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https://paizo.com/community/blog/v5748dyo6si7v?Paizo-Announces-SystemNeutral-Open-RPG-License
Paizo introduces a new Open RPG license and breaks the internet.
right now hte site is down.
quotes from those able to get there earlier
"The ORC will not be owned by Paizo, nor will it be owned by any company who makes money publishing RPGs. Azora Law’s ownership of the process and stewardship should provide a safe harbor against any company being bought, sold, or changing management in the future and attempting to rescind rights or nullify sections of the license. Ultimately, we plan to find a nonprofit with a history of open source values to own this license."
"In addition to Paizo, Kobold Press, Chaosium, Legendary Games, Rogue Genius, Green Ronin, and a growing list of publishers have already agreed to participate in the Open RPG Creative License, and in the coming days we hope and expect to add substantially to this group."
"Paizo does not believe that the OGL 1.0a can be “deauthorized,” ever. While we are prepared to argue that point in a court of law if need be, we don’t want to have to do that, and we know that many of our fellow publishers are not in a position to do so."
An open letter to D&D and it's creators Wizards of the Coast/Hasbro to please NOT enact the horrible OGL that they have announced,
some big names have already signed.
Mage Hand Press, Foundry Virtual Tabletop, Rogue Genius Games, Plane Shift Press, Alchemy RPG, The DM Tool Chest, Sly Flourish, The DM Lair, Bat in the Attic Games, Astral Gaming, Lone Wolf Development,
many, many more.
#DND #OGL2 #OPENDND #TTRPG #RolePlaying #RolePlayingGames #WOTC #OGL1
Knudroff
A new digital drawing. It was made for the very complicated story I am constructing for a role-playing game with a sinister magic used in different magi-technological machines. I already posted something similar in this post: Norn and in this one: Whora Baba
This bloke is called Knudroff.
As my old Disapora pod which hosted this free culture project got closed I am posting my art here. You can see it using the #katharsisdrill tag.
Go here for the high resolution Image.
As always Creative Commons - attribution
#art #mywork #Krita #penandpaper #roleplaying #evilGod #technology #GURPS #cc #creativecommons #freeculture
Nuln of the water
A new digital painting. One of the sinister Gods I have invented for my roleplaying game. Nuln of the water. A nightmarish entity who is associated with fresh water, crabs, squid fish and death.
As my old Disapora pod which hosted this free culture project got closed I am posting my art here. You can see it using the #katharsisdrill tag.
Go here for the high resolution Image.
As always Creative Commons - attribution
#art #mywork #Krita #penandpaper #roleplaying #evilGod #pantheon #Nuln #GURPS #cc #creativecommons #freeculture
~ The Show is Over ~
#GretaThunberg's #speech in #print from today's #WorldAustrianSummit
https://gretathunberg.medium.com/the-show-is-over-66e03dd38efa
"Eventually the #public #pressure was too much, so you started to #act. Not acting as in taking #climate #action. But acting as in #roleplaying. Playing #politics, playing with #words, playing with our #future." THE CLIMATE CRISIS IS TODAY!!!
#greta #theshowisover #pretending #science #nature #biodiversity #ecology #clean #energy #extreme #weather #emissions #fossilfuels #ClimateStrike #FridaysForFuture #SchoolStrike4Climate #FaceTheClimateEmergency
Un petit sac à dés en point écailles ou crocodile avec un joli fil multicolore que j'ai bien aimé crocheter : pour se le procurer suivez le lien
#doomyflocrochet #dicebag #roleplaying #crochet #dragonegg #handmade #madeinFrance
An amazing crocheted dice dragon egg bag by Doomyflocrochet
Preview: Mothership
Mothership is a #roleplaying #game of sci-fi horror/survival. It has an old-school element in that it is a collection of rules with an implied background.
That background is kind of like Aliens and Dead Space. The rules allow you to create crew members on a ship that is exploring a huge and dangerous universe.
Core mechanics
The main dice used are d10s are the main mechanism is a d% check as per so many Runequest-inspired games.
The other elements such as saves and advantage and disadvantage will probably be familiar to most people through Dungeons and Dragons though.
Skills
The skills are maybe the most distinctive thing about the system as they are setup in a tree with three tiers where higher-tier skills have prerequisites.
Higher-tier skills cost more to buy and offer a bigger percentage towards checks (which seems like a sensible way of dealing with percentile whiff).
While a bit involved (and with the naturally debatable choices about whether given skills sit in the right tier and have the right prerequisites) I can see that this might be an acceptable balance of crunch with simplicity of play.
Starships
Like skills the rules for Starships are both relatively short while not being simple. You choose the things you want your ship to have and then things like engines and so on are calculated on the basis of your choices.
The entire ship spend then goes towards building the stats for the ship.
It is reminiscent of Black Book Traveller but again has a number of improvements over that system while still benefiting from a calculator. Mainly that it focuses on the outcome you want and then backfills the costs and the calculations.
Art
Mothership is hands-down the best illustrated game of 2018. That's because its art is integral to the content and used not just to illustrate but to illuminate the meaning of the text. This is not merely beautiful drawings that sit alongside the text, here form and function merge and become one. It's beautiful and utilitarian and is setting a new benchmark for me.
Final thoughts
Mothership seems a dense but neat system for playing combat and exploration orientated #sci-fi games. However as a set of rules it doesn't really have a lot to say about horror. It is one of those games which hopes that throwing out a simulationist approach will result in the game it wants. Ultimately there's nothing to explain why horror will happen on the protagonists will get involved in it.
I like Mothership a lot but its going to take a mix of the right idea and the right group of players to make it work.
I played my first game from Top Ten Games you can play in your head this morning. The book is an intriguing concept, essentially a structured setup as you might get for a #storytelling #game but which is essentially a ruleless springboard for daydreaming about the situations described in the book.
The first one to grab me was about a dinner party where you are an assassin who is uncertain who they are meant to be killing at a Victorian dinner party. The setup just grabbed me and I did start thinking about what would happen next.
Generally I think roleplayers have these experiences all the time but seeing them as an inherently useful thing worthy of pursuit outside of standard gaming circles seems new to me. It also offers an interesting insight into when kickers work better than plots.
The Golden Bees
The Golden Bees are a commoner clique that provide a network of mutual support and aid in the drowned world. Refugees from the oceans arrive at the last city with no support or family other than the crew they arrive with, if that.
The Golden Bees provides a way to survive, a place to build new relationships and ultimately it is to be hoped families.
Members of the Golden Bees benefit from their large numbers (which includes many of the common people of the last city) and the gossip that flows through the group. In particular news from new arrivals means that the Bees often hear of events from distant places before those in the palace.
The Golden Bees are allied with the Hydromancers who maintain the defences of the last city and in open conflict with the Hidden Wave who seek to let the sea water rule all the land.
Ropecon 2017—Role-playing Convention without Role-playing games
#Ropecon used to be a role-playing convention held in Finland. I went last year (2016). According to the schedule there were a 180 tabletop #RPGs then and I took part in two. I liked them quite a bit a decided I would go again this year. But before I spent 35 € I wanted to find out if there are any #games that interest me. So I waited before buying the cheaper advance ticket. And kept waiting.
Now, less than two weeks before this year's (2017) event of the same name, I found out, that advance ticket sales have closed and there still are no tabletop games listed in the schedule. So I guess the “organizers” of Ropecon really don’t want any people to come to play role-playing games in their little event. Fine, I won’t come then.
Mythic Rome Now Available
https://thedesignmechanism.com/news/mythic-rome-now-available
Posted by The Design Mechanism on Sunday, October 2, 2016
Mythic Rome takes you into the streets of the Eternal City and into the lives of its citizens. Discover Rome during its illustrious Republic and help shape the world's destiny. The Punic Wars, the Bacchanalian Conspiracy; brutal civil war between Pompey and Caesar - choose your sides and choose your weapons.
This book is a highly detailed and immersive study of Rome, covering culture, religion, magic, supernatural creatures, and its fascinating, labyrinthine history. Packed with quotes from scholars and historians of the time, filled with meticulously researched information. Mythic Rome is a must-have for anyone interested in historical rolelpaying, or simply republican Roman history in general.
$34.95 (hardcover + PDF) - note that the preorder print copies will be sent in approximately 8 weeks.
$13.95 (PDF)
#role-playing #roleplaying #mythras #rpg #rq6 #thedesignmechanism