Achievements like recent video games

[resisty]

Originally Posted by RyanW

Some based on quotes:

I know kung fu - Gain a skill through any method other than normal learning.

Some fava beans and a nice Chianti - Stretch your rations with the help of another.

Do you want a peanut? - Humiliate a foe in rhyme.

Springtime for Hitler - Have a plan that depends on failure be foiled by your success.

The fall will probably kill you - Survive an extremely high fall into water.

This is the War Room! - Get in a physical altercation with an ally.

Thanks! Ideas like that will definitely help to spread the focus of the game around to other things besides combat, which is a problem when you come from a D&D background.

[The Benj]

I'd be wary of things that rely on things that are outside the player's control (like rolling multiple criticals), but the idea is cute all the same.

A friend of mine had a somewhat similar idea for his Kerberos Club game, where the achievements were specific to individual characters and related to their personality, background and "themes".

[DukeofDellot]

Everytime I see this thread the temptation to run a Scott Pilgrim style game just gets harder to resist. Either way, assuming such a game...

Up, Up, Down, Down, Right, Left, Right, Left, B, A, Start--Obtain 20 1ups as a party.
(As long as two or more PCs are wearing no shirt, shirtless PCs gain the benifits of the Gunslinger Advantage, have unlimited ammo on any used two-handed gun, never need to reload, but die immidiately upon taking any amount damage.)

Should Have Taken that Skateboard Proficiency--Obtain an amazing weapon no one in the party has a skill to use, then discard it.
(The next time you find an amazing weapon, the GM will have looked at your character's skills ahead of time to make sure you can utilize it.)