Time to vote on the era of the RPG. since we are doing Homebrew, and since that is so much work, its important we determine all we can as fast as we can so that we can get down and dirty, starting the real work of getting this rpg to light. so, to vote, simply post 1, 2, 3, or 4. 1:Before Medieval Times 2:Medieval times 3: Steam punkish 4: other -please specify.
3
1 or 3
2
4- Make our own
Or that < 4- Make our own
1, Spears and War Elephants ftw!
4 - Make our own fantasy RPG, with light magic and historical anachronisms (Hoplites vs Vikings!)
2 or 4(make own)
4(Renaissance or make our own), and I guess 2.
Thanks all for your quick response, so, Here's the tally 1: 2 2: 3 3: 2 4: 6 (after considering the possibilities of Hoplites VS Vikings and other such awesome, this had my vote) Well gents, it looks like were doing 4. Lezlie hasn't voted yet, but its irrelevant. And, since 4 seems to universally mean Make our own, were making our own, and we can move on. any objections, comments, or questions before I post the next decision?
Lets not use words like Vikings(You all know I love Vikings, but not when we decided to make our own) or... The other ones. And en't it a little too cliche? I only vote make our own if we really do make our own. I know the argument. We can take inspiration from where we ant, but dear heavens let us not COPY anything. A stranger shall be able to read it and say, "Hm' That is quite original. Neat."
I never thought of having actual unmodified unoriginal vikings and Hoplites duking it out, I was just using that as an example of the freedom that make our own can give us. but, again, we will determine details like that later. Next up, Voting for Magical Potency, and technology avaible, then number of Number of factions.
I like this kind of potency. A magician in combat is a dead magician, A Magician left to himself preparing. Casting the slow and difficult spells. Is a dangerous one. We should of-course have freedom to make magic stuff happen and races have each their own kind of magic. I think each race, not nation but race should have a different kind of magic. But, low fantasy so there en't a fire-mage that's snap his finger and Puff there the old veteran knight is ashes. Or such power should be VERY hard to achieve. Also I'd like for us to make a point system both with nations and characters. Which will balance it. A BAD and UNCOMPLETED example would for a nation be. they have 10 points to put in the nation. Well.. 3 in size which makes the area larger and the populace a larger group thus giving more men, then 4 in... Economics which means the country have a great economy, and then... what.. 3 in Magic which means the country have some quite potent magic, Or something. I don't know. And then another country may have spend 8 on quality troops. Yeh? Same with races. This race have 8 in physical powers and they are called The Minotaurs. they have 2 in.. endurance. Making them normally quite tough. A weakly elf race could maybe put 10 in magic and the nation have the same making them the uncontested best at that but weak in many other areas. I don't know it would need some thought but once done, it would create great diversity and great balance.
That sounds like its exactly what were needing. Because, if we dont have rules for crap, whats to keep people from making some retardedly powerful Race/Nation. I support that. so, like, what stats would there be Racialy? Numbers? Intelligance? Strength? Agility? Magical Aptitude? and for nations.....that would be even more complicated. all that to say, I like and support your idea, and if you need any help making proper rules for it, I'm willing to do whatever I can.
Just in case someone was wondering...I vote for 4..lol
I have never played anything but GSTK but I'll try and come up with something
we, of course, value your vote, Leslie, haha.
For magic, I personally like the way the Eragon Cycle did it. In essence, magic siphons your own energy, and for the inexperienced, moving a rock can be utterly exhausting, and going above your limits can kill you. Now, I am not saying we should copy that, but there are effective ways to combat Magic. In my mind, magic should be restricted to one or two races, and maybe the small ones. (Like Gnomes from World of Warcraft, as an example, though less... Stupid...) So that they are entirely reliant on it, rather than it just being "another way to kill people" for them, but rather their secret to survival. One thing that's always peeved me off about High Fantasy Elves are that they can use magic willy-nilly, and then proceed to own your butt with a bow or shortsword, making them stupidly strong. Meanwhile a race that is only alive because of their aptitude with magic makes them a dangerous foe, but with a glaring weakness. I will try to come up with a brief background when basic ideas of races and magic are figured out.
I wouldnt mind just throwing EVERYTHING together. Have some elements from this series here, have some things from this other series here, so eventually, it will all blend, and end up making a delicious creation.
