In the land of 10 hit point men, the d12 man is king!

Could this be? The video the old ones foretold? Where all TTRPG concepts are cystalized and explained clearly? Yes...the time has come for ICRPG!

I heard about ICRPG at dungeon craft channel, bought the core book and I'm in love. Thank you.

@reluctantartsy

3 жыл бұрын

Same, just a bit late to the party.

@rathorrath401

2 жыл бұрын

You still play it?

@spacegoat2130

2 жыл бұрын

@@rathorrath401 didn't play for quite some time due to work but I can still say that ICRPG had a huge influence on how I run my games. I highly recommend this book.

Dude, I think this game is the most innovative thing I have encountered in years. I really, truly, believe that ICRPG will be mimicked for years to come. Congrats, brother. I love this game!

“You are going to be judicious as the dm” = this is your game. These rules a guideline for YOU to create a fun and flowing game. I love it

I've been trying to design an rpg like D&D for kids for a few months now. Haven't been able to trim things down to a more digestible scale for kids. Then I remembered this video and how you structured ICRPG. "Losing resolution" was EXACTLY what I have been chasing. I'm going to marry some of these concepts into what I already have. See if they jive well. Thank you for having such an efficient mind Hank. You made combat more fun for me to run as a DM (I hate combat.) With all your D&D content from your Drunken days I've been able to enjoy D&D more from both sides of the table. And now to be able to call upon an almost 3 year old memory of you uploading this to help with my unrelated rpg woes? Just a happy day is all. Cheers bud

Love these ICRPG mechanics vids man

Hankerin I own ICRPG1 and 2 and have played your Viking Death Squad with my group and had Black Sabbath blasting in the background the whole time. It is still the most epic game we have ever played. Well done, sir!

This video did it. Broke down and bought ICRPG on Amazon... My wife won't be happy with me in the morning. BUT I'LL D12 THAT TRICK WITH BREAKFAST!

I've started making my own RPG system, and was pointed to ICRPG for research. And, while I won't be using your same mechanics, you're spitting straight facts in this video.

Professor Dungeon Master mentioned ICRPG, so I checked out your vid. I’m sold! Just bought the book, subscribed, and commented. I’m looking for DIY, I think I found it!

I look back on all the vids where you wonder if you have made a unique impact upon the rpg community. Bro, you gotta see! You gotta hear about what you have done. Not only the newcomers looking for a system that speaks to them in a way they can understand and explain to their buddies. Not only people that have been playing and appreciate something new. But also everyone in between, you have enrichened so many tables all around the world! The WORLD bro! You rock hank! Keep up the great job!

Love your dying mechanic. Not as brutal as straight up death at zero HP, but definitely creates some nail biter situations that involve teamwork. Just ordered the book!

Just got the core book . *FANTASTIC* layout of the concepts and mechanics!! Very easy to wrap your head around, but with a great deal of depth.The way the game handles loot/spells looks like it'll be a blast. Excellent system!

It's always an honor to listen to you, Hankerin!! You, in my opinion, are a true pioneer to the hobby of tabletop gaming. What a brilliant mind. I just bought ICRGP 2E. It's a masterpiece. Even if you don't want to play the system, you should get it simply for the core concepts and ideas to up your tabletop game. I raise my drinking horn to you, mate. Cheers!

Just got my copy of ICRPG CORE... I friggin love this! Seriously. There are so many cool ideas. Really allows you to play how you see fit and incorporate your own mechanics and items. Like, I'm reading and, like 5 times so far, I've just had to stop reading and be like "Dear God, that's so cool. I love this."

@quickattackfilms7923

6 жыл бұрын

Like the Common Sheild gives you an armor boost (standard stuff), but you can also sacrifice the shield to absorb half of the damage of one attack against you... That's so friggin cool. Like it's a super simple effect but it puts a cool story image in your head. "A knight on his last leg interposes his trusty shield between himself and a troll. The troll slams down on it with his club, shattering it into pieces."

Dude, I have reading your game books and start watching your videos and there you are wearing a hoodie from my favorite brewery. Cool!

I love the hearts system for combat and skills. It makes combat smoother and adds more depth to skill checks.

I dont know how this game never got on my radar, but I just ordered my copy from Amazon. I'm digging your design philosophy and the d12 love. Dodecahedrons for life!

Watching this a second time. I loved Fluid Fundamentals, and this really refines the concepts from that video.

Bought the book. Read it. Just played a game of Warp Shell with my two teenage boys. Loved it !! I haven't had this much fun DMing ever, and I know they haven't had this much fun in a game with me. Great work. Thank you !

this system is super fun, just played my first game and had a ton of fun

There are so many great ideas and concepts in ICRPG. Even if you don't run the system, lots of great ideas to crib and use in other games. I love the timers and the death mechanic. I would totally use that instead of the endless death mini-game in 5th edition, or other systems as well. I plan to use it in my Castles and Crusades game. It adds tension and pressure and urgency to save a fallen comrade. Love it to death ( sic) !

Been rocking ICRPG at the table for over a year now, still love hearing you talk about the game, dude. Brilliant. Thanks, HF. 👍

I just bought your book. It's beautifully made and very useful, great ideas! I can recommend it very much! Greetings from Germany!

The ICRPG core book is awesome. Besides the excellent core mechanics you get. 1. Alfheim- Fantasy setting 2. Warp Core- Sci-fi setting 3. Monsters 4. Treasure 5. 6 Adventures including new mechanics for insanity ( cosmic horror) and chunk for vehicle, Mecha, and starship combat. All streamlined to be easy to play. You really get your money's worth in this.

Love the intuitive nature of how you do things! I've always felt this way about derived stats too

I have been binge watching your channel for the past month and have finally decided to buy ICRPG. Got the hardcover + PDF on Drivethrurpg. My group likes the gist of DnD but would appreciate a more rules-lite approach, which seems like the perfect fit for ICRPG. Cheers!

I can't thank your channel enough if helped me so much in finding my way as a Dungeon Master. Most of your systems of running the game are at the heart of my campaign

I always wondered about ability scores. Aside from old 2.5 - 3.5 ed I hardly ever saw ability scores used at all, just the modifiers. Good job getting rid of that unnecessary math.

( 21:06 ) I came up with a similar dying mechanic a while ago that I use in my games. It works like this: 1. I use 2d4 instead of a d6 2. I roll the dice behind the GM screen and don't tell the players what I rolled 3. I don't tell the players if/when the characters died, they have to go to the body in game to see for themselves whether or not they can save their friend or if it's too late (doesn't cost an action to see, they just have to be next to the body) 4. Everytime a character gets up from from dying they aquire 1 wound 5. When I roll the 2d4 I take the amount of wounds a character has from what I rolled. This means that if a character has fallen twice, they enter a "danger zone" when I could roll a number equal to or less than the amount of wounds they already have and if that happens then the character dies immediately, no saves 6. If a character dies immediately on the 2d4 then as the GM I can choose how the character dies, be it quietly so the players still have to check on the body to see that they are already too late or make it more dramatic like the charcter is strait beheaded by the enemy, so long as it makes sence in the moment 7. A days bed rest will cure 1 wound As you can imagine, this makes death fairly rare but very intence at the table when it does happen. It makes for some great memories though

Well I'm sold. Been hearing about this for a while now so I'll try it. Thanks, this is really clever.

Thanks for introducing your game...can't wait for more ! Just ordered your book on Amazon

Incredible. Thank you for the info and I look forward to reading your book.

This is really cool - I'm impressed!

I really like Effort. In the past I just had a way to decrease DC, but that meant I had to make up multiple "success states" that were acceptable DC ranges to make progress.

I love this game. Got into it while rehabbing after a knee replacement. Well done man!

I'm a recent convert to ICRPG. A friend gifted me the hardcover Master Edition, and I think it is a contender for the Best Game Book I Have Ever Owned. Beautiful cover, sturdy construction, small enough to fit in the hand, and top tier content (Ruleset and art!). Well done, Runehammer, this is a masterpiece.

Beautiful!!! I do the stat thing too! I’ve reworked a lot of DND to do exactly what you are aiming for. Adding and subtracting smaller numbers. I submit this for you and your community to consider. I don’t like the many many hits it takes to knock down a 5e enemy, and none of those hits have consequences until the last one. I propose that each heart you lose comes with a severe handy cap. This means that you can’t yawn through the first ten rounds of combat, because you have so many HP’s that the enemy can’t drop you in ten rounds. I would like to see the tension and terror as players find their characters beaten to the point they can hardly defend themselves. It would also be great if a goblin surrendered because you broke his arm, instead of fighting to the death every time.

Awesome! He rolled a d20 to see awseomeness of this video! Had some Wifi-problems with my router yesterday, I suspected the router to be old and obsolete... Made a d20 perception.check to see what's wrong with it... Rolled a 17! haha - it IS most likely old and obsolete.... Now I am getting a new one!! Great video btw!

Late to the party, just found out about Hankerin and ICRPG this week - but I've already picked up my 2e Core, Worlds, and Ghost Mountain cards. I'm gearing up big time for a crazy weird west summer game. Love.

I just came back to RPGs in the past few months, and I’ve been looking at a variety of games for things to stea-er, adapt, into my own homebrew design. I know I’m late to the party, but there is some really interesting innovation here. Even the rules I don’t think I’d use are pretty cool. I love the cohesion in the design.

I wish I had found this years ago... Your system is fantastic, and I'm looking forward to playing it!

The mechanics in this seem interesting. I am going to have to pick up a copy of this when i get some extra cash! Great video!

The game seems definitely simple. I like this video and your presentation a lot! Gives me inspiration for how to present my own game system. Thank you!

The best part of this system is that if your group is hesitant to bother learning a new system, most of the best parts of icrpg can be tacked onto dnd without the player having to learn anything

Gemme more! Gemme More! Keep um coming Hank! Getting me pumped for my book.

I just ordered ICRPG, still waiting for it to arrive. And now I'm even more excited.

Good video. I will be "borrowing" the Dying rules for my 5e game. Been using the room DC since the first room design video I watched last year.

Wow! I love the damage system as well. Dude, I need to head to Amazon. 😎

Awesome, thank you again for the work you have done. I threw my chips in after 2e was rock solid and DM Scotty did a book review. Back to sitting next to the mail box, I think I am making the mailman uncomfortable. Also after historically converting monsters to shake up my players who know the whole monster manual I now realize you already figured out a better way, and that is why I started watching your videos in the first place.

Awsome work dude this system is badass

My copy of ICRPG arrived today! I love it! What?! Not only do you get a fantasy setting and a sci-fi setting. You also get a Lovecraftian adventure. It's Insane! 😱😵

Hankerin', great fucking video man. I remember when you used to be bouncing off the walls in your videos, it's kinda strange to see a more mature version (I didn't know dwarves aged so quickly). But this is the juice man, these kinds of videos are why I've stayed subbed. What you're saying about using natural language is really great, a bit of a call back to your first or second DW videos. Also, I didn't know your room DC was for everything, including attack rolls (I thought it was just ability checks), that shit's crazy. Gracias por la oportunidad de ganar. Strength and honor (don't know if beer is still in the mix for you, I mean, it is for me). Stay up, brother.

ICRPG Principles: 01:21 - No Derivative Stats 03:23 - Target Numbers 06:03 - Hard and Easy 09:11 - Hearts (❤️ = 10 Hit Points) 12:45 - Effort (Progress on a challenge) 16:06 - Effort Dice - d4 - Basic Effort - d6 - Weapons - d8 - Magic - d12 - Ultimate 21:09 - Dying 24:41 - Hank Pulls It All Together (Resolution : Deadliness : Volatility)

Love it. This convinced me to finally pick up a copy. Well done, sir!

Okay, I think I’m sold. It’s going on the list of future purchases!

I definitely need to get this game. I like how you think Hankerin. 😎

@theDMsCraft

6 жыл бұрын

Get it

@terrybeal2252

6 жыл бұрын

I ordered it yesterday. I have to wait a few days. I'm stoked! 😎

What a cool channel, man, subscribed at once!

Really nice stuff! I'm glad it was just your website flashing me at 8:39 rather than the standard Tyler Durden fare.

@Runehammer1

6 жыл бұрын

what the..how did that get in there lol

@heyitsMattyP

6 жыл бұрын

Hey, this is kind of a lame thing to say, but your video style and content really resonates with me. I'm trying to get my own RPG projects off the ground, and I've mimicked some of your video principles - focus on humour, showcasing my own work, up-to-par production - so I'd really appreciate any support you could offer. Do you have any advice for someone wading into the deep end of online RPG design?

@Runehammer1

6 жыл бұрын

'online rpg design' like software dev game design or pen n paper? Either way the key is to get a regular habit of making, finishing, and putting in front of players. It's the symbiosis at the heart of all great game creation

@heyitsMattyP

6 жыл бұрын

It's all D&D stuff on DriveThruRPG, but having an online presence is super weird. Thanks for your advice!

Sold! Great video. Pretty much what I've been looking for!! To Amazoooooon!!!!

My book arrives tomorrow!

I love the high mortality rate in this rule system/game. I like the challenge as a player. Hoping this will be played at ATCON.

amazing work!

I'm intrigued. I'll buy it. I'll run it. I hate hearts. Don't want to think of video games at the table. Skulls sounds better. A 1 skull monster. A 5 skull boss. A 5 skull lock. That's the Beaty of DIY.

Great vid Sir!

Fine, I'll buy your game system :P The thought and experience that went into this system is impressive, plus you seem like a cool dude lol

So basically, easy is a +3 bonus to your roll, hard is a -3 penalty

The hearts system pushed me over the edge. Just bought the pdf.

great..you nailed it

I use the HEARTS idea in Pathfinder 1E & added MegaHearts (equals 100 hp) to make higher level token tracking easier. In Pathfinder 1E the megas show up around level 5. Its also convenient to track hearts with a deck of cards, faces are megas.

I love this video.

Great video!

I'm just getting started with this vid and seeing that you mention "target" numbers for rolls. Are you then familiar with The Window system? It's foundation is the TN (target number) principle. Curious. I have been using the window system since it came out and enjoy it very much but it is missing a couple things which it's very possible you might have a solution for. Back to the video now to learn more. Cheers man. Great work on this system and love the art.

Wow such an amazing system! I wish I could afford it, but 16 dollars is like 65 brazilian money... (and an undergrad must live with 400/month). I hope the fastplay pdf + this youtube channel can teach me well enough to play some one shots in my table! Keep the good work guys!

@Runehammer1

5 жыл бұрын

email me

7:09 I would go with "easier" or "harder," rather than "easy" or "hard," since it's a relative effect, not an absolute one.

8'39'' hidden message crazyness! XD

@markjohnson5087

6 жыл бұрын

Manu HipsteRPG subliminal messaging at its best.

@rolanejo8512

5 жыл бұрын

Vieja Escuela Index Card RPG ya!

Really love these core mechanics! For me, the hearts have to be discarded along with the other derivative stats. If you mean 20hp then just say 20hp.

Hacked your dying dice to be a d6, but highest result is a 3. So you roll a 4, it’s a 3, etc. Weights to 3 turns, but no more.

This was helpful.

I'm gonna have to work up a full stat block for KoBane.

ICRPG is the only way I play D&D. I modified somethings but the core mechanics is how D&D is played at my table. This is the way!

Whoooooweeeee that’s some good thinkin’ juice!

In D&D there is no doubling of damage unless you use maximize spell. When you crit with a weapon or ranged spell you don't double the damage; you're supposed to roll the damage die again. It's always been this way even though most people just doubled.

I miss how i can't use my d12 basically ever (unless i'm a Barbarian or a character with a greataxe). I want to roll it the whole time - and now i can! I tip my hat to thee! "Captain! My Captain!"

Hey Hankerin! Big fan! I was wondering if you plan on doing a video on how Items and Milestones work in ICRPG. Though the mechanics talked about here make great strides in simplifying and making the moment to moment gameplay much more fun and satisfying, I believe the biggest difference between something like 5th edition is how progression works. To me, I view it like the sword vs. the hand that wields it. ICRPG progression is about the sword, D&D is about the hand. The absence of Skills also kind of reflects that I think. I'd love to get your thoughts and get into your headspace when it comes to why you decided to handle it that way. Also, just wanted to say that the fluidity of this system and the ease of hacking it has inspired me to work on a ruleset to run a West Marches style game using ICRPG! Thank you!

@Runehammer1

6 жыл бұрын

yep..progression is coming up NEXT!

Nice!

Was that a Cheech and Chong “reference” at the beginning of the video? 😊

I’m late to the game, as it were, but I just ordered the paperback book in 2023

Genius!

Hi Hank, a few things we did to add just a little more detail were to add the distance very Far which denotes double far I guess, and the concept of very easy (-6 from target) and very hard (+6 to target). Overall the game is very flexible and lends itself quite nicely to house modding. One thing i started to do in order to keep track of all the mod rules we add in certain situations, is to use what Mythic does for its questions format. Basically i have cards with the mod rules on them So for example, one of my players has that one item that allows multiple ranged attacks if the roll is > 13, so they have to keep track of all the arrows they shoot. Sometimes they pop off as much as 10 in a row. After the battle is done, I have them make an INT check, if they succeed, then I have them roll a dice (the size of the number of arrows to recover) and that indicates the number of arrows they recover. If they fail their INT check then no luck. Another cool thing I like to do is vary the target while in the same room to indicate an area of particular difficulty, for example when traversing a section of the room thats underwater, etc

@MikeonMinecraft

6 жыл бұрын

boltimuss gm

@PeterKoperdan

6 жыл бұрын

Why would you need an INT check to recover arrows? Seems more about perception and luck..

@boltimuss

6 жыл бұрын

Peter Koperdan I could see perception as well. I used INT, because it would take skill in my opinion to remove an arrow embedded in a dead carcass without breaking it

@PeterKoperdan

6 жыл бұрын

Skill yes, but not INT. Even a person of low intellect could learn it with practice. It's not brain surgery after all. I can totally imagine a 'dumb' barbarian being super skilled at it. Then luck would determine whether an arrow is retrievable at all (without a demanding operation). If arrow is really stuck, bad luck, you can't retrieve it. Because even if a brain surgeon could take it out, what brain surgeon would really waste time on that? If you wanted to be super pedantic, you could roll perception or other search skill to determine how many arrows the character finds. Then you could roll luck to see how many of those arrows are retrievable. Then you could roll a skill (or INT) check for each arrow to see which arrows are retrieved. But why bother with such complexity? One clever roll should suffice. D&D is not a computer game. The whole point of ICRPG is to streamline gameplay. There are plenty of other complicated systems available. That said, you are free to do as you wish.. One tip about the arrows, The Black Hack has a great mechanic - Usage die. "Any item listed in the equipment section that has a Usage die is considered a consumable, limited item. When that item is used the next Minute (turn) its Usage die is rolled. If the roll is 1-2 then the usage die is downgraded to the next lower die in the following chain: d20 > d12 > d10 > d8 > d6 > d4 When you roll a 1-2 on a d4 the item is expended and the character has no more of it left."

@boltimuss

6 жыл бұрын

Peter Koperdan I actually like the usage die idea. Clean, and easy mechanic. Thanks!

Having 01 HP instead of a heart seems obvious, but I never thought to use it in my games. Thank you for that tip. Had a character die being dragged underwater and pulled away by a [Carrion Crab]. Timer was 1 for drowning, and death roll was 1. Here's a picture one of my players drew: i.imgur.com/2T21wjh.png

One thing with effort, can you mix effort (I am sure you can)? So jumping a 2 heart chasm, I apply intelligence effort and strength effort. Find the best way to jump across and then physically do it.

@Runehammer1

6 жыл бұрын

TheDMGinfo effort is only fun a few times per session... good ol checks are still king for most things

@TheDMGinfo

6 жыл бұрын

Runehammer I wouldn't do it more than a few times, just wondering if mixing the use of different stats to "wear down the hearts" was an acceptable practice

@Runehammer1

6 жыл бұрын

everything is acceptable if it fits the fun/pace/moment!

@TheDMGinfo

6 жыл бұрын

Runehammer you forgot /fear/terror....

@taragnor

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah generally effort is best left for situations that can be partially done. Jumping across a cliff for instance is simply a pass/fail usually. But you can handle things like picking a lock, bashing down a door, hacking a computer system, or similar things with effort. The idea though is generally there should be something else happening in the scene alongside the checks. Monsters coming up as the PCs desperately try to open a locked or stuck door is the most obvious scenario here, but you can find a lot of other similar situations here in other scenarios like trying to fix your hyperdrive before the enemy capital ship gets into range while fending off enemy fighters.

You sir, have hacked your way to infamy...kudos to you, keep fighting the good fight!

Could you do a video on how you would make certain monsters, like a Vampire and/or Werewolf?

Yes, death should be a real possibility. This system rocks! 😎😎😎😎😎

I've been playing D&D since "Holmes" Basic D&D (1979) into AD&D through 5e. I did purchase a copy of ICRPG but it just seems more like board game mechanics rather than the mechanics I grew up playing. But to each their own and more power to you.

@Runehammer1

2 ай бұрын

okie dokie

I need to get the hang on dificulty, i get from my players diferent feedback from session to session, sometimes they say it was too easy, sometimes it was too hard

My core book arrived back on Sunday, ended up buying the Worlds PDF the next day. Excited to run Ghost Mountain, but I have a question. I have not found anything about a cover mechanic in either book (or perhaps I missed it). How do you usually run it? I was thinking if making a ranged attack, it just makes the target or player AC a hard attempt (then having cover diminish a bit, such as a barrel getting destroyed by a shotgun blast). Additionally, what product would I be looking for if I wanted cutouts for buildings and such?

@spaceiguana5066

6 жыл бұрын

Nevermind on the cover question, I just found it in the core book. I'm just a boob apparently.