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Age of Animus Roleplaying

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Feb 252013
 

As promised, this week I’m gonna discuss my Age of Animus roleplaying game project.

Some time ago, I decided to try to run an adventure scenario set in Pelaria for my friends. Writing the scenario is one thing (not finished yet), deciding how to run it was another. I have fond memories of West End Games’ D6 system, in part because of its simplicity. I could whip up an Non-Playing Character (NPC) in that system in seconds, compared to the half hour (or more) it would take to create an NPC for use in a D20 game. Less time working on stats means more time that can be spent on writing the scenario.

So for this “one-time” session, I decided that I would use D6 and maybe come up with my own system later. I did some searching on the D6 system online and found out that the owner, Eric Gibson has made the D6 system an open license system. That is, people can use it for their own games (so long as the license is respected and the proper credit was given). I could work with that. So now, barring any mishaps or changes of heart, Age of Animus Roleplaying (when I’m finished adapting the text and rules) will be a D6 game.

I’m less than a week away from the date I set to play and I feel there’s still a lot of work to be done. Fortunately, D6 is a forgiving system. If something comes up during the session that I haven’t planned for, I can come up with something on the spot and if it’s a good fix, I can add it to the rules. Otherwise, I can just come up with something better for the official release.

Most of the work so far, has been to develop the character creation process. The Mouse Guard Role Playing Game advanced an instinct system that permitted a mouse to get a bonus when performing actions that are instinctive to a mouse, but required the mouse to maintain balance between their natural instincts and their more man-like behaviours. Straying too far towards either extreme was bad and would result in having to stop playing the character. As the Age of Animus concept deals with animals who have “awakened” versus those who remain wild, I thought a similar system would be good.

I like the idea of being able to depend on luck. You could argue that the very nature of rolling dice for success takes luck into account, but I want to push the idea further. The base D6 system uses a fortune system, which I’m using as a base, rebranding it as Luck rather than Fortune.

Okay, enough talk. I’ve got work to do before Saturday’s game! Take care folks!

Final Animus IX – Print and Colour

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Feb 242013
 

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Amarant

Barnaby as Amarant Coral (Portrait)

Eiko

Zoë as Eiko Carol (Portrait)

Freya

Deema as Freya Crescent (Portrait)

Garnet

Nektara as Garnet Til Alexandros XVII (Portrait)

Geneal-Beatrix

Sass as General Beatrix (Portrait)

KujaKuja-Trance

Red Rich as Kuja (Portrait) and Kuja Trance (Portrait)

Quina

Popkin as Quina Quen (Portrait)

ViviVivi2

Cyran as Vivi Orunitia (Landscape) and (Portrait)

Zidane

Todrick as Zidane Tribal (Portrait)

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Seton

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Feb 232013
 

From the journal of Ardebast Raconteur:

Seton is about the sleepiest community you’ll ever wander into. I say this as a fur who comes from there. My fondest wish growing up in Seton was to move away from there. While I am now old enough to appreciate the tranquility, as a pup it was excruciatingly boring.

Many furs choose Seton as a place to settle down in their old age. And old furs have stories. One of the few things I found to do was listen to the stories these older folk had to share. One badger in particular, Krynn, was an accomplished storyteller. Listening to his stories and how well he told them inspired me to dedicate my life to acquiring stories and sharing them with as great aplomb. Sadly he passed away while I was away during my first great excursion into Pelaria so I never had the opportunity to share any of my stories with him. It is my greatest regret.

But back to Seton. It is the easternmost community in Pelaria. It lies to the south of the Crimson Coast. The water off the coast is shallow, with many sand drifts rising above the surface. Large boats are advised to avoid approach. The danger is so great that a large lighthouse has been constructed to warn approaching ships. A number of shallow barges are tasked with ferrying cargo to and from the docks on the eastern coast of Seton Isle.

Carja’s notes:

My main thought in developing the blurb for Seton was that I didn’t want another fishing community.And then I decided that Ardebast was born and raised there (he moved to Sixtus later in life).

When creating the map of Pelaria, I added the sand drifts off the coast for visual flair only. Now they’re part of Seton’s identity. I’m not even sure if sand drift is the correct term. It’s the only thing I could think of. If anybody knows what they’re really called. Let me know!

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