u/DegnaLariccia

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im talking about something in vains of Dwarf fortress (legends mod)or an Interesting game I've just heard about called Ultima Ratio Regum in terms of procedural generations of : cultures nations historical events historical figures wars etc but a full fledged tool instead ? these games are good on their own right but the structure of information in them is a chore to read through.

the closest match apart from these games is azgaar's fantasy map generator but that doesn't generate history and lore to my knowledge

mainly talking about the combination of detaild combat (with hit locations) living breathing worlds (regarding factions npcs and monsters)

and possibly simulation of a procedural history.

a lot of roguelikes that excel at some but not all points:

. caves of qud is the best procedural history generation around but factions aren't that dynamic to my knowledge

. ivan is great at combat but lacks everything else

.soulash 2 so far seems to be the closest match but its way too grindy for my taste

have heard of cataclysm dark days ahead seems to be he same class as DF but I dont care for zombies

Edit :I appreciate the responses but pls read the full text

not talking about good/evil lawful/chaotic alignments but the personality traits/reputations like shady/stoic/celever/benevolent/aggressive disco elysium is also the other one that tries this approach (not that detailed as the talking skills mind you) not sure about zero paradise and esoteric ebb but im guessing they are in the same class but im not really interested in disco clones (loved the story, the combat less style not so much)

can be crpg arpg srpg trpg indie really.

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so long story short:

I intended to adapt this beloved one shot into some other system but decided on designing the advanture from ground up

it was not as easy as it seemed

now im not a very experienced GM but I just couldn't get the intertwined plots to work, i tried to make some connection between multiple plot points but at best it turned into some railroad quests scattered about the location with minimum space for player intervention . instead of a mini sandbox that the original is famous for

like I went with idea of designing character interactions based on their locations and specefic time first (e.g 6:35 p.m character A and F (not plot related) are both in the kitchen they collide (insert the reason here) (insert the consequences here)) but that took agency away from the players and turned it into a rather fun writing exercise.

so in short i look for advice on how to make this work from experienced GMs

(Edit: something i should mention is that i already posted this in r/RPGdesign and then deleted it because i felt it didnt fit that subreddit so if you have seen the contents of this post before its because its the same post but i didnt intend to overflow both subreddits hope this is all well and good )

for android I know of narrative canvas plugin for obsidian but that doesn't work on android and I mostly leave my laptop in the office i work for, so its kinda useless for me . I also know of app.mindmapmaker.org that is also very nice but useless for android.

sorry if it has been asked before but I couldn't find a specific post regarding android usage .

im talking products, blogs, or just good examples from advanture modules etc..

I also remember a very old third party product for an old edition of dnd (can't remember which possibly third edition) that supposedly aimed to teach you how to run a political intrigue campaign , but I remember it not grabbing me that much because the advanture within it was about gardening a noble's vineyard or something (sorry my memory fails me)

Anyway that's hopefully one example for what im looking for, for people with better memories that is.

those are

Beyond Kings and Princesses: Governments for Worldbuilders (Politics for Worldbuilders Book 1) by Oren Litwin

and

Worldbuilding Blueprints: Volume I by Marie M Mullany

buying those two are not an option for me because I live in iran and buying books (even if they were available which isnt the case here) in general has become a luxury many cant afford

but i suspect My....Ano...Mouse has them. the thing is that site is not accessible in my region without VPN and changing your ip address, doing these two things is also a big no no for MyAnonaMouse.

so I was wondering could someone look into My....Ano...Mouse and see if it has these two books and somehow download and send them to me?

Edit: sorry if iam breaking any rules here but I couldn't see any rules on the subreddit's page