Ever since I was a wee lad, I have always liked creating stories even if there was no one viewing them. I find creating worlds and stories incredibly satisfying and exciting but I since I have never shown any of my stories to any of my family or friends back then, I hesitate and freeze up when I try to do so now. But then one day, scrolling around YouTube, I saw in my recommended a video called, "Is This The Most Customizable TTRPG Ever Made?" The claim was bold and with curiosity and potential simmering inside me, it was more than enough for me to click and see what it had to offer. And well...I wouldn't be writing this if it didn't intrigue me and push me to action to try and finally create something that I could share with my friends.
Upon viewing the video I was hooked by the potential it had, it gave a simple overview of the mechanics, Talent trees, character customization, what happens in combat or when a player tries something, and it felt quite simple enough for me to understand. Long before I have already thought of trying to host a TTRPG with my friends, I even worked with a few of them to create our own game but that fell through, though I'm still hoping for a revival of that project, for now though we have Utopia. With the simplicity of Utopia, I could use it as my starting grounds for sharing the stories I've always wanted to share, and so after that first video I looked into the channel and was glad to find even more videos about the game. The next few videos spoke of some further details and clarifications of certain aspects of the system, but what REALLY hooked me was the customizability of items and spells.
At the beginning of the video, after the introduction, he dangled us the possibilities of having a spell that could literally affect the ENTIRE WORLD, and a weapon that could bring down a God to its knees....well he told us it was possible but the spell essentially gave everyone in the world a bad tan, and the weapon, whilst living up to its Godkilling potential, was a rock on a stick. It was great. Despite the spell being seemingly underwhelming, the fact that its possible to create (provided you are an incredibly powerful person, as I believe the requirements of skills and materials reaches into the millions) propelled me back into the world of creation. And so soon, my first session and first dungeon mastering, begins