Planescape PbP

I'm really sorry to have disappeared like that, guys. I wish I had a better excuse, but honestly I've just sort of been distracted by other things. Still haven't gotten a chance to look at the Fate rules in much depth, and considering that I'm getting busier it might not be a good idea for me to gm right now.

Maybe we could do some kind of rotation or something to share game master duties. For now, though, I'll focus on getting up to speed with the rules and maybe putting together a character; I won't be offended at all if you go ahead without me, if you're all ready to go.

Modric- I like the idea of alternating chapters between all of us. It sounds potentially pretty interesting, and strikes me as the best compromise.

If we're alternating chapters, we could alternate systems, as well. Little extra work, but it could be fun. Or we could stick with Fate. I do like Fate.

Ha. That'd be interesating. Like do D&D sometime for a dungeon crawl, and then like, at some point go to some complicated social event using a modified Vampire the Masquerade.

Actually... tinker around a bit, use "belief" instead of "vitae" and replace all the various vampire clans with the factions and VtM would work really nice to a faction-politics heavy Sigil-based Planescape campaign.

White Wolf's rules aren't too complicated. The basics are pretty simple, individual rps in thier setting have a few additional mechanics depending on the rpg, so, it's pretty versatile to rework.

Githyankee- I'm familiar with some of White Wolf's stuff, and I like Storyteller/Storytelling as a system. I even know a bit of backstory from Vampire. But I don't know Vampire's specific rules, other than a bunch of the Disciplines' names.

Modric- I wouldn't mind running Dungeon World, Fiasco, possibly Thirteenth Age. I'd like to try Nobilis, though I've never played it before. The sheer scope of Fantasy Flight's Warhammer 40K games could possibly work, with a little rethinking, for Planescape, and I'm reasonably familiar with those. The city-sized ships of Rogue Trader strike me as interesting fodder for a Planesjammer game, and Only War seems like it could represent the absolute misery of fighting in the Blood War just as well as 41st Century.

Seems like folks are too busy to DM, and it can be a little difficult to get started. I think the issue lies in not having the time to prep a game.

I'd still like to run Dungeon World, if I could get enough interest. I do think Dungeon World is great for encouraging and rewarding improvisation, playing off the cuff, and making sandbox games more enjoyable for people who are not generally inclined to run sandbox games (like me).

Basically everything you need to know to start a game is in these pages:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3269630/dwdotcom/DungeonWorld_character_sheets.pdf

Pick a class and fill out your first page, and we're basically ready to go. (Wizards and priests are only *slightly* more complicated.) I'd love it if you wanted to play a non-standard race. Don't worry too much about balance-- that's something we can figure out as we go.

Modric, would you still want to play a paladin?

So as a modron, you could have wings, or four arms. Either of those might give you a specific mechanical benefit (higher damage when you have more than one weapon equipped, a bonus to Defy Danger while you're in the air), but what's more important is that you could fly, or that you have four hands. Neither of those things is necessarily overpowered, because the dice really only come into play when there's some risk or reward. You also gain XP for failing a rolls, which works perfectly in a narrative game, because it gives you some incentive to fall into quests and to give over some temporary control to the DM. It makes the game more collaborative.

I think this will be easier to understand if we just go through the process and start to play. What class do you think you'd like to start with?

Well, I wouldn't put the same limits on a rogue modron's progression as 2e. The fighter, as usual, is simpler and more accessible, but you should go with whatever class and concept you like. I'd prefer to make the system work around that than have you try and bend your character idea to fit the system.

A modron paladin in Hell, for example, could be fascinating. Or a rogue modron rogue who joins the Anarchists. Or an aasimar wizard! Don't let me make your choices for you.

I like that bond. Expect to see it come into play fairly early, especially with your tanar'ric blood and yugoloth connections. As for your racial move, Dungeon World generally thrives on imprecise but evocative mechanics, so how about something like...

Tiefling- You can see in darkness, no matter how deep. Once each day, you can summon a cloud of magical darkness, about enough to fill a room. No light can penetrate your darkness.