Pledged! I have a few questions, is it easy to convert the game's genmon to pokemon stats? Are you planning allowing a Print On Demand through drivethruRPG? Looks amazing. Thanks!
To answer your first question: Yes. It is incredibly easy to convert the game to using Pokemon. The only issue you might run into is Immunities such as Dark being Immune to Psychic but we're confident it can work. The original Playtest actually used Pokemon. We simply ignored the Immunity Rule and gave a harsher penalty for rolls against what you'd otherwise be Immune to.
Second: We don't have plans for print on demand yet but if and when we do we'll be sure to announce it. We don't currently have our company set up on Drivethru which is the first hurdle but we plan to in the near future. Once we've got that worked out, we'll be looking into doing Print on Demand for all our content up on that platform.
The Idol Journey seems to be the most complex out of all of the beta playbooks, and has fairly inconsistent wording. Could you clarify how the Audience Reputation mechanic is supposed to work?
The Idol is probably the most complex of the eight but we've smoothed it down a lot. Can you tell me exactly what you're not understanding on The Idol's Audience Reputation mechanic you're having trouble with?
Whether the maximum for the audience rep track starts at their Technique, or the level of reputation in that track (which is set at 3 in the beta), and if the size of the track increases as the Idol wins trophies.
Also does the Idol gain perks and clear their companionship drives upon gaining their trophies like the other journeys?
The maximum for the Audience track is 3, regardless of Reputation. That's why there are only three pips for the Audience Track.
Yes, the Idol does reset their Drives after a Performance. You no longer get Perks when successfully hitting a Benchmark, that somehow remained from an older version.
Can you expand a little on what you mean by it not being designed for that?
I've backed with the full intention of playing exclusively solo with Mythic GM Emulator. Why wouldn't a person be able to play this with 1 player and 1 GM?
Is it primarily a balance issue, or is there a mechanical reason?
I just mean that we didn't write it to be played solo. We wrote it with the idea to be played with 3-4 players. I'm sure you could play it solo with some tweaks and using Mythic. Also, thanks for backing!
Hey, are you still working on this? Any plans for a physical edition? It looks so promising and I'm beyond excited, I was looking for a way to ditch Pokerole and clearly you're it! Good luck on your work! <3
We are, indeed, still working on this! We have plans on doing a Kickstarter by the end of the year!! You can keep updated on our progress either here on Itch by following our page or following us on Twitter and Bluesky, here are the links to that, it's the best way to keep abreast of what we're doing, any art we put out or other news.
We are planning on a physical copy through the kickstarter as well! Thanks again for the interest and the kind words! We're excited to show you what we've got for the future! Lots of plans for the game, splatbooks and additional content are in the works.
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Pledged! I have a few questions, is it easy to convert the game's genmon to pokemon stats? Are you planning allowing a Print On Demand through drivethruRPG? Looks amazing. Thanks!
Thanks for backing!!
To answer your first question: Yes. It is incredibly easy to convert the game to using Pokemon. The only issue you might run into is Immunities such as Dark being Immune to Psychic but we're confident it can work. The original Playtest actually used Pokemon. We simply ignored the Immunity Rule and gave a harsher penalty for rolls against what you'd otherwise be Immune to.
Second: We don't have plans for print on demand yet but if and when we do we'll be sure to announce it. We don't currently have our company set up on Drivethru which is the first hurdle but we plan to in the near future. Once we've got that worked out, we'll be looking into doing Print on Demand for all our content up on that platform.
The Idol Journey seems to be the most complex out of all of the beta playbooks, and has fairly inconsistent wording. Could you clarify how the Audience Reputation mechanic is supposed to work?
The Idol is probably the most complex of the eight but we've smoothed it down a lot. Can you tell me exactly what you're not understanding on The Idol's Audience Reputation mechanic you're having trouble with?
Whether the maximum for the audience rep track starts at their Technique, or the level of reputation in that track (which is set at 3 in the beta), and if the size of the track increases as the Idol wins trophies.
Also does the Idol gain perks and clear their companionship drives upon gaining their trophies like the other journeys?
The maximum for the Audience track is 3, regardless of Reputation. That's why there are only three pips for the Audience Track.
Yes, the Idol does reset their Drives after a Performance. You no longer get Perks when successfully hitting a Benchmark, that somehow remained from an older version.
Hi. This game seems awesome.
Can i play it with just 1 player + 1 GM?
It's not really designed for that at the base game. Maybe for a splatbook or something.
Can you expand a little on what you mean by it not being designed for that?
I've backed with the full intention of playing exclusively solo with Mythic GM Emulator. Why wouldn't a person be able to play this with 1 player and 1 GM?
Is it primarily a balance issue, or is there a mechanical reason?
I just mean that we didn't write it to be played solo. We wrote it with the idea to be played with 3-4 players. I'm sure you could play it solo with some tweaks and using Mythic. Also, thanks for backing!
Hey, are you still working on this? Any plans for a physical edition? It looks so promising and I'm beyond excited, I was looking for a way to ditch Pokerole and clearly you're it! Good luck on your work! <3
Hey! Thanks for the interest!
We are, indeed, still working on this! We have plans on doing a Kickstarter by the end of the year!! You can keep updated on our progress either here on Itch by following our page or following us on Twitter and Bluesky, here are the links to that, it's the best way to keep abreast of what we're doing, any art we put out or other news.
https://twitter.com/FivePointsGames
@fivepointsgames.bsky.social
We are planning on a physical copy through the kickstarter as well! Thanks again for the interest and the kind words! We're excited to show you what we've got for the future! Lots of plans for the game, splatbooks and additional content are in the works.
Love it, super excited, will check it out!
Can this be played solo?
It isn't designed for solo-play.
You can probably play the game solo with the assistance of Mythic or some other DM-simulating oracle.
I wouldn't know, I don't know that system to say if it would work or well.
Word search for Genmon Journeys in the beta doc - it's still in there a few times.
Really excited for this!
That was it's old working name. I'll have to fix it when I'm able. Thanks for the catch!