Made In Abyss Tabletop Roleplaying Game (MIAT) - Looking for early Playtesters
Hello there! I am Butler Lewis and I've been working on this project for a couple months now. It's a tabletop roleplaying game specifically for the setting of Made in Abyss. I've tried to look for one, but its mostly only D&D guides, so I decided to make one myself. The system is still in it's early draft stage, but it has proven to be playable. MIAT aims to be simple and easy for those new to TTRPGS, but still fun and expansive enough for experienced players.
The system is based on D&D 5e, but it's adapted the rules to be more survival based. Here are some key differences:
- The system aims to encourage roleplay and exploration by making certain classes (called Roles in MIAT) focus around them rather than having being only combat centric like D&D classes.
- Thanks to Bondrewd, crafting has a big role in the game (though the written rules are still rough, with Gamemaster rulings, its functional).
- Similar to what we see in the story, the system is designed to be brutal. Healing options are limited and its best to avoid or run away from most creatures rather than fight them. There are a multitude of ways to save you and your teammates, however. It's not all doom and gloom.
- Your "power" comes more from Relics rather than role features, though the latter matters a lot.
- With a few exceptions, every roll in the game is a Skill you can upgrade through a simple Skill Points system.
And much more.
I'm currently looking for 3-4 Playtesters to play this Sunday at 7 pm NZST (time is negotiable, but it’ll most likely be on Sundays). I've already got 1 player who's playing an Archivist (one of the Roles in MIAT), so 4 would be ideal, but if the 5th person happens to be someone experienced with TTRPGs and/or is someone who's a seasoned feedback-giver, they're likely to get in. Please DM me either through reddit or on discord (TheButler3000#3000) if interested.
I will leave the document here for those interested, but please do note that though its currently not formatted the prettiest, it's functional enough. Please do give any thoughts and feedback, I'd love to hear them. Thank you for reading.
Posted Apr 12, 2023, 4:03 PM UTC · edited
(Hour 8)
Chaotic good player: “I WANNA BE A FURRY!”
DM: “FINE! Lets… just… start… the… game…
(Hour 8:30)
Chaotic evil player: “They’re asleep right?”
DM: “…yyyyeah…”
CEP: “I’m gonna quietly take the ruler out of my backpack.”
DM: “Oh sweet jesus!… WE HAVENT ACTUALLY LEFT ORTH YET!”
(Hour 24)
DM: <face palm> “Why does the evil teammate keep rolling natural sixes and everyone else keeps rolling critical failures?”
CEP: “Shouldn’t the ruler get like… magical powers or something? I mean, its seen a lot of-“
(Hour 72)
DM: “Ozen is stepping on you.”
CEP: “Awwww yeah. Press harder!”
DM: “You’re an actual human! She’s doing real damage!”
(Hour 93)
DM: “Fuck it! You fell to the fifth layer!”
CGP: “How did we survive?”
DM: “You just did! OK!?”
(Hour 100)
DM: “I fuckin’ hate these dice! Ok… so… Bondrewd has agreed to become Fembrewd.”
CEP: “…and I have her bent over a surgery table <censored> …with her tail swishing in the air. OH! And I quietly pull the ruler out of my backpack…”
(Hour 120)
DM: “The elevator has finally stopped at the sixth layer.”
Chaotic neutral player: “I wanna blow my whistle!”
DM: “But that’s suic-“
CNP: “I WANNA BLOW MY WHISTLE!” >0<
DM: “FINE! YOU WANNA BLOW YOUR FUCKING WHISTLE!? GO RIGHT AHEAD! EVERYONE DO A SAVING THROW! …and you all suffered critical failures. … … everyone dm me a player’s name. Players with at least two votes get the blessing… …and you all voted for yourselves… except CEP who voted for ‘Fembrewd.’”
(Hour 121)
DM: “You are all back on the sixth layer.”
CEP: “I quietly pull the ruler from-“
DM: “You no longer have a backpack. None of you do. Everyone’s intelligence has dropped to 1 and you can’t talk either. (Mutters) Thank god!… all you can do is wiggle and flop in the direction of the abyss’ bottom.”
How did you just map out the future games lmao