17: TOON
I restarted running a game tonight, so something very light.
TOON is the third RPG I ever ran after Fighting Fantasy and a disastrous attempt at MERP, and that pretty much set my rules-lightness preferences going forward. Greg Costikyan went on to design d6 Star Wars, so this has an important heritage too, a major step in genre emulation.
Cap’n Quack
Starting randomly, I roll on the basic species table and get Duck, and on the Occupation table get Pirate.
I’ll go with point-based Attributes rather than the 1D6 roll.
Attributes
Muscle 3
Zip 4
Smarts 2
Churzpah 5
Hit Points 9
Description
A cartoon duck in a cartoon pirate outfit. He wears an eyepatch but isn’t consistent about which eye he covers it with.
Natural Enemies
The Navy, led by his arch-rival Francis The Drake
Beliefs & Goals
I’m the best pirate you’ve ever heard of. What do you mean, you’ve never heard of me?
Collect shiny things!
Skills
(30 extra points on Skills - also pay for Shticks)
Muscle 3
Break Down Door
Climb 4
Fight 7
Pick Up Heavy Thing
Throw 4
Zip 4
Dodge 7
Drive
Fire Gun 7
Jump 6
Ride
Run 5
Swim 8
Smarts 2
Hide / Spot Hidden 4
Identify Dangerous Thing 4
Read
Resist Fast-Talk
See / Hear / Smell 3
Set / Disarm Trap 4
Track / Cover Tracks
Chutzpah 5
Fast-Talk 6
Pass / Detect Shoddy Goods
Sleight Of Hand
Sneak 6
Shticks
Detect Gold (2)
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