Oblivion Oddities: The Universal D30 system TTRPG!

The Rough Draft & Pre-Alpha 0.0.15 to Oblivion Oddities is now available on our Patreon to all $1 Tier members!

About the Creator

My Name is Paul Sergio VanNess Eller. Personally, I prefer to go by & I respond to Sergio. I'm a Game Design Specialist, Game Principle Designer, Creative Content Writer, UX Researcher/Designer, Artist, & Engineer. I have been playing Table Top Role Playing Games for over 17 years creating characters & campaigns for just as long. I have run games as a GM. I have multiple disabilities that makes my life really difficult. ADHD, ASTHMA, AUTISM, MANIC BI-POLAR DEPRESSION, DYSLEXIA, NARCOLEPSY WITH CATAPLEXY, & SLEEP APNEA. These are chronic disabilities. That means they create issues for me all the time & I'm never going to just "get better". They can be manageable at best but never to the point I'll "be normal".

Oblivion Oddities has been in development hell for the last 10 years. I have been designing, redesigning, hitting setbacks, & had multiple setbacks throwing me back to square 1... Yet I haven't given up. Because of this, I have the rules memorized & am currently getting everything I have for it out of my head & in your hands.

I saw what has been coming towards the TTRPG communities over 10 years ago & began working on the situation then by studying game design, watching the community, endless play testing, & so much more.

We need entertainment companies that can be trusted. For over 17 years WotC has proven that they can't be trusted. Since they can’t be trusted they need to be replaced. That’s why Oblivion Oddities' main campaign setting is high fantasy. Its genre is Dungeon Punk. This game will not just be a direct competitor of D&D & Pathfinder, but a replacement for them. This game was made with players like US in mind. WotC isn't ever going to really understand what players & creators want or need.

This game IS worth it. This is just the start for US. This won't be the end. I plan on being the best game designer in the world. Nothing will stop me from achieving my dream!

The Who, What, When, Where, How, & Why?

We are a maximum of 9 months from alpha release & play testing the official alpha, 6 months if things go well. I'm at a point where I have no choice but to get funding. So, here I am asking for your support. This is all but a taste of what I have in store for every Dungeon Punk that plays Oblivion Oddities. So, please be sure to show us your support & head over to our Patreon, I'm currently in the midst of updating our Patreon & this campaign.

OoPS! Patreon

https://www.patreon.com/OblivionOdditiesProject

Key Game Features:

• Globally Culturally Inclusive!

• New Scaling Systems for Size, Skills, & Power!

• Brand new world called Oblivion, with extremely rich lore to be explored in the future 18+ book series detailing what happened to create the current status quo in the game, separate from the Oblivion Oddities TTRPG player guides!

• Multiple New deities, cultures, creatures, items, weapons, spells, & more!

• Designed with more legitimate randomness while remaining balanced for a fun & memorable experience!

• Designed for 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, & 10 players at once!

• A Player v.s. Player System!

• more TBA...

You're going to have to keep track of some continuously changing numbers at least until we can get the VTTRPG ready for everyone. The VTTRPG will have everything in the core rule books in the base version.

Core rule books:

Players handbook = Oblivion Oddities: The Hitchhiker's Guide Through Oblivion©️

In THGTO you'll have:

• New D30 Role-Playing System, designed to encourage role-playing by helping players determine outcomes in a new way

• New Ability Score: Luck

• Separate from the Ability Score Luck, there is a unique Luck System that will affect the way you play each session.

• New Skills: While Luck has its own skill, Strength has 6 skills total and all remaining abilities have 9 skills!

• All Ability Scores permanently affect your character, outside of modifiers to your dice rolls. These effects improve as you put more points into that Ability Score.

• 6 different categories of levels: Player Level, Character Level, Class Level, Lineage Level, Divine Grace Level, and Casting Levels.

• 6 Classes + 1 Build-A-Class!

• Classes:

- Bard (Caster)

- Crafter (Forger)©️

- Mage (True Caster)

- Ranger (Half-Caster)

- Rouge(Semi-Caster)

- Warrior(Semi-Caster)

- Build-A-Class! (Non-Caster, Semi-Caster, Half-Caster, Caster, or True Caster)

• Each Class has 30 Class levels!

• 100 Total Character Levels!

• Each Class has 9 Starting Subclasses: 3 Non-Mystical, 3 Mystical, & 3 Specialist Subclass Templates.

• Different genres of music have different effects on whoever is listening to them! Giving Bard Classes more unique opportunities to work a crowd into their favor©️

• A New "Forging" Action System for the Crafter class that allows Crafters to create temporary things on the fly with few materials to work with!©️

• Skill points, Trained Skill modifier, & Skill Proficiency bonuses!

• Disabilities, Fears, & Dislikes are a part of the Character's Weaknesses!©️

• A Character Karma System!©️

• A New Alignment System that gives a more accurate depiction of a person's alignment based on character behaviors & choices!©️

• A New Krama Reputation Score System!©️

• 48+ Mini-Games! A Friendly Player vs. Player System!©️

• A Social Experience Points System, so you can know how much experience that sticky situation you talked yourself into, then out of, actually cost you!©️

• New Scaling Systems for Size, Skills, & Power!

Combat & War information = Oblivion Oddities: The Combat Survivalist Handbook©️

In TCSH you'll have:

• Revised Movement system!©️

• A unique Action System that caps at level 100 for 30 actions in a single turn!©️

• 50+ Status conditions!

• Charging/Combination Action System that allows you & others in your party to make your attacks more devastating by holding, sustaining, & gathering more energy before releasing!©️

• A new approach to leveling where you use Experience Points as currency for buying Levels, Skills, Features, & more!©️

• Designed to have a completely balanced Experience Points System!©️

• Unique health points system that allows for further customization & specialization of your unique character!©️

• A Trauma & Therapy System!©️

• A New approach to Death & Afterlife Systems in TTRPG's!©️

• A Rival/Returning Creature System!©️

Players book for magic & spells = Oblivion Oddities: The Oddities of the Mystic Arts, 101©️

In TOotMA101 you'll find:

• Castors can now cast more than 1 Spell per turn!©️

• 3 different Mystical Power sources!©️

- External, Intelligence

- Patreon, Charisma

- Internal, Wisdom

• 6 categories of Mythical interactions!©️

- Arcana

- Elemental magic

- Nature magic

- Physical magic

- Spacial magic

- Spiritual magic

• 18 Schools of Mystic Arts!©️

- Abjuration

- Conjuration

- Divination

- Enchantment

- Evocation

- Illusion

- Necromancy

- Transmutation

- Chronomancy

- Dimensional Magic

- Elementalism

- Technomancy

- Blood Magic

- Cursing

- Biomancy

- Gravity/Force magic

- Sound Magic

- Mental Magic & Psionic abilities

• 30 different Elemental Template Categories!©️

- TBA...

• 6 different categories of Spell Components with a full list of all of the components & materials! There will also be details about the meaning behind them & how to perform them.©️

- Symbolic©️

- Audio©️

- Materials©️

- Animals©️

- Somatics©️

- Written©️

• Spells & Powers

• 10 Scientific Fields©️

• A unique Spell Stacking & Combination Synergy system!©️

• more TBA...

Game Master's Guide = Oblivion Oddities: The CEOs Guide to Running a Business©️

• Build-A-Organization & (Lair, HQ, Homebase) Systems!©️

• Designed to help people write campaigns, quests, encounters, & general stories while keeping everything organized!

• Designed for 1, 3, 4, 6, 9, & 10 players at once!

• Eras/Settings/Genres©️

• TBA...

Monster Manuel = Oblivion Oddities: Encyclopedia of Cultures & Creatures©️

In the EoC&C you'll find:

• 4 evolutionary branches©️

- Humanoid

- Plant

- Wildlife

- Artificial

• Lineages of the present & past©️

- Human:

- Goblin:

- Orc:

- Elf:

- Dwarf:

- Halfling:

- Gnome:

- Dragonborne:

- Half dragon:

- Dragons:

- Doppelganger:

- Genie:

- Lycan:

- Anthropomorphic:

- Undead:

- Troll:

- Giant:

- Titans:

- Celestial:

- Angel:

- Demon:

- Devil:

- Demi-God:

- Deities:

- Primordial:

- Mutations:

- Psychic beings:

- Magical beings:

- Extraterrestrials:

- Aberrations:

- Living Constructs:

- Wildlife:

- Chimera:

- Monstrous Humanoid:

- Mimics:

- Fey:

• lineages 200,000 years in the Future©️;

- A.I.:

- U.I.:

- Artificial Astro* Sentience (A.A.S.):

- Human:

Sub-species:

Longevity Humans:

- Goblin:

- Orc:

- Elf:

- Dwarf:

- Halfling:

- Gnome:

- Dragonborne:

- Half dragon:

- Dragons:

Sub-species:

- Evolved dragons:

- Doppelganger:

Sub-species:

- Formless:

- Omnitrixster:

- Genie:

- Lycan:

- Anthropomorphic:

- Undead:

- Troll:

- Giant:

- Titans:

- Celestial:

- Angel:

- Demon:

- Devil:

- Demi-God:

- Deities:

- Primordial:

- Mutations:

- Psychic beings:

- Magical beings:

- Extraterrestrials:

- Aberrations:

- Living Constructs:

- Wildlife:

- Chimera:

- Monstrous Humanoid:

- Mimics:

- Fey:

- Slime:

Sub-species:

- Symbiotic Slime:

Plant-based

- Psionic Gem Beings:

- Stretchy people:

- Genius Loci or living objects:

- The Undead:

- Souls:

- The Undying:

- The Unliving:

- "SCP" like beings: undecided.

- Psychpomts:

• Ancestral Traits

• Religious beliefs

• Languages including Sign Languages

Gathering, Crafting, & Items = Oblivion Oddities: Demands, Oddities, Goods, Market, & Antiquities Catalog©️

In D.O.G.M.A.'s Catalog©️ you'll have:

• The Currency System

• 16 Weapon Categories!©️

• 18+ Armour & Shield Categories!©️

• 23+ Different Item Templates!©️

• New Resource Gathering/Harvesting System!©️

These on the other hand... will also be included in the VTTRPG base versions. There will be two different types of Servers. One SFW & One NSFW.

Bonus Books:

All things Sexual & mating related = Oblivion Oddities: The Big Blue Book of Bodies, Descriptions, Systems, & Mating©️

In the TBBBoBDS&M you'll find:

Criminal Underworld = Oblivion Oddities: The Anarchist CookBook to the Criminal Underworld©️

In the TACBtoCU you'll find:

The VTTRPG:

We want to create a Digital TTRPG Version of the game as well. Everything in the base rule books will be converted into a small isolated server for single/multiple players & an MMOTTRPG that would allow people to play on a massive platform with each other.

It might sound weird having all of the content in the Base VTTRPG. There's a purpose for this. Because while you'll have to pay for the based game, extra content will be released through our company. Please stick with me. If it's a new class, lineage, or anything base you'll get it for free. There's going to be a bunch of open-world servers. You'll have to pay for the stories &/or unique characters separately.

This is the most important part of the VTTRPG. Indie creators will be able to make campaigns, quests, stories, & characters that you can buy directly from them. We're going to take 5% royalties after you make a yet-to-be-determined amount. There are going to be minimum ‐ Maximum caps for prices based on the facts that are determined by the content itself. Also, yet to be determined. But as an example: you won't be paying $60 for a single quest or level 1 characters. You won't be paying $400-$800 for a single campaign.

That's all I can really say about that for right now besides the fact you'll also be getting A.I. GMs & Players. Your officially registered characters can play in any game session as long as the GM either sends an invite or accepts a request. Either way no matter what you'll get the information needed to decide what you're going to do. Plus you'll be able to play through your phone anywhere at any time.

LARPing & Augmented Reality:

That's just the core rule systems for Oblivion Oddities. Oblivion Oddities Project Studios plans on taking this further, it's going to have a LARPing System.

I'm not just building a TTRPG; I'm crafting something that will outlive me. When technology gets to a point where it can safely mix nanotechnology, Augmented Reality, & NeuroLink technology, Oblivion Oddities will already be ready to convert over to the ultimate gaming experience.

Oblivion Oddities has an ARG that's about to release in the format of Pop-up Dungeons!

Player Rules

Rules for Party's/Guilds

Rule for Prizes

There is more rules & information to be discovered within our Pop-up Dungeon ARGs!

Story Details:

Most of the settings take place on the main planet named Oblivion. Oblivion is locked in place next to 2 suns by massively high levels of multiple magical sources. This planet is the size of Jupiter. It's not a small planet in the slightest. Because of its size, what can happen on Oblivion is anything & everything. Oblivion gets its name as a reminder of what will happen if someone tries to remove the spells keeping the planet from being ripped apart between 2 Suns that are equal in size & mass. If unlocked, it will look like something going through an industrial shredder- but on fire. This lock also locks the suns in place.

This high fantasy setting actually takes place after the 18+ Fictional book series of the same title. The world has changed, times have progressed, and adventures abound in this new era. The magical economy of the world has started to industrialize. A company called Oblivion Oddities has formed, creating and selling magical adventuring items at an affordable rate. They are currently the first & only global company.

There are other companies, but none have done as well as Oblivion Oddities. Items once considered rare have flooded the market, reducing their values. Now items like bags capable of holding heavy loads while always feeling light are common. We are at the first stages of Magic, Technology, & Capitalism becoming one.

It's currently been only 3,000 years since the events of the last book in the series. Meanwhile, it's taken Oblivion Oddities all that time to become a global company. There are still places in the world where magic has never touched; only 1% of the surface of the planet has been explored & mapped. This 1% is strictly the trade routes throughout this massive planet, with major cities being the bulk of where people live along the trade routes. Oblivion Oddities has a new goal for adventurers, discovering what's out there!

Adventurers must record & log their adventures before returning to the closest Oblivion Oddities' "Demands, Oddities, Goods, Market, & Antiquities©️" shops to trade their discoveries for coin. This shop is also a bank for those who are registered with them. In recent years, adventurers have started to be referred to as DungeonPunks by locals. This is because their attitudes & resourcefulness create a highly competitive culture of adventuring, leading to Adventurers creating guilds, gangs, communities, & Loco Solos.

Campaign Settings:

That's the basic High Fantasy setting. But WAIT! There's more, you can play Oblivion Oddities in any campaign setting, genre, or era. Any fantasy that you have, you should be able to fulfill. There shouldn't be anything you can't make in Oblivion Oddities. Everyone has been seen in our eyes & heard. That's why I'm going to include everyone in this Universal D30 TTRPG system DungeonPunk RPG.

- Fast forward a mere 30,000 you're in the magical wild west.

- Fast forward 60,000 years into the future & you'll get what's considered "Modern day (late 1980's - 2025)" in terms of lifestyles & the basic level of technology.

- Fast forward 120,000 years in the future & you'll have a High Fantasy Magical Cyberpunk genre.

- Fast forward 300,000 years into the future & you'll have earlier spaceships & space Colonization more along the lines of the Star Wars prequels, a Western space fantasy setting.

- Fast forward 600,000 years into the future you'll be in something closer to what Mass Effects looks & feels like.

Each one will have its own unique stories, characters, & vibes while the rule set doesn't change between them. Additionally, the core books for these settings will also be free for the Digital & LARPing versions.

*All "Newcomer Adventurers Packs" are sold at your local Oblivion Oddities' "Demands, Oddities, Goods, Market, & Antiquities©️" store where we're loyal to you!*

Financial & Production Goals:

Times are hard for everyone, so I'm not going to ask for a lot. I'm only asking for $1 per person who visits my Campaign page. Anything more is greatly appreciated. I want to thank you for the time & efforts you have put in to support my TTRPG: Oblivion Oddities©️.

$50,000 by the end of July 2024 will allow me to begin marketing, hire full-time help, protect my content legally, and release the first playtest!

$100,000 by the end of August 2024 will allow us to obtain 1 booth for 12 conventions for the entire duration of the convention.

$300,000 by the end of October 2024 will allow us to visit 13 conventions, do Q&As, and thoroughly review user feedback while developing the greatest TTRPG ever!

$500,000 by the end of November 2024 will be our final goal for the beta release & merchandise!

Below is a full outline of all the individual goals I will be able to achieve at each milestone of this campaign.

FULL FINANCIAL TIMELINE

From June - August 2024

1. Mildly surprised, $3,000: This will ensure my basic necessities are covered while I work on this game full-time. This includes housing, care of my service dog, & my necessary medication

2. Taken aback, $6,000: Continue the full legal process of protecting my content & products with trademarks

3. Perplexed, $9,000: Marketing, including producing commercials

4. Puzzled, $12,000: Finish the trademarking process of characters, mechanics, logos, icons, titles, and other original content

5. Startled, $15,000: Visit SiegeCon 2024 for Networking & Promotions of Indie content creators

From August - November 2024

6. Astonished, $20,000: Hire indie artists to create formal art & visuals

7. Not A Pretender, $25,000: Continue Marketing & release the Alpha Play Testers packet of the bare minimum needed to play Oblivion Oddities, Play Testers Packet #1

8. Stunned, $30,000: Continue game & art production while taking feedback from the TTRPG communities

From November - December 2024

9. Amazed, $35,000: Maintain stability while doing updates & revisions based on community feedback

10. Wonderstruck, $40,000: Live Q&A! More lore, story, & game mechanics details revealed

11. Awestruck, $45,000: Website & new playtesting packet, Playtesting Packet #2

From January - March 2025

12. Thunderstruck, $50,000: Hire full-time help with the Oblivion Oddities TTRPG

13. Flabbergasted, $60,000: Start preparation for booths at 12 conventions over 5 following months. Tickets to March 2024 Outlantacon to promote Indie content creators

14. Stupefied, $75,000: Review community feedback on Playtesting Packet #2

15. Dumbfounded, $80,000: Live Q&A! More Lore, story, & game mechanics details revealed, Getting a 3D printer for creating D30s & other Dice!

From April - May 2025

16. Bewildered, $90,000: Playtesting Packet #3, Continued review of feedback and production, followed by a small mental health break before convention season

17. Nonplussed, $100,000: Marketing, promotions, and preparations for convention season

18. Overwhelmed, $115,000: MomoCon May 2025!

From June - November 2025

19. Blown away, $130,000: INCREDIBLE CON 2025

20. Knocked out, $150,000: Bold Matsuri 2025

21. Astounded, $160,000: The Meet Up 2025

22. Breathless, $170,000: Urban Nerd Con 2025

23. Glued to the spot, $190,000: Savannah Comic Con 2025

24. Serendipitous, $200,000: A.G.E. Con 2025

25. Unanticipated, $250,000: DragonCon 2025

26. Mind-blowing, $270,000: Tiger Con 2025

27. Beyond belief, $280,000: Multiverse Con 2025

28. Beyond words, $290,000: Atlanta Game Fest 2025

29. Unimaginable $300,000: Anime Week Atlanta 2025

From November - December 2025

30. Utterly mind-boggling, $400,000: Updates & Live Q&A with more lore, story, & game mechanics details revealed

From January - February 2026

31. Putting a shock to the system!, $450,000: Beta release!

32. Jaw-dropping, $500,000: Merchandise!

Anything past this point is something I realistically understand isn't going to happen, but if it were to happen, this would be my reaction to each milestone. & I'll record the blind reactions too!

33. Eye-popping, $550,000

34. Just a bunch of DungeonPunks who have decided to come together!, $600,000

35. Swept off one’s feet, $650,000

36. Completely taken aback, $700,000

37. Flooded with amazement, $750,000

38. In a state of disbelief, $800,000

39. Reeling with astonishment, $850,000

40. Overcome with wonder, $900,000

41. In shock and awe, $950,000

42. Dreams do come true!, $1,000,000

43. Fantastical, $1,100,000

44. Unbelievable, $1,200,000

45. Beyond one’s wildest dreams, $1,300,000

46. Spectacular, $1,400,000

47. Inexplicable, $1,500,000

48. Otherworldly, $2,000,000

49. Mind-bending, $2,250,000

50. Profoundly impressive, $2,500,000

51. Nothing short of miraculous, $2,750,000

52. Leaving people speechless, $3,000,000

53. Unearthly, $3,250,000

54. Out of this world, $3,500,000

55. Great Googly Moogly!, $3,750,000

56. Literally mind-altering, $4,000,000

57. Inconceivable, $4,250,000

58. Seemingly impossible, $4,500,000

59. Beyond comprehension, $4,750,000

60. Empowering beyond measure, $5,000,000

61. Truly incomprehensible, $5,500,000

62. Rebellious!, $6,000,000

63. Defying all Expectations!, $6,500,000

64. Making a statement!, $6,666,666

65. Protesting!, $7,000,000

66. We are a Community of DungeonPunks who is ready for a CHANGE!, $7,500,000

67. Anti-Capitalistic DungeonPunk Concert!, $8,000,000

68. Remember, Remember, The 5th of November!, $8,500,000

69. Noice! We Do Not Forgive & We Do Not Forget!, $9,000,000

70. Do you hear that? Mate, That's the Sound of a fuckING REVOLUTION!, $10,000,000!!!

71. VIVA-LA-REVOLUTION!!!, $15,000,000!!

72. Give ME FREEDOM! or Give ME DEATH!!, $25,000,000!!!!

73. HELL HAS FROZEN OVER TIME TO EAT THE RICH!!!, $50,000,000

74. BREAKING DOWN THE WALLS!!! $100,000,000

75. TOPPLING THE FASCIST CORPORATE HIERARCHY!!!, $250,000,000

76. THE APOCALYPSE IS HERE!!!, $500,000,000

77. DAWN OF A NEW ERA!!!, $1,000,000,000

All we would have to do is share this with everyone we know! If you give $1, then the next person will give $1, then everyone will be giving $1, before you know it, we could have a REAL CORPORATE REVOLUTION ON OUR HANDS!!!

Who's ready to fight back?!