[freeroleplay] Re: Hello
- From: Ricardo Gladwell <ax0n@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: FRPGC <freeroleplay@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 14:38:18 +0000
Hi Sam,
YAGS really seems to be coming along. I especially like the new
techniques rules and how you've used them to create your magic systems.
Neat.
BTW, which section are the Techniques rules in? I can't seem to find
them?
On Fri, 2004-11-26 at 09:25, Samuel Penn wrote:
> Jamie Jensen said:
> > Just wanted to say hello from my new account at Gmail!
> >
> > It's good to see that the list isn't dead, though I'd much prefer
> > discussing design and writing to copyright and licenses.
>
> I'd agree with that, but from my end I'm not finding much
> time to get much done on the Yags front, and what is being
> done is more incremental. The latter is good though from
> one perspective, since it means the rules are beginning to
> stabalise.
>
> Briefly, the latest decisions have been:
>
> Packages for character generation. You choose a package which
> gives a general background (mostly social class) and a skill
> set. Not all are equal in the number of points they give, but
> should be reasonably balanced. There are generic packages such
> as 'Bard', 'Warrior noble', 'Mercenary', 'Noble woman' and
> more campaign specific ones such as 'Brotherhood of the Lawmaker'
> or 'Shield of Neya'. This means PCs will tend to have skills
> which they should have (such as Law and Politics for a noble)
> but which a player probably wouldn't take if they had to pay
> for them seperately.
>
> Skill techniques. Sort of like d20 feats, for a range of skills
> (mostly combat, cult related and bardic at the moment). They
> allow a character to do special things, and also cut down on the
> number of required skills, since some skills have become a
> technique of another.
>
> Properties for armour and weapon types. Makes combat a bit more
> complex, but makes it harder to min max since effectiveness of
> weapons depends on what you're up against.
>
>
> Started working on a magic system as well, which is probably
> the biggest new thing.
> http://www.glendale.org.uk/yags/habisfern/magic.html
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