I want to specifically address one comment from Chris Jones of the excellent Classic RPG Realms blog. He was asking me something to the effect of, what is this new medieval project? The one with the various Estates and the English and Welsh borderlands thing?
The answer is: I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT WILL BE!
People have been asking about "my setting" so the best place to start is here.
The answer is: I DO NOT KNOW WHAT IT WILL BE!
People have been asking about "my setting" so the best place to start is here.
Expounding:
1) I did write my own version of D&D. It's called Mythical Journeys. It is most closely related to Holmes, but it is not a clone of any edition. The final version of the Player's Book is with my editor. It will come back to me some day (I hope!) and I will put it on Lulu and give the PDF away for free. I will also give it to you if you email me: sanderson2208@gmail.com. I don't have it linked anywhere because it's not edited properly yet.
1) I did write my own version of D&D. It's called Mythical Journeys. It is most closely related to Holmes, but it is not a clone of any edition. The final version of the Player's Book is with my editor. It will come back to me some day (I hope!) and I will put it on Lulu and give the PDF away for free. I will also give it to you if you email me: sanderson2208@gmail.com. I don't have it linked anywhere because it's not edited properly yet.
2)
What is it? It is likely to be a source book rather than a game in itself, and
it should be completely compatible with old school D&D. Like, a setting
with lots of history and gameable maps. Some familiar and some new character
classes. Rules for castles and land improvements. I want to make something that
will make it possible for people to play D&D but with a more realistic
medieval setting.
3) All of this will make more sense once I name the setting and explain it in a paragraph or so. But I have not got THE name for it yet. The name I have for it in my head is not the name of the finished project so that name will stay in my head for now.
Cool stuff! When you say "realistic," does that mean no magical elements in your game? It would be kinda cool if there was a thread of Mabinogion type fantasy involved, but a purely historical setting sounds cool too!
ReplyDeleteHi! Thank you for asking!
DeleteThere will be some magic. Some will be simple folk magic. there will be some magic items including cool swords and so forth. There will be some monsters and fantasy folk, but they will be very rare. The only true soellcasters are Druids like Merlin. But they are heretics and subject to summary execution.
Really what I mean is that the default D&D setting is more like the Wild West meets a Renaissance fair than like medieval Europe. I'm just trying to make a background and setting that's more like real Europe than real America.
http://treasurehuntershq.blogspot.com/2017/09/glad-to-have-that-out-of-my-system.html
DeleteVery nice Scott! With the Welsh post I am much more in tune with your idea and I love it. A rich historical-legendary setting that just happens to be drawn from one of my favorite place settings. And thanks for the shout out! I continue to enjoy your blog and the ideas you are producing. Keep up the good work!
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