Critical Role Plays Zelda using pbta

[darjr]

Io9 contacted them but heard back that it’s up to Nintendo.

Critical Role Has a Custom Zelda TTRPG, and We Might Never See It

Merging D20-based combat and move-forward mechanical inspiration from Apocalypse World , the game remains a mystery, lost to time.

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[overgeeked]

Io9 contacted them but heard back that it’s up to Nintendo.

Critical Role Has a Custom Zelda TTRPG, and We Might Never See It

Merging D20-based combat and move-forward mechanical inspiration from Apocalypse World , the game remains a mystery, lost to time.

gizmodo.com

Here’s to hoping we do.

 

[darjr]

from the io9 article

It uses both a D20, turn-based combat mechanic system which includes initiative and hit point-based damage. A slimmed-down Dungeons and Dragons combat is the best way to think about this. Kind of like Knave, a little like Into the Odd. Very Old School Roleplaying structures.

The TTRPG also takes inspiration from Apocalypse World by Vincent and Meguey Baker—in game design parlance, a game that does this is called “Powered by the Apocalypse”—and uses two D6 dice to determine success, success-with-complication, or failure. It has at least three stats—Wisdom, Courage, and Power, which can add bonuses or subtract from a roll.

 

[overgeeked]

It shouldn't be too hard to reconstruct what is shown on the episode. Won’t be the whole thing, obviously, but it would be close enough.

 

[Guest 7031328]

Nintendo Made a Custom Zelda TTRPG for Critical Role

An official Legend of Zelda tabletop RPG exists and it debuted last night during a special Critical Role one-shot. On Tuesday night, Critical Role aired a special one-shot Actual Play episode set in the world of Hyrule during The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom timeline. The episode was...

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An official Legend of Zelda tabletop RPG exists and it debuted last night during a special Critical Role one-shot.

Nintendo and CR made the game.

Mercer noted that the game was a collaboration between Nintendo of America and Critical Roles

Interesting! It didn't sound like an official thing when he explained what the system was on stream, just that it was a collaboration, but I must've misheard

 

[GMMichael]

I suspect Hasbro will be unhappy if WotC can't publish Hyrule d20. Some times in the past I suggested WotC publishing licenced version of famous videogames: Final Fantasy, Warcraft, Zelda, Dragon Quest, Legends of Mana, Golden Axe..

d20? I'd expect a Zelda RPG to lean pretty heavily on d4s. (Although a d20 IS a sphere of triangles...)

I thought tons of DMs wanted their games to be grounded in the mundane? To have to deal with real life style survival challenges where PCs have to manage every item they have? Isn't immersion important?

Immersion: yes. Rolling for it: no.

For what it's worth, I watched too much Breath of the Wild today. There was 0% chance of failure/complications/Cons as Link made fruit compote (or whatever that stuff was). Nice realism elements: nutrition from food....stamina bar.... coupled with no-damage, 40-foot falls and talking broccoli...

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

d20? I'd expect a Zelda RPG to lean pretty heavily on d4s. (Although a d20 IS a sphere of triangles...)

Etsy has you covered:

 

[doctorbadwolf]

Eh, during Campaign 2, they once had an episode that spent an hour on hiring an NPC to work in their tower. They've also had shopping episodes and a spa episode (the spa episode may have also been the hiring-the-NPC episode).

It's not crazy for people to not be into Critical Role's extremely leisurely pace.

Sure, but that isn’t a thing that happens in their one shots.

Also those episodes are generally hilarious.

There was 0% chance of failure/complications/Cons as Link made fruit compote (or whatever that stuff was). Nice realism elements: nutrition from food....stamina bar.... coupled with no-damage, 40-foot falls and talking broccoli...

As long as you follow the recipe, no chance of failure, but you do have variable chances of more effective meals, and of actually making what you want (like a healing meal that gives extra hearts vs one that gives stamina vs one that only heals).

I started the stream late and didn’t finish it yet, but I imagine the check was along the lines of “does this give actual bonuses, and if so, how much?” Idk about anyone else, but I sure prefer to roll for crafting results.

 

[MichaelSomething]

Immersion: yes. Rolling for it: no.

For what it's worth, I watched too much Breath of the Wild today. There was 0% chance of failure/complications/Cons as Link made fruit compote (or whatever that stuff was). Nice realism elements: nutrition from food....stamina bar.... coupled with no-damage, 40-foot falls and talking broccoli...

We're in Tears of the Kingdom now. You don't roll to cook; you roll to make a flying gunship...

 

[overgeeked]

Etsy has you covered:

Surprised Nintendo hasn’t sent them a cease and desist.

Nintendo rather famously hates its fans.

Nintendo has declared war on esports, the internet, and its own fans

The Japanese gaming empire is fostering a toxic relationship with its most passionate and outspoken customers.

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