jeek
2009-08-04, 04:00 AM
I've been kicking around the idea in my head of trying to modify the 3.5 rules a bit to set up a team sport, where each player would control X characters and try to move some object (a ball?) from one point to another, similar to American football.
Lethal effects are not currently a problem in my book (I'm a big fan of the old Mutant League games), but I'm assuming certain effects will have to be nerfed or banned (casters, lulz) for this to even be remotely playable.
Each player would create X number of characters, and then face off using whatever standard ruleset evolves out of this. Tournaments, and perhaps leagues, may evolve in the future.
I haven't done any actual crunching yet, but I wanted to get the idea out there and see if has been done already (Blood Bowl! :D) or if anyone had awesome ideas.
Edit: So far, I've had these ideas:
Only subdual damage can be dealt to anyone not carrying the ball.
No flying/teleports/burrowing (or maybe just not for the ball carrier)
Medium-sized and small races only (As much as I want to see a half-minotaur lineman)
Other than the initial snap, handoffs are a move action that provokes an attack of opportunity.
A given play would consist of: Offense subs, defense subs, offense lays out, defense lays out...Surprise round for the offensive team?
How the hell would we resolve passing? Considering not even including it.
Lethal effects are not currently a problem in my book (I'm a big fan of the old Mutant League games), but I'm assuming certain effects will have to be nerfed or banned (casters, lulz) for this to even be remotely playable.
Each player would create X number of characters, and then face off using whatever standard ruleset evolves out of this. Tournaments, and perhaps leagues, may evolve in the future.
I haven't done any actual crunching yet, but I wanted to get the idea out there and see if has been done already (Blood Bowl! :D) or if anyone had awesome ideas.
Edit: So far, I've had these ideas:
Only subdual damage can be dealt to anyone not carrying the ball.
No flying/teleports/burrowing (or maybe just not for the ball carrier)
Medium-sized and small races only (As much as I want to see a half-minotaur lineman)
Other than the initial snap, handoffs are a move action that provokes an attack of opportunity.
A given play would consist of: Offense subs, defense subs, offense lays out, defense lays out...Surprise round for the offensive team?
How the hell would we resolve passing? Considering not even including it.