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Risus (Tabletop Game)
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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Risus: The Anything RPG, designed and illustrated by S. John Ross, is a universal role-playing game system that is (very) rules lite. Seriously. The rules are six pages long. And it's free. Download a free copy from the official page here.Risus is meant to be a more comedic roleplaying game. As Risus happens to be Latin for "laughter", this should come as no surprise to those Latin professors out there. However, Risus can, indeed, be used for more serious games. The rules are very simple when compared to many other number crunching RPGs, such as Dungeons & Dragons and RuneQuest (the latter of which is even more rules heavy than the former).Classes and Skills have been replaced with "cliches" which are, well, cliches.note Although you may feel free to call them Tropes instead. Cliches are given ranks in six-sided dice (and, with optional rules, in Funky Dice) from 1 to 6 (displayed in parenthesis next to the cliche). The cliches are broad descriptions of what your character can do in a given situation. So, for instance, a Spikey Haired Blond Wielding a BFS (4) would be a fine example of a character who uses his giant blade and badassery to fight the Big Bad, rescue (or lose) the girl, and save the world. Suitable actions this character may take would include: dispatching enemies with his BFS, looking badass in his costume, and winning Big Hair contests.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Characters may have any number of cliches, though, as in many other RPGs, you are limited by character creation points and character advancement.Ross' Big List of RPG Plots was originally released as a supplement for Risus. | |
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Actually Four Mooks: While originally a video game trope the game contains an odd subversion of it: a single group of enemies may represent either a single enemy or an entire group of enemies. This allows for encounters against enemies such as A Pack of Rats (3), A Pride of Lions (5) and even A Thousand Orcs (1). | |
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Badass Normal: The game allows a Sous Chef (3) to stand a chance against an Angry Barbarian (4) (and even deal extra damage) in physical combat, as long as the player has an interesting roleplay to go with it. GM discretion. | |
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Character Customization: The Cliche system essentially allows you to declare your own character classes. Exactly as powerful as it sounds. More details below. | |
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