Hulkamaniac
First Post
I'm just curious, cause I think it would be cool, with all the different feats and RPing out the trash talk. But anyways, what do ya'll think?
Would you purchase "WWF" D20???
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Upper_Krust
Legend
The costumes would be even funnier! 
Savage Wombat
Hero
Of course.
I've always been a big supporter of the World Wildlife Fund.
I presume the profits would go to conservation of endangered species?
Or maybe you need a bigger name... d20 Crocodile Hunter...
I've always been a big supporter of the World Wildlife Fund.
I presume the profits would go to conservation of endangered species?
Or maybe you need a bigger name... d20 Crocodile Hunter...
Teflon Billy
Explorer
I would buy it in a heartbeat. My friends and i have wanted to get a decent Professional Wrestling RPG for ages. The closest we came was a heavily modifed version of the White Wolf Streetfighter[/i] game.
Pro Wrestling at it's best is some of the most entertaining bull
on television, and has everything a good RPG could need: Larger than life characters, violence, drama and a world background that, while not always consistent, makes an effort to be so.
Pro Wrestling at it's best is some of the most entertaining bull
on television, and has everything a good RPG could need: Larger than life characters, violence, drama and a world background that, while not always consistent, makes an effort to be so.
trancejeremy
Adventurer
Wasn't there actually a WWF RPG?
No, I wouldn't buy it, but it would be interesting, I guess.
No, I wouldn't buy it, but it would be interesting, I guess.
Upper_Krust
Legend
You know, the funny thing is, it would probably outsell D&D!
Moulin Rogue
First Post
Would d20 be the best system to handle it? I don't know. Some rambling thoughts:
I think it would be fun to have a system with disadvantages like "takes time showboating", "easily distracted by managers", "long hair easy to pull", etc.
Going a point buy route you could make very desirable 'feats' attainable from the get-go but make them expensive, such as "frequently no-sells", "will not submit" (think classic Undertaker, you gotta knock him out or pin him) or a finisher that can be applied out of nowhere and/or applied on opponents much heavier than yourself (I was involved in a wrestling e-fed a few years ago and nobody would take a finisher that didn't meet those requirements. I also saw a ton of 6 foot 7, "technically skilled brawlers" because that was seen as a min-max combo that could do anything - everybody had some kind of power bomb but no one used it as a finisher, hmmm).
Recreating the ebb and flow of an old-school wrestling match is something I've never quite gotten from a video game. What could an RPG do to model this better? One thing about wrestling is that no matter how many bone-crushing moves the first wrestler strings together on the second from the opening bell, you still gotta give both wrestlers long turns on both offense and defense. Some kind of 'momentum reserve points' system might be in order to model these turnarounds, I don't know how it would work. Something like if you take the "attack before the bell" advantage and get a good roll, you take points off your victim's vitality but give up 'momentum reserve points' the victim can play later when he wants to take a turn on offense. Otherwise they'll always be trying to attack each other before the bell.
Charisma would not be a dump stat in the game, that's for sure. Intelligence could help you get more technical moves and counter-moves, while Wisdom would be about 'ring savvy' like knowing when to move out of the way so the charging opponent slams into the turnbuckle instead of you.
I think it would be fun to have a system with disadvantages like "takes time showboating", "easily distracted by managers", "long hair easy to pull", etc.
Going a point buy route you could make very desirable 'feats' attainable from the get-go but make them expensive, such as "frequently no-sells", "will not submit" (think classic Undertaker, you gotta knock him out or pin him) or a finisher that can be applied out of nowhere and/or applied on opponents much heavier than yourself (I was involved in a wrestling e-fed a few years ago and nobody would take a finisher that didn't meet those requirements. I also saw a ton of 6 foot 7, "technically skilled brawlers" because that was seen as a min-max combo that could do anything - everybody had some kind of power bomb but no one used it as a finisher, hmmm).
Recreating the ebb and flow of an old-school wrestling match is something I've never quite gotten from a video game. What could an RPG do to model this better? One thing about wrestling is that no matter how many bone-crushing moves the first wrestler strings together on the second from the opening bell, you still gotta give both wrestlers long turns on both offense and defense. Some kind of 'momentum reserve points' system might be in order to model these turnarounds, I don't know how it would work. Something like if you take the "attack before the bell" advantage and get a good roll, you take points off your victim's vitality but give up 'momentum reserve points' the victim can play later when he wants to take a turn on offense. Otherwise they'll always be trying to attack each other before the bell.
Charisma would not be a dump stat in the game, that's for sure. Intelligence could help you get more technical moves and counter-moves, while Wisdom would be about 'ring savvy' like knowing when to move out of the way so the charging opponent slams into the turnbuckle instead of you.
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