I'm crafting a comfy setting

>comfy

What did he mean by this, /tg/?

>>54385648

A comfy setting that evokes a wholesome, warm feeling, like a fireplace on a cold winter night, a soft matress and warm blankets after a hard day's work, or a group of happy children playing hide and seek in the woods.

slice of life style adventures?

Literal milk runs.
Hazards include friendly doggos and other animal friends slowing you down so you miss the ice cream man on your way back to base.

But it's okay you have choccy milk in the fridge :)

>>54385605
>Lush woods
>Faeries
>rich embroidered clothing like kaftans and dresses and fur cloaks
>Furry forest creatures
>Glowing magical items

Hear me out: use Pokemon franchise fanart. I see backgrounds and crap of Pokemon cities on Pixiv all the time and they're always comfy as fuck.

>>54385605
Basically Pokemon style. Nobody actually dies, not even the bad guys/monsters. Either once their HP is gone they retreat, or they faint.

Also, replace most of the combat with something else. Like puzzle solving. So when your party gets to the treasure, instead of fighting a final boss for the treasure, the party has to take the four different colored vases sitting in the center of the room and place each one not only in the proper alignment with North/South/East/West, but also in proper alignment with Fire/Water/Earth/Air.

Only then will the magic around the treasure chest dissipate and allow access inside, without simply teleporting itself or the party away.

Fill it with comfy visuals and aesthetics. Trees that attract hummingbirds by growing shining crystals on their branches, a waterfall that drops onto a volcanic plateau and evaporates on contact, giant flotilla cities that ride the winds from ocean to ocean.

Steal shit from BotW and Avatar TLAB and then have small-scale adventures in the setting.

>>54385605
OP believe it or not I've been thinking about this a lot. Here are some comfy rules:
1. Some of, or all of the PCs have longstanding connections to their family, or people from their childhood.
2. The game takes place in a small setting. It should still be interesting and diverse, but it makes it cozier to know that these characters are exploring a really diverse, interesting small town or nation or something, than it is if they're on some world-hopping journey.
3. Subvert very serious Tabletop Gaming tropes to make them more down to earth. If some Kobolds have had a sacred dragon stolen, give it a name like "Spot" and show the players how its handler has a pet-like affection for it.

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>you will never live in a supernatural post-apocalypse along the coast of Maine
>you will never hunt in the pine forests to provide for your family
>you will never have to worry about demon dogs stalking you and your group
>you will never keep watch from a rickety wooden guard tower, looking out at the rocky coast and the unending sea beyond it
>you will never live in a small walled village
>you will never walk on the beach with your rifle slung on your back
>you will never ride out on a strike against a cluster of bandits and wipe them out
>you will never smell the woodsmoke and feel the fellowship as you camp with your comrades the night before your raid
>you will never return home to have a steak at the local tavern, watching the sunset through the window
>you will never return home to your log cabin to where your qt young wife waits for you
>you will never start a family and have it actually matter because 99% of the population is gone and you need to repopulate the earth

Why even live....

>>54385605
Comfy is just the perfect balance between a benevolent and believable world. The conflict can be lethal and high-stakes, but ultimately the players should believe that all problems can be solved with enough effort and that the world works fairly. It should be a place they want to see themselves in, and that will ultimately encourage them to work better with their characters so they can experience it vicariously.

Comfy is an aesthetic,not a genre
That being said, assuming Fantasy, they're are some ways you could do it...
1. Not Japan Dojo crushing
2. By the waters of Babylon traveling...or just you know Ryutama.
3. Lowryn without the murder elves, instead you get baker/ toy making elves...

Personally I wouldn't mind Monster Musume style setting where you're govt. Agents trying to reintroduce Fantasy creatures into the world...but I'm afraid someone would to try stick they're dick in something...

>>54385605
Play:
Ryuutama
Maid RPG
Golden Sky Stories

>>54386753
Thats pretty much the whole plot of Monster Musume so idk why youd expect another course of action from players.

>>54385605
Lanterns, pumpkins, sheep, nice fluffy hedges, pixie dust, hobbit type people

>>54386051
This, concentrate as much as you can on the aesthetics, on the environment, on the character interaction, and as little on the blood, death, and gore as possible.

You could make some nice dark twist with using a contrast. Your favorite dog just has been rolled over with a track so you must strangle him to stop his suffering.

>>54385605

Remember, whatever you do, hot chocolate is a must-have.

>>54390272

This isn't the thread for that, if OP wanted a dark twist he would've specified.

Set it in the adventure time universe

As others have mentioned, slice of life with low-level conflicts can be comfy. Think of consequences other than damage/death.

>You are all students as a wizarding school, the game is about daily life in the school. Gameplay is about the power of friendship and learning.

>You are chefs at the royal palace. You must find and source rare ingredients, come up with recipes, and put on banquets for the king. (This could easily be a session of Maid)

>You run an alchemy shop together. Gameplay is about earning profits, securing exclusive contracts, exploring the woods for potent herbs, etc.

The nice thing about these very local, low-level games is that it's much easier for you as a DM to populate a small area with good NPCs, interesting locations, etc. It's much easier to make a small town feel "alive"

>>54385605
Lots of rain and storms, so the party can either be cozy inside or venture out into the rain. Same with snow.

A solid, mostly unthreatenable base of opperations. Ideally one that's both cozy and customizable ie. the Watchtower threads.

>>54386287
So you wanna play Beyond the Wall

Lots of girls.

>>54395578

That tend to be monogamous and friendly.

OP did specify comfy...

>>54394795
Hey this actually looks pretty rad, I've never seen it. Thanks!

>>54385605
Something like mother/earthbound will do the trick

>>54392419
that universe alternates between comfy as fuck and fridge horror and sometimes just regular horror

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Maid rpg was very comfy for my group.

We've also played pathfinder with just a lot of nobility convincing and sneaking around noble's houses doing more political stuff than dungeoneering and traveling, which was pretty comfy. The whole campaign took place inside of one city, and we had sessions that were parties and ballrooms and stuff. Our actual speaking and roleplaying was a big part of our success or failure, rather than the dice. It was very comfy.

>>54385605
remove casters then, they are the opposite of comfy

>>54385605
Slice of life adventures, hijinks at royal parties, inept witches. You can even still have a villain, just make him a rising threat to the world or something that needs to be stopped before he becomes powerful enough or motivated enough to start wrecking scrubs. make him redeemable though, that's always comfy.