As I move steadily toward publication with my first full blown RPG creation, I keep discovering new questions to ask. The one that's occurred to me now is this: how consistent does the art style need to be? Like, should I hire a single artist? Is it enough to just pick a style and be okay with slight variations between artists? Should I loosen up and accept any/all genre-appropriate styles? Am I getting ahead of myself to even think about it already?
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Initial playtests for my #fantasyrpg are looking good! Mixed opinions on the "if it makes sense it's fine" approach to equipment, but the core mechanics are going over very well with players so far. 👍
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The time has come to playtest my first RPG. How concerned should I be about letting strangers try it out?
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I... I think I did it. Weighing in at 12 pages and just over 5000 words, I now have a playtest document for my first RPG. I'm gonna sleep on it and make sure I didn't overlook something, and of course there will be revisions later, but... I did it!
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#currentprojects Working on this solo player Dark Souls inspired ruleset. Feeling like I should just toss out the CHARISMA stat. Now I'm wondering if I should toss out WISDOM and swap it for WILLPOWER for magic. A lot of the reason that WIS and INT are separate in DND is to further separate the classes, but in a solo player monoclass game, that isn't helpful at all!

#currentprojects I want to design a solo player dungeon that uses notes, inventory sharing, and death replays like the online mode for Dark Souls. Separate players are working to get through the same dungeon on there separate play throughs.