Defcon – An RPG Idea

Heres an idea that came to me while reading Maid the RPG. Essentially Maid is about gaining influence over the other maids and the master via seduction or any other means possible.

Switch this to a political scenario. Imagine that the PC’s are the generals and staff of a war office, fighting to gain the Presidents ear and have their voices heard above the others. Now imagine that this is in the wake of some national or international disaster. Each PC wants the President to further their own agenda, from the General who wants to counter-strike (war is good for business) to the aide who whats to be noticed and gain influence to the opposition leader who just wants everything to go as badly as possible (thus making him stronger for the next election).

Think I might have to work on this a bit more, it could be fun.

Wiki’s for RPG’s

Tme for another list of links, some Wiki’s this time that caught my eye and are pretty helpful to any gamer.

• Wookiepedia – For all things Starwars - http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page
• ExaltedWiki – For the White wolf game – http://exalted.xi.co.nz/wiki/wiki.pl
• FateWiki – For the Fate RPG engine (Not a true wiki as its write protected, and currently suspened) – http://www.hill-kleerup.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/FATE/FATE
• WushuWiki - For Wushu – http://wiki.saberpunk.net/pm2/pmwiki.php?n=Wushu.HomePage
• RandomWiki – The anything RPG wiki – http://random.average-bear.com/pmwiki.php
• GrandOGLWiki – Collecting all OGL material from all publishers (hopefully) – http://grandwiki.wikidot.com/

Big badda boom…

Here’s something a little different.

As part of my ongoing Wednesday night Dark Heresy game, one of the PC’s made friends with a noble who has significant interests in Gunmetal City. As part of their friendship, said noble presented a prototype firearm to the PC with a request that he try it out (to get feedback), show it off (to get others interested) and potentially find other backers for when the firearm goes into production.

Instant games

Thanks to the free RPG blog (http://thefreerpgblog.blogspot.com/) I just found the Instant Game by Animalball Games. If your stuck for a setting for your next game you should really take a look at this. And best of all its free!

http://www.animalball.com/games.html - Animalball Games Website (Look for Instant Game)

http://thefreerpgblog.blogspot.com/2009/03/ingenious-setting-creator-instant-game.html - Review by FreeRPGBlog

Bravyet the city

Bravyet

Location : West-North-West coast of the Deltrib homeland
Year Founded : Founded Year 0 by Duke Yadav I (1479 years old).
Ruler : Bravyet City Council
Population / Demographics : 52,000 (99%+ Deltrib, >1% Others)
Government Type : Democratic council, voted in by the local populace every 5 years.
Languages : Deltib
City Colors : Yellow banner, Red chevron with horizontal bisected triangle in black
Natural Resources and Manufactured Goods : Trade goods, fish, shellfish, timber, grain
Allies : All members of the Deltib race
Enemies : Solace tribes who migrate across the ice flows to the north
Fortifications : Walled city
Tech Level : Late Middle Ages equivalent
Primary Religion : Predominant religions are that of the Mood Goddess and Sun God.
Other Religions : Others religions are permitted, but tend to have very small followings, such as the Plainar religions of the Wind Gods and Horse God
Climate : Sub-Temperate, Climate tends to be cold winters with mild summers
Terrain : Coastal to West, rivers to East, plains to South, forest to North.

Description :

Bravyet, the first city of the Deltib is a large, walled coastal hub of trade routes throughout the Deltib homeland. It has the most population, by quite a long way, of any settlement in the world. The inhabitants cover the vast spectrum of Deltib life ranging from rich to poor, old to young and conservative to progressive. This populace inhabits the many wards of the city that are quite heavily defined between the internal roads of the city, and bisected by the river that flows through the middle of the city.Bravyet holds one of the few Deltrib libraries within its city walls and also a university to try and progress the knowledge of its populace. Of course these are seldom used by any other than the scholars and possibly the rich so the common man and the merchant remain largely ignorant of its benefits. The person responsible for these institutions is the Bastion of Education for Bravyet, who answers to the Council.

Bravyet Overview.

An outline from the design bible for Skyfell. Bravyet is the homeland for the Deltrib who are the closest to Humans on Skyfell.

Land of Bravyet – An Overview

Year Established: Circa -1200 AC.

Ruler: Bravyet City Council and other Landed owners.

Ruler’s Titles: Council member.

Capital: Bravyet.

Population: Approx 1,750,000.

Government Type: Democracy.

Government Stability: Stable.

Climate: Stable climate that ranges from a cold northern border to warmer, wind swept plains to the south.

Languages: Deltrib, Plainar.

Currency: Brav(Silver) and D’Brav(Gold).

Technology Level: Late Middle Ages equivalent.

Wealth: Comfortable for the majority of people with extremes at both ends of the scale being quite rare

Allies & Alliances: Minearch is a minor ally, but the Deltrib hope to build upon that relationship.

Enemies & Rivals: Solace.

Demographics: Deltib : 97% (High Deltirb 62%, Plainar Deltrib 38%); Others :3%

National Colors: Yellow horizontally bisected triangle

Natural Resources and Manufactured Goods: Lumber, Iron, Gold, Fish, Wheat, Horses, Ale, Sheep, Cattle, Shellfish, and Barley.

Primary Religion: Moon Goddess and Sun God / Four Gods of the Wind and Horse God.

Terrain: Vast plains to the south that are home to the Plainar and their horses, hills and mountains to the north with a much more structured lifestyle of the Deltrib and their towns and cities .

Flora & Fauna: Plants on the Deltrib continent vary from north to south and the rugged hills and eventual mountains of the far north give way to the wide open rolling plains of the south. In the north rugged plants and trees withstand the harsh winds and fridged winters, while the south is much more gentle in its climate changes and as such promotes a more varied range of trees and grasses that scatter the plains. Animals in both areas tend to be variations on each other, for example in the south the gidson is a plains walking herd creature that has a short light brown hide, in the north their exists the rigdodon, a mountain climbing herd creature much like the gidson but with a leaner frame and a shaggy long coat over its hide.

Traveller – Sareen Final Sub-Sector map

After playing around with the sub-sector map for quite a while, this is the final result.

The x-boat routes have been finalised thanks to the huge help on the Mongoose Traveller boards and I have added hex references as well (another suggestion from the board). Ive also added a copy of the breakdown of the worlds as I generated them below the map. Now all I need to do is spec out each world….. wish me luck!

Traveller Fauna Miscellany – Part 2

Carrying on from the previous post on the Traveller Fauna Miscellany, I thought it would be useful to post a few more of the more developed ideas that I came up with. See what you think. Would you be interested in a book full of these? How about the missions book? Am I onto something here or not?

Gromath

A cattle like beast with a singular horn or tusk on its head and thick armour like hide to protect its large body. This pack animal is normally found on open planes where it feeds on grass and moves in large herds.

Grazer – Herbivore

Size 10 (800Kg)             Def: Horn (2D6)             Armour: 4

Str        Dex      End      Inst       Pack     Skills

 A         4          A          9          C          Survival 1, Recon 0

 

Mephis

This bird is native to jungle areas, living on aphids and various jungle fruits. Its one defence against predators is its clawed feet which it uses only rarely, preferring to flee instead

Hunter – Omnivore

Size 2 (3Kg)                  Def: Claws (1D6)                       Armour: 0

Str        Dex      End      Inst       Pack     Skills

2          2          2          4          5          Survival 0, Athletics 0, Recon 2

 

Quotzal

A skittish antelope-like creature native to mountainous regions of the planet. It feeds on flora growing on seemingly inaccessible mountain slopes and is usually found in large packs or “sets”

Grazer – Herbivore

Size 5 (25Kg)                Def: -                                        Armour: 0

Str        Dex      End      Inst       Pack     Skills

3          B          8          B          D          Survival 0, Athletics 1, Recon 0

Skilrit

A long legged reptile suited to densely grown forests or rainforests. This creature has long legs to enable high speed pursuit of its usual prey, common bugs and beetles of wooded areas.

Chaser – Carnivore

Size 2 (3Kg)                  Def: Teeth (1D6)                        Armour: 0

Str        Dex      End      Inst       Pack     Skills

2          7          2          D          6          Survival 0, Athletics 2, Recon 1

 

 

Traveller – Sareen X-Boat Routes

So here is the updated Sareen seub-sector map with x-boat routes added. I think it still looks a little messy, but im happy with it for a first stab. I may alter these depending upon how I detail the worlds as I write each one up so this may not be the last time I post this.

Sareen - X-boat routes

Traveller – Sareen Subsector 2

To follow on from yesterdays map of the Sareen Sub-Sector, here is the layout that I generated. Again this is still a work in progress and im beginning to write up the world as inspiration drives me. Hopefully i’ll get to post those sometime soon as well.

Name	Location	Statistics	N	S	R	T	I	P	Remarks	Z
	0101	D5467A8-4							Ag Ga Lt
	0104	C9D9610-6						P	Fl NI
Cronis	0105	C543989-5		S					Hi In Lt Po
	0106	X361100-4							Lo Lt NI
	0108	B889895-6	N	S					Ri
	0201	D769553-B							NI
	0203	C459510-A					I	P	NI
	0205	B333300-A				T			Lo NI Po
	0208	C2108BA-B							Na
	0209	X615024-3							IC Lt NI	R
	0210	C652654-6							NI Po
	0301	E200124-8							Lo NI Va
	0302	D73336A-8		S					Lo NI Po
	0304	C554458-9							Ga NI
	0307	D9EA87A-7		S					Fl Wa
	0310	D482202-4		S					Lo Lt NI
	0401	C560620-5			R				De Lt NI
	0402	A8A7449-E	N			T			Fl Ht NI
	0404	B553200-8		S					Lo NI Po
	0405	A61468A-A	N			T	I		IC NI
Sareen	0406	E2259DA-2							Hi In Lt
Pramos	0408	A98A965-F				T	I		Hi Ht Wa
	0504	A855244-C		S	R	T			Ga Ht Lo NI
	0508	C988665-6							Ag Ga NI Ri
	0601	B3338AA-A		S					Na Po
	0604	X130575-2							De Lt NI Po
	0607	C676611-5							Ag Ga Lt NI
Xorel	0610	C867996-9		S			I		Ga Hi
	0701	C566754-B							Ag Ga Ri
	0702	D77A535-4		S					Lt NI Wa
	0707	C874202-6		S			I		Ga Lo NI
	0708	D20058A-7		S					NI Va
	0709	C796874-3				T			Ga Lt
	0801	D140754-C		S				P	De Ht Po
	0804	D120546-7		S					De NI Po
	0805	E54787A-1							Ga Lt
	0806	C562453-B		S		T			NI