Dark Gate OOC Thread

[Guan Yu]

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Boars and knots is what will happen. Vague interest also.

 

[Rathuris]

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I'm interested.

 

[Mind Flayer]

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Interest given here as well, could be fun.

 

[plmnko]

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Interested

 

[freeko]

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I would be interested in this, the poll doesn't seem to work so no buttons to push it seems to convey said interest.

 

[Mamono Assault Force]

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If you're even remotely interested in TotE (The stats suggest 75% of you are), then it's perfectly acceptable to show your selfish side. If you want the game to be a certain way/contain a certain feature, voice your opinion. Read through the thread I've made for TotE, spot things you don't like or would like to see, and point them out.

That's the magic of this relationship. You say you want things, and I provide them for you as best I can. This requires nothing but a little of your time, and the feedback from you, whether it be good or bad, will give me inspiration to continue trying to make this addition to DG fun and at the very least, something to play with if you're waiting for Tass to post and want to play some DG. Unless you're Haf. You don't have to wait when you're Haf .

 

[Hafnium]

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Spoiler

'Sup pot? >.>

 

[Mamono Assault Force]

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What's up with the image, haf? Did you think I was complaining? >.>

 

[Unknown Squid]

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I think he's just trying to point out a bit of irony. '-'

 

[Mamono Assault Force]

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Ah.

I said it as a tip of my hat, not as an ignorant statement from a hypocrite. That's why it didn't make sense.

 

[Tassadar]

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So.

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and the so far

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The latter is the suggestions page, which anyone can edit, but contains links to all the various documents with the various bits of DG4 that have seen significant work of some variety, which can only be viewed and commented on. You will notice that races are absent from that, and that's because the current races doc has spoilers in it, which I will have to edit out to a separate doc before I release that bit for any potential playtesting. Pretty much all of the currently playable races haven't changed besides maybe adding a handful of options though. I've been trying to make DG4 look more like a proper tabletop RPG in how I write the rules, so try to remind me of any rules I have that are just implicit or vague or anything like that. Suggestions for new things are always welcome, and appreciated even if I don't use them.

Note on the monster sheets: You need a google account to actually make new sheets/docs for the monsters page. If you don't want one, you can just put sheets you write into suggestions or the test one, and someone else will take care of it later. Eventually I'm going to start a bit of a community effort in porting over existing monster sheets, but any involvement in that is going to be voluntary, and a lot of things will be retweeked by me to be more interesting or more in line with their fluff at one point or another.

 

[Mamono Assault Force]

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I recall some RP systems using a sort of Favor system, where if the player does in-character actions despite the obvious detriment they put themselves in, or pleases the GM in some way, they're awarded points that they can spend with varying cost to alter something in some way, such as to get an NPC who originally hates the PC to reveal some method of getting on their good side, or to win a critical roll that the player really wants to win.

I don't specifically want this feature, but I recall seeing it before, and it might seem like a good idea to some.

 

[xivvix]

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So, I got to thinking about DG today and I hand an idea about the "Fetish" flaw (i.e. the fun one that everyone takes so they can hopefully tailor their smut scenes to their liking while also getting a free talent without really having to deal with the downside because how often does it come into play, really?). Or does that parenthetical only apply to my toons because of the fetishes I list? ><

Anywho, I thought Fetish might be a little more interesting if instead of, or perhaps in addition to, causing pleasure damage, a character exposed to their fetish received willpower damage. Thus, if a character was exposed to their fetish long enough, they would gain the aroused and eventually the horny statuses. This could give raepy fights (the only ones that worry about pleasure and so on) a different way of playing out. Instead of struggling to submission hold and penetrate a character, a monster could try to break them down and be more willing as a way to "win." As long as they could figure out the character's fetish, either through RP or GM ex machina, of course. Maybe a simple "every round the character is exposed to their fetish, they take [static number] willpower damage", or there could be a roll. Maybe the +8pp translates to 1d8 willpower damage, or it could be a foreplay roll that applies to willpower. I guess it depends on how many rounds you think it should take for the aroused state to kick in.

Also, I said "exposed to their fetish," because that means more than something like "subjected to" or "experiences their fetish." How so? Well, a character that has a bondage fetish might see another character chained up and being pleasured and end up taking some willpower damage without the monsters even having to do anything to them. Or perhaps their fetish is one that doesn't necessarily involve the character receiving PP damage immediately (ie, giving foreplay, being seen naked, etc), and thus normally wouldn't take the +8PP because there is no PP to add on to. It could be an environmental hazard to fighting someplace where demons play with their slaves or an unintended side effect of an ally being in trouble.

Of course, this would require the GM to be worrying about stats and keeping the character's fetishes in mind during encounters, even when they might not be obvious. It could even come down to interpretation whether it applies or not. For example, does a character receive willpower damage from some innuendo that causes them to think about their fetish? Or does the character have to experience their fetish with one of their senses for it to apply? I would say the latter since the former could be subject to abuse or punish players for RPing, but I suppose it comes down to the GM and the players.

So yeah, I had an idea, but it might be more trouble than its worth. A possible game mechanic that some people might prefer to be handled through RP, I suppose. Right now, though, there are only two things that I know of that affect willpower, which are the gemini monsters and the Aphrodisiac Fluids mutation. It might be more interesting to give the stat a bit more importance.

 

[Tiffanian]

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This seems like a good idea.

 

[plmnko]

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Fuck Silly can be a fetish?

 

[Tassadar]

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So, I got to thinking about DG today and I hand an idea about the "Fetish" flaw (i.e. the fun one that everyone takes so they can hopefully tailor their smut scenes to their liking while also getting a free talent without really having to deal with the downside because how often does it come into play, really?). Or does that parenthetical only apply to my toons because of the fetishes I list? ><

Anywho, I thought Fetish might be a little more interesting if instead of, or perhaps in addition to, causing pleasure damage, a character exposed to their fetish received willpower damage. Thus, if a character was exposed to their fetish long enough, they would gain the aroused and eventually the horny statuses. This could give raepy fights (the only ones that worry about pleasure and so on) a different way of playing out. Instead of struggling to submission hold and penetrate a character, a monster could try to break them down and be more willing as a way to "win." As long as they could figure out the character's fetish, either through RP or GM ex machina, of course. Maybe a simple "every round the character is exposed to their fetish, they take [static number] willpower damage", or there could be a roll. Maybe the +8pp translates to 1d8 willpower damage, or it could be a foreplay roll that applies to willpower. I guess it depends on how many rounds you think it should take for the aroused state to kick in.

Also, I said "exposed to their fetish," because that means more than something like "subjected to" or "experiences their fetish." How so? Well, a character that has a bondage fetish might see another character chained up and being pleasured and end up taking some willpower damage without the monsters even having to do anything to them. Or perhaps their fetish is one that doesn't necessarily involve the character receiving PP damage immediately (ie, giving foreplay, being seen naked, etc), and thus normally wouldn't take the +8PP because there is no PP to add on to. It could be an environmental hazard to fighting someplace where demons play with their slaves or an unintended side effect of an ally being in trouble.

Of course, this would require the GM to be worrying about stats and keeping the character's fetishes in mind during encounters, even when they might not be obvious. It could even come down to interpretation whether it applies or not. For example, does a character receive willpower damage from some innuendo that causes them to think about their fetish? Or does the character have to experience their fetish with one of their senses for it to apply? I would say the latter since the former could be subject to abuse or punish players for RPing, but I suppose it comes down to the GM and the players.

So yeah, I had an idea, but it might be more trouble than its worth. A possible game mechanic that some people might prefer to be handled through RP, I suppose. Right now, though, there are only two things that I know of that affect willpower, which are the gemini monsters and the Aphrodisiac Fluids mutation. It might be more interesting to give the stat a bit more importance.

xivvix is psychic!

From the DG4 Flaws list:
*Extreme Fetish - Whenever the character would be at risk of taking PP damage from a fetish, they take 1d8+1 Willpower damage, becoming Aroused upon reaching 0 Willpower and then having it reset, and then becoming Horny upon reaching 0 Willpower again. The character must have at least one Fetish to take this Flaw, and it applies for all Fetishes.

Basically does that, as an optional addition to Fetishes. Things that count for more Talents have been restricted a bit to make it harder to minmax your way to having Flaws that don't matter just for extra Talents, and one of them was Fetishes which you can only take one of for Talent credit.

Edit: xivvix is psychic because I had already made yon Flaw. I don't remember if I came up with it myself or if it was a suggestion.

 

[xivvix]

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Hah! Great minds, and all that! Though I still think it'd be better as inherent to the Fetish flaw. Oh well, just means all my DG4 toons have an automatic extra flaw

 

[Tassadar]

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You can take it now, if you want.

 

[Mamono Assault Force]

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It'd be kinda like combining fetish and weakness into one, it seems, as far as how it works. Except weakness just means you stand there looking silly. Xiv's idea would certainly make sense mechanically, but it might result in some silly scenarios. An example being where the PC is trying to stop their friends from dying but can't because they're Horny from losing their willpower to their fetish alone.

It kinda makes sense, but then again I'm not too sure if a fetish alone should have that much control.

EDIT: Nevermind I starting writing this post hours ago.

 

[lurker]

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Not been in Dark Gate for a bit (keep forgetting...) but I like the sound of this change, would work great.