This afternoon, while waiting for my son's circus class to end, I tried a new one-page RPG, I Do Not Want a Mastodon.I was sitting in a waiting area with no dice, so I played on discord using a die-rolling bot that I've used for GURPS before (pseudobot). Here's the transcript.
uzirath — Today at 12:50 PM
Time to see what happens with my new, unwanted mastodon! I fear it will sit on me and I will be trapped forever...
- uzirath used
/roll
PseudobotBOT — Today at 12:51 PM
Rolled 1d6. Result: (5) = 5
- uzirath used
/roll
PseudobotBOT — Today at 12:52 PM
Rolled 1d6. Result: (1) = 1
uzirath — Today at 12:52 PM
An evening at home and it trumpets ERROR at me. +1 THINKING.
- uzirath used
/roll
PseudobotBOT — Today at 12:53 PM
Rolled 1d6. Result: (1) = 1
- uzirath used
/roll
PseudobotBOT — Today at 12:53 PM
Rolled 1d6. Result: (4) = 4
uzirath — Today at 12:54 PM
A day with my mastodon... it federated violently through a window! +1 CONFUSION and DAMAGES!
- uzirath used
/roll
PseudobotBOT — Today at 12:54 PM
Rolled 1d6. Result: (3) = 3
uzirath — Today at 12:54 PM
Another day...
- uzirath used
/roll
PseudobotBOT — Today at 12:54 PM
Rolled 1d6. Result: (1) = 1
uzirath — Today at 12:55 PM
This time it tells me a secret about my family that it could not possibly know. +1 CONFUSION (2 total)
ooh, wait, I forgot about this tidbit. Whenever my confusion goes up, I have to roll three dice.
So I get to try that twice now.
- uzirath used
/roll
PseudobotBOT — Today at 12:55 PM
Rolled 3d. Result: (1+1+3) = 5
- uzirath used
/roll
PseudobotBOT — Today at 12:56 PM
Rolled 3d. Result: (6+5+3) = 14
uzirath — Today at 12:56 PM
Alas, I only achieve a feverish moment of clarity if I roll the same number on each die.
So I'm at 2 CONFUSION, and 1 DAMAGES and THINKING.
- uzirath used
/roll
PseudobotBOT — Today at 12:57 PM
Rolled 1d6. Result: (1) = 1
- uzirath used
/roll
PseudobotBOT — Today at 12:57 PM
Rolled 1d6. Result: (2) = 2
uzirath — Today at 12:57 PM
Nasty. It decentralized all over the rug. +1 DAMAGES (2 total)
- uzirath used
/roll
PseudobotBOT — Today at 12:58 PM
Rolled 1d6. Result: (2) = 2
- uzirath used
/roll
PseudobotBOT — Today at 12:58 PM
Rolled 1d6. Result: (6) = 6
uzirath — Today at 12:58 PM
It bit a hole in my roof so it could ogle some other mastodons in the neighborhood. +2 DAMAGES (4 total)
- uzirath used
/roll
PseudobotBOT — Today at 12:59 PM
Rolled 1d6. Result: (6) = 6
uzirath — Today at 12:59 PM
Uh oh, I pissed it off and it sat on me... can I escape???
- uzirath used
/roll
PseudobotBOT — Today at 12:59 PM
Rolled 1d6. Result: (6) = 6
uzirath — Today at 12:59 PM
NOOOO
- [1:00 PM]
My nightmare has come true! I never emerge from beneath the beast!
- [1:04 PM]
That was surprisingly cathartic.