u/BingusBoiler

Everything was active then suddenly, GM refuses to message. Honestly, the crazy thing is that I'm certain half the GMs who ghosted were alt accounts. One such was probably faking a disability too, they specified they were mute yet had previously mentioned about being busy with work calls... In addition, a player in the game had also left quite before we even realized we had been ghosted.

Another said they finished a long game yet had an account only a month old.

I get why some have to end games; children to raise, too big a game, boredom, but why can't people simply say they can't run the game anymore? Half the cases of mine ended up being before the game had even started, is this some sort of character farm for NPC ideas, what's the damn point?

I'd also like to hear your ghost stories or reasons why some of y'all have ghosted.

This system focuses on the diaspora of humanity following a near extinction event, hence heavy space travel. This is comparable with SWN, maybe WWN.

Please reason your choice if possible! I want a juicy microcosm into the choices, not a bland macrocosm.

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How many research points does it take to learn how to fabricate a reactionless thrust engine?

How many research points does it take to discover how to make super heavy cataphract armour?

How many points to learn how to clean up your Mechanoid shit?

8000 and casualties.

The Wastepack Atomizer costs 8000 research points, a hefty 400 watts, and a god damned powerfocus chip. I've never been a killbox guy, I prefer a wall of machinery that detonates your base in 3 seconds flat. It is rare for me to make another item that doesn't directly increase DPS, when a band node yields a juicy point for cheap.

Today I built the Wastepack Atomizer because the best storage room was being devoted to Wastepacks. I expected maybe 15 seconds per bag, it'd take a bit but it would work quickly.

12 hours per bag. Is this ragebait? I can't have 3 sacrificial mechs because I can't make the war queen anymore. What's the point when the cannibal pirates and pods exist???

My first account was banned for a false infraction, my second was an alt banned for being connected.

Account A claims the infraction was done in Account B (which has never been used)

Account B claims the infraction was done on account A.

Both say that I can only appeal on the infracting account, and give no option.

Here's what I've tried;

Mobile appeal: on cellular data, wifi

Browser appeal: cell data, wifi, anonymous, and multiple browsers (brave, DDG if needed)

I have a 180 day period to appeal, but I don't have the phone numbers of many friends nor other accounts, they are likely lost if I cannot get the account back

Anyone ever experienced this? If so, how'd you get the account back?

I'm quite fond of Play-by-Post but don't know of any compatible systems for my niche, so I'm in the process of making my own. For Play by Post, initiative systems like the one in D&D 5E will work, but are dependent on all people being readily available, meaning the asynchronous selling point of PbP is effectively ruined.

Systems like FATE notably are compatible, demanding no complicated boards and very simply countering systems rather a set "who goes next."

My current early build uses Time as a currency, rather than having set slots for action types, there is a "time table" with tons of slots of actions taking many different times, from slashing a dagger (low time) to teleporting (very high time). Players will not know the time tables of any other characters, and will have to devote certain times to get advantages (or some actions must be completely planned) on their attacks, or keep them open as reactions. Every time a slot is done, we move onto the next one, so on and so on.

As the players progress, they gain Leniency, which can be spent on longer actions (psycasting, ego, big flashy melee moves) to make them more efficient in combat

Right now I'm struggling to balance this system in several ways:

Keeping the currency of time low value, so I can easily change efficiency

Keep this combat system quicker, more value on the action rather than just being long (Play by Post afterall, it's a whole ordeal with combat)

Keep this simple enough, while I'm not going to market this as an easy system I also don't want to completely avert even more experienced players

I like graphs and visuals over words so I've opted for this system, a little complicated but I'm proud of my work so far.

I'll try to include a visualization tommorow, it's horribly late here. Thanks!

What's always bothered me in TTRPGs is the excessive use of random, dumb luck. I'd understand it to a degree so I use dice as the random variable in my own system, but I don't see why a score of 1 (-4 on rolls, d20) can even have a chance at getting close to the effect of an 18 (+4 to rolls).

My concept is a bit variable heavy, here's my complete list I'll take into consideration for something like shooting a gun: Accuracy (based on the item, 0-1, multiplicative), Range + Accuracy Decay (based on application, and item), Randomization (dice roll, preferably d100 for efficiency percentile), and Recoil Disturbance (more shots, you lose accuracy).

Before you criticize for the following variable probably being hellish, do note that this system is designed to be digital, Play-by-Post where between messages, you can have up to an entire day to do the math somewhere, maybe I'll commission a calculator for this if it gains more than one fuck about it. Probably not the greatest place to post on a tabletop subreddit, but you never sculpt by only adding more rock

The rest of this system follows the same order, tons of stats, mixed rolls with potential decimals, this is designed to be a complicated ultraniche that I'm currently doing the world building for, based heavily on Rimworld and Deadeye Deepfake Simulacrum (recommend both on steam heavily!!!)

Thanks!!!

Your eyes and ears are fulfilled with harmonious light and tinnitus. You don't remember what, but you pulled back your hand at the last second from deaths grip. Just lived long enough be picked up by ALABASTER, the top medical company of the remains of your nation, specializing in augmentation. As grand as the treatment was, you are now in immense debt, equating to one million C.C..

ALABASTER is quite predatory with how they make back that money. For the case of augmented you, your strength will be demanded by their mercenary forces. Welcome home, this is where your measly existence will take place for a while.

Hey everyone! First time G.M. here, you can call me Bin. I've had a little oomph to push me to run a game for a fair while, though only after consuming the best piece of sci-fi media out there (you guessed it, DDS), I now have the actual drive to kick myself out of the player cuck chair. This campaign will be centered around the corruptibility of mankind, how we glutton and indulge when we can. For now, I need to write quite a bit. You can expect maybe months before I am ready, though I'd to know if my post would end up another commentless thing posted 34 minutes ago.

I feel that DDS is too unique for a system already made. I will attempt to write my own, then run a few simulations for balance before anything is finalized.

This campaign will have no censorship. There will be high volumes of gore, fade to blacks for the other kind, though I will not hold back. This may end up a horror campaign with the antagonist I have planned.

Anyways, crappy post. I'm tired, though I want to see if my ideas should stay in my head or be spread out for you all.

Thanks! Hope to hear from ya.