Ersa93

What kind of RP mood are you in?

A weird one. Like a portal story but instead of a high school Japanese school girl, it's a foreign tourist that gets pulled into another world kind of weird.

Ersa's Half-Baked Ideas

Weekend bump bump.

Ersa's Half-Baked Ideas

Bumped because I had to update a link.

Ersa's Half-Baked Ideas

Bumped with a couple of original plots added and one fandom centered one.

Advice for "simple" racing mechanics in an rp

Yes, the turn would go something like that. Though you would need to roll 1d6 to see if you can react. If you fail, you can't do anything. If you pass but fail on the actual reaction, that might be when you take chip damage. Or you can forego reacting entirely.

1. If a player is rolling an even number of dice and gets the same number of successes as failures, how would you handle that? Would it count as an overall success?

I made a typo and put + number of dice when I meant that it's just that number of dice. So someone with a TAL of three would roll 3d6. As for same number of success and fails on say two dice (say a 1 and a 5), take the success.

2. For damage, especially reaction damage, is the d6 rolled again or would it use the same roll as the reaction? Like in the example above, would Player 2 take 2 damage or would they roll again to see how much damage they took?

They would roll again to see how much damage they took. (ex: Player 2 succeeds on the ability to react roll, but fails on the actually reaction part and gets damaged so they roll 1d6)

3. How do malfunctions and bonuses interact with each other? Let's say if Player 1 rolled 1, 4, 4, 6. My assumption is that they would succeed, go farther than normally possible because of the 6 (like maybe move up 2-3 places instead of just 1), but their vehicle sustains some damage from being pushed too hard because of the roll of 1?

So in the example you gave, the six means they succeed and get to take a bonus action (either accelerate again, attack, or handling). But on their next turn, they'll only get to roll 2d6 for their turn (it could be flavored as the turbo overheated and doesn't work as well for a bit)

Advice for "simple" racing mechanics in an rp

So I reworked the system a bit using a dice pool. Tell me what you think.

Racing Machines go VROOM Ver 2.0 (dice pool):

Basic gameplay:

Roll a pool of d6s.1-3 is a failure, 4-6 is a success. All 1s resort in a malfunction of whatever stat was rolled for one turn. All 6s result in a bonus action.

Vehicle Stats and their meanings:

The vehicle level values are how many d6s you get to roll.

Turbo Acceleration Level (TAL): How fast the vehicle can go when the acceleration is hit; the higher the level, the quicker you can go in the less amount of time

Turbo Acceleration Level
1-Takes a while to affect vehicle speed
2-Takes some time
3-kicks in almost right away

Durability Level (DL): How many hits the vehicle can tank; the higher the stat, the more hits you can take.

DL Level 1: 32 HP (Can take 2 max hits from a DL 3 vehicle)
DL Level 2: 54 HP (Can take 3 max hits from a DL 3 vehicle)
DL Level 3: 64 HP (Can take 4 max hits from a DL 3 vehicle)

Durability Level (must be opposite of TAL unless TAL is a 2)
1- made of tinfoil
2- can take a few hits
3- practically a tank

Handling Level (HL): Reaction time of the vehicle to what a driver does; the higher the level, the better you can take sharp turns and avoid obstacles.

Handling Level
1-not good at sudden turns
2- handles turns okay
3- turns on a dime

Three possible actions a player can do:
Accelerate: Number of dice rolled= TAL Stat
Failure: Don’t gain speed
Succeed: Zoom time; opponent gets a reaction chance

Attack: Number of dice rolled= DL Stat
Failure: Miss
Succeed: roll damage dice; opponent gets a reaction chance

Damage dice: Number of dice equal to DL

Taking damage: Subtract damage dice value from opponent’s vehicle HP

Maneuver (avoiding obstacles, avoiding another vehicle, etc.): Number of dice rolled= HL Stat
Failure: maneuver is unsuccessful
Succeed: maneuver is successful

Reaction chance: Players can roll 1d6, failure means no reaction can happen; success means you can try to mitigate some of what your opponent did.

Reactions:
If your opponent chooses Attack:
Tank It!: Roll 1d6: On a success, decrease damage done after hit by opponent by subtracting DL; failure take an additional 1d6 of damage.
Retaliate: Roll 1d6; on a success, damage the attacker by 1d6; on a failure, cause 3pts of damage to yourself.

If your opponent chose to accelerate or maneuver:
Bump: Roll 1d6 to see if you bump them. If failed, you take 3pts of damage. If successful, they take 3pts and have to roll handling to see if they can pull ahead or remain neck and neck
Block: Roll 1d6; a success means you prevent them from passing you; a failure means they clip you and go on ahead. Take 1d6 of damage.

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Bump with updates to taken plots

Advice for "simple" racing mechanics in an rp

I might try the dice pool first and see if that works. I mostly just need a way to help decide what happens during a race because to me, that's hard to do fairly with just pure narration when there's multiple people involved.

Advice for "simple" racing mechanics in an rp

@Yankee Ooh, I should've known there was a system for racing out there somewhere. They look interesting, but probably a bit more than the mini-game feel I'm going for. But thanks for suggesting them to me.

Considering players rolling against each other, it looks like aggressive actions/attackers are favored slightly, which can work in an RPs favor if you don't want passive racers

Yeah, I was afraid it favored attackers too much. I wasn't aiming for any particular type of racer since I kind of want players to use the driving style they think their characters want to use. I might have to brainstorm that particular section a bit more, maybe change the 7-9 range to dealing guaranteed half-damage and make the 10+ range guaranteed full damage. I'm dropping the disadvantage for sure. I might also try to incorporate some sort of defense stat based upon the Durability Level.

Personally, since just looking at numbers and figuring things out isn't my strong suite, I would do some test play with your d10 system and see if it feels good. And then make changes based on that.

I was actually planning on hold an "exhibition" match for that very purpose. And then if I have to make tweaks, I can always say that the racing committee decided on new rules or guidelines.

I'd also be interested to hear your thoughts on how to determine the vehicle's stat levels. Point buy, rolling, etc.?

Since I'm trying to encourage people to make a vehicle that matches their character's driving style, I'm not sure. Maybe it'll be assigned stats, like you can have a plus one in one stat, a plus two in another, and then a plus three in one of them. I'm mostly trying to prevent people from making an OP machine and just pancaking the competition while traveling at top speed and dodging everyone.

Do all actions happen concurrently or would you prefer an order/stack to follow?

I think before each race begins, everyone roles for pole position and then the action order goes from lowest roller to highest. I might add the option to react to direct things like attacks. But it also might depend on how complex the players want to make it. Might be something to work out during playtesting.