Results 991 to 1,020 of 1178
-
2016-11-27, 11:25 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Dec 2014
- Gender
-
2016-11-27, 11:55 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jul 2011
- Location
- The Middle of Nowhere
- Gender
-
2016-11-28, 02:41 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- May 2015
- Location
- UK
Re: High School Harem Comedy (Game System, PEACH)
I agree that it's similar. Ojou comes across to me as stuck up and arrogant, though, whereas English Rose is supposed to be more... pure and kind. The Japanese equivalent should really be Yamato Nadeshiko and I'm a little surprised that that doesn't already exist as an archetype.
And Ladette is thematically similar to Sukeban, but the advantages are quite different, I think. My understanding is that a Sukeban is supposed to be, like, a gang leader, whereas a Ladette is just a low-level troublemaker.
Celtic Lass has a lot in common with Half-Foreign, for that matter, but again, it's got different advantages. And in the context of a game set in the UK or US, the two are clearly distinct, as a person of Celtic ancestry is not going to struggle with English street signs etc.Last edited by Ninja_Prawn; 2016-11-28 at 05:19 AM.
Lydia Seaspray by Oneris!
A Faerie Affair
Homebrew: Sig
-
2016-11-28, 04:39 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Dec 2013
- Location
- turkey
- Gender
-
2016-11-28, 05:24 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jan 2014
Re: High School Harem Comedy (Game System, PEACH)
Ojou is just "high society", with the only advantage that's explicitly kinda arrogant being "Dazzling Display", the power where you rub your stupid-rich family's money in everybody's face all the freaking time. Now, a number of Ojou's will be arrogant as their personality, but it's not built into the archetype; they can be polite high society just as easily as snobby high society. I think somebody made Yamato Nadeshiko into a Universal trait (basically they boosted up "Good Cook" to include household chores, child care, and other such "housewife duties").
Sukeban's just a delinquent to the best of my knowledge, cutting class and getting in fights. They can be part of a gang as leader or lackey, but they could just as easily be a loner punk. If they're supposed to be a gang leader instead of any other color of juvenile delinquent, that doesn't exactly come through clearly in the fluff or mechanics.
Doesn't make too much difference, ultimately. I could see interesting things happening from combining similar archetypes together (Ojou/English Rose, Ladette/Sukeban, Celtic Lass/Cuckoolander, etc).
Currently Recruiting WW/Mafia: Logic's Deathloop Mafia and Cazero's Graduates Of Hope's Peak - Danganronpa Mafia
Avatar by AsteriskAmp
My Homebrew
-
2016-12-01, 12:19 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jul 2015
- Location
- Port Angeles
- Gender
-
2016-12-02, 12:53 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Apr 2011
- Location
- 30.2672° N, 97.7431° W
- Gender
Re: High School Harem Comedy (Game System, PEACH)
"Sleeping late might not be a virtue, but it sure aint no vice. The old saw about the early bird and the worm just goes to show that the worm should have stayed in bed."
- L. Long
I think, therefore I get really, really annoyed at people who won't.
"A plucky band of renegade short-order cooks fighting the Empire with the power of cheap, delicious food and a side order of whup-ass."
-
2016-12-10, 11:43 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Mar 2006
- Location
- Stormwracked verdant hive
- Gender
Re: High School Harem Comedy (Game System, PEACH)
Guerrilla post!
Might I say, regarding Ojou, there's another angle to that that you ain't coverin' there.
They could also come from a previously wealthy family, no longer powerful yet still clinging to some veneer of their former stature. Some significant trinkets here or there, or a diehard family retainer who clings on from loyalty... or the knowledge, dignity, grace, poise of their former position. Perhaps they still have a bite of arrogance that others are quick to react against, or maybe some naivete and innocence about how the world outside the mansion works.
Another way to look at the Ojou would be to portray them as somebody coming from a less privileged background, whether classic rural peasant or urban poor. They WANT to rise in the world. They try to hold themselves to a higher standard. They persevere and work towards the ideal and the image of "high society". They might even shun fellow poor people, or try to distance themselves from their own past and present social circumstances. What happens when somebody finds out the sham? An opportunity for character development, eh!Avatarcred: HELL YEAH to THE Oneris! Ma'am, thank you, ma'am.
Previous Avatars: by Dr Bath, Strawberries, zimmerwald1915
-
2016-12-16, 01:44 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jan 2014
Re: High School Harem Comedy (Game System, PEACH)
Spoiler: Pure Substitution Powers, For Future Reference
Interestingly, in Core-only, Allure has no power granting a substitution for it, but with games open to homebrew, it's the only one of the four rolls that has roll substitutions for the other three - that is to say, you could build a character that could roll Allure in place of Skill, Luck, and Conflict twice each in the same episode, and have your other three powers boost Allure exclusively. Also of interest: Conflict gets one substitution in Core, and never gets another substitution power.Last edited by AvatarVecna; 2016-12-16 at 03:14 PM.
Currently Recruiting WW/Mafia: Logic's Deathloop Mafia and Cazero's Graduates Of Hope's Peak - Danganronpa Mafia
Avatar by AsteriskAmp
My Homebrew
-
2016-12-16, 02:24 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jul 2011
- Location
- The Middle of Nowhere
- Gender
Re: High School Harem Comedy (Game System, PEACH)
Awesome avatar by Cuthalion
Spoiler: Old Avatars
By Ceika, Ceika, Linklel (Except for one that appears to be lost to time)
-
2016-12-16, 02:47 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jan 2014
Re: High School Harem Comedy (Game System, PEACH)
Certainly fair points, although it reminds me that one day I've gotta play a Yandere that actually solves most of her problems with violence. I'm also considering making some archetypes that balance it out a bit to potentially allow for a full substitution as Allure does when homebrew's on the table...although admittedly, some of them don't seem like they'll exactly be the easiest to fluff (use Skill in place of Allure? Use Conflict in place of Luck? Hrm...).
Not that filling these voids is necessary, it just kinda bugs me when I'm making characters, because I really like these kinds of advantages and I wish there were a wider variety of them.
Currently Recruiting WW/Mafia: Logic's Deathloop Mafia and Cazero's Graduates Of Hope's Peak - Danganronpa Mafia
Avatar by AsteriskAmp
My Homebrew
-
2016-12-16, 03:17 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- May 2015
- Location
- UK
Re: High School Harem Comedy (Game System, PEACH)
Skill in place of Allure would make sense for a celebrity, I think. They're so good/admired at what they do, that it naturally makes people love them. Like, imagine a rock star famous for their guitar skills. Playing guitar is almost always a Skill roll, I would think, but this person is so good at it that they can use their skills even when the situation class for Allure.
With Conflict, it's harder to imagine specific scenarios... But maybe some kind of insane troll logic ability that lets you basically shout your way through a luck-based mission?Last edited by Ninja_Prawn; 2016-12-16 at 03:17 AM.
Lydia Seaspray by Oneris!
A Faerie Affair
Homebrew: Sig
-
2016-12-16, 03:41 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jul 2011
- Location
- The Middle of Nowhere
- Gender
Re: High School Harem Comedy (Game System, PEACH)
I figured it would be something along the lines of "You don't let the odds dissuade you! After all, everyone knows that the consequences of your failure somehow always fall on them."
I strongly recommend it. Being a force of nature in the school has its advantages.Awesome avatar by Cuthalion
Spoiler: Old Avatars
By Ceika, Ceika, Linklel (Except for one that appears to be lost to time)
-
2016-12-16, 04:17 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Dec 2008
- Gender
Re: High School Harem Comedy (Game System, PEACH)
Avatar by Honest Tiefling
Won as Good Mayans on a science victory GMR 4. Won as Sweden on a science victory GMR 7. Won as Desert England on a concession victory GMR 8 Lost as Poland in GMR 3. Lost as Japan in GMR 5, Surrendered as Korea in GMR 10. Surrendered as Bad Maya in GMR 11, Lost as Shoshone in GMR 13.
-
2016-12-16, 05:35 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jul 2011
- Location
- The Middle of Nowhere
- Gender
-
2016-12-16, 09:28 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jan 2014
Re: High School Harem Comedy (Game System, PEACH)
It's definitely something I'd need to be careful about. I think as long as I could keep the violence - for lack of a better term - cartoonish enough, I could make it almost work on a comedic level. A Yandere/Sukeban or Yandere/Vampire who temporarily eliminates the competition via gory violence makes the game more like horror, but a Yandere/Eldritch Abomination or Yandere/Chuunibyou or Yandere/Genki who eliminates the competition through ACME devices and giant mallets keeps the game nice and humorous.
The reason it wouldn't work for most of the games Illven runs is that Illven keeps his games fairly realistic and serious and drama-prone. A Yandere that brings serious violence wouldn't be welcome...but a Yandere bringing some good old-fashioned Looney Tunes violence into the mix could very well be the main source of actual comedy in a game like Yuri Harem.
EDIT: Found a good example, actually, for anybody that watches this show:
Spoiler: Lola Bunny
Last edited by AvatarVecna; 2016-12-16 at 09:43 AM.
Currently Recruiting WW/Mafia: Logic's Deathloop Mafia and Cazero's Graduates Of Hope's Peak - Danganronpa Mafia
Avatar by AsteriskAmp
My Homebrew
-
2016-12-16, 10:40 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jan 2014
Re: High School Harem Comedy (Game System, PEACH)
Can anybody make sense of this advantage? The fluff fits the character I'm putting together perfectly, but I can't for the life of me parse the mechanics.
Based on a very rough reading, it looks to me like this is trying to be "if you fail any roll, use this power and reroll as if you'd rolled Luck instead; if you succeed, something super-weird happens". This is vaguely balanced if it's 1/episode, but is monumentally broken if it's a passive advantage (and since there's no indication of how often it can be used, my impression is that it's a passive "use any time" power, which is stupid broken). Can anybody else parse this power in a way that makes sense and is balanced? If not, could somebody else rewrite it in a way that's appropriately powerful for a 1/e advantage, but not so powerful as to be totally broken? I'd do it myself, but I don't trust myself to be objective, since I'm looking at using it if I can.
Currently Recruiting WW/Mafia: Logic's Deathloop Mafia and Cazero's Graduates Of Hope's Peak - Danganronpa Mafia
Avatar by AsteriskAmp
My Homebrew
-
2016-12-16, 11:07 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Mar 2013
- Location
- Elsewhere
- Gender
Re: High School Harem Comedy (Game System, PEACH)
Right, I'm going to update the werewolf archetype.
Spoiler: Werewolf"Isn't the full moon so beautiful, Protagonist-Kun? Awrooo!~"
You're a wild beast in human shape, barely restrained animal instinct making you a dangerous beauty, at least to those who don't know you. However, you can be fairly dog-like, considering that you occupy a similar space between human and wolf, and these characteristics can be quite endearing. Perhaps the protagonist will find himself wanting to howl at the moon alongside you.
Feral Instincts: Even when in your human form, your animal senses can detect when the other girls are at their best and help you rise to the challenge. +2 to a Conflict or Allure roll in a scene during which another girl is using their strong roll.
Intimidating Presence: Whether it's the inhuman shadow or the flash of yellow eyes, people tend to stay out of your way even to their own detriment. 2/episode, you can cause all other girls to take a -1 penalty on skill or conflict rolls.
Song of the Moon: Your howling is oddly alluring, and it has a tendency to draw the protagonist right into your arms, though it can be a bit disquieting after the fact. 1/episode, when making an opposed Allure roll, you may make the result of your roll a 6. However, you take a -1 penalty to all allure rolls for the rest of the episode.
Lunatic Rhapsody: When you get worked up, you become a real force of nature, capable of anything. +1 on Conflict or Skill checks when strong non-lust/love emotions are in play.
Partial Shapeshifting: You've lived with lycanthropy long enough that you've learned how to give yourself wolfish features such as cute ears or a tail without going full wolf. +1 to Allure rolls when your wolfish features are apparent in your human form, and you're not wearing another special costume to take away from the effect.
Aggravated Misery: Your feral instincts know just how to make someone's bad day even worse. When your rivals would take a penalty, you may increase the amount their rolls are reduced by by one.
What do people think?Last edited by Ionbound; 2016-12-27 at 09:20 AM.
-
2016-12-16, 11:56 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Jan 2014
Re: High School Harem Comedy (Game System, PEACH)
You may want to change this to read "is using their weak roll" to avoid any possible confusion. As far as balance goes, an "Any Roll +2" power is generally OP, but the caveat that it only activates when another girl is using their weak roll makes me inclined to think that it won't come up often enough to be even average power. Between substitution powers like the ones I linked above, and how many games involve multiple roll options per scene, the odds of getting this power are probably pretty low, particularly since the other girls will probably be going out of their way to avoid using their weak roll both to not screw themselves over and to prevent you from getting a bonus. This becomes a lot more prevalent in a game where another player has Second Wind or Down And Dirty charging as part of their bag of tricks, and becomes a lot more common in games with more girls, but I don't expect this power to be useful enough in most set-ups to be worth taking.
Vicious Bite: Your teeth aren't for show! You can leave debilitating bites on people if you really want to. 2/episode, you can cause all other girls to take a -2 penalty on skill or conflict rolls.
Song of the Moon: Your howling is oddly alluring, and it has a tendency to draw the protagonist right into your arms, though it can be a bit disquieting after the fact. 1/episode, when making an opposed Allure roll, you may make the result of your roll a 6. However, you take a -1 penalty to all allure rolls for the rest of the episode.
Lunatic Rhapsody: When you get worked up, you become a real force of nature, capable of anything. +2 on Conflict or Skill checks when strong non-lust/love emotions are in play.
Partial Shape-shifting: You've lived with lycanthropy long enough that you've learned how to give yourself wolfish features such as cute ears or a tail without going full wolf. +2 on Allure checks when you have these features. (fake ears don't count!)
Aggravated Misery: Your feral instincts know just how to make someone's bad day even worse. 2/episode, when your rivals would take a penalty, you may increase the amount their rolls are reduced by by one.
What do people think?
Currently Recruiting WW/Mafia: Logic's Deathloop Mafia and Cazero's Graduates Of Hope's Peak - Danganronpa Mafia
Avatar by AsteriskAmp
My Homebrew
-
2016-12-16, 03:00 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Dec 2008
- Gender
Re: High School Harem Comedy (Game System, PEACH)
Edited with the new werewolf.
Avatar by Honest Tiefling
Won as Good Mayans on a science victory GMR 4. Won as Sweden on a science victory GMR 7. Won as Desert England on a concession victory GMR 8 Lost as Poland in GMR 3. Lost as Japan in GMR 5, Surrendered as Korea in GMR 10. Surrendered as Bad Maya in GMR 11, Lost as Shoshone in GMR 13.
-
2016-12-16, 08:47 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Mar 2013
- Location
- Elsewhere
- Gender
Re: High School Harem Comedy (Game System, PEACH)
Right. Buffed Feral Instincts to trigger on strong roll rather than weak and Aggravated Misery to be passive, and nerfed Lunatic Rhapsody to +1 on each roll. Also nerfed Partial Shapeshifting to not stack with other dress abilities, which I feel like should make it more balanced.
-
2016-12-16, 08:58 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Dec 2008
- Gender
Re: High School Harem Comedy (Game System, PEACH)
Avatar by Honest Tiefling
Won as Good Mayans on a science victory GMR 4. Won as Sweden on a science victory GMR 7. Won as Desert England on a concession victory GMR 8 Lost as Poland in GMR 3. Lost as Japan in GMR 5, Surrendered as Korea in GMR 10. Surrendered as Bad Maya in GMR 11, Lost as Shoshone in GMR 13.
-
2016-12-16, 09:10 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Mar 2013
- Location
- Elsewhere
- Gender
Re: High School Harem Comedy (Game System, PEACH)
That's the idea. It's a disincentive to using a strong roll. Makes having abilities that key off of other rolls actually worth something.
-
2016-12-16, 09:36 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Dec 2008
- Gender
Re: High School Harem Comedy (Game System, PEACH)
I think that makes it overpowered. It's not limited to a certain amount of times per day and it effects every single roll, you are telling every other player. Hey if you want to use at least half of what you built your character for, I always get a +2, no exceptions.
If there's only one roll option, and they want to participate in the roll, you get a +2. If their roll choice is forced, thanks to say shadow out of time, you get a +2.
I can't think of a character I wouldn't at least consider quirking this one.Avatar by Honest Tiefling
Won as Good Mayans on a science victory GMR 4. Won as Sweden on a science victory GMR 7. Won as Desert England on a concession victory GMR 8 Lost as Poland in GMR 3. Lost as Japan in GMR 5, Surrendered as Korea in GMR 10. Surrendered as Bad Maya in GMR 11, Lost as Shoshone in GMR 13.
-
2016-12-16, 09:42 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Mar 2013
- Location
- Elsewhere
- Gender
Re: High School Harem Comedy (Game System, PEACH)
That's fair. Hmm. I think I'll just make it conflict/allure then?
Last edited by Ionbound; 2016-12-16 at 09:43 PM.
-
2016-12-16, 09:46 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Dec 2008
- Gender
Re: High School Harem Comedy (Game System, PEACH)
Avatar by Honest Tiefling
Won as Good Mayans on a science victory GMR 4. Won as Sweden on a science victory GMR 7. Won as Desert England on a concession victory GMR 8 Lost as Poland in GMR 3. Lost as Japan in GMR 5, Surrendered as Korea in GMR 10. Surrendered as Bad Maya in GMR 11, Lost as Shoshone in GMR 13.
-
2016-12-17, 01:35 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Dec 2013
- Location
- turkey
- Gender
-
2016-12-18, 06:06 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Dec 2008
- Gender
Re: High School Harem Comedy (Game System, PEACH)
About vicious bite. I realized. It's strictly an upgrade to any other similar ability in the game.
Most of the abilities like that are 2/ep and apply a -2 to one roll type to all rolls made including your own.
Vicious bite is still a 2/ep, applies a -2 to two roll types, and explicitly does not penalize your own roll.Avatar by Honest Tiefling
Won as Good Mayans on a science victory GMR 4. Won as Sweden on a science victory GMR 7. Won as Desert England on a concession victory GMR 8 Lost as Poland in GMR 3. Lost as Japan in GMR 5, Surrendered as Korea in GMR 10. Surrendered as Bad Maya in GMR 11, Lost as Shoshone in GMR 13.
-
2016-12-22, 11:54 PM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Aug 2008
Re: High School Harem Comedy (Game System, PEACH)
I have a request, if anyone would be willing to take me up on it. I applied for a HSHC game a while back and had an archtype I made for it, but I wasn't very happy with it (plus I don't remember where it is, so I can't find it). Would anyone on here be willing to take a stab at creating a Kami (God/Goddess) supernatural archtype?
-
2016-12-23, 04:21 AM (ISO 8601)
- Join Date
- Apr 2011
- Location
- 30.2672° N, 97.7431° W
- Gender
Re: High School Harem Comedy (Game System, PEACH)
What the hell.... It's a WIP though ;)
Spoiler: Kami-SamaKami-Sama (Goddess)
"I'm watching over you, Progtagonist-kun...."
You are the Goddess of a local shrine, taken mortal form to investigate this thing these mortals call "love", and you've set your sights on Protagonist-kun...
What fools these Mortals be: You just don't understand mortals or their culture, making you a bit gullible when it comes to that stuff. You believe just about anything anybody tells you when it comes to mortal custom's: -2 on skill rolls involving social situations or believing what another player tells you. However....sometimes your so naive it's cute: +2 to your next Allure roll.
Divine Wrath: You throw temper tantrums like Zeus throws lightening bolts, leaving a path of devastation in your wake. Once per episode, you gain a +3 bonus to a conflict roll. However, great power comes with a great price....you are NOT cute when you are angry...your next allure roll is treated as an automatic 1. (In addition, you receive no bonus to your allure from any other advantages.)
Divine Luck: As a Goddess, you are naturally, or rather SUPER-naturally lucky. Once per episode, you may take an automatic 6 on any uncontested luck roll, or gain a +3 on one luck roll when facing off against any other players.
Divine Intervention: You have a lesser spirit (in human form) serving as your assistant while you dwell in the mortal realm, who takes care of the "mortal nonsence" for you. Once per episode, you gain a +3 on any skill roll as your assistant swoops in and handles this "nonsense" for you .
Heavenly Body: As a Goddess, your mortal form is very well built. You gain +4 to any Allure roll involving physical beauty or raw sex appeal.
Aegis: You are a Goddess. These mortals cannot harm the you. You automatically win any conflict roll made to avoid suffering any physical harm from any mortal sources, and +3 to avoid physical harm from other supernatural archetypes.
Respect my Authora-tah: Once per episode, you may force a Miko character to take an automatic loss on one roll of any type.Last edited by Mutazoia; 2016-12-23 at 04:23 AM.
"Sleeping late might not be a virtue, but it sure aint no vice. The old saw about the early bird and the worm just goes to show that the worm should have stayed in bed."
- L. Long
I think, therefore I get really, really annoyed at people who won't.
"A plucky band of renegade short-order cooks fighting the Empire with the power of cheap, delicious food and a side order of whup-ass."