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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wik" data-source="post: 5517219" data-attributes="member: 40177">Well, the SRD came out when you were around nine.  So it's not THAT old.  Please don't make me feel like a grandpa when I'm not even thirty, thankyouverymuch.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Well, I'd argue that pen and paper RPGs are fundementally different from video game RPGs.  They have different design goals, and the real life component of PNP RPGs means that you may have to format things different (for example, in computer RPGs, hit points tend to go in the thousands, because the game tracks numerous variables and this high threshold allows for a lot of fluidity.  Do that in a Pen and Paper RPG, and the game would get bogged down in math).  What works for one does not work for the other, necessarily.  I still think you'd be better off playing a few different pnp RPGs before you start trying to tackle writing one yourself.  Well, it sounds to me like you want to create your own video game.  If you haven't played a lot of pnp RPGs, you don't really know what you're looking for yet, in a PNP RPG.  Which is fine, you're only 19.  I think it might be good to try and start with a core system (such as the SRD), and play in your new world for a while, house-ruling and tinkering as you go.  You'd have more fun, it'd be less work, and I think it'd be more enlightening.Also, you're in college.  I hate to say it, but you should spend more time doing school work, and less time writing an RPG.  hate to be all grown-uppy, but there it is.So why not write it as a story?  Writing a story is hard work, too, but it'd probably be easier than writing an RPG for someone in your situation.  Basically, you're saying you want to build a car from scratch, but mostly your background consists of riding motorcycles.  Writing your story from a novel perspective will still be hard work.  It'll be a huge project.  But I think it'd be one that you would better pull off at this point, and will result in a project you'll be much more proud of.  And no offence, but I wouldn't even THINK of pitching anything to a company right now.  That way leads to madness and sadness.  You're someone who has just started taking his first steps, and you're already dreaming of running... and people in those situations inevitably fall flat on their face.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue    :P"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" />Now, all my negativity aside, I wholly recommend you do something creative, absolutely!  Don't take anything I say as a deterrant, but try to consider what I am saying and wonder exactly what your goals are, here.  Remember, success is just saying "yes" one more time than everyone else says "no".</blockquote>

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