So how would you run a game based on Overwatch?
What system would you use?
>>45873922
From desktop on Windows.
>>45873922
Honestly? Palladium's goofy-ass system. Yeah, it's cumbersome, but it's got enough stuff all over the place to pull shit together relatively quickly without needing to master a universal/toolkit system.
>>45873922
Have it take place while Overwatch is still a force in the world, and it can be based on going on missions against terrorist cells and things of that nature.
Then during downtime you can have some of the older characters from the game show up sometimes to talk with the players, 76 shows up as Morrison, Reapers as Reyes, pharah obviously couldn't but her mother could, that sort of thing.
As for system I think there is a futuristic version of GURPS.
You could also use d20 modern and do a lot of homebrewing and let the characters invent some of there own abilities. But you have to be smart to not let them have powers that are unfair. Absolutely not something to invent That Guy to.
Is there a plot?
>>45874539
My vague understanding of the promo material is that Overwatch is - or more importantly, was - an eclectic international peacekeeping force with wild and varied powers, kinda like the Justice League. Shit happened, the team broke up, and now they butt heads.
>>45874539
What >>45876959 but also robots (called Omnic(s)) develop a consciousness, which lead to a war called the Omnic Crisis. We're talking Godzilla robots here, but also robots like Bastion and Zenyatta, who are of the more (current) peaceful variety. Overwatch became corrupt, everything fell apart, and now they are back again. Why, I'm not sure. What I do know is that we're getting an awful lot of pretty girls. I'm not complaining, though.
Few months, maybe year ago, some anon posted thread about this exact situation.
>how do you run tabletop version of current hyped moba?
You don't anon, it's like trying to run LoL, HoN, DotA, or any other game, that have story just for sake of having fluff to show on loading screen, while some Kazakh try to connect into game with ping 13000... FPS, or clickfest, you can't take the feeling, only settings, that will be bended by system and insufficient information about world.
>>45873922
My recommendation for any game where there's a focus on squad based tactical combat and doesn't bother with realism is Strike!
Alternatively, a supers system could work (Worlds in Peril is worth a look if you are tired of M&M)
>>45873922
I think you should track down the guys who started threads about making Dota into an rpg and the guys who wanted to run LoL as a rpg and you guys could hang out and talk ideas and never ever bother normal people with the retarded idea of making a pen and paper rpg out of a moba.
Jesus fuck, just read a book or something, is "cartoony, zany visuals and pretty girls" the most inspiring thing that makes you want to run a pen and paper game? Really?
>>45877794
Actually, a modified version of the Warcraft RPG or4Ewould work wonders for LoL or DotA because Warcraft is their source material.
This is a fucking Super Hero Setting. So use the Super Hero game of your choice.
Unfortunately they are all shit.
>>45878181
Yeah... but they are not looking for RPG, they look for they favourite moba... It's like asking for best system for Need For Speed game... or Counter Strike 1.6... yes, you can do it... god bless psychopaths from GURPS team. But you lost the thing, that draw you to that sort of game.
>>45878104
You
Mad
Bro
>>45878181
Strike! is basically a 4e retroclone. It gives your character a Role along with its class, which makes it fit nicely into the assassin/tank/controller/support paradigm of those games, while divorcing class from role lets you make more diverse characters without needing dozens of splats (you don't need the essentials books to make a fighter that's a striker instead of a defender).
>>45878216
Give Worlds in Peril a spin. It's not for everyone, but it captures comicbook stuff very well using AW as a base.
I think instead of that we should just beat off to SFM porn desu senpai.
>>45873922
I would play TF2.
I'd be partial to using FATE. Stunts would be good for the special moves. Aspects would be good at conveying the personalities of the characters.
What the fuck is going in this setting anyways
>>45879833
This does not make me not want to play the game.
>>45873922
Mutants & Masterminds or GURPS
>>45882621
20 years ago there was a ubiquitous network of robots, called Omnics, that turned on humanity. They crushed conventional military at every turn making ruins of many habitable areas. The UN formed a special task force of scientists, engineers, and soldiers to come at the Omnics from unexpected angles.
This task force was Overwatch.
Overwatch was able to defeat the Omnics and end the Omnic crisis. Now came the difficult task of rebuilding, made only more difficult by the presence of Omnics that didn't fight in the crisis and only want peaceful lives now that it's over. Overwatch aided in the rebuilding process but over the years the daunting task before them wore away the gleaming credibility of the organization as it ballooned with personnel necessary for the scale of the mission.
Many of these newcomers weren't up to the moral standings of the organization.
Accusations of corruption, powermongering, and negligence plagued Overwatch in the years after the crisis and this reached a breaking point when Gabriel Reyes (commander of the secret BlackWatch force, and founding member) confronted Jack Morrison (Leader of Overwatch, and Reyes' former best friend and subordinate) about the direction of the organization. A fight broke out in Overwatch headquarters with many members taking sides, watching helplessly, or fleeing the scene. A huge explosion ripped through the building destroying it and apparently killing both Reyes and Morrison.
It's been a couple years since that battle.
When Overwatch catastrophically imploded most of its assets, including experimental tech and weapons, were suddenly without oversight. As these caches were raided by criminals, warlords, and governments existing conflicts bloomed with newfound energy. Seeing the state the world is in Winston (scientist gorilla from the Horizon Lunar Colony) has begun trying to re-organize Overwatch by getting old members back on board and also finding promising new faces.
>>45877820
>Strike
This
>>45883748
tl;dr -
>International heroes stopped robots
>The organization grew too large as part of the cleanup
>Infighting led to the team breaking up
>Years later, a few guys are trying to put the band back together
What can be used out of this?
>>45883748
>>45886138
I mean, there's no real consistancy to the setting, you've got not!magic robot monks and edgy shotgun man in a setting with mini-mechs and autonomous combat robots
