COSMIC Toolkit For Role Playing Games

Devlog

• COSMIC #16 - An interactive hacking binder
  February 08, 2024 by TheGiftOfGabes

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  I came across Tiddly Wiki and I decided to give it a spin and I loved it. So now COSMIC has an online version and an html file. The first is obvious, I suppose. You check the game up there on the inte... Continue reading
• COSMIC # 15 - COSMIC with PrintFriendly
  July 01, 2023 by TheGiftOfGabes

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  You can now go to PrintFriendly and edit out the parts you don't want from COSMIC to export as PDF. Check the download section to see it... Continue reading
• COSMIC #14 - Challenges II: Dice Piles
  May 20, 2023 by TheGiftOfGabes

  I just added a new rule set for challenges that uses a pile of d6s to determine the difficulty of a challenge and its escalation... Continue reading
• #13 - Downloadable files and a minor fix or two
  March 31, 2023 by TheGiftOfGabes

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  I have added up-to-date downloadable files in the following formats: markdown, docx, and pdf. I made an effort to add a table of contents and I hope everything in there is functional. Hit me up if the... Continue reading
• #12 - Origins
  March 01, 2023 by TheGiftOfGabes

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  Origins is a set of prompts for a group to collaboratively create elements of a setting centered around cultures and the fantastical beings that exist in them. It is based on SabreCat's Cultures and K... Continue reading
• #11 - Aaaand... Foundations of Play
  February 12, 2023 by TheGiftOfGabes

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  Just added a section called Foundations of Play, which covers themes, pillars, agenda, and principles for games... Continue reading
• #10 - Becoming - Optional rules for characters in the making
  February 12, 2023 by TheGiftOfGabes

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  Just added a set of rules for games and settings where the player characters "were born yesterday", like clones waking up adults and barely with any past, newly created beings, individuals who somehow... Continue reading
• #09 - Collaborative Narrative Tools
  February 10, 2023 by TheGiftOfGabes

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  Hey, everyone! COSMIC is growing and I have just added a set of rules for collaborative narrative tools based on Finding Styles by Valery North and Co-op dice mechanics by Thomas Manuel . All comments... Continue reading
• #08 - Rules for Abstracting Resources
  February 08, 2023 by TheGiftOfGabes

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  Just added a small set of rules for Scarcity, a shorthand for any sort of resource that you need to abstract without book keeping... Continue reading
• #07 - COSMIC!
  January 28, 2023 by TheGiftOfGabes

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  Free TTRPG Mechanics is not really a great name to search for when you are in a pinch. So here is COSMIC COSMIC stands for cooperative open short modular independent collaborative Cooperative because... Continue reading

  
• #06 - Approaches
  January 28, 2023 by TheGiftOfGabes

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  Added a short section of Design Guidance related to Approaches because you are not bound to the number or nature of the approaches presented... Continue reading
• #05 - Collection of Add-Ons
  January 26, 2023 by TheGiftOfGabes

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  I just added a link to a collection of supplemental rules, modules, MOSAIC/CERAMIC Sctrict and other things you can use to kitbash these rules into something more specific to your table... Continue reading
• #04 - Fickle Sciences, plus Minor Edits
  January 25, 2023 by TheGiftOfGabes

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  Alright, basically Fickle Sciences is an optional mechanic to cover Magic, Technological Gadgets, and whatever is in between. Fickle Sciences mechanics are based on Heroic Chord / Harmony Drive by Pea... Continue reading
• #03 - txt and md files
  January 20, 2023 by TheGiftOfGabes

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  Hey, peeps! Just added TXT and MD file versions for download to hopefully make it easier for people to use this... Continue reading
• #02 - Crowdsourcing Guides and Advice
  January 15, 2023 by TheGiftOfGabes

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  I am crowdsourcing guidelines and advice for converting modules and adventures to this system. If you would like to contribute, you can ask questions like: "what if my adventure has [mechanic or stats... Continue reading
• #01 - Draw on Opposed Rolls
  January 13, 2023 by TheGiftOfGabes

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  I forgot to add the rule for a draw on opposed rolls. Now when you make an opposed roll and both of you hit the same number, it is a Draw, and the challenger gets something, wih a catch of sorts. It i... Continue reading
• Anti-Capitalist Attribution Cooperative License
  January 13, 2023 by TheGiftOfGabes

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  Find below the terms and conditions of the Anti-Capitalist Attribution Cooperative License, as originally made available by Takuma Okada at https://noroadhome.itch.io/acaclicense . Anti-Capitalist Att... Continue reading