One Piece: Age of Pirates Tabletop RPG

Hitotsumami

One Piece: Age of Pirates Tabletop RPG

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Hey everyone!

Well, where to start? I've been a fan of One Piece for over a decade, a fan of role-playing for nearly as long, and a fan of tabletop RPGs for a while! This combination of interests led me to create a custom tabletop RPG system for the world of One Piece. Though still in its early stages, it is completely playable, and features races including humans, fishmen, minks, and dwarfs. You can choose from a variety of classes and backgrounds, all that contribute to your custom made character as they adventure in the world of One Piece.

I should answer a few questions.

Why am I posting this? Two reasons. One, to provide a resource for those who want to run their own campaigns with their friends. Two, to get feedback from you guys. I know this RPG has plenty of room for improvement.
Why not use the d20 system? A lot of traditional tabletop RPGers will be familiar with the d20 system, used in Dungeons and Dragons. I chose to create my own system, called the Effort System, to better fit the world of One Piece and make it more unique. At the same time, I have attempted to minimize complexity, making it easy for any player, even one without roleplaying knowledge to join in.
What is the Effort System? In the d20 system, you roll a d20 to determine your chance of success. In the Effort system, you determine your chance of success by spending "Effort" (represented by dice). The more effort you spend, the higher your chance of success!

There aren't many Devil Fruits! Why? I've minimized the complexity of a lot of areas. This is because the system is still in its early stages. I've done some testing with friends, but it needs more. Before I start listing more Devil Fruits, I want to be certain I have the base system down pact.

Spelling mistakes!!! Yes, bare with me while I try to fix them! There are a few spelling and formatting mistakes I'm working on. I've made the document look decent for online viewing. Up until now, I've just been using a regular word file!

Got a question? Feel free to ask!

Check out some sample pages below, (and click the link at the top if you want to view the full pdf):

If any of this has piqued your interest, feel free to comment or give suggestions! And if you're really interested, I'm prepared to start a campaign with members on this forum using roll20, a free tabletop RPG service you can use on your browser.

If you're interested in testing the game out, creating your own character, and going on an adventure, let me know! This game can fit a wide number of players, but it is best suited for 5. So, if you're interested, let me know! If we can get enough players, I'll be happy to host a campaign!

Again, thanks so much for checking out my project!

joekido the Second

It's been removed so how are we going to download it?

Hitotsumami

@joekido:

It's been removed so how are we going to download it?

Hi! You caught me while I was editing the document. I've updated the link!

EDIT: Updated the link again, this time so you can view the document in your browser or download it if you want.

FolhaS

I've checked it. It looks solid, mate.
I've also wondered how OP could be adapted to D&D, so this looks really cool.

I've got a question and a suggestion.

Question: Have you play tested this?

Suggestion: Devil fruits are tricky, because we've seen alot of crazy stuff being done with them in the series.
I think they should also have a level, so players can have the feeling of mastering their powers.
Ex: the more the players use them, the more their devil fruit's level goes up and every level or so you let the player create a new attack or ability based on their fruit.
They could choose to use the same attacks they saw on the show or they could think of a new Gomu Gomu no Technique that Luffy never used.

Hitotsumami

@FolhaS:

I've checked it. It looks solid, mate.
I've also wondered how OP could be adapted to D&D, so this looks really cool.

I've got a question and a suggestion.

Question: Have you play tested this?

Suggestion: Devil fruits are tricky, because we've seen alot of crazy stuff being done with them in the series.
I think they should also have a level, so players can have the feeling of mastering their powers.
Ex: the more the players use them, the more their devil fruit's level goes up and every level or so you let the player create a new attack or ability based on their fruit.
They could choose to use the same attacks they saw on the show or they could think of a new Gomu Gomu no Technique that Luffy never used.

Hi! Yes, I have done a few sessions with some friends. We're playing legitimately, so no character has access to the high level abilities yet, but I have done some testing with dice rolls to try and balance things. It definitely needs more play testing, partially why I'm posting here to see if others would be interested in a One Piece Dungeons & Dragons kind of game.

As for the Devil Fruits leveling up, an earlier version did have that. The problem I found was that it was very difficult to make every Devil Fruit progressively powerful while keeping it interesting. This IS something I want to do in the future, but for the moment, I just want to make sure Devil Fruits work in this system. One thing I do mention in the playbook is that players who manage to get a Devil Fruit do have freedom over what they can do with it, within reason. They can use it in more ways than the playbook outlines.

And thanks for checking out the project! Working on a Character Creation sheet and I'll be posting it soon. At home with friends, we've just been using paper, but I thought I'd make something a bit more visually interesting for online.

FolhaS

Alright, can't make any promises, but I'll try to give it a go during the summer break with my D&D group.

If I do I'll post the opinions here.

Cyber-Robin

Saw this and thought might be fun to play with friends but I think the link has been removed :(

Hitotsumami

@FolhaS:

Alright, can't make any promises, but I'll try to give it a go during the summer break with my D&D group.

If I do I'll post the opinions here.

Hi! I would recommend reading through the pdf to make sure you understand and ask me any questions you need beforehand. The PDF I posted has a few mistakes in there (primarily related to what level a character is, which can affect some attacks and abilities). At home with my friends, I have all of the pages printed out and I'm constantly striking things out and writing corrections. This is, after all, in its really early stages. I'll probably post an errata until I have time to edit the actual pdf, so if you have ANY questions, let me know.

I'd be happy to do walk you through a test character just so to help you (or anyone) understand how its done, and how the basic dice system works.

@Cyber-Robin:

Saw this and thought might be fun to play with friends but I think the link has been removed :(

The website itself is currently down. When the website comes back up, you'll be able to see the file. For now, I've edited the first post to include a direct download link so you can still check it out! : )

Here it is: Download One Piece: Age of Pirates RPG

Monkey D. Dario

Hello, I'm in constant search for new systems to play One Piece games =) I like your project, it seems interesting.
From a first look I can say what is good and what is bad to me.

Good:
Effort system seems avery efficient way to represent battles;
Haki! (Even if there is a typo in that section, you repeated Kenbunshoku haki in place of Haoshoku =P);
Item section is appreciable;
Very nice graphics.

Bad:
Low flexibility in terms of combat skills;
The devil fruit section is too poor and lacks a way to manage homemade devil fruits.

These are my 2 cent at first glance, tomorrow I'm going to read the book more carefully. I think it's actually one of the best dedicated systems I have seen for One Piece, and I think it may be improved to become a great game. See you!

Hitotsumami

@Monkey:

Hello, I'm in constant search for new systems to play One Piece games =) I like your project, it seems interesting.
From a first look I can say what is good and what is bad to me.

Good:
Effort system seems avery efficient way to represent battles;
Haki! (Even if there is a typo in that section, you repeated Kenbunshoku haki in place of Haoshoku =P);
Item section is appreciable;
Very nice graphics.

Bad:
Low flexibility in terms of combat skills;
The devil fruit section is too poor and lacks a way to manage homemade devil fruits.

These are my 2 cent at first glance, tomorrow I'm going to read the book more carefully. I think it's actually one of the best dedicated systems I have seen for One Piece, and I think it may be improved to become a great game. See you!

Sorry for the late response! I've still been playing and modifying this RPG system with friends, but I haven't had much time to actually edit the PDF file I uploaded here. I encourage others to make changes as they see fit when using this system. The main purpose is fun after all!

Thanks again for checking out my system!

Lamblamb

Would it be possible to make it so that the players could play as bounty hunters or marines, and not just have those be a character background option? I think that would leave it open to multiple play styles, like lawful good as marines, or True Neutral as bounty hunters who are only out for money. Just a suggestion. I really like the game, thanks for posting it!

Aguimas

Hey, are you still working on this? Because I've been looking for a system to use in a OP Campaign and I didn't want to use the d20 ones, and yours looks interesting

TheOneWithThePotato

Hey, I recently came across this when looking for RPGs and One Piece and wanted to say I will be DMing a game using this as the base. I also wanted to know if you had any desires of ever updating or working on this project more. Message me if anything please.

Hitotsumami

I see posts in this thread from time to time, so I just wanted to specify: I haven't used this system in a long time, I just haven't had the opportunity or the play group. I also lost all the original files, so I am not able to edit the PDF. What I recommend: Play exactly as you want to, use this system as a base. Feel free to expand on it in any way.

Have fun!

The B-Mack

This is phenomenal! Love the design of the handbook. Very well done!

It is a shame you did not continue this because it has a ton of potential to grow and evolve. Thanks for all the hard work!

Tazui

My friends and I are playing the game on this system and we noticed something. In our opinion, Marksmans 1lv Guns feature is very powerful because it shoots easy hit on everyone and there is no limit.For example, easy hit will hit people who are stronger and stronger than themselves.

Hitotsumami

@Tazui:

My friends and I are playing the game on this system and we noticed something. In our opinion, Marksmans 1lv Guns feature is very powerful because it shoots easy hit on everyone and there is no limit.For example, easy hit will hit people who are stronger and stronger than themselves.

So sorry, just now seeing this… probably too late, but thought I'd respond anyway.

To clarify, Guns feature lets you automatically hit enemies that have the Easy Hit difficulty. It doesn't make every enemy have the Easy hit difficulty. So, for example, this feature doesn't do anything against enemies that are Hard Hit difficulty. Let me know if you need me to clear that up further.