I noticed the Online Character Generator links back to this page and isn't listed on the penguin king games website, is there a current version you meant to link, did you mean to remove it completely, or am I just very bad at understanding the external link functionality?
I was looking at 0.5.0; you updated literally twenty minutes after I downloaded everything, and now I have to go through like ten clicks and re-download the files, you monster.
Hello! I was reading the most recent version of the game, and I noticed that the 0.5 version removed the comment that said a GMless version would be released in future versions.
Is there is still a GMless version in progress? If not, no worries! I understand that it is a lot of work. My group and I just really love GMless games and would be excited to see a version that fit our table. Thanks!
No, that remark is still there in the preamble to the "Running the Game" section. I removed the parenthetical aside from the "What You'll Need" subsection of the introduction because it proved to be misleading in context.
Worked examples of how to come up with Expressions for one's Forms didn't make it into the current draft because the list of Forms is still in flux, but I thought I'd toss a few potential examples here in case anyone would find that helpful:
Bottomless Belly
Indulgent – You encourage people to try new experiences, culinary or otherwise.
Refined – That you can eat literally anything does not oblige you to be indiscriminate; perish forbid!
Firm Flesh
Patient – You've got all the time in the world.
Stubborn – You're hard-headed in more ways than one.
Hundred-Handed
Self-reliant – Who needs a helping hand when you've so many of your own?
Absent-minded – Sometimes the left hand really doesn't know what the right hand is doing.
Primordial Power (Fire)
Hot-blooded – Your feelings burn as hot as your flesh.
Fatalist – The flame that burns brightest burns briefest, and oh, you've burned so very bright.
Prismatic Pelt
Forthright – There's no sense being coy about your feelings when you literally wear them on your sleeve.
Unassuming – You prefer to fade into the background, both literally and metaphorically.
Superior Sense (Hearing and Touch)
Busybody – Oh, you know it's really none of your business, but you couldn't help but overhear...
Paranoid – Can anybody else hear that? How can they not hear that?
If anyone would like to offer their own take on examples Expressions, either for these Forms or any of the thirty-ish others in the current draft which I haven't covered here, feel free!
I really like the rebellious arts as a magic system! Their theming is wonderful and if I never have the chance to play this game in particular, I might just introduce them into other games I run.
Glad you approve! In the interest of full disclosure, the idea of "each player character has dominion over one specific fictional conceit" as a magic system was admittedly cribbed from Tales from the Floating Vagabond (though TftFV's version is themed around 1980s action movie tropes rather than Looney Tunes sight gags).
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I noticed the Online Character Generator links back to this page and isn't listed on the penguin king games website, is there a current version you meant to link, did you mean to remove it completely, or am I just very bad at understanding the external link functionality?
Please double-check that you're not using the old link from before this morning's minor update. The current URL is https://penguinking.com/eat-god/eat-god-0.5.1-generator.html (the old one will have 0.5.0 in it instead).
I was looking at 0.5.0; you updated literally twenty minutes after I downloaded everything, and now I have to go through like ten clicks and re-download the files, you monster.
Thanks for letting me know it got fixed.
Hello! I was reading the most recent version of the game, and I noticed that the 0.5 version removed the comment that said a GMless version would be released in future versions.
Is there is still a GMless version in progress? If not, no worries! I understand that it is a lot of work. My group and I just really love GMless games and would be excited to see a version that fit our table. Thanks!
No, that remark is still there in the preamble to the "Running the Game" section. I removed the parenthetical aside from the "What You'll Need" subsection of the introduction because it proved to be misleading in context.
Ah, gotcha. Thank you! I am very excited to hear that!
Worked examples of how to come up with Expressions for one's Forms didn't make it into the current draft because the list of Forms is still in flux, but I thought I'd toss a few potential examples here in case anyone would find that helpful:
Bottomless Belly
Firm Flesh
Hundred-Handed
Primordial Power (Fire)
Prismatic Pelt
Superior Sense (Hearing and Touch)
If anyone would like to offer their own take on examples Expressions, either for these Forms or any of the thirty-ish others in the current draft which I haven't covered here, feel free!
I really like the rebellious arts as a magic system! Their theming is wonderful and if I never have the chance to play this game in particular, I might just introduce them into other games I run.
Glad you approve! In the interest of full disclosure, the idea of "each player character has dominion over one specific fictional conceit" as a magic system was admittedly cribbed from Tales from the Floating Vagabond (though TftFV's version is themed around 1980s action movie tropes rather than Looney Tunes sight gags).