Achievements like recent video games

[resisty]

Originally Posted by Collective_Restraint

Me neighter but it could lead to funny game situation, especially to see players trying to achieve some of these achievements. I have a few others :

The nutcracker: Perform 50 successful groin hits.
Stop blocking my hits with your face: Perform 50 successful face hits.
Johnny Bravo: get physically harmed 20 times because of your Lecherousness disadvantage.
The Bob Pinciotti: Hit an opponent with a Banjo.

That's all totally going in. Unfortunately no one has Lecherousness, though :/

[zorg]

I have long toyed with the idea to start a new sci-fi game with a typical ego shooter: blue team vs red team, CTF, or what have you; with typical ego-shooter-antics (such as HEAD SHOT!) giving a free reroll.

Of course, after the carnage, it would turn out that the whole thing was some sort of game show/tournament/sporting event. That would explain the shooter tropes.

The OP would be quite handy, but a bit too extensive for my taste.

[Collective_Restraint]

Originally Posted by resisty

That's all totally going in. Unfortunately no one has Lecherousness, though :/

I even have ideas on the rewards the players could get from these achievements :

The nutcracker: Perform 50 successful groin hits. Reward: Give 1pt in TA (Brawling Kick/Groin).
Stop blocking my hits with your face: Perform 50 successful face hits. . Reward: Give 1pt in TA (Skill used for the face hits/Face).
Johnny Bravo: get physically harmed 20 times because of your Lecherousness disadvantage. Reward: Gain DR10 (against physical harm caused by Lecherousness consequences)
The Bob Pinciotti: Hit an opponent with a Banjo. Reward: Gain Signature Gear (Indestructible Banjo). Could even unlock the Banjo DX (Average) melee skill for that player. Further Bob Pinciotti achievements could enable the player to spend points on Weapon Master (Banjo).

[resisty]

Originally Posted by Collective_Restraint

I even have ideas on the rewards the players could get from these achievements :

The nutcracker: Perform 50 successful groin hits. Reward: Give 1pt in TA (Brawling Kick/Groin).
Stop blocking my hits with your face: Perform 50 successful face hits. . Reward: Give 1pt in TA (Skill used for the face hits/Face).
Johnny Bravo: get physically harmed 20 times because of your Lecherousness disadvantage. Reward: Gain DR10 (against physical harm caused by Lecherousness consequences)
The Bob Pinciotti: Hit an opponent with a Banjo. Reward: Gain Signature Gear (Indestructible Banjo). Could even unlock the Banjo DX (Average) melee skill for that player. Further Bob Pinciotti achievements could enable the player to spend points on Weapon Master (Banjo).

Those are exactly the types of rewards I was thinking of giving out. Nothing terribly awesome, but still worth going after if for nothing else but the novelty.

[NCLanceman]

Originally Posted by Collective_Restraint

The Bob Pinciotti: Hit an opponent with a Banjo. Reward: Gain Signature Gear (Indestructible Banjo). Could even unlock the Banjo DX (Average) melee skill for that player. Further Bob Pinciotti achievements could enable the player to spend points on Weapon Master (Banjo).

Bob Pinciotti? Why not El Kabong?

[tanniynim]

In the right campaign, this can be tons of fun. At first glance, I thought this would be a good tool to encourage your players to learn the system and try new things. I'm glad you're using it this way. I also like the really silly rewards that come with it.

Here's one to encourage social skills:

Coward Achievement: Successfully talk your way out of a fight 10 times. Reward: Gain +1 to move when fleeing from danger or battle.

And another battle-oriented one:

Grenadier: Successfully (without injury to yourself or your team) lob a live grenade away from yourself or your team that has been thrown at you. Reward: Gain +1 to the skill Throwing: Grenade, but only to return them

[Maz]

Originally Posted by resisty

So in order to make things more interesting and give an incentive to my PCs to try new things and be familiar with more rules, I decided to take a page from the playbook of recent video games and introduce achievements into my campaign.

Another idea you could steal from computers games (although mroe for melee than ranged) could be combos.

For instance if you sucesfully make a "Kick (torso), Kick (torso), Kick (Face)" You get a free Kick (skull) at +2 dam.

This will fit persferctly with "combination" attacks and be very suitable for DF games IMO.

Combos could be secret technique perks you have to learn by ancient masters who often require you to do certain things in order to "unluck" the combo.

[Collective_Restraint]

Originally Posted by NCLanceman

Bob Pinciotti? Why not El Kabong?

Well, I'm a big That 70's Show fan. And how can you not love Bob ?

[resisty]

Originally Posted by NCLanceman

Bob Pinciotti? Why not El Kabong?

Hm, I'll have to see which one my players recognize better...

Coward Achievement: Successfully talk your way out of a fight 10 times. Reward: Gain +1 to move when fleeing from danger or battle.

Ha, love it.

Another idea you could steal from computers games (although mroe for melee than ranged) could be combos.

If I ever do a Street Fighter campaign, this would work well.

[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.