r/ttrpgdesign

Hi! I'm developing Deadbeat, a TTRPG where you play as a musicaly powered undead soldier that uses their superhuman abilities to destroy enemies and look cool doing it. I am recording devlogs to mainly document my progress as I develop the game and hopefully other people find interesting.

That's it, I just want to make something cool and neat that I enjoy and maybe other people might enjoy it as well.

Basically let's call it a stun meter, where people can instead of doing health damage, they do stun damage and once that is gone the enemy is stunned and you can instant kill them, I'm struggling to see why anyone would do that if they can just instead do HP damage and kill, any advice?

I am thinking about magic syistem where are four main magic tyipes.

Arcane - basicly control cosmic background radiation ( magic this case )

Devine - basicly crowd founded magic with higher powers as payment companies.

Myistic - basicly bring diferent existance trought tought into reality.

Natural - use your own soul to do magic.

Each magic tyipe would have different ways of regaining magic and their own magic costumazacion.

Arcane - regain mana pasivly and costumazicions are individual skill trees for diferent spells.

Devine - regain on short rests and no costumizacion becose gods dont need your personal expresion. ( for newcommers )

Myistic - regain by doing stuff (becouse you think whale doing most things), costumizacion, spells mostly from ground up similar to "Minecrafts Ars Noevu"

Natural - regain when regaining vitality, skill tree to how you can alter already existing spells when casting.

I would like someone to collaborate with, someone that’s is more of a writer and have a creative flair, I need some one to help me flesh out my concept into a full 10 pg pitch, I have a good idea and I want some help with it I just don’t have any experience writing so I wanted some one to collaborate with, anyone interested please comment or message me and I’ll give you a short run down of the idea or ask for a sample paragraph on what you think would be cool lore based on the world I’ll tell you about and we can go from there

Hey all,

I’ve just finished putting together the first proper playtest document for my TTRPG, Stones, Scrolls, Swords & Sorcery, and I’d genuinely love some feedback from people who enjoy weird systems, fantasy games, or RPG design in general.

All resources can be found here: https://github.com/badgerette/SSSS.git

The core idea was:
“How do you make a fantasy TTRPG without dice?”

The system uses a modified Rock–Paper–Scissors mechanic for resolving actions instead of dice rolls. Throws build into Best of 1 / 3 / 5 contests depending on character skill and attributes, with draws increasing the intensity of the final outcome. The goal was to create something fast, tense, social, and surprisingly dramatic at the table.

Magic is handled through a freeform Words of Power system where players combine words like Smoke, Bind, Leap, Bone, etc. to create spells on the fly. There are no fixed spell lists, the fiction and intent come first.

The game is heavily inspired by things like Blades in the Dark, Stars Without Number, Quest, Tiny Dungeon, and more narrative-first systems, but with a much lighter and more improvisational feel.

The current document includes:

• Core rules
• Character creation
• Archetypes & pathways
• Freeform sorcery
• Origins/backgrounds
• Harm, travel, coin, and progression systems
• A custom Roll20 sheet

This is absolutely still a playtest document, so I’m mainly looking for:

• First impressions
• Rules clarity
• Things that feel confusing or awkward
• Whether the core mechanic actually sounds fun
• General vibes honestly

Would massively appreciate anyone willing to take a look.

Cheers!

I want to show exactly what Fable Forger does because "interactive character sheet" doesn't really capture it.

**For players:**
- Drag stat blocks anywhere on the page - build the layout that matches how your brain works
- Change your STR score, modifier updates immediately
- Spell tracking by level, not just a slot counter
- Inventory with equipment details and familiar stats in the same view
- Everything on one page. No tabs, no scrolling between screens

**For DMs:**
- NPC editor with header fields you define
- Enemy templates: type, race, challenge rating, XP value, level range
- Combat tracker: active sessions, round counter, live combatants list
- DM notes by type - plot, lore, reminder, secret - with sharing controls
- Session logs: summary, key events, MVP, loot awarded
- Library entries for homebrew content, tagged and searchable

**For the whole table:**
- Group spaces with optional passwords
- Public or private groups
- Level-up rules you define - stat increases per level, applied to characters, NPCs, or both

No login. No paywall on any of that. Browser-based.

I built this because I wanted one place that handled the whole session - not three apps and a PDF.

If your table is still juggling tools, worth a look. What would make you switch from your current setup?

Hi everyone and thank you for reading!

I lost some documents when switching to Windows11 and, among others, TTRPG pictures that I had stored (and hoarded...) as MJ. Some of them are stored in my Roll20 Uploaded assets library. I'd love to download them back to my PC, but I could only find instructions for the handouts. I couldn't find instructions for the map/scene layers.

Does anyone have any ideas on how to do it? Thank you so much!

(Sorry for my language; English isn't my mother tongue)