Work is moving ahead slowly on the Second Edition of Forgotten Tales of Sword & Sorcery. I’m grinding thru monsters right now. So I wanted to share an updated stat block.
Defense: 16
HD (HP): 3 (11)
Attacks(Damage): +3(By weapon or Bite (1d6))
Save/Check: 3 in 6
Move: Standard
Special: Shape Change (Human Form), Spells, Poison and Magic Resistance
It’s basically the same but I wanted a little more detail. Also, you’ll note that like I mentioned in previous posts, Saves are going to be x in d6. For monsters, I’ve decided to just combine a generic Check and Save into one number. I’m also still working on upgrading the magic system. I know that’ll be a challenge. Of course, like any project that’s in development there might be more changes in the future.
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I bounced this idea for quite a while. And I eluded to these ideas more than once on the blog. I figured it was time to put pen to paper and finally do it.
I admit that I like thieves. I also like White Box FMAG. It makes the Thief really simple by having just one Thief Skill. Personally, I thought that was really too streamlined. So I broke it down into three skills: Thievery (Stealth, Locks & Traps, Climbing), Skullduggery (Disguise, Deception, Picking Pockets, and Streetwise), and Assassinate (Poisons and Back Stab). At character generation decide which is the character’s Primary Skill, Secondary Skill and Tertiary Skill. This determines which the character is best at and how they progress as the character levels up.
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More on the second edition of Forgotten Tales of Sword & Sorcery, 2nd Edition. I already did a quick walk thru video of character generation and well the rules have already changed a bit. So if you want the details of what this all means go ahead and check out the video. But for this preview, I’ll show of a couple of iconic characters from the original edition, Cain the Slayer and Anya the Red. And remember, there’s already been changes from the video.
Cain the Slayer
Savage Swordsman
Level 1
Physique +1 (3 in 6)
Avoidance 3 in 6
HP 7
Fortitude +1 (3 in 6)
Resistance 4 in 6
Def 14
Instinct +1 (3 in 6)
Luck 2 in 6
Knowledge 0 (2 in 6)
Careers: Athlete
Charm -1 (1 in 6)
Vice: Vengeful
Big Assed Sword +2 To Hit (2d6)
Anya the Red
Skilled Swordswoman
Level 1
Physique +1 (3 in 6)
Avoidance 3 in 6
HP 5
Fortitude 0 (2 in 6)
Resistance 3 in 6
Def 15
Instinct +1 (3 in 6)
Luck 2 in 6
Knowledge 0 (2 in 6)
Careers: Noble, Nomad, World Traveler
Charm 0 (2 in 6)
Vice: Pride
Nice Axe +2 To Hit (1d6+2)
And yes, I know I played around with some AI art. It’s what all the weird kids are doing. So there it is. Another quick preview and more will on the way. Stay tuned for that stuff, ask questions, and you know the drill.
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That last whole kerfuffle with Lamentations of the Flame Princess really fed my urge to run a campaign. And now it looks that there just may be a chance that it might happen in a couple of months so that means putting on the old thinking cap.
First, let me do a little rant about rules. I do feel guilty if I house rule and hack the original TSR era texts. I get over it but I feel a little guilty about. But for any retro-clone. I want to hack the hell out of it. And there’s not much really to do because there’s already so much cool stuff. First and most obvious to most are those 2nd Edition play test rules in Vaginas Are Magical and Eldritch Cock. There’s some gems in there like rolling to case, more skills, and some tweaks on the Ability scores are used. The second neat thing is an oldie but a goodie. That’s Green Devil Face No 5. What does that one have? Random character progression. You may not get more HP every level. Ouch. And pretty grim. Then there’s my own warped imagination. I’ve really gotten inspired the last couple of weeks and started scribbling all sorts of ideas down. Stayed tuned for more on that but the previews of stuff will show up over on the Locals community. And finally, there’s a few OSR style supplements that have given me some ideas but more on that later.
Now for setting. Let’s be honest. If you look at the whole line of Lamentations Adventures, they are all over the place but most center around historical eras and locations and put a weird twist into the mix. But for me, I just can’t leave well enough alone and I brought up my original memories when I read through the Grindhouse rules. A setting that’s an odd mix of Warhammer Fantasy+Evil Dead+Hammer Horror. You know grim dark gothic weird fantasy with a dark sense of humor. So got to put some notes down on that.
The best I can say is stay tuned. More stuff will here and my other hangouts on the Internet. It going to get interesting.
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Yes, I know. I missed last week. I was busy with the day job and working on this. Besides, I can use my own blog for a little self promotion.
This is one of my best sellers on DrivethruRPG and I was well along to finally getting around to writing a fun a little supplement. And then the whole OGL drama hit. That threw everything into chaos for everybody. Well, I stepped back and started thinking about what to do.
I decided to step back and redesign the game to be OGL free. That also means that I can do bunch of updates and refinements that I think make the game work more smoothly. And remember those classes? Well, those are going to get added in. And I’m adding a bunch more detail on the implied setting. Right now, I’ve roughly doubled the page count. And yes. It still will be compatible and inspired by White Box play. And I might take a few other liberties along the way including some updated art.
The original edition of Forgotten Tales of Sword & Sorcery will remain available in PDF on DrivethruRPG and POD on Lulu. That is unless the OGL gets revoked. Then that will a whole other ball of wax.
So this is the initial announcement. I’ll make many more as the project gets nearer to release and I go on a crazy marketing binge. If you want to see some behind the scenes rants and other craziness then join the RPG Pig Pen Locals community.
They Might Be Gazebos! 