Lords of Olympus: A New Diceless Game in the works, might be of interest to some here

[RPGPundit]

Yes, and add to that the fact that you'll have the hard work already done for you (powers, etc.) and the setting stuff written by someone who has an expertise at least related to the subject.

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[Simon W]

How's this coming along then? I'm getting impatient...

[RPGPundit]

How's this coming along then? I'm getting impatient...

Its going to take time. Right now I've got about 90 pages done, and I'm about a third of the way (roughly) done.  I figure it will still take a few months to get it finished. And after that, it may take a few weeks or months more for it to be published.

If we're lucky, it'll be out by the end of the year, but it could take longer.  Don't worry though, work proceeds and I'll keep people updated as to where things are.

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[Hairfoot]

Is there any reason diceless games seem to lean toward supra-beings as PCs?

[jibbajibba]

Is there any reason diceless games seem to lean toward supra-beings as PCs?

Possibly the opposite. It's hard in a dice based system to cope with Super humans and normal folk.

If a man on the street can hit a traget 70% of the time and inflict a wound that would remove 1/3 of their 'life' quite easy. If you scale that up then the super human has a 210% chance of hitting and removing all off the lfe with a hit.

So to have a dice based system that can cope with Mortal through to Superman is a huge challenge if you hope to provide challenges at each level. diceless can achieve that (actually so can a diced system based on opposed rolls but I digress) .

[Bird_of_Ill_Omen]

Is there any reason diceless games seem to lean toward supra-beings as PCs?

It may have something to do with the idea that supra-beings are so good at what they do that they take the element of random chance out of the equation.  Whereas a mere mortal's victories or failures can be due to unforeseen accidents, or a stiff wind blowing the wrong way, whatever a supra-being tries to do will only be thwarted by the purposeful actions of another supra-being.

[Hairfoot]

It may have something to do with the idea that supra-beings are so good at what they do that they take the element of random chance out of the equation.  Whereas a mere mortal's victories or failures can be due to unforeseen accidents, or a stiff wind blowing the wrong way, whatever a supra-being tries to do will only be thwarted by the purposeful actions of another supra-being.

Ah.  That makes sense.

I'm quite taken with the idea of diceless games, but I lean toward the "talented mortal" level of PC proficiency.  Random elements and luck are part of that equation, so maybe diceless can't do it.

[RPGPundit]

As mentioned in my blog today, I'm officially past 100 pages now, the project continues:  I've been writing faster lately, now that I've gotten past the technical quagmire of managing the powers.  The section on combat was a breeze in comparison.

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