This is a minigame that exists in my Phantasmos campaign setting, but could be applied to other science fantasy, or even other science fiction or regular fantasy settings, with a bit of tweaking. The game was designed around Numenera / Cypher System and would need to be heavily re-worked for other systems, but I still think it's a cool idea.
I ran it in my old Numenera campaign set in Phantasmos which was forever ago, I can't believe I never posted this on my blog!
It only showed up a few times, mainly giving the players some alternative ways to problem solve (the shopkeep won't sell the mcguffin... unless you can beat him in a tama-dama battle!), and I thought it was fun. You could theoretically build a whole campaign around this!
Rules for Tama-Dama battling
- By default, lvl 3 difficulty
- For every lvl difference between tama-damas changes difficulty by 1
- Element advantage/disadvantage changes difficulty by 1
- Anti-Information>Absolute Solid>Liquid Starfire>Impossible Light>Anti-Information
- Learn more about the Elements of Phantasmos
- Training/specializing in Tama-Dama battling changes difficulty by 1 or 2
- Intelligence/Might/Speed type determines which pool to use for effort
List of Tama-Dama
Cordicoyot: A cyan-furred puppy coyote-like creature with a psilosymbiote infection
- Element: Anti-information
- Type: Might
- Element: Liquid starfire
- Type: Speed
Angefel: A pink-skinned, cherubic, semi-humanoid, golemite vulture-like creature
- Element: Absolute solid
- Type: Intelligence
Elephanshine: An impossible-colored baby elephant-like creature which sprays impossible light rainbows from its trunk
- Element: Impossible light
- Type: Intelligence
BB-Beetle: An emerald shelled beetle with pinkish skin, which shoots spitballs of absolute solid
- Element: Absolute solid
- Type: Speed
Phreaky Frelin: A frelin-like phreaker who casts spells of anti-information magic
- Element: Anti-information
- Type: Intelligence
Cosmom: A ball of gelatinous starfire with arms and big, red lips, which smothers its enemies with love… to death
- Element: Liquid starfire
- Type: Might
Impossipanda: A panda-like creature with patches of impossible colored fur, and mesmerizing eyes which produce impossible light. Surprisingly fast for such a fat creature
- Element: Impossible light
- Type: Speed
A sample Tama-Dama Tournament
Players will compete against 4 NPCs or each other in a tournament:
Georgina: A mutant girl with the mouth of a lion.
- Battles with a lvl 1d2 BB-Beetle.
- A bratty girl who acts mean to cover her insecurities. Underneath her bluster, she's actually timid and caring.
- Will get angry and flustered if she loses the first round.
- Will cry if she loses.
- If you convince her that you respect her, even if she loses, she will cheer up.
Ruk: A middle-aged tartarian with a hunched back.
- Battles with a lvl 1d2 Phreaky Frelin.
- Is trained in tama-dama battling.
- Neckbeard.
- Will accuse you of cheating if he loses.
Loys: A mutant boy with spirals in place of eyes.
- Battles with a lvl 1d2 Cosmom.
- Nice, but very weird.
- Has an overbearing / domineering mom.
- His mom will yell at you if you win the first round.
- She will begin crying and console the (unperturbed) Loys.
- He will ask if he can be your friend, regardless of whether you win or lose.
Vincent: A pale, skinny mutant with greasy grayish-blue hair. He is almost attractive, except for his slightly droopy, beady eyes, and large nose.
- Battles with a lvl 2 Impossipanda.
- Is specialized in tama-dama battling.
- Arrogant. Too cool to talk to you. Mildly sociopathic.
- 1337 h4x0r.
- If Vincent makes it to the final round and loses a single round, his Impossipanda will turn into NaNo, the secret glitch tama-dama.
- NaNo has type superiority regardless of player's tama-dama type.
- Will be an over-dramatic edge-lord if he loses.
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