That would be an interesting idea. I don’t know exactly how to visulize that tho? Would you get different cyphers based on your rank in those? Something to think about.
@@DeadUnicornClub Using Status as an example (L5R 5th Ed, p 305), they give you an example title that your character can hold called Emerald Magistrate. You can write up a very similar subtle cypher and give it to a player who earns it over the course of the game. Conversely, the detrimental effects of low honor/glory can be GM intrusions for those PCs.
Great video, If you are not in the Cypher Unlimited discord I do hope you join this is just the type of discussions we have over there. I took the liberty to share your video over there. I want to help you get more exposure.
I can't really comment on what you were saying "character... cypher... dragons... dungeons " or something like that. Wait, I got lost, sorry, what I wanted to communicate is that your orange pop cover on the mic is super Retro, groovy.
I think you could probably convert the existing clash/dueling system, using might/speed as a conversion from fatigue/endurance and intellect as a conversion from strife/composure. And keep the major rules of the clash/duel fairly the same. Key in some techniques and skills that give you advantages at the different stages of the duel and I think you have something pretty great.
Ah, but only PCs have might, speed and intellect points! NPCs only have a level on which you must beat. I was thinking of going back to the roll & keep style where you have to make increasing level rolls until you beat your opponent's actual level.
So Cypher System has a horror genre splatbook that has a mechanic (can't remember the official name of) that basically increases the range of GM Intrusions that might work with the Strife mechanic. Or even give it where it's like the damage track where you take a small penalty of spending an extra point to do effects (basically a reverse Edge mechanic).
As I am running a Adventures in Rokugan game, I am really liking the conversion. But the more I play the more I wish I could get my players to wanna play the L5R RPG. I am really missing the fact that since the classes are so generic, you lose a lot of the flavor of the clans and their schools. I had one player write in their 20 question under which school "Yeah, he just learned techniques from fighting." I think the only way you can get this across in game is by restricting subclasses and feats to clans. And that's not super fun to limit players. But I am emphasizing with NPC's that Mirumoto Samurai fight like this, they use these techniques. But I do wish we could play the L5R 5th edition RPG some day.
Modified Genesys system? Not even close! Sure, both use custom dice, but that is it already with the similarities. Sure, the system is not perfect, but I think going with Cypher would be worse. Maybe not as bad as either of the d20 versions, but still I see no benefit in doing so.
I honestly don't know why Adventures in Rokugan is for aside people who liekd this weird mashup of Rokugan and Kara-Tur in 3e's Oriental Adventures book. All four of them. I really like your Cypher System conversion, it seems to capture the feel much better.
Ok, now i'm seeing cypher with other eyes!
Can you fashion some of the benefits of Honor/Glory/Status into subtle cyphers, rather than graft a subsystem onto the rules?
That would be an interesting idea. I don’t know exactly how to visulize that tho? Would you get different cyphers based on your rank in those? Something to think about.
@@DeadUnicornClub Using Status as an example (L5R 5th Ed, p 305), they give you an example title that your character can hold called Emerald Magistrate. You can write up a very similar subtle cypher and give it to a player who earns it over the course of the game.
Conversely, the detrimental effects of low honor/glory can be GM intrusions for those PCs.
Great video, If you are not in the Cypher Unlimited discord I do hope you join this is just the type of discussions we have over there. I took the liberty to share your video over there. I want to help you get more exposure.
I lurk there and participated from time to time. Mainly for Diamond Throne. Thanks for the repost! :) That's God's work there.
I can't really comment on what you were saying "character... cypher... dragons... dungeons " or something like that. Wait, I got lost, sorry, what I wanted to communicate is that your orange pop cover on the mic is super Retro, groovy.
I think you could probably convert the existing clash/dueling system, using might/speed as a conversion from fatigue/endurance and intellect as a conversion from strife/composure. And keep the major rules of the clash/duel fairly the same. Key in some techniques and skills that give you advantages at the different stages of the duel and I think you have something pretty great.
Ah, but only PCs have might, speed and intellect points! NPCs only have a level on which you must beat. I was thinking of going back to the roll & keep style where you have to make increasing level rolls until you beat your opponent's actual level.
@@DeadUnicornClubThat is interesting, indeed.
I actually made a cypher mod for L5R! I called it “cypher of the 5 rings.” I does port well. But takes some work to do.
So Cypher System has a horror genre splatbook that has a mechanic (can't remember the official name of) that basically increases the range of GM Intrusions that might work with the Strife mechanic. Or even give it where it's like the damage track where you take a small penalty of spending an extra point to do effects (basically a reverse Edge mechanic).
I was working on converting Achtung! Cthulhu to Cypher for awhile but then got distracted.
So you think I can convert Delta Green to cypher?
As I am running a Adventures in Rokugan game, I am really liking the conversion. But the more I play the more I wish I could get my players to wanna play the L5R RPG. I am really missing the fact that since the classes are so generic, you lose a lot of the flavor of the clans and their schools. I had one player write in their 20 question under which school "Yeah, he just learned techniques from fighting."
I think the only way you can get this across in game is by restricting subclasses and feats to clans. And that's not super fun to limit players. But I am emphasizing with NPC's that Mirumoto Samurai fight like this, they use these techniques. But I do wish we could play the L5R 5th edition RPG some day.
As someone who really wants to play AiR, but my players won't touch it I really value this perspective. Thanks so much!
Modified Genesys system? Not even close! Sure, both use custom dice, but that is it already with the similarities. Sure, the system is not perfect, but I think going with Cypher would be worse. Maybe not as bad as either of the d20 versions, but still I see no benefit in doing so.
Calling it modified Genesis is t really a disservice
I honestly don't know why Adventures in Rokugan is for aside people who liekd this weird mashup of Rokugan and Kara-Tur in 3e's Oriental Adventures book. All four of them. I really like your Cypher System conversion, it seems to capture the feel much better.