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<blockquote data-quote="uzirath" data-source="post: 8825357" data-attributes="member: 8495"><p><h3></h3><p>This afternoon, while waiting for my son's circus class to end, I tried a new one-page RPG, <a href="https://twitter.com/deathbybadger/status/1591115086453952512" target="_blank">I Do Not Want a Mastodon</a>.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]266543[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>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.</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"> <h3>uzirath<em> — </em>Today at 12:50 PM</h3> Time to see what happens with my new, unwanted mastodon! I fear it will sit on me and I will be trapped forever...<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">uzirath used<br /> /roll<br /> <h3>PseudobotBOT<em> — </em>Today at 12:51 PM</h3> Rolled 1d6. Result: (5) = 5<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">uzirath used<br /> /roll<br /> <h3>PseudobotBOT<em> — </em>Today at 12:52 PM</h3> Rolled 1d6. Result: (1) = 1<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"> <h3>uzirath<em> — </em>Today at 12:52 PM</h3> An evening at home and it trumpets ERROR at me. +1 THINKING.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">uzirath used<br /> /roll<br /> <h3>PseudobotBOT<em> — </em>Today at 12:53 PM</h3> Rolled 1d6. Result: (1) = 1<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">uzirath used<br /> /roll<br /> <h3>PseudobotBOT<em> — </em>Today at 12:53 PM</h3> Rolled 1d6. Result: (4) = 4<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"> <h3>uzirath<em> — </em>Today at 12:54 PM</h3> A day with my mastodon... it federated violently through a window! +1 CONFUSION and DAMAGES!<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">uzirath used<br /> /roll<br /> <h3>PseudobotBOT<em> — </em>Today at 12:54 PM</h3> Rolled 1d6. Result: (3) = 3<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"> <h3>uzirath<em> — </em>Today at 12:54 PM</h3> Another day...<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">uzirath used<br /> /roll<br /> <h3>PseudobotBOT<em> — </em>Today at 12:54 PM</h3> Rolled 1d6. Result: (1) = 1<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"> <h3>uzirath<em> — </em>Today at 12:55 PM</h3> This time it tells me a secret about my family that it could not possibly know. +1 CONFUSION (2 total)<br /> ooh, wait, I forgot about this tidbit. Whenever my confusion goes up, I have to roll three dice.<br /> So I get to try that twice now.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">uzirath used<br /> /roll<br /> <h3>PseudobotBOT<em> — </em>Today at 12:55 PM</h3> Rolled 3d. Result: (1+1+3) = 5<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">uzirath used<br /> /roll<br /> <h3>PseudobotBOT<em> — </em>Today at 12:56 PM</h3> Rolled 3d. Result: (6+5+3) = 14<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"> <h3>uzirath<em> — </em>Today at 12:56 PM</h3> Alas, I only achieve a feverish moment of clarity if I roll the same number on each die.<br /> So I'm at 2 CONFUSION, and 1 DAMAGES and THINKING.<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">uzirath used<br /> /roll<br /> <h3>PseudobotBOT<em> — </em>Today at 12:57 PM</h3> Rolled 1d6. Result: (1) = 1<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">uzirath used<br /> /roll<br /> <h3>PseudobotBOT<em> — </em>Today at 12:57 PM</h3> Rolled 1d6. Result: (2) = 2<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"> <h3>uzirath <em>— </em>Today at 12:57 PM</h3> Nasty. It decentralized all over the rug. +1 DAMAGES (2 total)<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">uzirath used<br /> /roll<br /> <h3>PseudobotBOT<em> — </em>Today at 12:58 PM</h3> Rolled 1d6. Result: (2) = 2<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">uzirath used<br /> /roll<br /> <h3>PseudobotBOT<em> — </em>Today at 12:58 PM</h3> Rolled 1d6. Result: (6) = 6<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"> <h3>uzirath<em> — </em>Today at 12:58 PM</h3> It bit a hole in my roof so it could ogle some other mastodons in the neighborhood. +2 DAMAGES (4 total)<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">uzirath used<br /> /roll<br /> <h3>PseudobotBOT<em> — </em>Today at 12:59 PM</h3> Rolled 1d6. Result: (6) = 6<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"> <h3>uzirath<em> — </em>Today at 12:59 PM</h3> Uh oh, I pissed it off and it <em>sat </em>on me... can I escape???<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">uzirath used<br /> /roll<br /> <h3>PseudobotBOT<em> — </em>Today at 12:59 PM</h3> Rolled 1d6. Result: (6) = 6<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"> <h3>uzirath <em>— </em>Today at 12:59 PM</h3> NOOOO<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><em>[</em>1:00 PM<em>]</em><br /> My nightmare has come true! I never emerge from beneath the beast!<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol"><em>[</em>1:04 PM<em>]</em><br /> That was surprisingly cathartic.</li> </ol></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="uzirath, post: 8825357, member: 8495"] [HEADING=2][/HEADING] This afternoon, while waiting for my son's circus class to end, I tried a new one-page RPG, [URL='https://twitter.com/deathbybadger/status/1591115086453952512']I Do Not Want a Mastodon[/URL]. [ATTACH type="full" width="331px"]266543[/ATTACH] 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. [LIST=1] [*][HEADING=2]uzirath[I] — [/I]Today at 12:50 PM[/HEADING] 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 [HEADING=2]PseudobotBOT[I] — [/I]Today at 12:51 PM[/HEADING] Rolled 1d6. Result: (5) = 5 [*]uzirath used /roll [HEADING=2]PseudobotBOT[I] — [/I]Today at 12:52 PM[/HEADING] Rolled 1d6. Result: (1) = 1 [*][HEADING=2]uzirath[I] — [/I]Today at 12:52 PM[/HEADING] An evening at home and it trumpets ERROR at me. +1 THINKING. [*]uzirath used /roll [HEADING=2]PseudobotBOT[I] — [/I]Today at 12:53 PM[/HEADING] Rolled 1d6. Result: (1) = 1 [*]uzirath used /roll [HEADING=2]PseudobotBOT[I] — [/I]Today at 12:53 PM[/HEADING] Rolled 1d6. Result: (4) = 4 [*][HEADING=2]uzirath[I] — [/I]Today at 12:54 PM[/HEADING] A day with my mastodon... it federated violently through a window! +1 CONFUSION and DAMAGES! [*]uzirath used /roll [HEADING=2]PseudobotBOT[I] — [/I]Today at 12:54 PM[/HEADING] Rolled 1d6. Result: (3) = 3 [*][HEADING=2]uzirath[I] — [/I]Today at 12:54 PM[/HEADING] Another day... [*]uzirath used /roll [HEADING=2]PseudobotBOT[I] — [/I]Today at 12:54 PM[/HEADING] Rolled 1d6. Result: (1) = 1 [*][HEADING=2]uzirath[I] — [/I]Today at 12:55 PM[/HEADING] 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 [HEADING=2]PseudobotBOT[I] — [/I]Today at 12:55 PM[/HEADING] Rolled 3d. Result: (1+1+3) = 5 [*]uzirath used /roll [HEADING=2]PseudobotBOT[I] — [/I]Today at 12:56 PM[/HEADING] Rolled 3d. Result: (6+5+3) = 14 [*][HEADING=2]uzirath[I] — [/I]Today at 12:56 PM[/HEADING] 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 [HEADING=2]PseudobotBOT[I] — [/I]Today at 12:57 PM[/HEADING] Rolled 1d6. Result: (1) = 1 [*]uzirath used /roll [HEADING=2]PseudobotBOT[I] — [/I]Today at 12:57 PM[/HEADING] Rolled 1d6. Result: (2) = 2 [*][HEADING=2]uzirath [I]— [/I]Today at 12:57 PM[/HEADING] Nasty. It decentralized all over the rug. +1 DAMAGES (2 total) [*]uzirath used /roll [HEADING=2]PseudobotBOT[I] — [/I]Today at 12:58 PM[/HEADING] Rolled 1d6. Result: (2) = 2 [*]uzirath used /roll [HEADING=2]PseudobotBOT[I] — [/I]Today at 12:58 PM[/HEADING] Rolled 1d6. Result: (6) = 6 [*][HEADING=2]uzirath[I] — [/I]Today at 12:58 PM[/HEADING] It bit a hole in my roof so it could ogle some other mastodons in the neighborhood. +2 DAMAGES (4 total) [*]uzirath used /roll [HEADING=2]PseudobotBOT[I] — [/I]Today at 12:59 PM[/HEADING] Rolled 1d6. Result: (6) = 6 [*][HEADING=2]uzirath[I] — [/I]Today at 12:59 PM[/HEADING] Uh oh, I pissed it off and it [I]sat [/I]on me... can I escape??? [*]uzirath used /roll [HEADING=2]PseudobotBOT[I] — [/I]Today at 12:59 PM[/HEADING] Rolled 1d6. Result: (6) = 6 [*][HEADING=2]uzirath [I]— [/I]Today at 12:59 PM[/HEADING] NOOOO [*][I][[/I]1:00 PM[I]][/I] My nightmare has come true! I never emerge from beneath the beast! [*][I][[/I]1:04 PM[I]][/I] That was surprisingly cathartic. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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