Icar - Free Sci Fi TTRPG

@DungeonChatter @Daniel_author @philoso_panda @Hadrians_Gate @DR_W_UT Thank you, T-Boy. ❤ your support after all these years. Have followed all. While I'm writing the next version of Icar #ttrpg, I like to look at some of the art I'm looking forward to redoing with my update skills. Here's a Vulture Grav car from 2010. #rpg #ttrpg

Haven't done an #FF recently - and it's much owed. This is RPG/academic folk. If you're one, please add. If you know others, please tag. @daniel_author @philoso_panda @Hadrians_Gate @DR_W_UT @icarRPG

@DungeonChatter Depends on setting! For modern/sci fi: defined damage depending on weapon For fantastical: counting success as it's quicker, less error probe and leads to lower HP numbers, so easier maths.

#ttrpg question. What damage system do you prefer? Roll and sum? Set damage based on attack type? Counting successes on damage dice?

@MatthewIdler - Things that PCs interact with (places, people, items) - History that can generate plot hooks - For sandboxes: list of big bads, their motivations, random events - One line descriptions of important NPCs - List of example campaign endings #ttrpg

"Fix it with MORE BLACK, Naomi!" said Pen-ginn, whose belligerent art direction took its toll on Rob's attempt to reimagine the budget "Blackwater" space craft from Icar #ttrpg #drawing

@Redclaw38812660 @DomilleW @DnD_Party @Elvolganta1 @kivastora @StrikeOut_TTRPG @CraftyTabletop @RAFisher9 @diogo_oldskull @ConnorAlexander @ErikTheBearik @DarkGalaxiesDM Like an intoxicated uncle, I'm a little late to the party but am delighted and humbled to be included. Hello everyone! 👋🏻 Icar is my free kitchen-sink sci fi #ttrpg, evolving online since '96. Currently working on v5. Here's the character sheet as a taste.

Can I scribble an Icar MK3 droid from memory in the time it takes for my 2yo daughter to realise I have borrowed one of her pencils? Answer? Ish. Looks more cuddly in pencil. 😁 #ttrpg #Sketching

@DungeonChatter Thank you! That means a lot. It's a slog and blogging and sharing is part of keeping the momentum going. The original was awful. I think it dates back to 1999/2000.

@IcarRPG Cutting the word count to 1/3 of its original - championship editing.

Example Editing of Technomages ift.tt/2Y6CR14

@DungeonChatter You could push it back to "Wizarding" if you really get stuck! 😁

@IcarRPG 100% agree. It's part of why I've postponed it so long. Our first pitch is going to be humble - just the overall structure of the system. Few specifics.

Starting part 4 of the #horror #fiction novel. This should mark about the halfway point. Also, we brainstormed and did a pre-show talk on S is for #spells - our first foray into magic with our RPG system.

@Gordon_mck That's a good shout. I'm rewriting the corporations and struggling to make the text *useful*. If text doesn't add flavour, spark a plot hook for a GM or help players out of a hole then it's detail for detail sake and must be cut. #ttrpg #rpgdesign

The corporation and syndicate section of Icar is 8000 words! 🖋 That needs some serious editing ✂ I can use fewer words to provide the same flavour and give GM and players hook ideas. If it can't be used, it's fluff and must go. 👋 #ttprg #writing #gamedev #rpg #SciFi

@DungeonChatter I'd say catastrophic.

Looks like a categorical success.

@ScrivTheBard @JonMarkHicks @norsefoundry @LordStargazer @GlossandGadgets @DungeonChatter The only job on the spacecraft that the AI literally can't do better! 😁

@IcarRPG @JonMarkHicks @norsefoundry @LordStargazer @GlossandGadgets @DungeonChatter Yaaaaassss best job!!! Happy to serve!

#FF Scavenger spacecraft crew: @JonMarkHicks Captain & Operations @norsefoundry Engineer @LordStargazer Pilot @GlossandGadgets Hacker @ScrivTheBard Gunner @dungeonchatter Tea Boy (excuse the long running joke) #ttrpg #dnd #followfriday

@GlossandGadgets @JonMarkHicks @norsefoundry @LordStargazer @ScrivTheBard @DungeonChatter Spot on! I knew you'd make an excellent hacker. 👍😊

@IcarRPG @JonMarkHicks @norsefoundry @LordStargazer @ScrivTheBard @DungeonChatter c4n y0u n07 137 7h3 119h7 1n, 8u7 1 n33d 7h3 d42kn355 70 533 my 319h7 5c233n5. - this is how hackers talk right?

@JonMarkHicks @DungeonChatter @norsefoundry @LordStargazer @GlossandGadgets @ScrivTheBard I think he's a milk-in-first kind of tea maker.

@Dragon_Ryder7 @pkbyron @HatchlingDM @FartSorcerer @Weal2e @roguestarrescue @Roastedgames1 @FF_Cast @Brennan_and_Riz @spicy_wasabaee @edge_point @OW3NN_ @9thKeyPress @wellforged @WyvernWorkshop @AsianChopTV @JoeKhasm @D8NightPodcast @Quetzacotl_X @timsbrannan Honoured to be included in such a clutch of luminaries. I'll be going on a follow binge later today. Grow the community! 🤗 As a bonus, here's a mix-media Icar artwork of a Tornado waiting for the sunset. 🚀🌌🌅

#FF @pkbyron @HatchlingDM @FartSorcerer @Weal2e @IcarRPG @roguestarrescue @Roastedgames1 @FF_Cast @Brennan_and_Riz @spicy_wasabaee @edge_point @OW3NN_ @9thKeyPress @wellforged @WyvernWorkshop @AsianChopTV @JoeKhasm @D8NightPodcast @Quetzacotl_X @timsbrannan #DnD #RPG

@DungeonChatter Congratulations! Submitted to whom? Exciting stuff! What's the next step? An edit?

Submitted a #manuscript today. It's been more than a decade since I've tried to publish any fiction. Here's hoping for good things.

"What's your degree in?" "Cybernetics" "Really?" "Yes." "REALLY?" "Yes." "Really tho?" "Yes and a PhD in AI." "Really?" etc etc