INSANE RPG Items That Will Change Your Game Forever

[@DeiselsFaded]

babe wake up, there's a new utopia ttrpg video

[@oridont]

This is unironically the best thing I've heard ever

[@formalJester]

Boxing Glove of Infinite Despair 1d4 damage Instant depression (Blindness+Confusion)

[@oridont]

The official name for Blindness and Deafness condition will be depression

[@viktormadzov5286]

​@@oridont Daaaam, that would be so devestating😂.

[@0United-States_of-America0]

Setting up a PREY 2017 "dnd campaign" and realizing my homebrew is straight up just utopia

[@oridont]

Well don't we have the perfect system to move to then 👀 (definitely unbiased)

[@KazLordOfLightWarriors]

Autonomous shield that floats around you to block damage. Possibly with a soul.

[@oridont]

@@KazLordOfLightWarriors Absolutely beautiful, yes please

[@magnushinge2358]

All praise the glorious Ori May we all beg for his mercy, so we don't get big bonked

[@oridont]

I need a mighty stick to wave threateningly over the commonfolk (I have 6 DHP don't tell the commonfolk)

[@iyloMC]

This is awesome! I'd be really interested in seeing the 5e-compatible version of this crafting system that existed before you started work on your own RPG

[@oridont]

Oh goodness it has to buried somewhere for sure Thank you for the kindness!! 😁

[@riccardocampana1489]

Cant wait to try this system with my players, I donated to the kickstarter as soon as I saw the first video. I can already tell Utopia is gonna be huge and im so curious of whats gonna come out over the years

[@oridont]

@@riccardocampana1489 That's so cool to hear! I'm glad to have you on the journey, I do very much promise there's a lot on the horizon!

[@Noah-td1tj]

1 Unwieldy + 1 loading + 3 sapping - 220 rp = 180 rp. Now we have 40 rp left. With 8 range, we have another 40 meters of close range and 80 meters of far range. Then add shipwrecker so we can destroy cities.

[@oridont]

@Noah-td1tj Oh my god it's like a mortar that just levels buildings I love it so much

[@Noah-td1tj]

@@oridont Bombing the bbeg's house is easier than ever with this new weapon the big bonk bomb!

[@AzygousWolf]

These videos are great. My table meets weekly but can only run our regular campaign once a fortnight, so I'd be keen to introduce them to this system. I'd love to see a bunch more videos on this system

[@oridont]

That would be so cool!! There are many more videos to come for sure, and I hope to see you there!

[@Sand-Handitizer]

alternatively you can do this: 25 stacks of slam, 4 stacks of range, Ship wrecker, and to top it all off: Booming now you are launching shockwaves of damage. Here is the build: Mythic Slow Weapon: Slam x 25 Range x 4 Booming Ship Wrecker Inordinate Unwieldy Loaded x 5 Loading x6 Elaborate.

[@oridont]

@Sand-Handitizer i love when things have ship wrecker honestly, its my favorite

[@Sand-Handitizer]

@ my favorite is Booming, the moment i saw it, i had to try and make something cool out of it,

[@dragofight9802]

A ring artifact that will take my throwable axe back to me.

[@viktormadzov5286]

So fun observation. Looking at the talent tree's, you have the options to reduce the number of turn actions to 1 minimum provided you pay enough stamina (Terminally driven) and attack ALL creatures within range of your melee weapon (Blitzer). If you have an abundance of stamina, increasable speed, and a weapon with crazy reach and damage, you could peaty much go full Dynasty warriors and mow down a small army of monsters in a few turns😅 How optimal would such a build be, given the rules of the game? Also what's the maximum possible range we can make a melee weapon?

[@Rain.is.Falling]

Oh that's super viable, good job catching that! And with the errata, it's at 3 meters max.

[@viktormadzov5286]

@@Rain.is.Falling Oh, thanks a lot. Hmmm....3metres. I suppose that's enough to go full Sephirot on my enemies. Wait, is that a 7 meters max diameter, or 6 meters (Aka is your squar your standing on not counted in the range?)

[@oridont]

It would be 7 meters! Actually even moreso; range is calculated as the gap between you and your enemy, so technically 9 if you count your enemy's square too You can go pretty far with that 👀 It would be a LOT of stamina for sure, but tack on Conquerer (specialist talent that gives you 9 turn actions) and you have a human propeller for sure

[@viktormadzov5286]

@@oridont Thanks so much for the clarification. Anf yes, I figured it would take a crazy amount of stamina (which is why I mentioned 2-3 turns). Alternatively, you could pic the ranged version of Blitzer (Volley I think) and become a human gatling gun (or some super ninja headshiting a whole batalion with his super shuriken jutsu)

[@oridont]

@viktormadzov5286 I personally say best of both worlds, make a melee and a ranged weapons and do both

[@slugrancher]

I'm gonna craft a Cadillac Convertible so me and my party can roll around the campaign like the crew from FFXV XD

[@oridont]

@@slugrancher LMAOOO omfg please

[@hifty7779]

BOLT PISTOL MENTIONED! FOR THE EMPORER!!!

[@lasarila1629]

Cool concept. Reminds me a bit of those character creators in rogue style games like Caves of Qud. I'll look out for the retail version!

[@oridont]

Excited to hear!! I'm glad you like it :D I really love character creation and roguelikes are the best

[@DavidLarrey]

I tought that it might be funny to add a "negative rp range" to certain objects. Like, a poison potion could be malicious, a blade that shippons the wielders hp would be cursed, ... like, the "negative" contrapart of the positive ones.

[@oridont]

You can! Consumables and artifacts have a habit of that from time to time; it's harder with the errata as of recently, but it should be possible and will be even easier in the future

[@secretzombie300]

How big is the players slot count? Love the video btw, I wanted a video like this for a little bit so thanks!

[@oridont]

You have 5 * Strength slots! If you get into custom species you can definitely get more, and things like backpacks can give your more too

[@charger1369]

I'm looking forward to getting better acquainted with this game. Is there anywhere where I can watch more videos about the Utopia system? I don't have the time to dig into it right now but watching videos condense it for me is being helpful.

[@oridont]

@charger1369 Yes, absolutely! There's a Playlist and more videos on my channel, and even more coming soon :)

[@ryanbutler544]

I do think that you need to incentivize a broad damage range (ex: 1d8, 1d100) over a more narrow damage range with a higher average (ex: 2d4, 25d4). Otherwise, I feel as if you might as well remove the choice. Maybe add a flaw that reduces the rarity points if you use the largest possible die (ex: 1d8 for 8, 1d100 for 100).

[@ryanbutler544]

BTW: I just found Utopia last night, and I already think I'm in love... Normal?

[@oridont]

Very normal, not bias/lh

[@oridont]

I do have some ideas for that; one thing I was thinking about is "roll an additional die" effects That makes the difference between a d4 and a d20 /very/ large

[@ryanbutler544]

@@oridont That would work! I can't wait to dive into this system over winter break😁

[@lizzyvv447]

Here's something I came up with: using divination to cheat at games of chance. No, I don't mean by knowing things you're not meant to. I mean rigging the game by the casting of the divination spell itself, using the game of chance you have at hand as part of the spell and then asking a question you already know the answer to to force the outcome. Would that be possible? Also using alteration to do direct damage without needing to summon an element, like the reverse of healing. Or opening a locked door by simply touching the handle as you already would to open an unlocked door. Also talking of not eating moth reminds me of a dnd campaign i watched where someone ate a moth that turned out to be a polymorphed monster that bit back.

[@oridont]

Yes! I absolutely love the idea of rigged gambling; something like relying on a coin flip, but using magic to ask, "Is there gravity here?" So you know what the coin will say. There's a specialist talent called subtle spells that allows you to cast spells without any visual or verbal components Alteration direct damage is very strong, I never even thought to unlock a door with it. That's absolutely genius That moth story sounds terrifying 😳

[@lizzyvv447]

@@oridont Also I came up with an in world reason for the chat box in Pia's redemption: They are wandering souls hanging around Evee in the aether because he can hear them for some reason. Possibly indicating he should learn some necromancy related magic. That moth story is from VLDL NPC D&D, somewhere around episode 90 or so.

[@oridont]

@lizzyvv447 👀

[@lizzyvv447]

@@oridont Could Moff talk using Illusion magic?

[@oridont]

@lizzyvv447 wait.... actually

[@ckristianzafranco]

I'm also working on a ttrpg. idk what I'm thinking will happen but we should collaborate. bounce ideas off each other or just converse. Im not sure what to expect but it would be cool to at least talk about a passion together.

[@The100badLibrarians]

So I took a bit of time to look into this crafting thing. I certainly don’t understand all of it but I think the following is the best I can come up with for a Fast weapon: We initially stack 22 Slam to get to our Maximum of 220 RP and get a Max damage of 80 or 10d8. After that reduce the RP by 70 with Unwieldy (-20 RP but you need two hands to wield), Armed (-20RP but you need Ammunition) and inordinate (-30RP but it takes 27 slots). After that stack another 7 Slam to raise the used RP back to 220 and the damage to a total of maximum 108 or 58d4 damage. I used a stone as ammunition for this weapon which you just place on top of the Stick and gets destroyed after you swing. I don’t know if you can just use it like that or breaks any rules. Does that work?

[@Rain.is.Falling]

That looks right to me! The ammunition might have to be a little more specific than just any old stone, but that's a really fun idea! Maybe it has to be shaped a bit to be able to attach to the stick, making it more of a real item.

[@oridont]

That is AMAZING omg I'm so happy Yeah, that all works perfect! Generally ammunition will have to be a crafted Crude item of some type; it's not just any rock, it's a /special/ rock ;)

[@The100badLibrarians]

@ Great! Couldn’t you also make this rock more special by giving it attributes of some kind? I’m going to read into the guide some more to make the best rock possible for the ultimate weapon

[@oridont]

@The100badLibrarians Yes, you absolutely can! Im so excited to see where this rock goes

[@The100badLibrarians]

@@oridont I looked a bit more into it. Please tell me if I understood something wrong. Since the Stone counts as ammunition and therefore as an artifact, you could give the special rock some passive features (if I understood correctly active features need activation time) like Destructive witch grants the Stone d4 damage and is also stackable (I have no idea how many times you could stack them so I couldn’t figure out an exact number). With the features Sentiment, Flight and Remote you could maybe also reload by itself. With the help of expendables such as Necro dart for me SHP and DHP regeneration for 1 minute and Impact Explosive for 2d8 and 3d20 Energy damage you could also (if that is even possible) give some Special attributes to the special stone just pouring it over the stone. After that you can Imbue the Stone with Elemantal imbue for another d4 Energy,heat or Chill damage. Since it’s pretty late for me (1 am) I couldn’t figure out if I could do something with the spell system.

[@zealouslyZombified]

YES utopia crafting video :DDDD (i love this mechanic)

[@oridont]

It finally happened!!

[@Brythnoth_of_the_Void]

Is the component reduction noted in the negative features a replacement for the rarity or in addition?

[@oridont]

That's actually changed in errata, so there's no discounts in crafting, though you can get discounts through some talents Unless we're talking about different things, but component discounts should never affect rarity

[@Brythnoth_of_the_Void]

@ I was talking about how the two negative traits applied to the dagger noted -1 refinement component, but the final result still had the refinement component cost at 4; so I was asking to clarify the situation.

[@Brythnoth_of_the_Void]

*Claw-Gloves, not dagger

[@oridont]

@Brythnoth_of_the_Void AH, yes! Same rules still apply luckily

[@truechaos8329]

I feel like the two other rarities we don't know about would be something like... Ultra/Otherworldly and Ultimate/Ultima. Something large and intimidating soundikg like that.

[@oridont]

I LOVE hearing theories about these!! I'm always so interested in what people come up with The two titles have been finalized, and I have posted them /somewhere/ on the internet

[@HansMartinSchleier]

6d100? Well one of my characters who always has the best fucking dice luck would reliably do 500-600 damage... and another one who constantly fails at everything would be lucky to get more than 6 damage. Mood.

[@oridont]

PFFFFTTT Absolute mood, and I love it

[@viktormadzov5286]

Really like this sneek peak of this Stone Golem stat block. Hope you make a video explaining monster stats, and possibly how to craft own 😅. I am cureous about the power scaling in the game. Looking at the talent costs, it seams that chatacter levels can go in the tripple didgets (if not possibly beyond if you wish😅) Also I imagine that DR probably stands for Danger rating or something similar, showing the level of the monster. So, this might be a silly queetion, but what would be the DR of say... -Small animal (take your pick) -Comman pesent -Wolf -Orc -Bear (brown or grizzly if you have it) -Tiger or Lion -Dire wolf. -T-rex equivelent monster. -Comman giant of any size you have. Hopeing to get an more tangable idea of the power of the characters and monsters😅😅😅

[@oridont]

Yes! There is now a customizable creature generator in the errata in the prototype, which you can get free, but I'll still answer those questions as best as I can! DR does stand for difficulty rating, you're absolutely right! And DR should be similar, 1 to 1, with level A small animal would be around roughly a DR 5, and a civilian would likely range from 10 to 20 I think most basic animals of Medium size would vary from 10 to 30, with the exception of huge animals like rhinos and elephants. T-rex, rough napkin math, I'd say DR 60 Giants are very powerful in Utopian lore; if we were talking about a Skyrim giant, probably something along a DR 70, and Utopian giant would be in the triple digits for sure at least And Utopia characters absolutely go into the triple digits! And as expansions come out, there'll be enough diverse content to reach quadruple digits without talent overlap :D

[@hifty7779]

@@oridont I like that giants are a bit op, I mean when you are that big, you sorta need the strength just to move let alone fight, so it makes sense. Hoping for a more lore-y vid on stuff like that in the future. (saw that lore wasnt done and wasnt needed to do so take ur time, worldbuilding takes a while)

[@viktormadzov5286]

​@@oridontThanks so much for the clearification❤ Also...wooooow...I really overestimated the amount of power in a level😅. I thought I was missing something when I was going through the talents and magic rules. I keep thinking.. I need way to high a level to use this... this seams too basic a feature for such a level.... how ofter are you leveling up in this game... But no, I wasnt missing anything, its just that apparently in this universe things don't really get serious until you hit the triple digets😂😂😂😂 Honestly I'm really digging this. Levels aren't as much an arbitrary stage in your progression through a fixed level range where all the progression and monster's need to fit around like in Dnd inspired TTRPS's. They seem more like relative power levels, with Lv/Dr 10 being an above average human (or humanoid), and thing escalating from there as much as you want it (The sky is the limmit😉)

[@viktormadzov5286]

​@@hifty7779 That's very true. Unfortunately a lot of fantasy settings dont rally let giants be as big as some of us want them. Dnd giants for instance only range from 4-8 meters tall (with variants even smaller then that). It seams silly, but unfortunately a lot of TTRPG players (especially many old ones) seam somewhat resistant to high power/magic settings, prefearing to stick to the same medievalist Tolkein/Conan power scaling from ye olded days. That's why I'm really apreciate it when people like Oridont try to make high power/fantasy mechanics and settings work in a TTRPG😊

[@ThatReplyGuy]

Feel I should point out, on the crafted gloves, you shouldn't convert the 2d4 into 1d8 because 2d4 does 2 to 8 damage, while 1d8 is just 1 to 8 damage. The 2d4 has a slightly higher average. Generally, rolling more smaller dice is better because the minimum will always be the number of dice.

[@Rain.is.Falling]

It ups the average and makes it more consistent for smaller dice for sure! It often comes to personal preference if you want swingier rolls.

[@oridont]

That makes sense! I do like to sacrifice those averages sometimes for swing or for less dice af the table when I'm playing in person, but you're absolutely right to the highest damage output is in the d4s

[@hifty7779]

hmm what could the last 2 ranks be? I'm thinking the last one could be "unbounded" to reference its unlimited potential, for the one above mythical im thinking something like "hyper" or "Ultimate" though ultimate could be the final one as well.... hmm very fun indeed!

[@oridont]

😉

[@finfan7]

Every time i hear someone say something like 'what if there was a game where you could anything?' I immediately just think/say, "GURPS?"

[@oridont]

@@finfan7 Got a whole video on my channel about that!

[@princequincy5421]

Ah yes, the stick of doom. Old reliable.

[@oridont]

Broken hearts (femurs) all around

[@viktormadzov5286]

Now Im just waiting for some to figure out how to create the ultimate BFG😂 (Doom reference)

[@princequincy5421]

@@viktormadzov5286 bold of you to assume people haven't already

[@viktormadzov5286]

@@princequincy5421 Bold of you to belive that a puny MYTHICAL component is anywhere near good enough to build a true BFG. MFG maby, but not the real deal.

[@flashbang2279]

A minute into the video and I’ve got an item idea I present to you, “the stick-rock of god-killing”

[@oridont]

PERFECT

[@Sand-Handitizer]

What is the Rp cap for the two secret item rarities?

[@oridont]

👀

[@pa3ckp7]

Wait a sec 2d4 and 1d8 are not mathematically the same, their max damage might be. But with 2d4 you will roll more damage on average (and the min of 2d4 is 2 instead of 1)

[@oridont]

Yep! That's one of the reasons I mentioned the better averages with 50d4; it's up to you which you want to do. While d4s will have better averages, you're virtually never get a max hit with them as well

[@pa3ckp7]

@oridont very true it very much depends on what you are making a dps weapon or a one shot wonder. Amazing work btw

[@oridont]

@pa3ckp7 Thank you so much!! 😁

[@christophergabriel7518]

Thumbsup!

[@johngoudelock3740]

I wish I had know. Of this sooner I did back it

[@oridont]

Heyyy thank you so much!! I'm happy to have you even if it's late, I hope you enjoy

[@santiagoteruel4145]

Do we have to follow the common sense with the rules? Because if we can distribute in any fashion, we can distribute the damage in d1 dices, dealing max damage

[@oridont]

@santiagoteruel4145 The rule generally used is d4 to d100, but a GM /can/ overrule that in either direction

[@metubr]

You said Si-Fi can be run in this. Can you explain how? All your videos and even your PDF make it seem like it is really only fantasy. How will Space shpis, Sapce combat, psycic powers, ect. be handled.

[@oridont]

@@metubr Yeah! Everything I've talked about that is fantasy themed is simply flavor; you can make a plasma saber, laser pistol, firearms, and things of that nature without problem. Vehicles haven't been given mechanics yet, so they're currently up to GM fiat, but they'll be coming around in the future Psychic powers are available in Spellcraft, so there's some flavor modifications necessary to have those without having magic, but it's mechnically the same

[@metubr]

@@oridont Now that the KS is successful will you consider making a subliminal Sci-fi book with guns, ships, a more themed psionics in the future? PS: Not asking you to promise just want to know if you would be interested in it.

[@oridont]

@metubr I am definitely interested in it! I'm still figuring out exactly what direction to go, but I have lots of ideas ;)

[@carlosalejandrosotolongo5037]

Dude i tried to download the PDF of utopia twice and in the last mb It fail, do you have another link? Im very excited for trying it

[@oridont]

@@carlosalejandrosotolongo5037 Yeah! You can always request one on Discord!

[@carlosalejandrosotolongo5037]

@oridont thanks man

[@davipriotto8687]

"custom" dice allows you to make a 100d2 istead of 25d4?

[@oridont]

@davipriotto8687 Its /technically/ GM fiat, but the lowest die option is d4, and the highest is d100

[@flashbang2279]

Just finished the video and I gotta say, it’s great like always also that final tier must be our god items, and also I really REALLY need to set aside some time to read the whole rule book because the more of it I see in your videos the more it piques my interest, also I’ve tried to ask this a couple times but I don’t think you’ve seen (or I didn’t see your response and if that’s the case I apologize) but if I ordered a signed copy on the kickstarter at what point in the process do I give you my mailing address? Because I didn’t see a line for my address on the kickstarter page when I ORIginally (pun intended) pledged my 60$ for it (just kinda hoping I didn’t screw up the process lol)

[@oridont]

No you're absolutely fine! Addresses will be set up once fulfillment is set up, which should be shipments are getting prepared (a bit before)

[@flashbang2279]

@ alright thank you

[@hifty7779]

Can you upgrade a item's class to a higher class allowing you to not need to worry about needing too many materials because some are already in the weapon?

[@Rain.is.Falling]

There's no current system in place for modifying existing items, but maybe in the future!

[@oridont]

It is planned to be added in the future, for sure! There are already some ideas being thrown around

[@kodainogema8145]

This is such a cool rendition of TTRPG games! I just wish KZbin's sucky algorithm showed me this before the kickstarter ended... I barely find anything interesting to me nowadays, but it seems whenever I do I'm always late. Anyways, sorry for the rant, I'm going to try anything to get into the late kickstarter hopefully.

[@oridont]

I'm so sorry it showed you so late! I hope you're able to, and I'm really glad you like it!! It'd be really cool to see the video reach as many people as possible, especially while even late pledges are still available

[@Noah-td1tj]

I got utopia!

[@oridont]

@@Noah-td1tj YES! That's awesome to hear!!

[@Noah-td1tj]

@@oridont I am looking forward to using it! I wish there was some guidance on how to make balanced things especially custom weapon features. Wait, will custom weapon features work?

[@Noah-td1tj]

@@oridont Please don't run away with the rest of the Kickstarter money!

[@oridont]

​@Noah-td1tj You can absolutely do custom weapon features! Balance is always a tough question, and in all honesty, I think it's per table. What you want to do with it is up to what your table considers most powerful and least powerful Be upfront and honest with your GM and test things out fs

[@oridont]

​@@Noah-td1tjI absolutely won't. I'll be continuously updating Kickstarter and the socials with my progress. I'm currently adding Custom Creature modules to the manuscript, then it'll be integrating errata, and then finally I can do my first pass

[@JosiahMangelson-u4h]

For the algorithm

[@oridont]

@@JosiahMangelson-u4h For Narnia (the algorithm) I appreciate you!!

[@AsiTheTrans]

YEAAAHHHH!!!!

[@oridont]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@LEGO___MAN]

Hmm neat

[@oridont]

@@LEGO___MAN Neat

[@SageBuilder]

or you could make The Unhappy Pill

[@oridont]

Pfffffttt you true

[@jogosengracados1923]

sans armor set.

[@jogosengracados1923]

mythical spry armor set(and shield) that gives you 44d12 dodge

[@oridont]

YESSS OMG

[@aloeburn7825]

Dude i really appreciate the effort and i know i've shit on this game before but like... This is impossible for me to ever imagine playing. Imagine the guy who really does bring 50d4 to the table. Just the possibility should make you shiver. Everything i've seen of this game makes it seem like a super fun thing to make a character for but then a fucking nightmare to play. Systems like this sound awesome in the writing room but imagine the vast gap between the person who anylyze these rules for months until they come up with the best weapon possible and the person who's just here to play a game with friends. You should learn to code, i know not everything can translate but your ideas here would work so much better with a computer there keeping track of everything. Ya know when the wizard is looking through the book to remember how fireball works? Boring, right? Now imagine combat ends and that same player is now digging through every option in the book to make a custom recipe for a custom item that casts a custom spell and taking out a napkin to add up to 60 different numbers together to determine rarity, cost, damage, etc. then imagine them stopping the game at least once per session to ask to forage so they can get a liiiittle closer to making that superweapon that'll probably end the campaign. There's nothing wrong with any individual descesion you've made in designing this game, but the confluence, the combination of so many little time-wasters and table-confusers compounds into this overly complex mess. It's to the point where these videos are going to be required reading for most players. I would suggest you do a stress test, give the game as it is now to someone who has not seen your videos, ask them to dm, do not clarify any rules to them besides saying "that's in the book", and get them to run somethihg like the lost mines of phandelver. Try to get through like an actual normal adventure. Crafting systems tend to make big detours and mean the goals of the players are fundamentally misalligned with both eachother and the story at hand. Sure you could say the best way to get materials is adventuring but now any adventure matters just as much as the world-destroying main threat so a smart player is just going to begin a monster genocide to build a superweapon that can kill a god.

[@oridont]

Glad to hear from you, always! I do code actually, and I do have lots of projects and plans in the works beyond Utopia even, I appreciate that a ton! I do get where you're coming from, and I do see how complicated it can seem for sure. But Utopia's modularity is designed to pull those rules out if you'd like. They're separated in the book for the express purpose of pulling them out like Lego pieces; the balance is all the same if you never craft an item All of the core items, spells, creatures, and everything, all use the same crafting system, so they're still balanced the same, and you can run a whole campaign without ever using that system. But you can also, if you choose to, slightly modify a spell to your liking rather than crafting them all from scratch, and a GM can rule in and out to what fits the tables comfort. Hope that helps, thank you for the comment!

[@barry5]

You can do the same stuff in DnD (peasant railcannon, anyone?). The reason it's not a problem is because a. You generally don't want to be 'that guy' and b. There's a DM to say no in case someone does try to go overboard to the point of ruining the campaign. It's not a competitive game where everyone is trying their hardest to win. TTRPGs are collaborative, and if one of the players at your table is being an idiot on purpose and trying to screw over the campaign then that's on them, not the game.

[@aloeburn7825]

@@barry5 Peasant railgun is a weird quirk of how the rules are written (and also doesn't actually work), these weapon creation rules are just the normal rules of the game. if it's rude to play the game as it was designed, that's the game's fault, not the player. all ttrpgs are "fun with the right people", that's basically the nature of the medium but if a system makes it so "having fun" and "being powerful" are at odds, that's a major issue. also it's not about the power level, assuming the system is balanced, it's already a nightmare at the table. again, imagine someone trying to make one of these things at the table, especially someone not familiar with the rules, it would take up the whole session and get boring very quickly.

[@aloeburn7825]

​@@oridont i feel mean for my very aggressive style cause ur always so nice in the comments, know i don't think anything bad about you, i just get very passionate about stuff like this. i like the idea that it's modular, that's a plus, knowing this can just get removed if you have a new player at the table or a slow reader who doesn't wanna do homework, and i didnt want to make it sound like i was just assuming it would be powerful no matter what. it seems extremely easy to break if you have even one thing with a power rating that's even slightly off but sure, i can imagine a world where it never causes issues. however, i think you need to standardize damage progression. having to choose between the mathematically best choice (50d4) and the choice that won't make your table kill you is not good. i'd look at maybe having die stages, so it starts at d4, then +1 die stage takes you to d6, d8, d10, d12, 2d8, d20, etc. i don't know if the math translates, or maybe you could take from 13th age and after some point it becomes a flat modifier of the average like 50d4 becomes 115+d20, i would just really not encourage actually rolling all those dice as a possibility. and maybe have a quick item creation method? ya know like where it helps you pick your options for you, possibly via random tables. it may seem redundant since the pre-existing weapons already fill that niche but again, imagine a new player who just really wants to make a weapon-smith character, and who wants to make a few decisions but would be overwhelmed by the whole list. it's the middleground, like how cyberpunk red has streetrats (pregens, your pre-made weapons), then edgerunners (array, roll-to make, what i'm suggesting should be included), then the complete package (full bottom up design like this). sure, modifying existing things is fun but there is an emotional difference between the gun you made and the gun you modified.

[@oridont]

@aloeburn7825 I appreciate it the clarification, and passion is good, I don't mind a passionate debate 😁 I think it may come down to playstyle or semantics (though I reserve the right to be wrong), but when it comes to things like item crafting and spell crafting, in my experience of gameplay and others' playtests that I've seen, it doesn't bog down quite as much as it sounds because you generally know what you want, or you designed it during off time For instance, if you want a cool ice spell that freezes the ground and makes everybody slip in a 10 meter radius, you probably thought of that beforehand, not in the heat of battle; if you need a spell right now, generally what happens is people will take a spell like Firebolt and go "I need 10 more meters of range" and tack on 4 more stamina, and then you have your spell Items really can't be done on the fly since they take hours to make and so on. And I do see the balance with d4s, of course; the game was designed with d4s in mind, always, it's not designed assuming people will take the higher dice. The higher dice give a gamblers' edge; if you need to do 85 damage, 1d100 will admittedly have a much higher chance of doing so than 25d4, even if 25d4 will roll higher in general In my experience at the table, once somebody has played their character for a bit and invested themselves into a campaign, crafting and custom spells don't really take all that long, and it brings a lot of life to their character and experience when that item boosts their character's thematic meaning and purpose. There are definitely games where you can just have that item, and say what it does, and so on; Utopia is more in the realm of giving you mechanics for your customized items and integrating your theme into the mechanics I'm excited to hear your response. Thank you for the comments!

[@geraldundcarmenenzmann2000]

Will this game remain free to download or will we have to pay for it?

[@oridont]

@@geraldundcarmenenzmann2000 The prototype will remain free and still be playable; the finalized copy that's for pre-order will be available to buy once it's released!

[@geraldundcarmenenzmann2000]

Ok but will there be new Features in the Full Version or will it just be more cleaned up?

[@oridont]

@geraldundcarmenenzmann2000 It'll have all the same features, but it'll include some more clarifying text, no plain-text in the back (it'll be graphically updated in the final), include the official art, and things like that Ultimately, though, they'll be the same ruleset

[@jogosengracados1923]

sans boots.

[@SageBuilder]

Also, eat Moff

[@oridont]

Don't do that 😭

[@SageBuilder]

Always eat Moff

[@oridont]

@SageBuilder no don't do that

[@Rain.is.Falling]

Do not eat Moff

[@stocktonjoans]

you know G.U.R.P.S exists, right?

[@oridont]

Yep! Made a whole video about that :)