Praise and a humble suggestion

DaosusLeghki · 05-21-2020, 07:22 PM

I want to first praise SJG for making DF RPG. It has been a fantastic way for me to finally get into GURPS after owning the Basic Set for almost 10 years. Here are some things I found especially useful:

Pruning the skill list makes character creation less daunting
The well laid out templates are easy to read
Advice on specifically how to run a dungeon adventure and how to resolve things that happen specifically in dungeons
The custom powers created for each Profession illustrate how to use the Powers system better than anything I've seen, including the book Powers

And now the suggestion: I bought Pyramid 3/104 to play the solo adventure. Now that I have, I can't help but think that this is something that would do more good to SJG as a free introduction to DFRPG (and GURPS). It's so easy to play through that it helps dispel a lot of the myth about extreme complexity. Obviously, SJG is the one who has the most information (and the right) to make this decision, but I thought I should at least draw attention to it.

Anders · 05-22-2020, 03:53 AM

That's a very good idea. I concur.

Imbicatus · 05-22-2020, 08:57 AM

While I agree it would be great to have more official solo adventures, There are several free adventures including a solo adventure at https://1shotadventures.com/adventure-index/.

Black Leviathan · 05-29-2020, 12:56 PM

As a helpful suggestion:

You can build templates for any game you'd like to run. I've been doing it a lot lately for games and find that with some practice it's easy to create character types that everyone at your table likes that lend a lot flavor to your games while keeping choice paralysis and long character generation to a minimum.

DouglasCole · 05-29-2020, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Anders

That's a very good idea. I concur.

Hmmm . . .

LokRobster · 05-31-2020, 09:30 PM

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Originally Posted by DouglasCole

Hmmm . . .

Doooooo it!

InexplicableVic · 05-31-2020, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by LokRobster

Doooooo it!

+1

Actually, +1,000,000

~~namada~~ · 05-31-2020, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by DouglasCole

Hmmm . . .

Blind Mapmaker · 06-01-2020, 05:49 AM

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Originally Posted by DouglasCole

Hmmm . . .

You know you want to! As an extra incentive think about how many people will shell out money on kickstarter to have their character included a the sample character.

Anders · 06-01-2020, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Black Leviathan

As a helpful suggestion:

You can build templates for any game you'd like to run. I've been doing it a lot lately for games and find that with some practice it's easy to create character types that everyone at your table likes that lend a lot flavor to your games while keeping choice paralysis and long character generation to a minimum.

There are even supplements out to help you - there are two Template Toolkits.

05-21-2020, 07:22 PM	#1
DaosusLeghki Join Date: Jul 2010	Praise and a humble suggestion I want to first praise SJG for making DF RPG. It has been a fantastic way for me to finally get into GURPS after owning the Basic Set for almost 10 years. Here are some things I found especially useful: Pruning the skill list makes character creation less daunting The well laid out templates are easy to read Advice on specifically how to run a dungeon adventure and how to resolve things that happen specifically in dungeons The custom powers created for each Profession illustrate how to use the Powers system better than anything I've seen, including the book Powers And now the suggestion: I bought Pyramid 3/104 to play the solo adventure. Now that I have, I can't help but think that this is something that would do more good to SJG as a free introduction to DFRPG (and GURPS). It's so easy to play through that it helps dispel a lot of the myth about extreme complexity. Obviously, SJG is the one who has the most information (and the right) to make this decision, but I thought I should at least draw attention to it.

05-22-2020, 03:53 AM	#2
Anders Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gothenburg, Sweden	Re: Praise and a humble suggestion That's a very good idea. I concur. __________________ “When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...” Marcus Aurelius Author of Winged Folk. The GURPS Discord. Drop by and say hi!

05-22-2020, 08:57 AM	#3
Imbicatus Join Date: Sep 2016	Re: Praise and a humble suggestion While I agree it would be great to have more official solo adventures, There are several free adventures including a solo adventure at https://1shotadventures.com/adventure-index/.

05-29-2020, 12:56 PM	#4
Black Leviathan Join Date: Sep 2018	Re: Praise and a humble suggestion As a helpful suggestion: You can build templates for any game you'd like to run. I've been doing it a lot lately for games and find that with some practice it's easy to create character types that everyone at your table likes that lend a lot flavor to your games while keeping choice paralysis and long character generation to a minimum.