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[Interest on] The Wheel of Time
Ryadic
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The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and go.
What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.
Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.
What is The Wheel of Time?
*One of those games being what this thread is about.
Here's the book you'll need (may not need it if someone is willing to get you the info you need via PMs):
I just recently began reading the series, and am about 1/5 into the fourth book. It's very engrossing, but if you've already read the books, I'm just stating the obvious. And when I found there was a d20 RPG based on the story, I grew sudden interest. I've still never played a d20 tabletop RPG, but I am very interested and would like to make this my second (I'm about to start a Dark Heresy campaign as my first, as soon as I get the book and everyone is up and running).
With that being said, I'm looking for someone to be the GM (or I guess what most people would know as DM) and a few others willing to play. I was lucky enough to pick up the book for $20 at a local used book shop, and the book is in perfect condition. Pages look as though the book was opened 1 or twice. A few scratches here and there on the surface, but only noticed in light.
The game is no longer in print, so I would imagine finding others who are interested would be quite an impossible feat, but I'm hoping to get lucky. Even searching Google brings up few worthy results, showing the lack of support for the game these days.
I was lucky enough to find this site up and running. Probably no longer updated by the user, but it has a lot of information on the site and can be helpful.
So if you played this game back in the day and you have a campaign or two you would wanna run, or if you're interested in creating a character and adventuring (hopefully) with me, post it here and let's see what kind of interest sparks up.
Also, if you have a campaign or will make a campaign, please keep in mind that I'm still only in the fourth book, so try not to contain spoilers.
What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.
Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.
What is The Wheel of Time?
Wikipedia wrote:The Wheel of Time (abbreviated by fans to WoT) is a bestselling fantasy book series written by Robert Jordan. It is known for the extreme density of its plot, the intricate detail of its imaginary world and constructed languages, and complexity of relationships and interactions among characters. There are 11 books published in the series so far. Books 8-11 have each reached #1 on the New York Times bestseller list, and most of the books have been on the list at one time or another. As of 18 September 2007 the series has sold over 30 million copies worldwide.[1] The series has spawned several games* and a soundtrack.
*One of those games being what this thread is about.
Here's the book you'll need (may not need it if someone is willing to get you the info you need via PMs):
I just recently began reading the series, and am about 1/5 into the fourth book. It's very engrossing, but if you've already read the books, I'm just stating the obvious. And when I found there was a d20 RPG based on the story, I grew sudden interest. I've still never played a d20 tabletop RPG, but I am very interested and would like to make this my second (I'm about to start a Dark Heresy campaign as my first, as soon as I get the book and everyone is up and running).
With that being said, I'm looking for someone to be the GM (or I guess what most people would know as DM) and a few others willing to play. I was lucky enough to pick up the book for $20 at a local used book shop, and the book is in perfect condition. Pages look as though the book was opened 1 or twice. A few scratches here and there on the surface, but only noticed in light.
The game is no longer in print, so I would imagine finding others who are interested would be quite an impossible feat, but I'm hoping to get lucky. Even searching Google brings up few worthy results, showing the lack of support for the game these days.
I was lucky enough to find this site up and running. Probably no longer updated by the user, but it has a lot of information on the site and can be helpful.
So if you played this game back in the day and you have a campaign or two you would wanna run, or if you're interested in creating a character and adventuring (hopefully) with me, post it here and let's see what kind of interest sparks up.
Also, if you have a campaign or will make a campaign, please keep in mind that I'm still only in the fourth book, so try not to contain spoilers.
Interested players:
Shorn Scrotum Man
Lonelyahava
Grimdog420
Fiaryn
Learntofly
Toystedeth
Kratalightblade
Tomwhitbrook
Reynolds
Gruff
Shorn Scrotum Man
Lonelyahava
Grimdog420
Fiaryn
Learntofly
Toystedeth
Kratalightblade
Tomwhitbrook
Reynolds
Gruff
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so completely interested.
but, with work schedule, would only really be able to do PbP at the moment.
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God I'm a dork.
I'll certainly watch this game if nothing else.
I think you should try and host it, I mean I don't have much experience GMing myself but that doesn't stop me from running in head-first
plus if you have questions, the community is poised to help
just saying if you want this game to happen, the quickest way would be to sit behind the screen
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I really really hope this isn't a spoiler since you didn't put it in a spoiler. God I'm only on book 4 and I don't know who Asmodean is.
He's introduced in the book your reading, if I recall correctly. Don't worry, you don't lose anything plot-wise knowing he dies.
Actually Ryadic, it's more like someone who's seen all of Star Wars telling someone who has only watched up to Empire that
As much as I have grown to dislike the d20 system with smoldering annoyance, this game actually looks like it might be a decent play. Unfortunately, while the world is a wonderful world, and would make great and wonderful fodder for RP, I'd rather see it done diceless, or with a system dedicated to specifically get what the world's about, rather than "converted D&D".
But again, as d20 systems go, this one gets less bile from me than usual.
Yeah, like Tofystedeth said, his death really isn't a major factor in anything (that anybody is aware of yet, anyways).
If you think you can come up with another system that's not d20 and implement it, be my guest. I honestly just want to get in an adventure in the world that I love so much. I'm not really set on the d20 system, I just thought since it's already published, why not?
Yeah, I know, but it's also like if I were to tell my friend, who is currently on book one, that Rand is
Note very specifically my use of the term "diceless" above. That's my preferred style of roleplay, either entirely diceless or with a very simple system that is subject to judgement calls.
It's not really even on that level of spoiler...
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And it's not on the same level as your counter example, either.
Tofystedeth's hit it on the head, really. That spoiler doesn't ruin much of anything.
But Asmodean dying is no where near as big a spoiler as the Rand thing. Asmodean as a character isn't terribly important in the scheme of things.
Anytime you run a game in an established world, the ongoing metaplot can crunch your campaign if you're not careful. With a brutally huge epic like WoT, it can get pretty hard to avoid it. I'd suggest avoiding campaigns that center on following major characters around-in fact, I'd suggest at least thinking about a campaign that stays well away from the main plotline altogether for the most part.
The D20 magic system doesn't mirror the magic in the books well at all. What worked for me was running the spells as is for the most part, but being more open to creative uses of them than I normally am. It's still not the almost freeform threadweaving you see in the books, but it seemed to keep everyone happy for the most part.
It's not a problem, but if you're wanting to start at relatively low levels and you have characters who are Tower trained you're going to have to come up with some explanation as to why they're away from the Tower. Full Aes Sedai and Warders are prestige classes you can't get to very early.
Lastly, I'll warn anyone who wants to play an Aiel. The D20 Aiel is a really interesting take on a rogue/light fighter variant. It's not an out-of-the-box buttkicking machine. To match the books, Aiel probably should be a prestige class, but mechanically that doesn't work well with the way Aiel society works (I couldn't see making all Aiel fighter types play vanilla warriors for five or so levels). There's nothing wrong with the class as is, just accept it like that and you'll be happier.
Good luck getting your game together. Hope you guys have fun.
I really hope this gets off the ground.
To those who don't have the book yet: There are Taint rules in this book for male casters. Just FYI.
Ryadic, for the love of god don't click that spoiler.
Ryadic, dude, as much as I want to do this, it's gonna be hard for us not to spoil shit for you. There are alot of us who have read all the books who take things for granted that you haven't even encountered.