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Invader ZIM Rpg?
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demiurge1138
Inventor of Super-Toast
There is no Invader Zim RPG, but D20 Modern would probably lend itself nicely. The D20 Future that is supposedly in the queue would be handy for Irken tech and Prof. Membrane's inventions.
I tried to do something along these lines but all I got was this:
Irken:
Small
+2 Con, +2 Int, -4 Wis. Irkens are smart and resilient, but they have problems grasping basic common sense.
+2 bonus to Bluff, Disguise and Diplomacy. Irkens are skilled at blending into populatons of non-Irkens.
I know that's giving them a lot of credit, but Zim's just a particularly unskilled and unqualified Irken. And why does nobody but Dib see him for who he is, anyway?
Demiurge out.
I tried to do something along these lines but all I got was this:
Irken:
Small
+2 Con, +2 Int, -4 Wis. Irkens are smart and resilient, but they have problems grasping basic common sense.
+2 bonus to Bluff, Disguise and Diplomacy. Irkens are skilled at blending into populatons of non-Irkens.
I know that's giving them a lot of credit, but Zim's just a particularly unskilled and unqualified Irken. And why does nobody but Dib see him for who he is, anyway?
Demiurge out.
RodneyThompson
Explorer
I wish I was demented enough to run an effective Zim RPG. It might be a hell of a fun one-shot, and would make a great setting for a Paranoia-type game.
s/LaSH
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Bwa. Bwaha. Bwahaha! That would be awesome!
If you could get it right, though. Giant robots, battle armadas, Giant Brain Parasites - this is not the kind of thing a d20 kernel is happy with in its native form. It would be entirely possible, of course. Hm...
And I'm not sure I'd label Zim an incompetent. He's probably the second most-aware entity in the Universe, after Dib the Large-Headed. I mean, would you trust the Tallest to know which end of a donut is which? (That's not even a trick question.) And the average human?
One thing's for sure. PCs would have definite advantages over NPCs in such a setting. Plus you might have to generate adventures randomly. "PC #3 accidentally awakens a hidden space vessel buried beneath the Skool; he is assimilated and starts seeking out... jelly? Whatever, I've got a mecha this time."
Oh, and you cannot make this anything but an adversarial game. Almost missing the point of an RPG, but so long as things are kept non-lethal it's OK. Maybe another random 'DM fiat' table to determine just how Dib keeps surviving murderous Irkon technological assaults?
If you could get it right, though. Giant robots, battle armadas, Giant Brain Parasites - this is not the kind of thing a d20 kernel is happy with in its native form. It would be entirely possible, of course. Hm...
And I'm not sure I'd label Zim an incompetent. He's probably the second most-aware entity in the Universe, after Dib the Large-Headed. I mean, would you trust the Tallest to know which end of a donut is which? (That's not even a trick question.) And the average human?
One thing's for sure. PCs would have definite advantages over NPCs in such a setting. Plus you might have to generate adventures randomly. "PC #3 accidentally awakens a hidden space vessel buried beneath the Skool; he is assimilated and starts seeking out... jelly? Whatever, I've got a mecha this time."
Oh, and you cannot make this anything but an adversarial game. Almost missing the point of an RPG, but so long as things are kept non-lethal it's OK. Maybe another random 'DM fiat' table to determine just how Dib keeps surviving murderous Irkon technological assaults?
