TinyD6 System on the Bundle of Holding!

OFTHEHILLPEOPLE

If you like streamlined and smaller systems I wholeheartedly recommend all the TinyD6 products from Gallant Knight Games. It's a 2d6 system that has rules for Advantage and Disadvantage, slimmed down character creation, and puts an emphasis on narrating your actions for advantages in combat.

This bundle is a steal with all of my favorite settings included, particularly Beach Patrol which is a loving homage to 90's Baywatch action.

Not to mention that your money will be going to Doctors Without Borders who do amazing work!

Check it out and let me know when you're running a game!

JDGriz

Hmmm this has been on the list of things to check out... sigh so many game systems so little time and money.

ProbieTim

I am definitely checking this out. Just DLed the bundle.

ProbieTim

So.

I got the Bundle of Holding. Just the little $9.95 one, so I could check out Tiny Dungeon. It was OK, a good read... a fun, quick system, but I don't think I'd run it myself for fantasy RPing. I'm just... too much a fan of D&D, and when I think "fantasy RP" it's D&D I want to play.

That said...

It did click me into Tiny Supers, though, which is AWESOME. It's pretty much the same exact system, but for supers instead of fantasy. It fits exactly how I would want to run a supers RPG, and would be ideal for the Agents of SHIELD style one-shot and extended one-shot games I want to run. Now I have a system I can use for that.

So! While Tiny Dungeons might not be "my thing", Tiny Supers IS, and I have Tiny Dungeons to thank for that...

…and, of course, @OFTHEHILLPEOPLE . 🙂

OFTHEHILLPEOPLE

ProbieTim I really like the space setting that uses the TinyD6 rules. That is how I want to run a Star Trek/Cyber game, quick rules with nods to cyberware that don't bog down the game. But yes, Tiny Supers reminds me a lot of golden age X-Men and that's also how I want my supers.

Ayslyn

If you liked Tiny Supers, keep an eye out for Tiny Legacies by Shawn Carman.

Tiny Legacies

ProbieTim

OFTHEHILLPEOPLE Truth be told, I can’t get the idea of a TinyD6 Star Wars game out of my head. I’ve been wanting to run one centered around the Black Spire Outpost ever since I first hit Galaxy’s Edge, but I’ve never been a big fan of any of the available Star Wars game systems.

Seriously, for anything but fantasy, I’m really enthused about TinyD6.

OFTHEHILLPEOPLE

ProbieTim Tell me when you're running a game!

Kairaku

For the ignorant among us, can you please give a summary of the mechanics?

MasterVidar

From Tiny Gods:
The core mechanic that runs Tiny Gods is called a Test, which is
a roll of 2d6 from your Dice Pool. For complex actions, the Game
Master will usually require you to make a Test to determine if
you succeed at what you’re doing. Tests are successful if you roll
a 5 or a 6 on any of the dice rolled in your Dice Pool, unless
otherwise noted by the Game Master.
The Game Master, and certain Traits selected at Demigods
Creation, can grant you Advantage in situations. This will allow
you to roll 3d6 from your Dice Pool instead of 2d6 for that
particular Test, increasing the odds of success!
Other situations, at the Game Master’s discretion, may put you
at a Disadvantage. When at a Disadvantage, you will only be
able to roll 1d6 to resolve your Test. It is important to note that
if the situation, trait, or Game Master (or any source) imposes
Disadvantage in a situation, even if you would normally have
Advantage due to a particular Trait, you still roll 1d6 for that
Test.

OFTHEHILLPEOPLE

On top of that, damage works differently depending on what game you're playing. HP totals are generally a lot smaller for characters but that is fine since a successful combat test usually only does one point of damage. However, much like other games of this era, suggestions are made in the core books to make it as gritty as you like with modifications, especially if your players really love rolling damage like in D&D.

Magic in the fantasy setting is either inherited magic you can cast anytime, but are small effects (Think cantrips), or you're a scroll wielding wizard who has "one and done" spells with bigger effects. Magical items don't necessarily give flat bonuses, in fact the system discourages that.

Characters don't have stats but you get to determine your perks which focuses what your character is good at doing. Then you have races which give you some kind of racial advantage and maybe a free perk to fill out the theme.

Honestly, where other games might take a little bit to make a character you can sit down at a con with no pregens and have people make characters in less than ten minutes.

ProbieTim

Yeah, pretty much everything that @MasterVidar and @OFTHEHILLPEOPLE said. Basically, you roll 2d6; a 5 or 6 on any die is a success. Sometimes you will have Advantage or Disadvantage, then you roll 3d6 or 1d6, respectively. That's pretty much the entire game.

It's pretty modular, too. I'm working on an Agents of SHIELD style game with Tiny Supers, but I want to include Suppressing Fire and Cover from Tiny Frontiers. Essentially, for the former, I can shoot at any foe who enters my zone with Disadvantage (of course, I have to have a weapon that supports that; a one-shot per round Blast power wouldn't work). For the latter, everyone who shoots at me from the direction I'm covered does so with Disadvantage.

It's very lightweight, very minimalistic, but allows for a GREAT number of options. It's also very RP centric and descriptive. It's pretty much everything I wanted out of Fudge and Risus, but with a more concise and elegant mechanic that can be used for almost everything.

Although, I am considering for my upcoming street-level enhanced secret agent game allowing an additional +1 damage for each 5 or 6 rolled on the combat test. So, like, if I'm attacking with a light weapon (which normally does 1 damage), but I have Advantage, and I roll 5, 5, 6, I'm thinking that should do 3 points of damage. I'm only considering it though, as the combat system is based around 1 damage per successful attack, and most characters have between 5-8 hit points. So that might really unbalance things. On the other hand, if you roll nothing but 5s and 6s on 3d6, that should be worth something. 🙂

ProbieTim

Hmm. Or maybe an additional +1 damage if you roll ALL successes. That way it's not too unbalancing, but you get something for a great roll. I don't know why, that just seems to fit the genre for the AoS-esque game I'm working up.

JDGriz

I was bad, I bought the thing... now to put it into the hopper to be read.

OFTHEHILLPEOPLE

JDGriz Congrats! It won't be a long read but it's a good one.

The_Gekko_State

JDGriz I’ve done the same!

ProbieTim

Ok, so, just because I'm focusing on the Tiny Supers side of things for an Agents of SHIELD inspired game, here are some sample characters from the early seasons:

Name: Skye/Daisy Johnson
Belief: "Turns out, scary men in suits aren't so bad after all."
Weakness: Information on her family
Stress: 6
Archetype: Expert
Traits: Trait Mastery (no more than 1 power, but 2 extra traits), Charismatic (gain Advantage when attempting to convince or influence someone), Detective (gain Advantage when searching for clues to an identity, whereabout, or motive), Diehard (once per day when reduced to 0 Stress, instead reduce to 1 Stress), Hacker (from Tiny Frontier, AIs get a Save Test if successful)
Powers: Elemental Control (Earth, Tier 1; cause the ground to buckle, up to 3 targets must make a Save Test or fall prone)
Power Origin: Alien
Weapons: Ranged (proficient), Icer (mastered)

Name: Mike Peterson/Dethlok
Belief: "Mike Peterson is dead."
Weakness: Ace, his son
Stress: 7
Archetype: Striker
Traits: Powerful Blows (damage you deal cannot be reduced)
Powers: Blast (wrist-mounted rocket launcher, Tier 1), Super Movement (Jump, Tier 1), Super Senses (backscatter, ignores blindness, Tier 1)
Power Origin: Technological (Cyborg)
Weapons: Ranged (proficient), Rocket Launcher (mastered)

Thoughts? Of course, with a very un-granular system like TinyD6, you're not going to get exact matches, but I think these are close enough to the early-seasons versions of Dethlok and Skye.

OFTHEHILLPEOPLE

I will have to look over Tiny Supers again but they look good. If I recall though, with the Belief in the Tiny Dungeons it's something your character values as a broad stroke that can be applied once during a session for a roll at Advantage. Is it different in Tiny Supers? Like, instead of "Mike Peterson is dead" would it be something like "I am defined by more than just the parts of me that are machine".

ProbieTim

OFTHEHILLPEOPLE Yeah, I'll be honest, I didn't give a lot of thought to Beliefs and Weaknesses on these two, I was more focused on Archetype, Traits, and Powers. 🙂

The Tiny Supers book says that a Belief is a simple statement used as a guiding force for your Super, and that it should be along the lines of, “I’ll always find a diplomatic solution,” “Power can buy happiness,” or “I let my fists do the talking.”

Since in the early episodes, Dethlok is a villain, I thought a more villain-y sounding belief would be better. And I just happened to watch the episode last night where Dethlok beats the snot out of a SHIELD agent trying to talk him out of being a bad guy. The last thing Dethlok said before putting the agent down was, "Mike Peterson is DEAD."

Shrug

ProbieTim

The more I read about TinyD6, the more I want to run it. I'm even starting to think that I want to convert my '91 D&D Rules Cyclopedia game to Tiny Dungeon... especially with some of the optional rules!