While reading some of the replies to the revamped "number of systems" poll, I noted that several people mentioned homebrew systems. So that got me to thinking about my own. I did two abandoned homebrew systems and one (in the early 90s) that got actual playtime and had a large text document and critter spreadsheet built up before it died in a hard drive crash (right after I threw out my previous hard copy and prepared to print a new one). I still have some handwritten notes on the system in a folder tucked away but I never went back to it since other systems that I bought met my needs.
So I became curious about other peoples homebrews. Please post a one sentence description of your homebrew(s). Here is mine:
A 2d10 bell curve based system that used a simple point buy and bonus/flaw system similar to BESM (which i had not seen before) mashed together with some elements of Mythus.
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Which of them? Let's take my most finished one, "Abnormalcy":
A 3d6 roll-under medium crunch game for modern-day action, somewhat "cinematic".
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1 Wonderfully Geeky Point, 1 Awesome Point, 3 Laugh Points, 1 Innuendo Point, 1 Speaks Truth Point, 1 "Extinct? Maybe..." Point, 1 Oppenheimer point
1 "laughed out loud, and then scrolled past it before my 7 yr old noticed the fangs" Point, 1 "Whoops, I have Kult in my H P Lovecraft" Point, 1 "You owe me a pair of eyes" Point
My homebrew is a honey brown brewed with about a pound and a half of clover honey straight from my father-in-law's hive, five pounds of malt extract, an ounce of Challenger hops, an ounce of EKG hops and a special blend of grains. I have about 4 more pints in the keg.
Oh wait, wrong forum...
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My homebrew is a honey brown brewed with about a pound and a half of clover honey straight from my father-in-law's hive, five pounds of malt extract, an ounce of Challenger hops, an ounce of EKG hops and a special blend of grains. I have about 4 more pints in the keg.
Oh wait, wrong forum...
Damn, you made me thirsty for a nice porter.
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Running: Wild Talents - Grim War: Seattle Next Iteration cell
Playing: Pathfinder:Sundered Skies, Pathfinder:Kingmaker campaign
Reading: Reign:Enchiridion, Dresden Files RPG Anti-Linear Legionnaire of the Generic Pack | 1 "Just Game!" point (from Grimkrieg) | "Here's a truth that holds for any system you play - if you break it then *you* broke it." --Bailywolf (emphasis mine) | "Canon is what you decide." --R-90-2 | The key is always "fun first, story second, rules last". --Douglas Cole
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Complete rules for science fiction roleplaying and wargaming using percentile dice in under 100 (dense) pages.
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