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Pocket Monster Adventures — A TTRPG based on the first generation of Pokémon (heavenlyspoon.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by HeavenlySpoon@ttrpg.network to c/rpg@ttrpg.network

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Hey, Lemmy!

I’m a somewhat experienced TTRPG designer and my latest project is an RPG based on the first generation of Pokémon games.

You can download the complete game for free here:

https://heavenlyspoon.org/pocket-monster-adventures/

My focus was on ease-of-play and simple prep. Many of the other Pokémon RPGs out there seemed to involve a lot of overhead—especially for the GM. I prefer a more improv-heavy game, and having to do a lot of prep makes that basically impossible.

Sticking to gen 1 made it so I could keep the scope small enough to allow for simple encounter tables, pre-prepared Pokémon sheets for every Pokémon, and a simple set-up for every Pokémon controlled by the GM.

The game is designed to be played with one GM and two or three players, and every aspect of the original games has been changed where needed to accommodate this.

I don't know how much interest there is for this kind of thing, but hopefully at least someone will get some joy out of it!

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[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Might be better to pick a single thing for paralysis to do if simplicity is the goal. Some ideas:

Miss the next turn - same as the TCG but probably too similar to sleep
No movement for X turns - more of a literal interpretation of paralysis but seems like it might also just be a less strong version of sleep
Chance of failing the next attack - represents the "fully paralysed" effect from the games, a little similar to both confusion and sleep
Act last in the next round - represents the speed-reducing effect from the games, but is a little confusing in practice based on whether the target has already acted in this round or not
Permanent speed reduction (well, as permanent as poison), could be similar to how Agility works - similar to above but maybe a bit simpler?

[–] HeavenlySpoon@ttrpg.network 2 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Just replying to let you know that I’ve changed move to Move whenever it’s not referring to movement and that I’ve changed Paralysis to the easier option of not being able to move this round and next round. It definitely plays differently, but it’s quicker and should hopefully be easier to understand!

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Sounds good! I noticed a couple of little typos when I read through before, want me to make a list of them if they're still there? Also, very strangely, a few pages had a tiny blob on them which when I zoomed in turned out to be Vileplume's stat sheet.

[–] HeavenlySpoon@ttrpg.network 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Weird! I don’t know how that happened, can you give a page number for where it shows up?

And yes, please share any typos you find!

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I first noticed it on p182 (Abra), I'll let you know if I see it anywhere else

[–] HeavenlySpoon@ttrpg.network 1 points 6 days ago

I figured out what happened, apparently the Vileplume sheet snuck onto my Pokémon sheet template. It should be fixed now.

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