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[Fantasy Sandbox]Dwarfs (and non Dwarfs) go Adventuring (and Zombie Survival-ing)
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So a while back I made this game for the times when I feel like running a very rules-lite fantasy adventure without having to teach people a new system. Now one of those times has come. Most of the system is rolling a d6 and aiming high. I'm more interested in awesome dwarves doing adventurous things.
There's some trouble in the dwarf lands.
Dwarves dying, some lanky folk too. Someone needs to remedy this. Who else is going to do it, the Elves? The humans? Get your hammer out and lets do some fixing.
In the course of fixing all the world's problems there'll be dungeons to explore, lands to roam, armies to gather and take to war, maybe some animals to ride and definitely some monsters to kill.
What? You need more inspirational art for character ideas? Well sure.
Choose your dwarf. I want names to be in the following format or better...
NAME the ADJECTIVE
And no pussy names like Kellogg the Meek.
I'll be planning on doing this on IRC some time next week. I'll be flexible with time based on who we have that's interested. You can grab me on irc.magicstar.net in #RPG_Design or #RPGNet to talk characters or system. I'll be watching this thread too, of course.
Who's in?
There's some trouble in the dwarf lands.
Dwarves dying, some lanky folk too. Someone needs to remedy this. Who else is going to do it, the Elves? The humans? Get your hammer out and lets do some fixing.
In the course of fixing all the world's problems there'll be dungeons to explore, lands to roam, armies to gather and take to war, maybe some animals to ride and definitely some monsters to kill.
What? You need more inspirational art for character ideas? Well sure.
Choose your dwarf. I want names to be in the following format or better...
NAME the ADJECTIVE
And no pussy names like Kellogg the Meek.
I'll be planning on doing this on IRC some time next week. I'll be flexible with time based on who we have that's interested. You can grab me on irc.magicstar.net in #RPG_Design or #RPGNet to talk characters or system. I'll be watching this thread too, of course.
Who's in?
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I want to play TRUCK the ROBUST.
I will examine the rules SHORTLY.
If I can make your crazy trans-global IRC times, naturally.
Truck the Robust will ride!
Should I do numbers now, or later on when in IRC when you do the game.
If you want me to run you through chargen in a little more detail I'll be on the irc channel noted above for the rest of the night now. I'll try and listen out for PMs.
Regarding times, I have a nice juicy week off from work next week. This means I should be able to fit a couple of hours of game in any time from 10am round to 2am GMT.
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Dwarf Fighter
Body 10, Mind 2
Melee 5, Craft 3, Awareness 1
Hordefighter, Strongman
Light Armour, Greataxe
5 gold
Does that look right.
gold (1d6=5) also.
I'd like our dwarfs to have nice pictures to represent them and when thinking of sources for cool dwarfs I remembered this card set I picked up a while back. See if there's anyone resembling Truck there and give us his card and mini.
As far as greataxe guys go these two jump out at me for you...
This next guy looks pretty robust.
But then you know Truck better than me.
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except we're not using dual-wielding rules so Truck has one big axe instead of two small ones.
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Ambrose the Astute
Dwarf Scholar
Body 3, Mind 8
Shooting 5, Knowledge 2, Awareness 1
Spellbook, Spellbook
Staff, Shortbow, Hat [5 gold]
Spells: Healing Touch, Magic Shield, Hold, Arcane Blast, Searing Light, Life Drain
Edit: Here's 'ol Ambrose. He has a thing for ravens.
Do you add +1 to your mind or body in addition to the perks you take?
Yeah. Every time you take a perk you get to add 1 to either your Body or Mind as a bonus. I definitely need to make that bit clearer in the doc!
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http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3427/3262260392_437651fe05.jpg
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and then he died, in Gredavin's arena dnd game.
light armor from having awesome war tattoos would be damn classy though, people just too terrified to fight him
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NO MONSTER IS A MATCH FOR TRUCK
I suppose the whole magic thing is supposed to balance this out, but do you know if it works out in practice? And are spells successfully cast on anything except for a roll of one? Can Invisible Hand be used for Stunts?
And how many dwarventurers are we expecting to have?
If any more questions pop up, I'll ask 'em.
Edit: I changed my mind, make that a puppy.
Rurik the Heavyhanded
Going to write up a character as we speak.
I decided a kitten costs 2 gold. I'll change it if you'd like.
Kulet Tekkudid the Red, the Legendary Bone Carver
She is romantically involved with Aban Degrigoth. She is a worshipper of Kadol. She is a widow.
Kulet Tekkudid is slow to anger. She loves a good thrill. She can handle stress. She is relaxed. She is proud of her beard. She tends not to openly express emotions. She is trusting. She is immodest. She needs alcohol to get through the working day.
Class: Rogue
Body: 3
Mind: 3
Shooting: 2
Craft: 8
Grace: 5
Perks: Precision, Skillful
Gear Odroz Dural, Crossbow, Grappling Hook (1gp), Hat(1gp), 20ft Rope(1gp), Set of Spikes(1gp), and a puppy Ineth Shedamost(2gp).
Gold:
http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2013148/
6! - 6 = 0
This is a Dwarven bone dagger. All craftdwarfship is of the highest quality. It is encrusted with Dwarf bone, Dwarf bone, Native platinum, goat bone, and Malachine, studded with Steel, decorated with cave lobster shell and mule leather, and encircled with bands of Oak and Native gold. This object is adorned with hanging rings of Dwarf bone and Iron. On the item is an image of a Olan Tekkudid opening Fatbulls the Andesite door in Marble. On the item is an image of Mafol Tekkudid the Dwarf and a goblin in dwarf bone. The goblin is striking down Mafol Tekkudid .
Concept/Background:
Kulet Tekkudid was a Bone Carver, with a husband and a son. When her husband was slain in a goblin attack, she was taken by a fell mood and possessed by forces both supernatural and cruel. She was compelled to slaughter her son and create a dagger out of him, in the process becoming a legendary bonecrafter. This warped her considerably, and the fell mood never totally cleared her system.
Edit: I think I figured it out.
Dwarven Shield Bearer - (Dwarven Fighter)
(Spoiled for Huge)
"I want ye to hit me as hard as ye can."
Body: 7
Mind: 4
Melee: 5
Craft: 2
Awareness: 1
PERKS
Armour Expert
Weapon Expert - Axe
ITEM(S)
Heavy Armour, Shield, Axe
GP - 6!(http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/2013272/)
I forgot to put this in the character post, but the character concept is this:
Kulet Tekkudid was a Bone Carver, with a husband and a son. When her husband was slain in a goblin attack, she was taken by a fell mood and possessed by supernatural cruel forces. She was compelled to slaughter he son and create a dagger out of him, in the process becoming a legendary bonecrafter. This warped her considerably, and the fell mood never totally cleared her system.
Dwarf Fortress is canon, right?
Edit: Is that bad INNS?
Arcane Face-Smasher (Dwarf Scholar)
Body 3, Mind 7
Melee: 3
Presence: 5
Knowledge: 1
Weapon: Staff [2 damage, counts as shield]
Perks: Clever Fighter [+2 to Melee combat rolls when Mind is higher than opponent's], Spellbook
Spells: Invisible Hand, Curse, Magic Shield
[6 gold] - Torch, Flint and Steel, Cloak, Horn [4 gold] = [2 gold]
Serokh is a lecher. If it's alive, and can be considered 'female' he will use his incredible Presence to get it into bed. He is rarely serious in his interactions with others unless he happens to be using his sharply honed mind to find an opening, and while they're off balance, crush their skulls. In all other instances, Serokh relies on his wit to crack jokes at the expense of others, perpetually seeking to make light of the situation and impress the womenfolk.
Here he is. He's only making that face to impress the gelatinous cubette that was checking him out earlier.
Bone Carver - Using Craft to craft an object out of bone or Knowledge(?) to determine the identity of a dead creature by it's bones.
[Fancy Clothes] became [Shortbow] and [Hat].
He did what I did at first: misinterpreted Suga's post clarifying our stats and multiclassing.
I thought this meant we automatically started with all the Dwarf perks, but I think it actually means you can select them to be one of your two starting perks.
I asked because your dwarven bone dagger is "Inset with dwarf bone, dwarf bone, ..."
That was on purpose, because I thought it would be funny, but instead it was convincing.
Also, yes, I was confused about the multiclassing stuff. I will fix that immediately.
We're not using any optional rules other than the ones I've mentioned. This means no professions, at least to start with. Mostly in the interest of keeping things super simple.
When I say you have access to the Dwarf perks in addition to your class perks I mean they're options, you don't get them automatically. So a starting scholar will choose two perks in total from the perks listed under Scholar and Dwarf.
Again I'll clarify that whenever you take a perk you get +1 to either Mind or Body as a bonus, so starting characters will have two bonus points to spread over Body and Mind however they wish.
As for a puppy, the closest thing we have on the list is a Warhound for 15gp. I'd say you could take a puppy for 2gp if it's a newborn that you're going to have a look after a fair bit. For a walking-around puppy I'd say 4gp and anything resembling a working dog will be more like 8.
Other than that it's awesome to see so much interest.
As for the concerns about balance this is very much a level-less system and an untested one at that. The thing with there being so few skills and each being so broad is that it's hard to make a character that won't be able to contribute at all. Sure, your scholar won't be quite as good in melee as a fighter that's focusing on it completely but this isn't going to be a world that scales with level and leaves you behind.
I never did like the idea that now the party is level 10 the orcs they're fighting are suddenly level 10 orcs. Getting more powerful just means you get to head into the more dangerous areas with a little more confidence, but that dragon is still going to be there from day one if you wanted to try your luck.
As for times, I spoke to Everyman last night and we agreed on a provisional time of 9pm GMT on either Monday or Wednesday. Would anyone be able to fit in there?
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In that case, it would work out just fine for me.
Hamur Valley is a collection of dwarf mining settlements, of which Guldtun is the only one resembling a town. Probably a good idea to at least live there at the present moment even if you want to be from somewhere else in the Dwarflands.
The Southern Dukedom below is the outskirts of a human kingdom that spreads north. K'Thar looks over the Wasteland to the East and he's just a dick.
Regarding scale each hex is very roughly one hour's walk if it's pretty clear, so around 3 miles or so across.
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That should be an ok time for me on Wednesday I believe. It might be on Monday, but that's a little more shady, especially since I have a class at 8pm est.