Erna RPG ?

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

I'm doing my yearly re-reading of the Cold fire books and, much as I love the characters and thematics of the book (and I'd forgotten how much I loved Jenseny ♥), as usual what I love the most is the world bulding and the sheer possibilities of the magic system. And, damnit, I want to play in that world.

So, hypothetically speaking, if I were to propose an online roleplaying game taking place on Erna, which would not focus on playing characters like many fanfic-based fandom do but on playing original characters in adventure stories, would some of you guys be interested to play ?

This is provided I can find / tinker a game system adequately to fit the world (not that it would be rules heavy anyway)

Do anybody has suggestions or ideas about it ?

I'm just starting to think about it, so this is more about throwing ideas in the wind and see if anything lands :)

Comments

[carmentalis.livejournal.com]

I'd definitely be interested. Depending on the style of RPG, I might be quite clueless, but hey, there's not much that is impossible to learn... What kind of game system were you thinking about?

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

I'm really not sure yet. We need a game system with a flexible enough magic system but without metaphysics already enforced in the system. I might just end up using some generic system like Fudge or Fuzion - they're practical.

I'd also like to look at Mechanical Dreams (a rather indy Canadian game) because from what I heard about the world, it's got some similarities with the concept of Fae even though overall it's a very different world.

^_^

[fuumasfrog.livejournal.com]

I must confess I thought about that possibility also. The world of Erna just screams to be used for an RPG. About the rules I think one could take a very adaptable system like d100 cthuthlu or d20 D&D or a system that's already fit for a tech/magic fantasy world like starwars or fading suns. Of course all his with much lighter rules, anyway.^^
And, well, of course I'd be interested ^_^

Re: ^_^

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

All of Friedman books beg to be adapated really ^^ I do want to play in This Alien Shore's world as well some day... but sci-fi games seldom work well..

I have a genuine hatred of the Chaotic d100 system, and I'm not too fond of D&D (not that I've played the 3rd ed anyway but I don't like class and level systems)
Much as I love Fading Suns' world, I don't really like the system either, besides it's probably too space op oriented.

Star Wars d6 has some potential - it's flexible enough - but I don't know it well, so I'll have to do some reading about it.

Cool, glad to know you're interested ! ^^

[alice_montrose]

It's a possibility I'll remain very much open to. *eg*

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Good ! :)

[fyrie.livejournal.com]

Would love to be involved, but it would be a problem with my present timetable *pouts* :(

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

I don't know yet if it would work as a PBEM or with chat (or a mixture of both)

Looks like a majority of the interessed are European in case it's by chat, which has a big influence on the when to play ^^

Lots of factors ! I hope your timetable and whatever option we may choose suits you ^^

[fredericks.livejournal.com]

I'd definitely be interested in playing. Now I have an excuse to fit time into my schedule to re-read the series. :)

I'll think about the gaming stuff and get back to you. Keep this comm. updated.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

heh, all excuses are good ^^

Thank you, I'll wait for that ^^ and I will definitly (I might also hit RPGnet for suggestions)

[destinare.livejournal.com]

I would DEFINITELY be interested in playing. Count me in. I wish I could help with the game system.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

Glad to know it ! Don't worry about it, all kinds of imput are good, not only about the system :)

[coldfiredragon.livejournal.com]

I would absolutly love to play in a game based on this particular series. I know the D20 system decently well but if someone was willing to walk me through the basics of another system I would learn that as well.

Keep me informed if you decide to start something.

[prettyarbitrary.livejournal.com]

D20? Eh, might work. But if you want really flexible magic rules, you want Mage: the Ascension*. White Wolf Game Studio, uses D10s. You set a difficulty (6 is the average) and each die that rolls above that counts as a "success." The more you get, the better you do something.

There's a bunch of padding because it comes with a modern-day setting included, but it's really easy to just gut all that and dump the mechanics into anything you want. And the mechanics are really, really easy to learn. Hell, I could probably type up most of what you need to know.



* Not Mage: the Awakening, which is by the same company.

[etrangere.livejournal.com]

YAY another MtA fan ! ♥ ♥

I'm actually thinking those rules might be a bit too open-ended for Coldfire, but I might inspire myself from the rules. And the Resonance rules could work in a great way.