MONSTER CLUB

YUUUS!! MY COOKIE MONSTER HOOD FINALLY ARRIVED TODAY IRL

*Comically runs over*
I got you!

*the creature pops out, it's a mini-Doggo!*

Hello, I've brought my mask and bat wings. Here is my contract for joining.

Would you like me to commit arson?

Hello! Hope I’m not too late! Now, WHO DO I HAVE TO SEND INTO THE SHADOW REALM.

WOWZAS!! HOWD THEY TASTE :00

Salty?

Like grease and depression

So I’m thinking, if we ever wanna do a group RPG here, one of us could be the game master. For anyone who’s never played a tabletop role playing game before, here’s a quick run down. Some RPG games can be very convoluted, but I’ll explain in the simplest way possible. The game master, or GM, is pretty much the narrator of the story. They introduce the threat, the settings, and all other characters besides the player characters themselves (those who are playing the game besides the GM.) If a player character, or PC, wishes to complete a task, the GM may require they roll a certain number or higher on a dice. So, for example, the GM may say, this wall is 50 feet high. And mini-doggo says, I’d like to fly up the wall! The GM might say, okay, roll an 8 or higher. If mini-doggo rolls an 8 or higher, she succeeds. If not, she doesn’t complete the task and has to find another way to get around it instead. You may be wondering, how could a dice have more than six sides? Well, that’s where other types of dice come in! Some dice have from four to twenty sides! If the GM wishes a player character to roll a twenty-sided dice, he would simply abbreviate it as d20. You can find different types of RPG dice for free on apps or the internet. 🙂 Finally, there’s the matter of modifiers. If your character has a certain ability that can help them in a task, it may increase their dice roll. So, if mini-doggo has wings, she’d be better off reaching the top of that 50 foot wall rather than a grounded character. The GM determines how much the modifier would be, so he might say, I’ll give you a modifier of 2 for having wings, and you need an 8 to reach the top. Now, if mini-doggo rolls just a 6, she’ll still succeed since her wings gave her a modifier of two. Modifiers can also work in the opposite sense. For example, if a character is extremely heavy, they may have more trouble getting up that wall. So the GM may determine they have a modifier of -2 off whatever their dice roll is. As we play, the GM would describe hidden items we find which can give us modifiers in themselves, like a massive, fiery sword! It’s also a level-up system in a sense, since, as we grow stronger, we may get new abilities and those will have modifiers in themselves, too! 😀 A game where we resolve an issue or defeat a threat is called a session. So, any of us can volunteer to be GM for a session. You’d be responsible for creating the general premise, setting the scene, and determining the needed dice rolls and modifiers. Don’t get too stringent or caught up in plot, though! The rest of the club may take the story in a totally different direction than you plan, so the goal is to just be flexible and adapt to their decisions.

Does this sound interesting at all, or? Haha. 😝 If not, we don’t have to go through with this! Or please, share any suggestions or ask questions. I thought an RPG club might be a new spin from your typical RP.

    This sounds amazing! I don't play tabletop games so I might be a bit hesitant or slow at first, but once I get used to it, I should be good! I don't have many dice, only a few six-sided ones irl, but I may use google dice for d4s and d20s.

    I came up with plot, because mini-doggo can do that:

    The GM is a powerful being, no where near all-powerful though, well, compared to their planet. [GM] was exiled from their planet after accusations of controlling others and the situation around them inside the planet, which is forbidden. After fleeing, [GM] comes to the current planet and takes interest in a bunch of rag-tag travelers. They bring the travelers together, place problems in their path, and...help them move on with their lives, even if the travelers know nothing about it.

    Like you said the plot could go anywhere so who knows what will happen. It's just funny in my mind, maybe if the Travelers encounter [GM] then someone else can be a back-up GM for them? Though that's even more plot and lore just ready to be devoured.

    Yes, mini-doggo does eat lore. That is why mini-doggo is so small, she hasn't eaten enough lore. And yes, mini-doggo speaks in third person because her doggo-to-English translation isn't that good.

I love it Doggo! No worries, we’ll keep it simple to begin with and maybe add more mechanics as we get better 😄 Love your plot, it’s a great start. Typically the “GM” is just a title since they’re controlling numerous characters, from enemies to allies to just plain old people the club can walk up and talk to for info. So the character you created right now can be one of the characters the GM controls, but not the GM himself, if that makes sense 😁 But that character can still be a huge part of the story.

Sounds good about the dice! There’s plenty of dice for different things. d6, d8, d10. Normally RPG’s will tell you which dice to use, like they’ll say, you’ll only need d6 and d10 for this game. I don’t think we’ve decided that yet but we may use d10 to begin with. That’s open to suggestions! 🙂

If you make refs then mini-Doggo can draw them hehehe. But even then mini-doggo is too powerful.