decisions, decisions

[masque12]

So, the Star Wars campaign I've been in for a year or so is winding up, just a few sessions left. It's looking like I'll be the one to run the next game we play. The options are:

HARP: The dwarvish campaign I've been kicking around, based somewhat on Norse culture and religion. No elf or human PCs, dwarves, halflings, or gnomes, only. This will feature the new religious magic system I've been kicking around, a more realistic (to my way of thinking) milieu, where everyone can try to get the gods to intercede on their behalf, as opposed to relying on the role of a cleric, which always smacked of Judeo-Christianity to me. This idea still needs fleshing out and detail work, and will likely be done at a later time.

Unknown Armies: I love this game system, and definitely want to run something in it, even if it's just a few one shots. If I were to try to turn it into a campaign, I'd have to figure out a plot that's suitably freaky, probably after a few brainstorming sessions with my players.

Godlike: Gritty supers in WWII. Also something I'm just dying to play/run, with the advantage that I have some material I could run ready made, just to try it out. Possibly I'd start with the invasion of Sicily, and see where it goes from there.

Unisystem: Another system whose books I love, but I have yet to run or play in. Any of the core games, All Flesh Must Be Eaten, Witchcraft, Conspiracy X would be good as far as I'm concerned, AFMBE obviously being more suited to one shots.

In Nomine: Jenny was talking about wanting to run this, but she says her campaign isn't ready. I may consider running this, as well.

Delta Green: I don't have this yet, but I'd like to get it soon. Likely, if I ran this, I'd do it with the Nemesis system, which is a marriage of the Godlike ORE dice pool system and the Unknown Armies Madness Meters. Like chocolate and peanut butter.

Comments

Thanks!

[arsonchild.livejournal.com]

Wow! I've spent the last week trying to remember the name of the "Godlike" rpg. While on the road I was thinking about the Godlike comics that White Wolf magazine used to publish and I couldn't remember the name. Thanks, man.

Re: Thanks!

[masque12.livejournal.com]

I never read those comics. Did it have a similar concept? The game is by Detwiller of Delta Green fame and Stolze of Unknown Armies and assorted White Wolf stuff.

Re: Thanks!

[arsonchild.livejournal.com]

I think it was almost an advertisment for the game. This was back when White Wolf magazine was called something else, I think. Started with an "I". It was one or two pages in the back and serialized. An old man telling his grandkids about being in the special unit in the army back in WW2. He tells them about all the other talents he worked with. Then about the Nazi supers he fought. I'll try to dig up some of the old White Wolf mags I've got in storage for ya. "In... something" shit...

[halo-ov-fire.livejournal.com]

cleric, which always smacked of Judeo-Christianity

Islam. But Monotheism is monotheism. Just more praying....

[masque12.livejournal.com]

For some reason I never got your comment in email. But yeah, it fits any of the monotheistic religions, which is what I'm trying to avoid.

[halo-ov-fire.livejournal.com]

Of course, you could use the cleric template and call it a mystic, a shaman, a holy man/women, or even a divine conduit.

[masque12.livejournal.com]

For a more fleshed out description of the alternate religious system I'm designing, go here:
http://masque12.livejournal.com/67732.html

I had thought about what you suggest, however, and I basically decided that the cleric profession would be replaced by a Loremaster, who would be kind of a cross between a cleric and a bard, like the relevant role I know some people play in some Asatru groups. Since the campaign will be based loosely on Norse mythology and culture, I figured this would be the best option. I figure that the group rituals I describe in the linked post are usable by anyone, but that a Loremaster can help people organize them and therefore give a bonus to the ritual. As mentioned previously, on his own he'll likely function as a bard-type character, but with the communal magic abilities as well.

[halo-ov-fire.livejournal.com]

cool. I'll check it out later on.