RPG Forum Game Suggestion / Compilation Thread

Unnamed RPG Idea Thread

I'm working on an RPG game to play on eagletime sometime in the (probably far) future.

The idea of the game is to essentially create a forum RPG that has major distinctions between playstyles that don't depend on maxing out your numbers as much as they depend on an application of skills based on creative combinations of classes, races, and weapons. The end goal is a game where any combination of those three should be viable, if not as equal as possible (unlikely, but still), while still vastly different in the way they play out in-game. A lot of the ideas for this game come from my abandoned "Experimental RPG" i never started way back forever ago.

So far, this post is mostly a placeholder, but I'm going to be slowly filling in information as things start getting more solidly fleshed out.

The purpose of this thread is to give everyone on eagletime a place to add in their voice and give suggestions to help shape this idea into something actually playable (because God knows I'd never be able to do something like that alone), so feel free to chime in and add your opinion to any aspect of the game.

It's currently just a bunch of categories with no explanation, but the explanations will come soonish (hopefully)

Information about the world / setting:

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Classes:

Destineer

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Seers from the Augury City of _____________ oftentimes visit the outlying towns and cities in search of children gifted with the ability of second sight. Taking these children under their care, they bring them back to _____________ to hone their senses and teach them the ways of auguring. For years, these children, new apprentices in the art of prophecy, practice their ability to peer beyond the fabric of the reality into what the Seers call the Veil, a strange, ever-shifting landscape of realities yet to be.

By studying the Veil, Seers and their apprentices are capable of mapping out the course of events years in advance, though they take great care to handle this information as carefully as possible. The charts and formulae of Seers are kept hidden away from not only public eyes, but also the eyes of their peers. Every Seer reports to another of a higher rank, keeping all of their findings secret from everyone else. The temptation to change the course of fate runs strong in many Seers, and ________________ has taken measures to ensure the practice of changing the future is made as difficult as possible. Using foreknowledge to change outcomes is outright forbidden to all Seers.

Despite all the rites and restrictions, some Seers find reasons to defy their order, and there are plenty of children who were never taken by the Seers to _____________. Given the choice between upholding the integrity of the Veil and saving something dear to them, many of these undisciplined or untrained prophesiers break the great taboo of the Seers and take destiny into their own hands. Such individuals undergo a transformation and are reborn as something the general populace has taken to calling a “Destineer”.

Sunbearer

Blood Mage

Devourer

Glyphographer


Arcane Engineer


Magimancer

Dreamcursed


Races

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Human

Elementals

Fire
Earth
Metal
Water
Wood

Stats

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Combat:

Strength

Magic Potential

Everyone in world has the potential to manipulate reality through magic, but some manifest this in a more physical manner, conjuring spikes of elements and throwing matter with their minds. Abilities such as these are modified through their magical potential, a range representing the least powerful and most powerful their spells can be at any given time.

Manifested magic is wild and unpredictable, but easier to control for mages who focus on consistency. On the other hand, it isn’t unheard of for magic-users to recklessly attempt to overpower their spells with varied instances of success.

When improved:
Raise both minimum and maximum by 1
Raise maximum by 2
Raise minimum by 2

Defense

Agility

Regeneration

Mageneration

Accuracy


Non-Combat:

Stealth

Guile

Ingenuity

Luck

Knowledge

Willpower

Basic Weapons

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Swords


Axes

Lances

Bows

Crossbows

Staves

Shields (maybe)

Wands

Special Weapons

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Feast Mask

Tablet

Arcane Tools

Sunstone

Crystal Ball

Armor Types

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Light

Medium

Heavy