Basically the title wethere it uses custom hit-locations like in mythras or critical charts warhammer fantasy style I would love to see them
there are several layers when someone asks for more alive bannerlord here's what i mean by it:
.I like to play as an advanturer in bannerlord for the most part so naturally I want more activities for small folk like ck3's road to power (which is also barebones) wether its being a solider or a merchant etc
.I like to see the political andscape change radically. in the base game cities change hands all the time but the overall world stays the same i want to see the ai to be more aggressive and strategic so there can be great conquerors who without player input take away huge swaps of land from other factions etc like how Mongolian empire in ck3 always conquers half the world but less focused on just one faction
.I like dynamic economy with suply and demand something a tad more complex from Sid Meier's Pirates so if the possibility of playing a merchant exists I can feel the consequences of war
.also I like to see if a faction happened to conquer half the world they'll be more unstable with possibility for civil war but also maybe possibility for subdued people to form new factions (late western Roman style)
.also some usual suspects like better diplomacy and one specefic mod i forgot that made npcs more human like with memory without using ai like AI influence mod.
sorry if it became a mouthful
hello again everyone some three days ago I asked this sub if blood of dawnwalker has good enough roleplaying opportunities and the majority of responses were positive however from a technical point of view it was not yet ready for my barley above average PC even at the lowest settings to run . so I had it sitting in my backlog until it gets patched naturally but even then it sparked my itch for that nice blend of action combat combined with choice and consequences and roleplaying and reactivity and all that jazz that are super common in the old scool crpgs but are exclusive to former crpg devs like good ole bioware (old in a literal sense in this case) and obsidian in the arpg scene.
now I've played the heavy hitters from these two studios (obsidian and bioware) and I was looking for more so I went looking for them and found these but im unsure if they fit:
witcher 1 : I really dont think roleplaying in witcher 2 and 3 fit the crpg or biowarean structure of defining your personality but I've heard some people say that this particular title actually has the best roleplaying in the series (a series otherwise famous for choice and consequences part of rpgs not the roleplaying part) but im not so sure as it doesn't seem to be a rather popular talking point regarding this game (well this game is not that popular tbf)
game of thrones : not to be confused by the telltale one I've read that people praise the writing and story but are rather unclear about how it handles choice and consequences (it handles dialogue roleplaying as post mass effect 2 bioware ) two protagonist seems to be an interesting choice not sure how it affects roleplaying
spiders studios whole catalog of games : which include games like two greedfalls and bound by flame supposely the former (as they went under) masters of creating 7/10 rpg games which always receive lukewarm reception from players im especially interested in bound by flame but reviews aren't clear and rather to talk about the jank and wierd combat.
as mentioned in the title im open to games I haven't looked into
is it just about making tough decisions like Witcher 3 or does it allow for bioware Esque style roleplaying via dialogue ? e.g what type of character you can be .
Edit: aside from the fact that your character has a pre written backstory of course
also some other question does it include a lot of political intrigue? I've seen some reviews mention it but never in depth or in a elaborated manner
im trying to pinpoint what type of game is it before investing my time and money thank you
im already aware of '....without number' games by Kevin Crawford and also foundations which is tailor made for solo but i was wondering are there more such tools that are soloable and dont require collaboration?(as in microscope)
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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