Anonymous
6/20/2025, 8:11:40 PM No.95914561
How would I start making a fortnite style TTRPG
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Anonymous
6/20/2025, 8:23:16 PM No.95914639
>>95914561 (OP)
just play marbles and dominoes
just play marbles and dominoes
Anonymous
6/20/2025, 10:26:21 PM No.95915447
>>95914561 (OP)
I've done this in Cyberpunk 2020, the PCs got kidnapped and dropped into an active war zone in Mexico, with special chipware that delivered painful shocks if they didn't stay within a semi-rapidly shrinking area, and only one team would be extracted, everyone else would be left to die from the chips. Drones and POV footage from those with cybereyes was uploaded for corpo viewers for entertainment and gambling.
I've done this in Cyberpunk 2020, the PCs got kidnapped and dropped into an active war zone in Mexico, with special chipware that delivered painful shocks if they didn't stay within a semi-rapidly shrinking area, and only one team would be extracted, everyone else would be left to die from the chips. Drones and POV footage from those with cybereyes was uploaded for corpo viewers for entertainment and gambling.
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Anonymous
6/20/2025, 10:46:31 PM No.95915626
>>95914561 (OP)
what specific aspects of Fortnite are you trying to emulate?
what specific aspects of Fortnite are you trying to emulate?
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Anonymous
6/20/2025, 11:01:00 PM No.95915753
>>95915626
The actual universe and lore and some aspects of the gameplay. Actually probably lean more to the side of save the world mode with a mix of creative, so they would be building epic forts and like defending from waves of bad guys and going over to their base to fuck things up yknow
The actual universe and lore and some aspects of the gameplay. Actually probably lean more to the side of save the world mode with a mix of creative, so they would be building epic forts and like defending from waves of bad guys and going over to their base to fuck things up yknow
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Anonymous
6/20/2025, 11:10:17 PM No.95915827
>>95915447
That actually sounds sick as fuck. Did it go well?
That actually sounds sick as fuck. Did it go well?
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Anonymous
6/20/2025, 11:21:53 PM No.95915933
>>95914561 (OP)
I would say don't do it, but if you must, then GURPS.
I would say don't do it, but if you must, then GURPS.
Anonymous
6/20/2025, 11:48:27 PM No.95916140
>>95915753
Sounds more like a wargame or a board game, if I'm being honest.
Sounds more like a wargame or a board game, if I'm being honest.
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Anonymous
6/21/2025, 12:20:42 AM No.95916377
>>95914561 (OP)
Pick a universal system and go nuts, anon.
Pick a universal system and go nuts, anon.
Anonymous
6/21/2025, 5:11:24 AM No.95918018
>>95914561 (OP)
It's pretty easy to do a battle royale, in just about any system.
For Fortnite aesthetically, go with Mutants & Masterminds, FATE, or Savage Worlds.
It's pretty easy to do a battle royale, in just about any system.
For Fortnite aesthetically, go with Mutants & Masterminds, FATE, or Savage Worlds.
Anonymous
6/21/2025, 5:56:15 AM No.95918218
>>95915827
Oh yeah, I used it as the means to get the PCs working together, anything they managed to find in Mexico, they got to keep. So after that they had a hidden cache of military grade shit for emergencies.
Oh yeah, I used it as the means to get the PCs working together, anything they managed to find in Mexico, they got to keep. So after that they had a hidden cache of military grade shit for emergencies.
Anonymous
6/21/2025, 9:47:03 AM No.95919121
>>95914561 (OP)
Magic: The Gathering
Magic: The Gathering
Anonymous
6/21/2025, 1:49:42 PM No.95919996
>>95914561 (OP)
Pathfinder 2nd Edition does a good job at taking diverse, interesting concepts and then dumbing them all down beyond recognition in the name of competitive balance.
Pathfinder 2nd Edition does a good job at taking diverse, interesting concepts and then dumbing them all down beyond recognition in the name of competitive balance.
Anonymous
6/21/2025, 5:07:16 PM No.95920825
>>95914561 (OP)
Are you after help with rules and game mechanics, or are you looking for help with story/narrative/world building?
Are you after help with rules and game mechanics, or are you looking for help with story/narrative/world building?
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Anonymous
6/22/2025, 3:38:33 AM No.95925276
>>95920825
>Fortnite
>story
lol
lmao
>b-but the st-story quests and cut-cutscenes and ev-events
"Things happen and suddenly new crossover fanfic" isn't story.
>Fortnite
>story
lol
lmao
>b-but the st-story quests and cut-cutscenes and ev-events
"Things happen and suddenly new crossover fanfic" isn't story.
Anonymous
6/22/2025, 3:58:44 PM No.95927988
>>95914561 (OP)
It really depends on what parts of fortnite you're wanting. The battle royale aspect or the walls closing in aspect? For the later maybe looks at how nightreign works. That seems a better parallel. Not because of the setting but because of how it works mechanically with RPG type mechanics.
Whatever you do, it will play like a dungeon crawl. You're moving from one point of interest to another with random or planned encounters inbetween.
For a shrinking map:
>have a rough map drawn just to show points of interest and where the players are
>either have it shrink after specific milestones or encounters, or add RNG and roll to reduce the size. Players take damage when outside it.
For battle royale aspect:
>make a list of encounters, have some of them at points of interest on the map and others as random
>make a list for random encounters and number them so you can roll for them, or write them on note cards you can draw.
>don't make them too mindless, have some social interaction with some encounters. Depends on your setting. Are there any reluctant participants in this? Are all the encounters with monsters? Is anyone trying to game the system and pretending they want to negotiate with the party?
>if the map is shrinking have it shrink after key encounters or specific numbers of them.
Have an end goal in mind. Do they fight until they're the only team left, or is there a boss waiting for them at the center of the storm? It may only be mechanically like fortnite. Maybe the whole planet is crumbling and you're racing to the last shuttle off world with only enough room for a few people. Whatever you're actually wanting.
It really depends on what parts of fortnite you're wanting. The battle royale aspect or the walls closing in aspect? For the later maybe looks at how nightreign works. That seems a better parallel. Not because of the setting but because of how it works mechanically with RPG type mechanics.
Whatever you do, it will play like a dungeon crawl. You're moving from one point of interest to another with random or planned encounters inbetween.
For a shrinking map:
>have a rough map drawn just to show points of interest and where the players are
>either have it shrink after specific milestones or encounters, or add RNG and roll to reduce the size. Players take damage when outside it.
For battle royale aspect:
>make a list of encounters, have some of them at points of interest on the map and others as random
>make a list for random encounters and number them so you can roll for them, or write them on note cards you can draw.
>don't make them too mindless, have some social interaction with some encounters. Depends on your setting. Are there any reluctant participants in this? Are all the encounters with monsters? Is anyone trying to game the system and pretending they want to negotiate with the party?
>if the map is shrinking have it shrink after key encounters or specific numbers of them.
Have an end goal in mind. Do they fight until they're the only team left, or is there a boss waiting for them at the center of the storm? It may only be mechanically like fortnite. Maybe the whole planet is crumbling and you're racing to the last shuttle off world with only enough room for a few people. Whatever you're actually wanting.