Learn the Cypher System in 5 minutes! Monte Cook Games

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Are you a Cypher System GM who'd like a short but efficient way to teach their players the basics BEFORE they hit the table? Or are you just curious to what Monte Cook Game's system is all about? I got you covered in this 5 minute tutorial, going off the basics, and then some.
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@MrTarrasque Жыл бұрын

Check out my Fantasy adventure for the Cypher System: www.backerkit.com/call_to_action/0571bf16-18d8-4b33-9db9-4b6978a3be17/landing

@Ellohir Жыл бұрын

Seeing it put this way, it's really quite simple, even though it's very different from the classic d20 school of games. And yes, spend your XP when you can, having lots of XP won't matter if you're dead 🤣

@hezvandermeij 10 ай бұрын

As The Magnus Archives role-playing game by them is coming up it seemed to be a good time to start to actuality learn about the system. Amazing and comprehensive video!

@FellVoice 18 күн бұрын

This was a badly needed and concise video! Thank you.

@MrTarrasque 18 күн бұрын

My pleasure

@theblindjedi41 Жыл бұрын

great intro into how the system works

@saraphys5555 Жыл бұрын

Bloody great video! I shall now go into a long written rant about Cypher and Numenera... *gets zapped for carrying too many Cyphers* ...and thats what I think of it! :D LOL

@MrTarrasque Жыл бұрын

Lol!

@kevans3811 Жыл бұрын

I'm running new players theough CS at the end of the month and now they have fun homework of watching this! Fab, thank you!

@CypherUnlimited Жыл бұрын

Ayyy great breakdown! Cypher is such an elegant system And ty for the discord shout-out in the description! -Ancient

@MrTarrasque Жыл бұрын

I will shout it out more in the future! Expect many new members

@TalkingAmerican Жыл бұрын

Mr. Tarrasque shining the spotlight on an awesome system. :)

@MrTarrasque Жыл бұрын

Trying to at least!

@frederiekvandepitte Жыл бұрын

I love these cypher videos, I hope we see a lot more in the future

@MachineWraith 8 ай бұрын

I played Numenera quite a bit a few years back, and that's Cypher System. I think my only criticism of the system is the tendency for players to death spiral, as you spend what is effectively your HP to do things while fighting enemies that also deplete said HP. For Might-based characters especially it felt pretty easy to go from totally okay to dead and feel like there was no point that you could have really gotten yourself out of it.

@MrTarrasque 8 ай бұрын

That’s a problem many people have at the start and it takes some getting used to. Especially by dnd players. Make some encounters a bit easier so that people don’t need to spend all their recourses all the time. Also do enough GM intrusions so you can give your players xp and they can use that later to reroll ect. Also, get yourself a healer in the party 😉

@MachineWraith 8 ай бұрын

@@MrTarrasque A healer definitely would have helped the party, lol. It didn't stop my group playing, we still played 3 campaigns back to back and had a blast. People just ended up gravitating away from Might-focused builds to give themselves some "cushion".

@MrTarrasque 8 ай бұрын

@MachineWraith totally get that. A healer get’s to heal whatever atribute they want so it’s actually pretty fun to do

@ShawlTales Жыл бұрын

Really excited to start exploring this system with my players!

@bledsoebaneminis2487 Жыл бұрын

My favorite content of yours is the Kobold Press stuff and the lore videos you do of their stuff!

@MrTarrasque Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Got a lot planned when it comes to Midgard and Black Flag!

@wacoglee Жыл бұрын

This is a fantastic and clear summary. Great job!

@MrTarrasque Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I appreciate it

@burmashave 9 ай бұрын

Nice! Loved the speed and brevity of this :)

@MrTarrasque 9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@franktaylor7412 7 ай бұрын

Really great overview that makes this system more approachable to new players and GMs. Thank you!

@MrTarrasque 7 ай бұрын

Thanks! That was my mission

@MrTarrasque Жыл бұрын

Help me reach 10.000 subscribers in 2023!

@OpenBiolabsGuy Жыл бұрын

I’m subscribed. I eagerly await deep dives into the foci and how you rank them.

@MrTarrasque Жыл бұрын

Me too

@thenoble1 Жыл бұрын

Great vid! Just subbed!

@coreywright33 7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@MrTarrasque 7 ай бұрын

My pleasure

@Mankcam Жыл бұрын

Great video! I'm subscribing for more Cypher and Numenera content! 👍

@MrTarrasque Жыл бұрын

Welcome

@cassiacmueller Жыл бұрын

Ok I am ready! Let us play!

@MascisMan1 Жыл бұрын

Would love to see a character creation video using the Cypher System for Numenara

@MrTarrasque Жыл бұрын

On it

@tinyhowie Жыл бұрын

6:48 Dark souls players: challenge accepted.

@sinmaan7568 3 ай бұрын

I want to run a Planescape campaign. There is no way I am using 5E. How easy would it be to run it with Cypher? And what supplements should i get?

@MrTarrasque 3 ай бұрын

The Cypher system is good for any type of game, period. The whole idea of the system is that it just works for anything, is easy to run and fun to improvise on. That sais, Path of the Planebreaker might be the book for you. I have it but haven't looked super deep into it but you can get it here (affiliate link): www.montecookgames.com/store/product/path-of-the-planebreaker/mcgref/4/

@dmrobby4309 3 ай бұрын

I like a universal system, but I wouldn't Dm a game where I didn't get to roll dice. That's the fun bit

@MrTarrasque 3 ай бұрын

Well, that’s what I thought but now it’s the best thing ever.

@dmrobby4309 2 ай бұрын

@@MrTarrasque you've convinced me. I'll try it. This game does look really good

@TheLofren 29 күн бұрын

Honestly i love players rolling everything, it means all the agency is theirs, theres no secret dm roll or feel bad hits because you yourself rolled it

@MrTarrasque 29 күн бұрын

@TheLofren amen! Totally why I love Cypher

@ravenshadowz2343 9 ай бұрын

So monsters have the same difficulties as any other task, when in combat?

@MrTarrasque 9 ай бұрын

Yes, a lvl 3 monster is a nine to hit or to defend against in theory. That said, some monster have things like because they are huge they are easier to hit and so their defense against physical attacks count as lvl two (6 to hit)

@erodriguez927 Жыл бұрын

This video is 7 minutes!

@MrTarrasque Жыл бұрын

The video is, the turorial isn't

@Electric_Wizard 10 ай бұрын

If you made it 10 minutes can we do it without the wall of noise? When somebody talks like that it just becomes buzzing to me and my brain shuts off :(

@MrTarrasque 10 ай бұрын

Put the video on 0.5x speed :)