Comments on: Narbonic RPG Stuff

By: Wrabbit

Wrabbit — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 16:54:24 +0000

Imogene is so darn cute, I just got to make her next time I play a villains Champions game.

By: Rex Vivat (sirgarberto)

Rex Vivat (sirgarberto) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:34:22 +0000

@Thomas: Frankly, Genius is not that great. I was excited about it at first, but the mad science is just kinda like magic, not understanding borne from no loger having to limit oneself by the boundaries of the possible (as mad science almost always should be). The fact that it was made to work with nWoD also means that you can't actually act like a mad scientist in front of mere mortals.

By: Cesario VIola (cesarioviola)

Cesario VIola (cesarioviola) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:34:21 +0000

It's details like the hidden classical motifs in a non-canon image that make your work so perfect!

By: Thomas Anastasio (matsci)

Thomas Anastasio (matsci) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:34:20 +0000

If you really want a game about mad sceince, there is always Genius: The Trangression. It’s a homebrewed Madscience game for the New World of Darkness.

You can find it here http://moochava.googlepages.com/genius

And teh Discussion thread – http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=392121

I had Hellen and Madblood statted up somewhere.

By: Ed Gedeon (eddurd)

Ed Gedeon (eddurd) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:34:19 +0000

(TUNE: "I Fall To Pieces", Patsy Cline)

He'll fall to pieces
If he's not sewn up just right!
Ask Helen, she says,
"Make sure your stitches are tight!"

Your henchman was killed, there's no need to pout ...
No need to go without ...
Get those electrodes out!
When he's back from the dead,
Say, "Don't lose your head!
Use good glue, or you'll fall to pieces!"

By: Eric Rossing (drkwang)

Eric Rossing (drkwang) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:34:18 +0000

Actually, these essays are very useful from an RPG side -- they help establish the "feel" of a particular game/setting within the broader genre (how is a Narbonic game different than a Girl Genius game, for a concrete example), and throw out little details like Transthanatology Today that the GM can throw in as side details in his own game to help bring the experience to the players.

Is the RPG out there in any form? I'd love to see it, too.

By: Leon Arnott (l)

Leon Arnott (l) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:34:17 +0000

This illustration is a particularly succinct summary of the Narbonic world and all it entails. You could, and I am not even all that flippant here, replace the entirety of your webcomics’ “about” pages with that picture.

By: David Harmon (mental_mouse)

David Harmon (mental_mouse) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:34:16 +0000

Heh. Compare to the riff near the beginning of Gaiman’s The Kindly Ones….Rather than a full-scale RPG, I still think you’d would do better with a lightweight system such as Risus.

By: So It Begins (soitbegins)

So It Begins (soitbegins) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:34:15 +0000

This is wonderful! I’m going to see if I can wangle the idea into the MSW!

By: Lady Asphodel (ladyasphodel)

Lady Asphodel (ladyasphodel) — Wed, 08 Jul 2015 20:34:14 +0000

I briefly entertained the possibility that this scene might be made even more awesome if the little heart shapes on the cookies were human hearts rather than valentines, but I quickly realized that this would lose the deliciously Hitchcockian tonal contrast. It is my contention that this image is maximally awesome.

I dearly want a copy of this game.