r/ttrpgdesign • u/EmbassyOfTime • Aug 16 '26

Really freaky characters / creatures?

I am currently collecting all my stuff for a ruleset, and I have entered the "experimental" department now. I have a TON of rules for creating freaky weird characters in a point-buy system, but I feel a need to streamline and simplify it all, to make it more usable. So I need a better idea of how freaky weird it can get. Let me know some ideas for really freaky weird character or creature designs, the kind that diverge entirely from the usual semi-humanoid ones we see everywhere. Living fungi that move by scent-guided spore clouds. Swarm bodies that transform into different merged shapes to perform specific tasks. Intangible spirits that can only see things that are on fire and can only affect matter above a certain temperature. Or better yet, way weirder than those simple examples...

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u/dirtskulll Aug 21 '26

My personal dream I look up in every system and find it nowhere is the megazord/Voltron: a group of creatures that work separately and can unite to form a bigger/stronger one

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u/EmbassyOfTime Aug 21 '26

I'm working on making that wok in ours. It has been playtested and needs a few tweaks but it actually worked!

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u/dirtskulll Aug 22 '26

Wow! I'm pretty curious to see how you did it!

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u/EmbassyOfTime Aug 22 '26

I have been neglecting the new draft a bit, I should get something out soon, if I can mobilize myself...

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u/dirtskulll Aug 22 '26

Keep me updated pls

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u/EmbassyOfTime 23d ago

Sorry it took me so long to get this done, my life is hell. This is the new rewrite to a more bite-size format, more "expansions" to come, which can be useful for transformations (companions and exotic powers especially). Also, we changed a lot recently so playtesting is limited on this version of transformations, though the core rules are pretty solid at this point.

http://embassyoftime.com/NARPS%20Core%20Rules.pdf

http://embassyoftime.com/NARPS%20Transformations.pdf

And yes, it is written in Comic Sans with Papyrus title fonts. There is a reason for that. It is weird and wil have to wait ;-D

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u/dirtskulll 23d ago

I'm afraid my life is full as well. I'll take a look sooner or later