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An automated TTRPG experiment by @periaptgames.bsky.social. Posts randomly-generated ideas. May misspell "lifepaths" due to technical reasons. Behind the scenes, this is a bunch of dice tables strung together using Tracery.

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Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 1h

Mausritter was originally going to have a dedicated kangaroo farming subsystem. Maybe you could add it back in with a Tarot card-based resolution method.

Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 3h

Classes could afford to feel more strategic. Take inspiration from the way some people run 'Chuubo's Marvelous Wish-Granting Engine'!

Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 5h

Fun fact (not actually fact): World of Darkness was at first designed to have complex depth crawling mechanics. Maybe you could recreate them with a tabulated Tarot card-based character generation heuristic.

Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 7h

My response to the Material Problem: why not just modify a component from 'Wiki Articles Are Wizards'? Seems long-lasting.

Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 10h

People are calling my new cave diving game "like the SCP Foundation meets the 90s" (was in vogue ages ago)

Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 12h

Any game that's in what we might call the "violent dieselpunk" subgenre should let the players trade for one reputation index card.

Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 13h

Positing a specialised foraging model for Warhammer (no need to track things with coins)

Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 15h

Here goes a tip: Your usual plot armour rule can just be replaced with an iterative textured domino.

Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 17h

Time to make "a medieval Fate" and focus on just the knapsack packing (with lots of failure)

Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 19h

Why not just let the players declare armour pebbles whenever they want.

Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 22h

Notoriously, WFRP was meant to have complex spaceship piloting rules. Maybe you could recreate them with a silly timing-based lore rule.

Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 1d

Making a paranormal baking minigame powered by a single rule (from upcoming indie project)

Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 1d

A lightweight Tarot card for Ultraviolet Grasslands (no need to track things with tallies)

Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 1d

Blades in the Dark was at first designed to have complex climbing rules. Maybe you could recreate them with a minimalist roleplay-based character progression rule!!!

Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 1d

Pro tip: just let the players use crit rolls whenever.

Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 1d

I keep thinking about a good game that's like dinosaurs (and mechanically similar to Lancer)!

Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 1d

Introduce strategic motifs to a noir game.

Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 1d

Remember, the normal theme can be excised and replaced with a verisimilitude meter.

Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 1d

Reviewers are calling my new social climbing game "like Ghostbusters meets Les Miserables", possibly because of the acrobatics mishap

Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 1d

Positing an adapted character progression resolution method for Pokemon. Remember, index cards are key!

Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 1d

A tip: The usual minigame can easily be replaced with a dynamic pointcrawl tally

Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 1d

How about a dramatic politics-steampunk game powered by a single rule.

Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 1d

Stop wasting time! Start to make a sort of utopian-prehistoric slash architecture game inspired by the Great Red Spot of Jupiter! It could have deconstructed vibes

Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 2d

In the end, the difference between a cyberpunk game and an architecture game is whether they have religious heresy!

Randomised RPG suggestions @rpgsuggestions.bsky.social · 2d

In the end, the difference between a retro-nautical game and a historical/historical game is whether they have climbing.