Ryan was in town, and between hands we shot the RPG breeze. It was a standard bitchfest, but he said something simple that made a lot of sense. I mentioned that Risus of Arabia was based in the real world and that it was more supernatural pulp than high fantasy.
He said "Like Conan".
If I'm going to amp up and expand RoA I'll look to Conan for inspiration. Most of the Hyborian country had a corresponding real world countries. And Howard knew how to amp up stories.
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Friday, July 31, 2009
Ah Fudge......
I couldn't find another sponsor for open game night so my on again off again gaming career is off again.
Jeff is hoping to get a Fudge group together. He runs a variant of Over the Fudge for starters.
Alan from fudgecommunity found the source article.
http://www.fudgerpg.info/guide/Guide/OverTheFudge.html
Barry sent me these two quick starts. If the Fudge rules seem overwhelming try these.
http://www.fudgerpg.com/files/pdf/fudge_nutshell.pdf
http://www.roguepublishing.com/quickstart.pdf
Jeff is hoping to get a Fudge group together. He runs a variant of Over the Fudge for starters.
Alan from fudgecommunity found the source article.
http://www.fudgerpg.info/guide/Guide/OverTheFudge.html
Barry sent me these two quick starts. If the Fudge rules seem overwhelming try these.
http://www.fudgerpg.com/files/pdf/fudge_nutshell.pdf
http://www.roguepublishing.com/quickstart.pdf
Monday, June 22, 2009
A Long Winter's Nap
Not that anyone is listening. Risus of Arabia is dead in the water (buried in the sand?). The Pulp group didn't work out and the Open Game night is going nowhere; I'm going to take a break, fold the tents, pack them up, tuck them away in a sand swept cave.
Jeff has given up on the Open Game nights and has temporally forsaken Risus. He's going back to work on his Buffyverse White Hat campaign, which is run on Fudge or Over the Fudge.
Jeff has given up on the Open Game nights and has temporally forsaken Risus. He's going back to work on his Buffyverse White Hat campaign, which is run on Fudge or Over the Fudge.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Specialized Skills
An option to tweak cliches
Specialized skills can be taken in appropriate cliches, just be mindful of commonsense and moderation. Specialization can be taken at creation or during any advancement. Specialized skills can be bumped only by 2, otherwise just bump the cliche altogether. And they can be used to bump the skill past the cliche limit of 6 (depending on the game).
Say Joe Copp's Macho SWAT Goon (6) is topped out for the game level. He can use a advancement die to bump the Sniper skill in his cliche to 7 or 8 and use the third pip on his Streetwise skill in his Ex-Hard Nosed Street Cop (4) making it Streetwise (5), or he can take it as a Lucky Shot slot. He gains the Sniper (8) bonus only when he is using a sniper rifle at long range, with pistols, or other weapons, or hand to hand at mid or close range, he still rolls as Macho SWAT Goon (6).
Or simply tie Questing Dice to the skill.
Specialized skills can be taken in appropriate cliches, just be mindful of commonsense and moderation. Specialization can be taken at creation or during any advancement. Specialized skills can be bumped only by 2, otherwise just bump the cliche altogether. And they can be used to bump the skill past the cliche limit of 6 (depending on the game).
Say Joe Copp's Macho SWAT Goon (6) is topped out for the game level. He can use a advancement die to bump the Sniper skill in his cliche to 7 or 8 and use the third pip on his Streetwise skill in his Ex-Hard Nosed Street Cop (4) making it Streetwise (5), or he can take it as a Lucky Shot slot. He gains the Sniper (8) bonus only when he is using a sniper rifle at long range, with pistols, or other weapons, or hand to hand at mid or close range, he still rolls as Macho SWAT Goon (6).
Or simply tie Questing Dice to the skill.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Kate Monk's Arab/Muslim Names
http://www.gaminggeeks.org/Resources/KateMonk/Middle-East/Arab/index.htm
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Abulafia is the Ultimate Content Generator
I don't know about 'ultimate'; but incredibly cool and incredibly useful. Just be aware of the more AD&D oriented stuff.
http://www.random-generator.com/index.php?title=Main_Page
To re-state my position on Al-Qadim, I think the RPG system should serve the milieu, not the over way 'round. Al-Qadim puts the cart before the horse as does 1st Ed. Oriental Adventures, which is AD&D in Noh drag, Al-Qadim is 2nd ED. in a turban.
http://www.random-generator.com/index.php?title=Main_Page
To re-state my position on Al-Qadim, I think the RPG system should serve the milieu, not the over way 'round. Al-Qadim puts the cart before the horse as does 1st Ed. Oriental Adventures, which is AD&D in Noh drag, Al-Qadim is 2nd ED. in a turban.
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