A different RP discussion thread!

[Penthea]

Instead of talking about the 'PF drama' in regards to RP in game, a different question:

If you were to bring Eorzea to pen and paper, tabletop, roll20, etc; what system would you use and why?

d6 because it can easily be adapted to any setting. GURPS is awesome for that.

I wouldn't because I don't RP. Waste of developer time too.

You know very little about the gaming industry if you think the devs who create this game would be the same people creating a tabletop game. You need completely different tools and skillsets to create those. SE would have to hire people who specifically specialise in the table top field.

[TaleraRistain]

Would fit right into D&D or Pathfinder

[rance-sama]

I wouldn't because I don't RP. Waste of developer time too.

That's too bad, we're getting more RP in future patches.

[Delis]

I bought the Everquest rule book when they made a PnP for it. Never got to play it, never could find people to play with. Would love a FFXIV one.

[erroch]

There was a FATE port for FFXIV floating around a few expansions ago, and a Roll20 variant.
I found a copy of the Fate 14 version here (link)

[TaleraRistain]

I bought the Everquest rule book when they made a PnP for it. Never got to play it, never could find people to play with. Would love a FFXIV one.

I think I have at least the Player's Handbook around here somewhere, too.

[DreadCrow]

I'm not entirely sure. I can thing of a few different ideas, but I think at the end of the day I'd like to go with a d100 system similar to Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, or Zweihänder. Both games are known for having a lot of classes/jobs, including things that are traditionally non-combat jobs... So your character exploring Eorzea could literally be anything from a Alchemist to Gunbreaker. It'd have an added benefit of being fairly easy for the player base to use as an "official" system to use in-game with almost zero work on the behalf of the game developers; just change the d1000 of /random to a d100. Or just add a zero to all your games scores. It might be a touch more brutal than a lot of people would like though.

I wouldn't because I don't RP. Waste of developer time too.

If you don't play tabletop role-playing games, maybe you should try to find a D&D group or something. You might learn how to have fun.

Also, a tabletop game would 100% be outsourced... Just like other Final Fantasy XIV related media is. I mean, the developers aren't making figures, after all. They also don't have anything to do with that netflix show.

[Ashua]

I wouldn't because I don't RP. Waste of developer time too.

Someone actually said you were a respectable raider. If that is the case what is an unruly one like? The developer's time would be well spent actually creating ways for roleplayers to thrive because it is a large part of the fan base as well. Just sad that some people associate roleplay to automatically assume it is related to erp. Not sure if you are trying to attempt to invalidate other people's opinions or just causing drama.

[VeradBV]

There was a FATE port for FFXIV floating around a few expansions ago, and a Roll20 variant.
I found a copy of the Fate 14 version here (link)

Oh hey it's that thing I wrote, good to see it still around.

Porting stuff to FF14 RP means finding systems that fit how freeform RPers actually behave. D&D is not a very good fit for that. I take into account these things:

-Making a new character can mean a significant time and money investment and is more complicated than rerolling, so character death is either off the table or a matter of player choice. Game needs to have other consequences to ruin PC lives.
-Scenes will take longer because everybody's writing in prose format so rules have to be adjusted away from the basis that a 4-5 hour session will involve people travelling to multiple locations and doing a lot of different things.
-Players are going to be interacting with other system users and freeformers all the time, so if Dan Diceuser gets injured and Fred Freeformer wants to heal him, you need a way to address that.
-RPers make individual concepts of unique character with weird powers and skillsets as a given, so class-based systems are doomed to failure.

Optionally, I prefer to make sure the system can be managed in the in-game dice roller, which was a real challenge when it was only a d1000. Makes it easier for players who are on consoles.

[Hexie]

I've played a lot of Powered by the Apocalypse games that I've really enjoyed. I generally prefer systems like that where the rolls are simpler and more open to GM/player interpretation (granted this can be the case in any system if you want, rules are only real if your group wants them to be). There's a fun Kingdom Hearts inspired one called Interstitial that my friends and I had a blast with.