Remember that game I was making a couple years ago, half D&D and half Traveller? I've made some updates. The only thing I really need to do now is make some sample spells. Even that is pretty much optional, but I can see people wanting it. Feel free to check it out. Any comments or criticisms are welcomed!
PDF IS HERE
Showing posts with label SwordBoard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SwordBoard. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Sword and Board 6th (probably final) edit
I uploaded a pdf for my rpg Sword and Board. This is the sixth edit, and likely the final one. The game is roll 2d6, roll high. It is heavily influenced by Traveller and settings such as Carcosa and Planescape. I haven't really done much of anything with this since last February, so I figured I'd put it out there for people to look at.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Sword and Board 5th draft available
The fifth draft of Sword and Board is located HERE. Please let me know what you think!
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Working on 5th draft of Sword and Board
Fourth Draft
The big sticking point now is on saves vs spells. I am leaning towards all saves be opposed rolls, with the target rolling his Luck vs. the spellcaster rolling his School, and having the spellcaster win ties.
Other options include making a Hard Success Roll, and keying different stats to different spells. I don't really like either, as the Hard roll leaves out the spellcasters ability, and the different stats just adds complication to the ruleset.
The big sticking point now is on saves vs spells. I am leaning towards all saves be opposed rolls, with the target rolling his Luck vs. the spellcaster rolling his School, and having the spellcaster win ties.
Other options include making a Hard Success Roll, and keying different stats to different spells. I don't really like either, as the Hard roll leaves out the spellcasters ability, and the different stats just adds complication to the ruleset.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Sword and Board fourth draft
The Fourth Draft of the Sword and Board rpg is available HERE. I've added a number of descriptions, fixed errata, added some new monsters, and expanded the Adventuring section. Please check it out and send any suggestions or errata you find to me via the comments section. Thanks!
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Sword and Board rpg
I'm working on the fourth draft of Sword and Board. I'm finding lots of little errata (initiative goof, etc), and I've added a few new monsters and other things. I hope to post it sometime in the near future. You can still get the third draft HERE if you are interested in checking it out.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Sword and Board 3rd Draft
http://home.comcast.net/~danbuter/SwordBoard.pdf
I've got the mechanics done for now. I need to add flavor text, and format everything. I'd love comments from people, especially if you see some errata.
The game is a 2d6 system, but it has a lot of flavoring from DnD. It's amazing how much work it takes to get even a short game put together, and hopefully I'm not missing anything blatantly obvious.
Once I do the final format, I'm not sure if I should go with Letter or Digest size. I've actually gotten some art to add in, and I might use some Creative Commons stuff as well. I plan on eventually putting this on Lulu, so at least me and my friends would have copies. But if others would be interested, I'd be pretty damn happy about it.
Things I'm sorta considering adding:
Mercenaries
Mass Combat
Strongholds
But I'm not really sure that material is worth the hassle. There are some fine rules already existing in DnD and the clones that I can use.
I've got the mechanics done for now. I need to add flavor text, and format everything. I'd love comments from people, especially if you see some errata.
The game is a 2d6 system, but it has a lot of flavoring from DnD. It's amazing how much work it takes to get even a short game put together, and hopefully I'm not missing anything blatantly obvious.
Once I do the final format, I'm not sure if I should go with Letter or Digest size. I've actually gotten some art to add in, and I might use some Creative Commons stuff as well. I plan on eventually putting this on Lulu, so at least me and my friends would have copies. But if others would be interested, I'd be pretty damn happy about it.
Things I'm sorta considering adding:
Mercenaries
Mass Combat
Strongholds
But I'm not really sure that material is worth the hassle. There are some fine rules already existing in DnD and the clones that I can use.
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Old School DnD and Sword and Board
I've recently gotten into the various retro-clones, including Swords & Wizardry, Basic Fantasy, Labyrinth Lord, etc. I had burned out completely on DnD 3e, and I don't personally care for 4e. I've been following a number of blogs, and finally decided to add my two bits to the discussion.
I used to be a very vanilla DnD player, and was not comfortable straying far outside of that. Planescape helped expand my horizons a bit. Then the Necromancer Wilderlands stuff added in a few laser pistols and similar stuff, though it was really rare. Then I picked up Carcosa and started reading Planet Algol. Both of these are pretty fantastic sources of gaming. And they are not shy about adding in robots or Cthulhu monsters. I really enjoy this, and it actually makes the game feel more fun.
I'm also working on my own rpg, which is kind of a mix of OD&D and Traveller. It can be found at: http://home.comcast.net/~danbuter/SwordBoard.pdf if you are interested.
I used to be a very vanilla DnD player, and was not comfortable straying far outside of that. Planescape helped expand my horizons a bit. Then the Necromancer Wilderlands stuff added in a few laser pistols and similar stuff, though it was really rare. Then I picked up Carcosa and started reading Planet Algol. Both of these are pretty fantastic sources of gaming. And they are not shy about adding in robots or Cthulhu monsters. I really enjoy this, and it actually makes the game feel more fun.
I'm also working on my own rpg, which is kind of a mix of OD&D and Traveller. It can be found at: http://home.comcast.net/~danbuter/SwordBoard.pdf if you are interested.
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