#legend system

[winterwombat]

Fellow GMs: Ever get that feeling when you're planning a game with a big, elaborate fight scene inside of a building, and you realize that you have absolutely no idea how to build a floorplan that looks anything like the kind of building you had in mind?

Like, "Okay, keep cool, and maybe no one will realize you've drawn bathrooms large enough to park an SUV in, walls that are more than a meter thick, and staircases that would give safety inspectors shivering nightmares for weeks. Just act like it's normal."

No problem. Unless, of course, you're GMing for a group that includes one or more trained architects/interior designers/etc, in which case I can only hope that they are merciful.

In this particular case, fortunately, I'm designing a map for a D20 game, which means that characters move and behave like perfectly regular 5x5x5 cube people. All the regular rules for building designing clearly go right out the window.

[winterwombat]

I realized I haven't posted many updates on ongoing games, so here's the latest news in what I'm getting up to in my role as GM and RPG Writer/Enthusiast.

Tomorrow, I'll be running session five of an ongoing campaign I've titled "Frontier Spirits." The game takes place in a setting of my own design, a primal wilderness full of danger and mystery, where people struggle to build islands of stability and safety while seeking new understanding of the world around them. The PCs have embarked on a mission to build and protect a new frontier town deep in the wilds, an endeavor that's claimed the lives of countless explorers before them. Up to this point, they've spent their time building up town infrastructure, gathering allies to their flag, and fighting off attacks from all manner of dangerous beasties. So far, so good.

I'm using the legend system, which is an interesting take on D20 that I've found to be rich with opportunities for customization. We've been looking for a nice and complex system after a few months of playing games in Fate Core, and Legend has so far provided enough of a meaty system to sate our appetites. I've written up some decent homebrew that I may post here later.

Besides this game, there's another Legend campaign I'm playing in (but not running), and a few other prospects on the distant horizon. I'm also working on some Terribly Secret RPG related prospects, which you're certainly hear more of in the near future.

[scribe-awoken]

Got a couple of ideas for Legend System settings bouncing around in my head.

Primary concern is a Persona-themed setting  Got some basic ideas for character creation (Elementalist = Agi, Bufu, Zio, and Garu spells.  Designing some Custom Chassis classes) and Setting Fluff (Gonna use a dream world for dungeon crawling, found some ideas for extra creepiness from a /tg/ thread, possibly going to have characters use dice to summon their persona)

Next up is enlisting /tg/'s help for re-fluffing tracks and magic items for 8-bit Dystopia.  Then Imma work on adapting the setting from Skullgirls.

[scribe-awoken]

Playing Tokaido with some guys from the Rule of Cool forums

After I used an Amulet for free food at an Inn

NotPanda: Kip is the foody.

KipShades: Bizzam!

NotPanda: He's gonna Instagram all his meals.

NotPanda: In woodprint.

[residentmadscientist]

Please check this out. It is so freaking fun.

My character is a robotic monk superhero, and I don't break the game by being such a character. Character customization is one of the key points of Legend system. Take a look and see what you think.

[shawnisafk-blog]

So we played Legend for the first time yesterday. I think everyone had fun despite one TERRIBLE encounter we had due to lack of total knowledge of rules/unfamiliarity with my player's abilities. I'll be writing up what I can later on, but first I thought I'd share the makeup of my group before I get into any of that.

I can't get any more clear than this. Paladin with shield, etc.

No 'spells' per se, but he's a wizard-y type guy who blows crap up and did comparably absurd amounts of damage. So far standard I guess.

This is where I start to facepalm at letting them do the things they're doing. This is the party's healer. No exaggeration.

This is the only thing that comes to mind for the last character. It's exactly like this, only he uses a gun that he is seemingly INCAPABLE of hitting with unless he went down earlier in the combat.

So yeah. Interesting sessions ahoy I suppose!