Min-Maxing in a forum RPG is like sneaking rares into your draft pool during Friday Night Magic. You might win an extra game or two, but you've lost something far more important.
Min maxing will happen with any "system" even a very basic simple one used for measurement. The best you can do is mitigate that by designing the system in such a way that combines "how does this make sense for you to do" with "the system is spread out and requires you to think instead of shit play"
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There's a lot of really neat options in the game, especially the more I read up on skills.
Some level of imbalance is actually found to be healthy for a game. The best selling card games and RPGs have been those where there are some options that are considered suboptimal but encourage people to think outside the box about how to make it up to par, and others that are by-the-book just better. That's not necessarily a bad thing, because even in non-RPGs, all players want something different.
I actually really like this system and this site. Totally joining.
Post by Miyuki Wakahisa on Feb 20, 2016 18:28:40 GMT -5
Also, as for Magic, Dexterity already governs the speed of it. Dexterity is how many items you can use and how fast you attack.
It does not work like here on BG where your Strength is also your attacking speed. Magic and Strength are basically the same thing, just flavored differently.
Additionally, Magic cannot be used for anything other than attacking. So no blocking, dodging, etc with it, which I think balances it out nicely
I have the site bookmarked, I'll take a closer look a little later and edit this post accordingly. From first glance though, it looks nice.
Edit: Okay, so I just took a look at the site as a whole (rules, systems, etc). Most of the concerns that I would have had seem to have already been addressed by other people in this thread. With the exception of very rare typos (which is to be expected of a WIP) nothing else really stood out as something that needed to be changed. That being said, it looks like you've put in quite a bit of thought and work, good job! I watched the anime of this series earlier (and now chuckle at the headcanon of Miyuki I now have x3) so I have at least a basal understanding of the source materials. I'd be willing to offer help with world development and coming up with items for the stores/quests, and a bestiary if that was needed/wanted. TL;DR - I'm game to help with the....game.
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Post by Miyuki Wakahisa on Feb 20, 2016 18:38:38 GMT -5
Anyone is most welcome to join and start playing! I won't be doing an ad push (outside of here, obviously) until the vast majority of people who express interest are mostly content with what's written down, though.
-> Sees Dwarf as an option -> Is strangely compelled to read more about the site and join.
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Miyuki! This looks great--wow, I'm so proud of you! (C, can I say that non-condescendingly? I swear I'm not patronizing you!) I'm super excited for you and I hope things work out!
I'm, um, not very good at criticism or mechanical things but everyfin looks super cool! So... there's that, ehe. Good luck, okay? But I'm shore you won't need it.
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I'm not familiar with the source material, so I'l have to look. XD
But it looks interesting!
You don't really need to read the anime/manga/visual novel, as I'm only borrowing the setting. It's more of a generic fantasy, dungeon crawling RP with a DM skin. More importantly, I'm working on a sort of "World of DM" thread which will explain the setting and all that fun stuff for any people not familiar with the concept.
Would advise joining if you're considering it, site is pretty as anything and mechanics are REALLY nice, also a bunch of us are there already. Why are you waiting? Join.
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Post by Miyuki Wakahisa on Feb 21, 2016 11:31:22 GMT -5
I just wanted to say here, since BG is a place where most people are viewing the site from: Thank you guys so much for all the feedback and incredible support. I honestly wasn't expecting this much of a reaction. It really makes me all warm and fuzzy inside to know that nearly a year's worth of progress ended up not being in vain.
I don't mind if you join or not, just knowing that you guys like the concept and are willing to even take the time to glance at it is more than I could have ever hoped for.
I can't balance more than I already (barely) am, but Miyuki has my full support!
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