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[Haspen]

So I recently both played Master of Orion 2 and stumbled upon my old Yes Arena, and uhhhhh.

Things happened!

Spoiler: Explossive Decompression Rules (click to show/hide)

Character Sheet of Explosive Decompression Combatant:

Captain Name:
Ship Type:
Hull Points:
Shields*:
Equipment**:
-Armor:
-Computers:
-Weapons:
-Integrals/Utilities:

*If you have any.
**To be able to participate in Explosive Decompression, you need an Armor and at least 1 Weapon. You start with 12 Starbux.

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Combat in Explosive Decompression:

Attacker's weapons use 1d10 for Hit roll, Defender uses 1d6 for Evasion roll.
If Hit > Evasion, Defender is hit and receives damage.

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Order of Turns on Explosive Decompression:

First, before a Space Battle begins, everyone has to choose then loadout from the Equipment they have: an Armor and at least 1 Weapon system must be equipped on a ship to allow it to fight.
The rest remains in their inventory but is not accessible until the end of the current space Battle.

Everyone posts their targets, then GM resolves the duels by the order in which they were posted. If no one is killed, the fight contines on.
If someone is killed, they're removed from the Battle. Everyone gains 2 Starbux, and the person who killed the removed player gains extra 2 Starbux.

Between space Battles, every ship is repaired to full Hull Points, and can spend Grade Points to buy new items and sell the ones they don't want (receiving 1 Grade Point less than they cost (toss that Low grade crap to trash can!)).
Also, the Transmutation Randomizer will activate, and one lucky player will have a chance to get something very nice! Read below for exciting details!

This continues until the Final Duel, between the two remaining players. The player who wins gains immortal glory!

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Fighters and Fighter Roles:

When you have a Fighter Bay, you can launch 1 Fighter Wing per Turn.

That Fighter Wing can be then assigned either Bombing or Interception role.

Bombing role means that the Fighter wing will approach enemy warship and, hopefully getting through Interceptors and PD weapons, attacking it with onboard beams.
Interception role means that the Fighter wing will be on watch for enemy Fighters coming at your ship and engage them.

Bombing and Interception Fighters do battle; Bombing Fighters roll for Evasion while Interceptors roll for Hit.
Any Bombing Fighters that lose the combat roll are hit and damaged (or even destroyed) and run away back to their mothership.

If a Bombing Fighter wins the combat roll, it then attacks the warship... unless it has any Lazor weapons set as Point Defense!
Bombing Fighters that get through PD weapons as well deliver their deadly payload and return to their Mothership.

Returning Fighters then need to spend 1 Turn at their mothership for refueling; if any were damaged but survived, they are also fully repaired.
Fighters lost during a space Battle will be replaced after current Battle's conclusion.

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Point Defense Weapons:

Bombing Fighters and Missiles are in danger of being intercepted by enemy Point Defense weapons.

Most Lazors can be set as Point Defense before beginning of a Battle; you cannot switch PD setting on/off in middle of a Battle.
Point Defense setting bestows a +4 Hit roll bonus to the weapon but also lowers their maximum Damage by 4 points.
Two Kinetik weapons, Mini-Flak and Heavy Flak, can be set as Point Defense too; these do not suffer damage reduction penalty.

Weapon set as Point Defense does not target enemy Warship; instead, it automatically attacks incoming Bombing Fighters and Missiles.
PD Weapon roll for Hit chance, while Bombing Fighters and Missiles roll for Evasion.
Victorious Missiles and Fighters deal damage to the warship; defeated Missiles are exploded while Fighters are damaged (or destroyed) and run away back to their mothership.

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Damage Types and Resistances:

Each weapon has a Damage type, expressed as three-letter combination in a square bracket. Through various means, you can obtain Resistances to these.
There are 4 damage types: Solid [SLD], Electrical [ELC], Heat [HET], and Plasma [PLS].

Resistances use + to indicate their level:
[+HET]: You receive 25% damage less (rounded down) from Heat; (the lowest possible here is 1)
[++HET]: You receive 50% damage less (rounded down) from Heat; (the lowest possible here is 1)
[+++HET]: You receive 75% damage less (rounded down) from Heat; (the lowest possible here is 1)

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System Disabling and Prevention Thereof:

Every time damage is done to your Ship, there's a small (10%) chance that a random system on board will be Disabled.
Disabled system does not work unless it is restored by Automated Damage Control or Multibot Repair Drone; Disabled systems are also restored at end of a Battle.

Armor and Integral systems are both immune to Disabling.
You can also prevent Disabling with System Insulator Matrix, a Master Grade Integral system.

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The Transmutation Randomizer!

Congratulations! You have been choosen by the Transmutation Randomizer to activate its marvelous engines!
You can back away from it, but why would you? Just bet a ship system and activate the Randomizer to obtain a higher grade system!
For example, if you bet a Low Grade System, the Randomizer will exchange it for 1 random item from Medium Grade Item category just for you! Ain't this cool, huh!?

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Ship Types: Every ship starts with 300 Hull Points, 1 Armor slot, 2 Computer slots, 3 Weapon slots and 4 Integral/Utility slots.

Dreadnought: Heavy, slow, and with weapon facilities powered by singularity inductor rather than standard fusion reactor. +200 Hull Points, all Weapons +1 Damage, -2 to Evasion rolls.
Hive Cluster: Fighter-carrier ship based on similar designs used by numerous insectoid hivemind entities across the galaxy. All Fighter Bays host 4 Wings instead of 2. +75 Hull Points.
Imperial War Galley: Heavily armored ship with specialized combat thrusters. +125 Hull Points, +1 to Evasion.
Mentat Science Vessel: Mentat scientists use these vessels to conduct hi-energy experiments with fragile equipment. [+ELC], +1 Computer slot.
Naiad Battlecruiser: Despite their charming looks, Naiads are best known for their aptitude for space combat and sturdy battlecruiser designs. +50 Hull Points, [+SLD], +1 Weapon slot.
Tholian Silkcraft: Delicate starship spun from heat-resilient crystalline silk fibers by Tholian Shipweavers. -50 Hull Points, [++HET], [+PLS].
Zorg Foldship: The dimensional travelers, the Zorg, operate their ships using a multi-dimensional phasing fields, which functions like Dimensional Displacement Device without taking any System slots.

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Spoiler: Explossive Decompression Equipment (click to show/hide)

LOW GRADE EQUIPMENT (1 Starbux): {21}

Armor:

Titanium Armor: +50 Hull Points.

Computers:

Fire Control Mk1: All non-Lazor Weapons and Fighters +1 to Hit rolls. Not cumulative with other Fire Controls.
Targeter-34/85: Lazors +2 to Hit rolls. Not cumulative with other Targeters.

Integrals:

External Ablative Plating: [+SLD]
External Degaussing Units: [+ELC]
External Radiator Rods: [+HET]
Murder Arena PRO Broadcasting Set: You gain 1 Starbux more from killing enemies.
Structural Bulk: -2 to Evasion rolls. Your ship's base Hull Points are Doubled. Not cumulative with Structural Integrity Fields system.

Kinetiks:

Explogun: [SLD] 1-4 damage. Attacks 4 times.
Tungstenball: [SLD] 8-20 damage. Can attack every 2 Turns.

Lazors:

Pulser: [HET] 1-7 damage.
UV Beam: [ELC] 1-8 damage.
Turbolaser: [HET] 1-4 damage. Attacks 2 times.

Missiles:

Tempest: [SLD] 4-7 damage. Attacks 2 times.
Impaler: [SLD] 6-14 damage. +1 to Hit rolls.
Thunder: [ELC] 4-10 damage.

Utilities:

28th Century ECM: Incoming enemy Missiles have 10% chance to miss your ship after PD weapon rolls are resolved (if any PD weapons are present).
Hyperfoam Injector: At start of each Turn, 2 HP restored.
Pulse Detonation Thrusters: +1 to Evasion rolls.
Puddlejumper Bay: Hosts 2 wings of 4 Puddlejumper Fighters that carry Pulser lazors (Point Defense setting) and have 4 Hull Points and +2 to Evasion rolls.
Shields Rank I: 20 Shield Points, regen: 2 SP/Turn.

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MEDIUM GRADE EQUIPMENT (3 Starbux): {31}

Armor:

Carbonite Armor: [+PLS][+HET], +50 Hull Points.
Insulated Armor: [+ELC], +75 Hull Points.
Tritanium Armor: +125 Hull Points.

Computers:

Eidetic Matrix Bubble: All Fighters +3 to Hit rolls.
Fire Control Mk2: All non-Lazor Weapons and Fighters +2 to Hit rolls. Not cumulative with other Fire Controls.
Rangermaster Unit: Grants +4 Hit bonus to all your Lazors (essentially granting Point Defense setting bonus). Rangemaster Unit does not affect Point Defense setting.
Targeter-54: Lazors +3 to Hit rolls. Not cumulative with other Targeters.

Integrals:

HoloStream Transceiver: You gain 1 Starbux more from surviving a Space Battle.
Inertial Dampers: +2 to Evasion rolls vs Lazors and Kinetiks.
Internal Honeycomb Lattice: [++SLD]
Internal Coolant Network: [++HET]
Internal Stress Capacitors: [++ELC]
Mentat Brain Capsule: +1 to Hit rolls with all Weapons and +1 to Evasion rolls.
Neutron Matrix: Lowers all Damage received by 1.

Kinetiks:

Plasma Blaster: [PLS] 2-9 damage. Attacks 2 times.
Gauss Cannon: [SLD] 6-14 damage. +1 to Hit rolls.
Mini-Flak: [SLD] 6-12 damage. Can be used as Point Defense weapon with extra +2 Hit bonus.

Lazors:

Graviton Beam: 2-6 damage. +1 to Hit rolls. Damage cannot be lowered by any means.
Photon Cannon: [HET] 10-20 damage. No Point Defense setting. Can attack every 2 Turns.
Phasor: [ELC] 5-7 damage. No Point Defense setting. Deals 3x damage vs Shields.
Ruby Beam: [HET] 2-9 damage.

Missiles:

Merculite Launcher: [HET] 8-14 damage.
Fission Torpedo: [PLS] 9-22 damage. Can attack every 2 Turns.
Maghroz-44: [SLD] 5-10 damage. Attacks 2 times.

Utilities:

29th Century ECM: Incoming enemy Missiles have 15% chance to miss your ship after PD weapon rolls are resolved (if any PD weapons are present).
Automated Damage Control: At start of each Turn, 4 HP restored and 1 Disabled system fixed (if Automated Damage Control is Disabled, it will autofix itself instead).
Dauntless Guidance Unit: Enemy PD weapons receive -2 Hit roll penalty against your Missiles.
Shield Capacitors: Doubles your Shields' regen rating. Not cumulative with Hyper-X Capacitors.
Shields Rank III: 40 Shield Points, regen: 5 SP/Turn.
Weakpoint Exploiter: Doubles the chance to Disable enemy equipment on successful Hits with your weapons.
X-Wing Bay: Hosts 2 wings of 4 X-Wing Fighters that carry Ruby Beam lazors (Point Defense setting), and have 4 Hull Points and +4 to Evasion rolls.

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HIGH GRADE EQUIPMENT (6 Starbux): {30}

Armor:

Duranium Armor: [++SLD][+HET][+ELC]
Energium Armor: [++ELC][+HET][+SLD]
Frigerite Armor: [++HET][+SLD][+ELC]
Neutronium Armor: [+PLS], +100 Hull Points.

Computers:

Fire Control Mk3: All non-Lazor Weapons and Fighters +3 to Hit rolls. Not cumulative with other Fire Controls.
Structural Analyzer: Lazor weapons that directly strike Hull (because Shields are disabled/depleted/not present) deal +50% damage more. Not cumulative with Achilles Targeting Unit.
Targeter-72: Lazors +5 to Hit rolls. Not cumulative with other Targeters.

Integrals:

Galactic Cybernet Studio: You gain 2 Starbux more from killing enemies and surviving a Space Battle.
Hard Polaron Matrix: Lowers all Damage received by 3.
Inertial Nullifier: +4 to Evasion rolls vs Lazors and Kinetiks.
Limited Vacuum Collapser: If (or rather, when) your Ship will be destroyed, the LVC will detonate, causing 100 damage to all remaining Ships, potentially taking out someone with you.
Structural Integrity Fields: Your ship's base Hull Points are Tripled. Not cumulative with Structural Bulk system.

Kinetiks:

Heavy Flak: [SLD] 12-20 damage. Can be used as Point Defense weapon with extra +2 Hit bonus.
Mauler Device: [HET] 11-16 damage. +1 to Hit rolls.
Plasmatic Webber: [PLS] 6-10 damage. Deals 3x damage vs Shields.

Lazors:

Force Breaker: [HET] 12-14 damage. No Point Defense setting.
Ion Pulse Gun: [ELC] 4-8 damage. Automatically bypasses enemy Shields.
Positron Scrambler: [ELC] 10-18 damage. No Point Defense setting.
Tachyon Ray Gun: [ELC] 5-14 damage. +2 to Hit rolls.
Tractor Beam: No Point Defense setting. Upon successful Hit, targeted enemy receives -2 to Evasion rolls until you 'attack' someone else with Tractor Beam or the Tractor Beam is disabled. Not cumulative with Holding Beam.

Missiles:

Artemis: [SLD] 14-19 damage. +4 to Hit rolls.
Plasma Torpedo: [PLS] 17-29 damage. Can attack every 2 Turns.
Schrodinger: 8-16 damage, each Hit uses a different type of Damage (randomly choosen between [HET], [ELC] or [PLS]).

Utilities:

30th Century ECM: Incoming enemy Missiles have 25% chance to miss your ship after PD weapon rolls are resolved (if any PD weapons are present).
Akira Bay: Hosts 2 wings of 4 Akira Fighters that carry Tachyon Ray lazors (Point Defense setting) and have 8 Hull Points and +5 to Evasion rolls.
Artificial Noise Canceller: Enemy ECM systems behave against your Missiles as if they were 1 Grade worse (so 28th Century ECM won't work at all, 29th Century ECM will have only 10% chance to work, and so on).
Dual Fighter Catapult: If you have any Fighter Bay, you can launch up to 2 Fighter wings at once.
Ion Impulsor Thrusters: +3 to Evasion rolls.
Multibot Repair Drone: At start of each Turn, 10 HP restored and 1 Disabled system fixed (if Multibot Repair Drone is Disabled, it will autofix itself instead).
Prefire Accelerator: All Lazors +4 damage. Cannot co-exist with Supercharger.
Shields Rank V: 70 Shield Points, regen: 8 SP/Turn.

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MASTER GRADE EQUIPMENT (10 Starbux): {25}

Armor:

Adamantium Armor: [+SLD][+ELC][+HET][+PLS], +50 Hull Points.
Nullcharge Armor: [++ELC][+PLS], +75 Hull Points.
Surgerite Armor: [+++ELC], +100 Hull Points.
Trilarian Armor: [+++SLD], +100 Hull Points.
Valhallite Armor: [+++HET], +100 Hull Points.

Computers:

Fire Control Mk4: All non-Lazor Weapons and Fighters +4 to Hit rolls. Not cumulative with other Fire Controls.
Targeter-90: Lazors +7 to Hit rolls. Not cumulative with other Targeters.

Integrals:

System Insulator Matrix: Your ship systems cannot be Disabled by enemy Weapons.

Kinetiks:

Disruptor Cannon: [ELC] 10-14 damage. +1 to Hit rolls. Attacks 2 times.
Octogun: [SLD] 4-8 damage. Attacks 4 times.

Lazors:

Electron Annihilator: [ELC] 9-22 damage.
Hyperpulser: [HET] 5-12 damage. Attacks 2 times.
Prismatic Ray: 11-15 damage, each Hit uses a different type of Damage (randomly choosen between [HET], [ELC] or [PLS]).
Wave Motion Cannon: [HET] 30-50 damage. No Point Defense setting. Can attack every 2 Turns.

Missiles:

Lord Antimatter: 24-32 damage. Damage cannot be lowered by any means.
The Wolfpack: [SLD] 10-14 damage. Attacks 4 times.

Utilities:

Advanced ECM: Incoming enemy Missiles have 40% chance to miss your ship after PD weapon rolls are resolved (if any PD weapons are present).
Ares Bay: Hosts 2 wings of 4 Ares Fighters that carry Electron Annihilator lazors (Point Defense setting) and have 12 HUll Points and +6 to Evasion rolls.
Combat Repeater: Doubles fire rate of Lazors and Kinetiks (weapons that fired every 2 turns now fire each turn, weapons that fired once now fire twice, etc).
Frequency Harmonizer: Your weapons bypass enemy Shields (all Ranks).
Hyper-X Capacitors: Quadruples your Shields' regen rating. Not cumulative with Shield Capacitors.
Reflection Field Generator: 40% chance that incoming enemy Lazor attack will bounce back to the Attacker upon successful Hit (this applies before ranked Shields).
Roboteching Missile Calculator: Enemy PD weapons receive -4 Hit roll penalty against your Missiles.
Shields Rank VII: 100 Shield Points, regen: 12 SP/Turn.
Supercharger: Your [HET]-based Lazors will deal [PLS] damage if the targeted ship has higher [HET] than [PLS] Resistance. Cannot co-exist with Prefire Accelerator.

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ULTIMATE GRADE EQUIPMENT (15 Starbux): {19}

Armor:

Unobtanium Armor: [+++PLS][+SLD], +250 Hull Points.
Xentronium Armor: [++SLD][++ELC][++HET][+PLS], +75 Hull Points.

Computers:

Fire Control Mk5: All non-Lazor Weapons and Fighters +5 to Hit rolls. Not cumulative with other Fire Controls.
Achilles Targeting Unit: Lazor weapons that directly strike Hull (because Shields are disabled/depleted/not present) deal double damage. Not cumulative with Structural Analyzer.

Integrals:

Hull Regenerator: At start of each Turn, restores number of Hull Points equal to 5% of the ship's base Hull Points.
Antineutronium Coating: Lowers all Damage received by 5.

Kinetiks:

Lepton Exploder: [PLS] 16-23 damage.
Negatron Bubble Gun: [ELC] 9-14 damage. Auto-disables a System on successful hit. Can attack every 2 Turns.

Lazors:

Death Ray: 10-25 damage. Damage cannot be lowered by any means.
Holding Beam: No Point Defense setting. Upon successful Hit, targeted enemy receives -4 to Evasion rolls until you 'attack' someone else with Holding Beam or the Holding Beam is disabled. Not cumulative with Tractor Beam.
Quark Destroyer: [ELC] 11-16 damage. Deals 3x damage vs Shields.

Missiles:

Supernova Pod: [HET] 46-70 damage.
Proton Torpedo: [PLS] 20-25 damage. Autohits and cannot be shot down by PD weapons. Can attack every 2 Turns.
The Swarm: [SLD] 12-16 damage. Attacks 8 times.

Utilities:

Erinyes Bay: Hosts 2 wings of 4 Erinyes Fighters that carry Death Ray lazors (Point Defense setting) and have 16 Hull Points and +8 to Evasion rolls.
Dimensional Displacement Device: 30% chance to evade enemy attack(s). This is done BEFORE normal Hit/Evasion calculations. Dimensional Displacement Device does not work against Fighters.
Sardion Optimizer: Lazors and Kinetiks +2 to Hit rolls. Doubles fire rate of Lazors and Kinetiks (weapons that fired every 2 turns now fire each turn, weapons that fired once now fire twice, etc).
Shields Rank X: 150 Shield Points, regen: 20 SP/Turn.
Spatial Displacers: +6 to Evasion rolls.

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Needs a thorough proofread, though, as I'm fairly sure some numbers might be wonky in places.

[Tyrant Leviathan]

Hmmm. I feel Plasma should not be kinetic but be a heat ray family. As in MOO they were lumped in that by making their max range really low. ( And their special effect was hitting all sides of ship/shields at once)

Also decided in my Commander Game to cut down player options to Loyalist or Rebels. Depending on choices as to good or bad guys.



Just doing basic rules now.

[Tyrant Leviathan]

Decided that screw it. Just imperials. But get four options to define the empire your serving.  Making it easier to script events. But yeah may do other games of rebel or Zeno in future if it works.

[RoseHeart]

Not usually my cup of tea, closest thing I hosted was ZL, though I did play one once. Anyway, I might suggest someone who finds themselves often a part of God Games make a hub thread. They are too popular to ignore.

[Tyrant Leviathan]

As for my game working on here are some general rules.

There will be 7 phases a turn. The first is mission statement in which one can take part in up to six missions, doing so yields lots of results, but spreads you thin.

Second is design phase, in true Sensei fashion.

Third is revise anything the player feels needs it.

Fourth is sending which units you want on said missions and equipped with said gear.

Fifth is Tactics phase, where you use budget of Command points and resource points to do (or not do) things in upcoming conflict. That can make big changes, but can have negative backlash.

Sixith is actual combat. Die rolls and tactics used.

Seventh is results. Getting points depending on job done and units upgrade via experience.


Then repeat said cycle until it's done.

There is also the Randomized roll chart I made, for starting gear and units. As well as all seven enemies you will be facing in time.

You the players do pick "some" starter things though like specialty gear and preferred tactics and your home world.

As well as your commander character's attitude (That affects things.)

So how does that sound?

And this is not player vs player. It's forum vs GM enemies/npcs. (But they can improve too, or maybe not. As they get rolls too.)


Thinking Prometheus thing, but Warhammer 40k/Space Opera in scope.

[Parsely]

There will be 7 phases a turn. The first is mission statement in which one can take part in up to six missions, doing so yields lots of results, but spreads you thin.

Second is design phase, in true Sensei fashion.

Third is revise anything the player feels needs it.

Fourth is sending which units you want on said missions and equipped with said gear.

Fifth is Tactics phase, where you use budget of Command points and resource points to do (or not do) things in upcoming conflict. That can make big changes, but can have negative backlash.

Sixth is actual combat. Die rolls and tactics used.

Seventh is results. Getting points depending on job done and units upgrade via experience.


Then repeat said cycle until it's done.

There is also the Randomized roll chart I made, for starting gear and units. As well as all seven enemies you will be facing in time.

You the players do pick "some" starter things though like specialty gear and preferred tactics and your home world.

As well as your commander character's attitude (That affects things.)

So how does that sound?

And this is not player vs player. It's forum vs GM enemies/npcs. (But they can improve too, or maybe not. As they get rolls too.)

Arms Race already takes days to over a week just to complete a single turn. Exploding the game into seven phases is going to make it take a real year to complete an in-game year. If anything people should be looking for ways to expedite Arms Race so it plays faster. That's just me though.

[Tyrant Leviathan]

It's only three fronts at a time. All seven foes are not at once and alternatives to getting rid of them as problems  Like tricking them to kill each other or even allying with you.

Trying to do a space war arms race with a bit of fluff aside people killing each other for X reason.

Edit: I could just edit it so against only one foe. Exactly that. One if object to multi fronts. Tricky thing is I wanted the options of rebels so two fronts at least. But can settle on one. Still Prometheus style in community vs npc.

[FallacyofUrist]

After thinking about Pantheon for a bit, I'm considering running a god game where players only use cards. Basic idea follows.

Spoiler: Basic Idea inside (click to show/hide)

All divine power comes from cards, which are earned via [undecided]. Cards are ranked on relative and absolute scales to determine how powerful they are. Cards are relatively rated from I to III(possibly IV or V) to determine how powerful they are relative to another card of the same type, and absolutely ranked to determine how powerful they are compared to all other cards.

Cards are fairly general and have room for interpretation.

For example:
Curse: Card used to place a curse on something else.
Blessing: Card used to place a blessing on something else.

How powerful a Curse or Blessing can get, how long it lasts, and how much of an area it effects is limited according to the card's relative rating.

However, a Curse or Blessing will always be(with rare exceptions) absolutely lesser than a Aethershaper card, which is used to magically effect something on an extremely vast scale, for example by creating a system of magic. A Curse III card would still be less than an Aethershaper I card, even though Curse III has a higher relative number than Aethershaper I. Compared in the absolute scale, Curse III is III while Aethershaper I is IV. Or something like that.

System still subject to change.

Cards of similar types can be used to counter each other, for example a Curse III can be used to counter a Blessing II, though a Curse II could only weaken a Blessing III. Even if a card is more powerful than another card, it still needs to be of a similar type. An Earthshaper III(used to modify planets on a vast scale, for example by adding a new continent) still couldn't counter a Curse II because Earth Shaping can't counter a Curse, unless the Curse is on large amounts of land.

Feedback?

[Tyrant Leviathan]

Yeah if pick rebels. Just fight Empire. If pick Empire. Roll one enemy from enemy pool.

Card game God thing is cool.

Oh and Rebels is more simple get up. Empire is a bit more investing in starting (as you get to pick your base there. Rebel side you get a auto picked world via choice.)


Archon game. Decided no spell list. Just levels 0-5 of each ability and each level leads to said tricks.

[ATHATH]

After thinking about Pantheon for a bit, I'm considering running a god game where players only use cards. Basic idea follows.

Spoiler: Basic Idea inside (click to show/hide)

All divine power comes from cards, which are earned via [undecided]. Cards are ranked on relative and absolute scales to determine how powerful they are. Cards are relatively rated from I to III(possibly IV or V) to determine how powerful they are relative to another card of the same type, and absolutely ranked to determine how powerful they are compared to all other cards.

Cards are fairly general and have room for interpretation.

For example:
Curse: Card used to place a curse on something else.
Blessing: Card used to place a blessing on something else.

How powerful a Curse or Blessing can get, how long it lasts, and how much of an area it effects is limited according to the card's relative rating.

However, a Curse or Blessing will always be(with rare exceptions) absolutely lesser than a Aethershaper card, which is used to magically effect something on an extremely vast scale, for example by creating a system of magic. A Curse III card would still be less than an Aethershaper I card, even though Curse III has a higher relative number than Aethershaper I. Compared in the absolute scale, Curse III is III while Aethershaper I is IV. Or something like that.

System still subject to change.

Cards of similar types can be used to counter each other, for example a Curse III can be used to counter a Blessing II, though a Curse II could only weaken a Blessing III. Even if a card is more powerful than another card, it still needs to be of a similar type. An Earthshaper III(used to modify planets on a vast scale, for example by adding a new continent) still couldn't counter a Curse II because Earth Shaping can't counter a Curse, unless the Curse is on large amounts of land.

Feedback?

This seems like a good idea.

Ooh, maybe you could gain cards based on worship. The type of cards you get would be based on what mortals view you as/think you represent/worship you for (i.e. if you start killing loads of people for no reason, you might become worshipped as a god of murder or death), with the power of those cards being based on how much worship you receive/how emphasized a particular aspect of yourself is over your other aspects (i.e. if you help people grow crops and stuff but only go on killing sprees every thousand or so years, you'd receive stronger Agriculture cards than you would Death cards, and would likely receive Agriculture cards more often than Death cards as well).

[IronyOwl]

Feedback?

A lot of the fun in card games is the frenetic guessing and tactical deployment regarding what you have/might have versus what your opponent has/might have. If that's not the case, for instance if it's just freeform doing whatever because you can, I suspect you'll lose a lot of the point and it'll just be a faff-about god game with obnoxious restrictions.

A lot of the fun in card games is also building and testing out your deck, gaining and adding new cards, building new decks totally different from that other deck, and so on. If you toss that out, I suspect you'll similarly lose a lot of the depth and appeal.

I'd be hesitant to let things cancel other things out. It can be good/essential for gameplay, such as the way creatures can murder each other, but overdone it tends to make things less interesting rather than more, as when each player just sort of sacrifices their creatures to murder the enemy's creatures instantly, resulting in a mostly empty board for most of the game.

I'd pay special mind to the purpose behind power levels and targeting and the like. There can be perfectly valid reasons for one player to draw Curse I and another Curse II, but it can also become obnoxiously fiddly and arbitrary. There are similarly valid reasons to let Curse affect only very specific targets, literally anything, anything if you can justify it, and so on, but it's another area that's prone to just sort of accidentally defining the nature of the game in strange ways.

[ATHATH]

Feedback?

A lot of the fun in card games is the frenetic guessing and tactical deployment regarding what you have/might have versus what your opponent has/might have. If that's not the case, for instance if it's just freeform doing whatever because you can, I suspect you'll lose a lot of the point and it'll just be a faff-about god game with obnoxious restrictions.

A lot of the fun in card games is also building and testing out your deck, gaining and adding new cards, building new decks totally different from that other deck, and so on. If you toss that out, I suspect you'll similarly lose a lot of the depth and appeal.

I'd be hesitant to let things cancel other things out. It can be good/essential for gameplay, such as the way creatures can murder each other, but overdone it tends to make things less interesting rather than more, as when each player just sort of sacrifices their creatures to murder the enemy's creatures instantly, resulting in a mostly empty board for most of the game.

I'd pay special mind to the purpose behind power levels and targeting and the like. There can be perfectly valid reasons for one player to draw Curse I and another Curse II, but it can also become obnoxiously fiddly and arbitrary. There are similarly valid reasons to let Curse affect only very specific targets, literally anything, anything if you can justify it, and so on, but it's another area that's prone to just sort of accidentally defining the nature of the game in strange ways.

Thing I learned today: "Frenetic" is a word.

[Tyrant Leviathan]

Well no computer so no game submission today. But I have decided one only one for and three game style systems.


1: Listed above. Start out at blank/default so true arms race.

2: The randomized for enemy implies for starting gear, tech and units. After intro it's a arms race affair.


3: No Arms race elements at all. All units availed at start with corresponding gear. No research. You just try to do best as a legit Commander/ tactics choices. (So would not be Arms race. More super militant SG sort of deal.)

[VoidSlayer]

Well no computer so no game submission today. But I have decided one only one for and three game style systems.


1: Listed above. Start out at blank/default so true arms race.

2: The randomized for enemy implies for starting gear, tech and units. After intro it's a arms race affair.


3: No Arms race elements at all. All units availed at start with corresponding gear. No research. You just try to do best as a legit Commander/ tactics choices. (So would not be Arms race. More super militant SG sort of deal.)

You could combine the design phase into one, submit both revisions and designs at the same time, so you can only revise older designs, the one for this turn will be a prototype or whatever.

Then combine the first, fourth and fifth together into one phase where posted missions can be assigned troops, equipment and commander actions.

Then roll for what happens and post it, then make up some new mission.

This is just how I would stream line it to make it run faster, if that becomes a problem.  It still has the seven steps but it looks like and plays like three.

Not sure if you wanted the missions themselves to be more dynamic, with commander actions coming in the middle or something once more is known.


So for example you post that there are three missions, kill the guy, blow up a factory and take a bridge.

Then we decide to design a new high quality boot and revise our old helmets to have fancy feathers.

Then commanders can send various squads on each mission and equip them with fancy helmets and quality boots, or not, and decide to use what command tactics, all of this being posted at once.

Then you figure out what happens and report it and the consequences.

[Tyrant Leviathan]

I already decided to cut it down on main thread that gear equip and tactics is same turn, last one( aftermath) is totally bullied and will now do design/revision on same turn. To further cut it down.